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A ghost of the past, World Cup captain Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar ignores...

Even as India celebrates foreign icons from the 2022 FIFA World Cup, an Indian World Cup captain goes about her days in...

Rajdeep Saha18 Dec 2022 1:13 PM GMT

Prompted by wrong news, Chetan Baboor looks back on a pathbreaking...

As media reports on Manika Batra showed, Table Tennis flag bearer from the 1990s - Chetan Baboor - has almost been...

Dipankar Lahiri25 Nov 2022 1:13 PM GMT

India's first woman Olympian not forgotten in Aldona

Mary D'Souza, Asia's fastest woman in the 1950s, was one of India's first batch of women Olympians. But while the rest...

Dipankar Lahiri25 July 2022 5:23 AM GMT

A.F.S. Talyarkhan: The voice of Indian cricket who pioneered today's...

Many voices have made their mark in Indian cricket commentary, but the voice that is distinctly remembered even today is...

C.C. Chengappa7 May 2022 10:48 AM GMT

Meet shuttler Rajeev Bagga - An Arjuna awardee and Deaflympian of the...

Despite mistreatment at the hands of Indian sports administrators, Rajeev Bagga performed at the highest level and was...

C.C. Chengappa30 April 2022 8:01 AM GMT

When an Indian footballer's 'historic goal' made Asia go berserk

37 years before Rahul Bheke and Mumbai City FC were called pathbreakers for Indian football, East Bengal striker...

Dipankar Lahiri12 April 2022 2:24 PM GMT

Jimmy George - The God of Indian volleyball who died tragically in...

Known as the best volleyball player to have come from India, Jimmy George was snatched away in his prime.

Soumya Bontra19 Jan 2022 2:45 PM GMT

'Who will tell our story?': Shanti Mullick, the woman who took India...

With the AFC Women's Asian Cup just a week away, The Bridge takes a walk down memory lane with Shanti Mullick, the...

Soumya Bontra12 Jan 2022 1:00 PM GMT

Bhuvneshwari Kumari- The decorated athlete who set the ball rolling...

A glimpse into the life of one of India's most decorated female athletes who has won over 50 accolades in Squash

C.C. Chengappa28 Nov 2021 5:38 PM GMT

Vandana Rao — The sprinter who set milestones for Indian women...

At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the women's quartet of PT Usha, MD Valsamma, Shiny Wilson and Vandana Rao had set a...

Md Imtiaz14 Sep 2021 3:36 AM GMT

Jaipal Singh Munda - The tribal rights activist who became a hockey...

Here is a look into the story of India's greatest hockey legends and the protector of tribal rights - Jaipal Singh

Monish Naidu13 July 2021 8:15 AM GMT

KD Jadhav- The best "What could have been" story in Indian sporting...

The story of independent India's first Olympic medalist- KD Jadhav

Monish Naidu10 July 2021 6:45 AM GMT

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