With his passport held up at the US Embassy in New Delhi for visa processing for next month’s World Championships at Oregon, long jumper M. Sreeshankar has been forced to pull out of the Stockholm Diamond League on June 30. They had promised to give my passport this evening and I was planning to leave for Stockholm by Tuesday’s 3 …
With roughly two months to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, India’s national record holder in men’s long jump Murali Sreeshankar expressed disappointment at missing out on international exposure trips due to the ongoing pandemic. To polish my competitive skills, there was a plan to compete in 2-3 international competitions in May, but I couldn’t travel abroad due to travel restrictions. …
As a little boy, M. Sreeshankar frequently used to run and jump on to the sofa in his house in Palakkad. If I tell them, ‘let’s go for a movie’, my daughter would want to go to the Fort maidan and play basketball there,” says Bijimol. I was a fast bowler and I used to play with my friends in …
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