Mumbai boasts three Olympic gold medallists,
all for hockey. One of them, MM Somaya, who grew up in Byculla, part of
the winning team in the 1980 Moscow games, says India may...
Saina has China on her mind as she starts campaign today
The mind game had begun much before the actual
Games started. By choosing Li Xuerui in their squad ahead of Wang...
Gutta Jwala, 28, has at least three wardrobes and a few suitcases
holding her clothes, shoes, bags and accessories while Ashwini Ponnappa,
22, has only one cupboard, though it’s...
There is just one aspect about the Olympics in which the people
sitting at home have to work harder at than the athletes participating
in the events: keeping track of the million...
One-medal wonder? Not anymore
There was a time when hockey was India’s only claim to fame. Since
Beijing 2008, the country may have evolved as an Olympic nation,
...
Hesh-Bops handed tough draw
Somdev Devvarman will open his campaign
against Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the Olympic tennis competition on
Saturday. The 27-year-old had received...
OPEN SESAME
The opening ceremony’s main theme will be called ‘Isle of Wonder’
The theme, inspired by William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, will be about a land recovering...
Let’s cross that bridge
There are no strikes at Heathrow, the traffic is holding up just well
and the Village is abuzz with over 10,000 athletes from 205 countries.
Everything’s...
For Tab Cab, slowdown is a growth driver
SMS Taxi Cabs Pvt Ltd, a part of SMS Infrastructure Ltd, which runs
radio taxi cab service in Mumbai under the Tab Cab brand, sees...
Perhaps it is just coincidence. As Abhinav Bindra
walks out of the Indian team building at the Games Village, the DJ at
Central Plaza — where recreational activities for...