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Deepshikha Chatterjee

Sports and Politics: When an Indian shooter was denied travelling to China for a World Cup

Sports and Politics: When an Indian shooter was denied travelling to...

February 22, 2019: After two Pakistani shooters and their coach were denied visas to participate in the ISSF Shooting...

Deepshikha Chatterjee23 March 2019 11:26 AM GMT

The value of National Champions

The value of National Champions

In 1980, Adille Sumariwalla represented India at the Olympics and stood seventh in the final standings for the 100m...

Deepshikha Chatterjee21 March 2019 5:19 AM GMT

Continuous cycle of lost battles: Saurav Ghosal on Squashs Olympic exclusion

Continuous cycle of lost battles: Saurav Ghosal on Squash's Olympic...

Right before Tokyo 2020, the World Squash Federation's third consecutive appeal to have the sport included in the...

Deepshikha Chatterjee13 March 2019 6:16 AM GMT

ISSF Shooting World Cup: Mehuli Ghosh shoots higher than qualification round topper

ISSF Shooting World Cup: Mehuli Ghosh shoots higher than qualification...

Competition at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Delhi finally began today with the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. Two...

Deepshikha Chatterjee23 Feb 2019 6:27 AM GMT

Always room for more professionalism in Indian Shooting: Suma Shirur

Always room for more professionalism in Indian Shooting: Suma Shirur

For 44-year old Suma Shirur, Shooting was something that happened quite by accident, she says. She is the Joint World...

Deepshikha Chatterjee20 Feb 2019 2:06 PM GMT

The push to make Fencing, an Olympic sport, a priority sport in India

The push to make Fencing, an Olympic sport, a priority sport in India

Earlier this morning, news emerged that the sports ministry had reportedly turned down the request for upgrading for...

Deepshikha Chatterjee14 Feb 2019 12:31 PM GMT

Investing in swimming is a risk worth taking: Virdhawal Khade

Investing in swimming is a risk worth taking: Virdhawal Khade

One-hundredth of a second. That is all the time it took for India's Virdhawal Khade to miss out on a medal at the most...

Deepshikha Chatterjee5 Feb 2019 1:13 PM GMT

Targeting a Top 15 World Ranking by end of 2019: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Targeting a Top 15 World Ranking by end of 2019: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

"So, Sathiyan. Has it sunk in yet?" "Right now all I know is that it's a great feeling." Till a few years back, did...

Deepshikha Chatterjee31 Jan 2019 12:29 PM GMT

The Steel City and its timeless culture of sports

The Steel City and its timeless culture of sports

In 1991, the city of Jamshedpur, the Steel City, was gifted a stadium that effectively manifested the wishes of the city...

Deepshikha Chatterjee26 Jan 2019 8:34 AM GMT

Girls in rural Jharkhand are choosing their futures through football

Girls in rural Jharkhand are choosing their futures through football

It was 5 PM when a bus sleepily sauntered through the empty roads of Hutup, a village a half-an-hour auto ride from the...

Deepshikha Chatterjee16 Jan 2019 10:47 AM GMT

Runjun Pegu: Indian Javelins new kid on the block

Runjun Pegu: Indian Javelin's new kid on the block

"Di, you must come to Majuli. I am personally inviting you to my home and I am sure you will love it," 19-year old...

Deepshikha Chatterjee13 Jan 2019 6:57 AM GMT

Cricket may be a religion in India but Hardik Pandya proves cricketers definitely arent gods

Cricket may be a 'religion' in India but Hardik Pandya proves...

On January 7th, the huge cricket watching audience of India could finally get around to celebrating the historic...

Deepshikha Chatterjee8 Jan 2019 7:53 AM GMT