Chetan Baboor is a notable table tennis player of India who has the record of winning the national championship four times. During the last decade of the 20th century, he played many tournaments in the popular Swedish club called Kalmer. Having the experience of playing with such tennis proponents as Jan Ove Waldner in the Kalmer Club, he has honed his skills a lot. Chetan Baboor participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1996 Atlanta Olympics [...]
Chetan Anand is a renowned badminton player of India who took birth in the year 1980. One of the greatest achievements of Chetan Anand is the Arjuna Award which he received in the year 2006 for his outstanding performance. He started his glorious career from a very early age. However, it was only in the year 2004 that Chetan Anand came into the forefront of international badminton championships. From national to international level, he proved [...]
C.G. Borde is a former Indian Test cricketer whose immense contributions have brought high-regard to Indian cricket during his era. His full name is Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde and he was born on July 21, 1934 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Starting off his cricketing career as a promising young batsman in first-class cricket, Chandrakant Borde slowly carved a niche for himself in the cricket circuit. The major teams that C.G. Borde has represented in his career [...]
Bishan Singh Bedi is a former Indian cricket player who has served Indian cricket with his slow-spin bowling. Bishan Singh Bedi was born on September 25, 1946 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. With cricket being his forte, Bishan Bedi was renowned in both the international and domestic cricket circuit, being regarded as a true sportsman in all aspects of the game. The major teams that Bishan Singh Bedi represented are India, Delhi, Northamptonshire and Northern Punjab. [...]
Baichung Bhutia is undoubtedly the famous Indian footballer in recent times. Born on December 15, 1976 in the remote Tinkitam village of Sikkim , Baichung’s story is one of sheer grit and determination against all odds. At a young age, he won a SAI Scholarship to attend the Tashi Namgyal Academy in Gangtok and played for several school and local clubs in Sikkim. His performance in the 1992 Subroto Cup did wonders to his career. [...]
B.S. Chandrashekhar is a former Indian cricketer who is famous for his immense contribution to Indian cricket with his effective spin bowling prowess. His full name is Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar and he was born on May 17, 1945 in Mysore, Karnataka. Chandrasekhar was obsessed with the sport of cricket since his childhood and despite having a withered right-arm owing to polio, he worked hard to strengthen his interests putting aside his handicap, to eventually become [...]
About Ashwini Nachappa Ashwini Nachappa is a former athlete and an Indian film actress from Karnataka. She gained popularity during the 1980s after outrunning P.T. Usha on two separate occasions. She is popularly known as ‘Flo Jo’, or ‘Florence Griffith Joyner of India’. Like Flo Jo, Nachappa was known for her performances in the field along with her glamorous appearance. Her popularity and glamour-queen outlook brought her many film proposals, which she later accepted, only [...]
Ashok Shandilya is a renowned billiards player of India who was born in the year of 1968 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Working for Central Railway, Ashok Shandilya has held India high in the 1998 Asian Games, where he bagged two gold medals. Ashok Shandilya, from his childhood days, had a major interest in the game of billiards. During his growing years Ashok Shandilya started playing billiards with great enthusiasm as a result of which he made [...]
Arunima Sinha is India’s and the world’s first female amputee to climb the Mount Everest. She is a former national level volleyball and football player. She was born in the year 1988. In April 2011, while traveling in the Padmavati Express train to give an examination to join the CISF, Arunima Sinha was pushed out of a running train by thieves when she resisting them as they wanted to snatch her bag and Gold chain. [...]
Armaan Ebrahim is one of the most talented car racers of the country, he is the first Indian racer to win the Formula BMW Asian Series in 2005 at Sepang, Malaysia. He has also won the Asian Karting Open Championship in 2004 at Philippines. Armaan Ebrahim was born on 17th May, 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The 18 years old became the Indian Junior Rotax Karting Champion in 2004. In the same year, he became [...]