On March 24 in 1921, the Women’s Olympiad was declared open, becoming the first ever international women’s sports event. Hélène de Pourtalès became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal when her team, consisting of her husband and his nephew, won in the 1-2 tonne class. This was in one of the early events open to women, so …
Admitting that his current role of being the Indian men’s cricket team’s head coach is all about delivering the World Cup, former India captain Rahul Dravid has stressed that parents and children should look at sport beyond the lens of achieving excellence in the sporting arena. “When parents take their young kid to play sport, I don’t think anyone could …
