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Dipankar Lahiri

Dipankar Lahiri

Specialist close-in fielder, middleweight arm-wrestling champion & content head at The Bridge. Previously at Indian Express, TOI, Sportskeeda. On the lookout for moments of heroism in sports and life.

Bapi Hansda - Boy from station sweeper family becomes world number 1

Bapi Hansda - Boy from station sweeper family becomes world number 1

Till recently, Bapi Hansda could be seen in Odisha's Jajpur station. Now the state's pride, the young hurdler became the...
Dipankar Lahiri26 May 2023 11:17 AM GMT
Daniel Gurung - Rare footballer from Arunachal ruffles Everton

Daniel Gurung - Rare footballer from Arunachal ruffles Everton

Arunachal Pradesh is not known for many footballers, but it was the mercurial Daniel Gurung who got closest to scoring...
Dipankar Lahiri20 May 2023 3:38 PM GMT
‘Thoi Singh has a big future’: Bengaluru FC winger impresses foreign coaches

‘Thoi Singh has a big future’: Bengaluru FC winger impresses foreign...

Indian players have been outplayed so far in the ongoing NextGen Cup - featuring West Ham, Everton, Wolves - but Thoi...
Dipankar Lahiri19 May 2023 2:15 AM GMT
How Mizoram’s parents are coming together for their babies’ future

How Mizoram’s parents are coming together for their babies’ future

In Mizoram, football is the only possible hope of a way out of poverty for most. Through the RFYC Naupang (baby) League,...
Dipankar Lahiri27 April 2023 8:28 AM GMT
Mama’s daughter part of new hope for Mizoram football

Mama’s daughter part of new hope for Mizoram football

In many ways, the story of Mizoram’s integration into India is the story of Shylo Malsawmtluanga, also known as Mama. 5...
Dipankar Lahiri1 April 2023 11:52 AM GMT
Belgian footballer Triman Ranvir turns back on Europe to play for India

Belgian footballer Triman Ranvir turns back on Europe to play for...

Triman Ranvir is on a quest to get Indian nationality so that he can play for his country of origin. But India's...
Dipankar Lahiri13 March 2023 11:00 AM GMT
Hurley Gala, 16-year-old WPL prodigy, wants to be world’s fastest bowler

Hurley Gala, 16-year-old WPL prodigy, wants to be world’s fastest...

One of the youngest players in the Women’s Premier League, Adani Gujarat Giants all-rounder Hurley Gala wants to be the...
Dipankar Lahiri27 Feb 2023 12:08 PM GMT
My career could have stagnated without WPL: UP Warriorz pacer S Yashasri

My career could have stagnated without WPL: UP Warriorz pacer S...

19-year-old S Yashasri, one of the fastest young pacers in the country, did not even watch the WPL auction because she...
Dipankar Lahiri23 Feb 2023 11:08 AM GMT
From photo with Virat Kohli to playing for RCB — Shreyanka Patil

From photo with Virat Kohli to playing for RCB — Shreyanka Patil

A Bangalore-based spinner who can bat in the finisher’s role, RCB’s Shreyanka Patil says the WPL has changed lives of...
Dipankar Lahiri18 Feb 2023 4:24 PM GMT
How Jyothi Yarraji escaped the marriage trap to break NR 12 times

How Jyothi Yarraji escaped the marriage trap to break NR 12 times

23-year-old hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, the latest Athletics super project from India, comes from an area where girls are...
Dipankar Lahiri16 Feb 2023 5:27 PM GMT
A fraud or a God? Dattu Bhokanal vows to return for Paris Olympics

A fraud or a God? Dattu Bhokanal vows to return for Paris Olympics

Rower Dattu Bhokanal crashed through international headlines with his 13th-place finish at the 2016 Olympics - the best...
Dipankar Lahiri9 Feb 2023 12:15 PM GMT
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Dutee Chand caught in doping net

Star sprinter and national record holder Dutee Chand has been provisionally suspended.
Dipankar Lahiri18 Jan 2023 7:40 AM GMT
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