Mint speaks to parents and sportspersons to find out how much it costs to train a champion and how rewarding a career in ...

On Women’s Day, Mandaviya, Assam Sports Minister Shrimati Nandita Garlosa, Sports Secretary Shrimati Sujata Chaturvedi, and ...

Sujata Chaturvedi and former Olympian and badminton star Pulella Gopichand along with other prominent athletes launched the ...

Ludhiana: In the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation, the mixed doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and ...

In a week when India’s national coach Pullela Gopichand went fairly bonkers giving middle class athletes a dose of realism, asking them to keep academics as back-up, if you wanted to secure a better ...

Has Gopichand simply put into words the fears that haunt every aspiring athlete and their family? Gopichand, the second Indian to win the prestigious All England Championship in 2001, stated in an ...

His reply follows reports of chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand saying financial security is a prerequisite for pursuing sports. Ramana, who has played volleyball at the national ...

Pullela Gopichand, to The Times of India A statement ... just put him back as a coach into a system, open an academy for him. Or give him a loan of Rs 1 crore and say that we'll try to open ...

This is the unspoken struggle that former badminton champion and renowned coach Pullela Gopichand seeks to address—a call for an exit strategy for athletes who do not make it to the elite level or ...

Badminton icon Pullela Gopichand had recently courted controversy for his comment ... The 51-year-old, who runs a successful badminton academy in Hyderabad, added that he didn’t mind the blowback to ...