Indian squash legend, Joshna Chinappa, talks about her career, favourite fellow squash pros, and the future of squash in India. Liam Parker: Tell me a little bit about yourself (background, life outside of the sport, etc). Joshna Chinappa: I am originally from a tiny place called Coorg which is in farm and …
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Rahul Mathew, the founder of the ICC Table Tennis Academy in Australia, explains the idea behind setting up this platform. In this interesting feature, he compares and contrasts the basics of professional Table Tennis in Australia to India and discusses the scope for Table Tennis in Australia. Furqan ur Rehman: Tell us about yourself, and …
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Anil Nayar may be a US Squash Hall of Famer, and often called “India’s greatest squash player”, but his story is about much more than the beautiful game. From migration, to living through the civil rights movement, raising a family, dominating at the game and eventually passing on his knowledge to the younger generation. …
Kush Kumar is a professional Squash player and has been the junior national champion nine times. Kumar is the only Indian to win bronze in the world junior championship. Graduating from Trinity College with a Political Science degree and minor in Urban Studies, Kumar is currently working at Hedge fund in Boston, US. We caught …
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Janet Vidhi is a professional squash player representing India on the PSA World Tour since 2014 with a highest world ranking of 88. We caught up with Janet, to talk about her career, the sport in India and yoga as a way of life. How and why did you get involved in squash? I would …
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Abhishek Mehta is a 25-year old professional climber from India. Known as ‘Mehta Ji’, he works as a route setter and operational executive at the largest gym in Delhi, Climb Central. India may be a sports-crazy nation, but climbing does not quite grab national attention there. Abhishek shares how he got involved in the sport …
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Sachika Balvani is a Squash player from India who has played squash for Trinity College and on the PSA Circuit. After spending some time in Hollywood while coaching, Sachika returned to playing squash as a professional. Sportageous catch up with Sachika to talk about her career and women’s squash in India in this exclusive. Zushan …
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Manpreet Sidhu is a former cricketer from India who is now a coach and performance analyst for the BCCI. He is also the founder of EKKAS Cricketing Excellence. In conversation with Sportageous, Sidhu shares what it means to strive for excellence in coaching and his experiences in the field around the world. Zushan Hashmi: How …
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Saurav Ghosal is the highest-ranked men’s squash player from India. We caught up with Saurav to talk about life in lockdown, Indian squash and his remarkable career, in this exclusive Sportageous feature. Zushan Hashmi: How were you keeping yourself busy amid the lockdown? Saurav Ghosal: Thankfully, I had gotten myself into a routine. I did …
Indian pro-squash player, Saurav Ghosal on performing consistently at the top Read More »
Ramit Tandon is a 27-year old professional squash player who represents India. He recently broke into Squash’s top 50 and is working towards becoming the 2nd Indian male to break into the top 20 rankings. Ramit sat down to talk to us about his time in Varsity squash at Columbia, how the sport is growing …
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