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Anant Pratap Singh (boxer)

Anant Pratap Singh Anant Pratap Singh is an Indian amateur boxer who has competed in domestic and age-group national boxing championships organised under the aegis of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI). He is associ...

Saweety Boora

Overview Saweety Boora is an Indian amateur boxer from Haryana who competes in the light heavyweight category. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Ne...

Rani (field hockey)

Overview Rani Rampal, commonly known as Rani, is an Indian field hockey player who served as the captain of the India women's national field hockey team. A forward known for her speed, dribbling and goal-scoring abili...

Mandeep Singh (field hockey)

Mandeep Singh Mandeep Singh is an Indian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for the India national team. Known for his speed, positioning inside the circle, and ability to convert deflections, he ...

Lalremsiami

Lalremsiami Lalremsiami is an Indian field hockey player from Mizoram who plays as a forward for the India women's national hockey team. Known popularly as "Siami", she rose to national attention as one of the younges...

Gurjit Kaur

Overview Gurjit Kaur is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender and drag-flicker for the India women's national hockey team. She is widely regarded as one of the leading penalty corner specialists in Ind...

Dipankar Bhattacharjee

Dipankar Bhattacharjee Dipankar Bhattacharjee is an Indian badminton player who represented India in international competition during the 1990s. He is best known for participating in the men's singles event at the Oly...

Nandu Natekar

Nandu Natekar Nandu Natekar (born 12 May 1933) is a former Indian badminton player from Maharashtra, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Indian badminton. Active during the 1950s and 1960s, he became the first I...

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Overview Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is an Indian chess Grandmaster from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, widely regarded as one of the leading talents of his generation. Known popularly as "Pragg", he became a Grandmaster at the a...

R. Vaishali

R. Vaishali Rameshbabu Vaishali is an Indian chess player from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is one of India's leading woman chess players and earned the Grandmaster (GM) title, becoming the third Indian woman to do so. Sh...

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (15 January 1926 – 14 August 1984), popularly known as K. D. Jadhav and affectionately called Pocket Dynamo, was an Indian freestyle wrestler who became the first at...

Sangram Singh (wrestler)

Sangram Singh (wrestler) Sangram Singh is an Indian professional wrestler, motivational speaker and television personality. He is known for representing India in international wrestling competitions and for his recove...

Narsingh Yadav

Narsingh Yadav Narsingh Pancham Yadav is an Indian freestyle wrestler from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who has represented India at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, World Wrestling Championships and the Olympic Games. He...

Manoj Kumar (boxer)

Manoj Kumar (boxer) Manoj Kumar is an Indian amateur boxer from Haryana who competes in the light welterweight (64 kg) division. He came to national prominence after winning a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games...

Dingko Singh

Overview Ngangom Dingko Singh (1 January 1979 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian boxer from Manipur who competed in the bantamweight category. He is best remembered for winning the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games held i...

Kaur Singh

Overview Kaur Singh is an Indian former heavyweight boxer who represented India in international competition during the late 1970s and 1980s. He is best remembered for winning a gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games held...

Nitu Ghanghas

Overview Nitu Ghanghas is an Indian amateur boxer from Haryana who competes in the light flyweight category. She rose to international prominence by winning a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingh...

Harmanpreet Singh

Overview Harmanpreet Singh is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a drag-flicker and penalty corner specialist. He primarily operates as a defender or midfielder for the India national field hockey team and has...

Dhanraj Pillay

Overview Dhanraj Pillay is a former Indian field hockey player and forward who captained the Indian national team. Widely regarded as one of the finest forwards produced by Indian hockey, he is known for his speed, dr...

Dilip Tirkey

Overview Dilip Tirkey is a former Indian field hockey player and sports administrator, widely regarded as one of the finest defenders to have represented India. A specialist full-back known for his accurate drag-flick...