Dronacharya

Express News Service CHENNAI: More than 19 years ago, Sujeet Maan received the Arjuna Award from then President APJ Abdul Kalam at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi for winning laurels for the country on the wrestling…

It was under his tutelage that Indian boxers delivered some unparalleled medal hauls and former national coach believes history will be re-written in Tokyo with the country winning more than one Olympic medal in boxing for the very first…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Former national boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has recommended two-time Commonwealth Games medal-winner Manoj Kumar's personal coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound for the Dronacharya award for a second…

KOLKATA: Three-time World Cup silver medallist Jyothi Surekha Vennam has been recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour, by the Archery Association of India (AAI). The AAI also recommended legendary…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Indian motorsports' governing body FMSCI has nominated its own president Akbar Ebrahim for the Dronacharya Award besides sending Jehan Daruvala's name to the government for Arjuna Award after…

Top rally driver Gaurav Gill is Indian motorsports' first and only recipient of a national sports award Indian motorsports' governing body FMSCI has nominated its own president Akbar Ebrahim for the Dronacharya Award besides sending…

NEW DELHI: Pullela Gopichand says a good mix of foreign and Indian coaches is important for the development of the system but strongly believes that "second best" overseas recruits will only produce the second best players. Speaking at the…

By PTI NEW DELHI: India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here. He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to…

Under Bhardwaj's tutelage, Indian pugilists won medals at the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and the South Asian Games. …

Bhardwaj was India’s national boxing coach from 1968 to 1989 and also served as a national selector. India’s first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related…