Manoj Joshi (born 30 July 1965) is an Indian sports journalist, author and TV commentator. He has covered several Olympics,

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South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic C ...

and

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. He is known for his live commentary on 4 seasons of

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on Sony Network and Big Bout League on

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Career

Manoj holds a MA (Hindi) from the

Hindu College Hindu College may refers to several colleges around the world, including: India *Dharmamurthi Rao Bhahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty's Hindu College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu * Gobardanga Hindu College, West Bengal * Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradab ...

. He also has a Masters in Mass Communication from Guru Jambheshwar University. He holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from the

Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...

. Manoj started his career with

Navbharat Times ''Navbharat Times'' (NBT) a Hindi newspaper distributed in Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Kanpur. It is from the stable of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), which also publishes other dailies including ''The Times of India'', ''The Economic Tim ...

for 19 years in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

and Delhi between April 1988 to January 2008, and later moved to TV and Digital Media. He has written several articles on newspapers and online prints. He is also a regular contributor to

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& Aaj Samaj. In 2005, he was invited as a guest for sportline programme of ESPN-Star Sports in Singapore. He has 550 hours of live wrestling commentary was recognized by

Limca Book of Records The ''Limca Book of Records'' is an annual reference book published in India documenting world records held by Indians. The records are further categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, advent ...

in 2021. Manoj has also featured on Amir Khan's movie Dangal. He currently serves as Editor Sports for

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

network group. He is based in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad.

Bibliography

* ''Joshi, Manoj (1992). Bhartiya Mall Vidya. Pushpang Prakashan, was awarded by Maharashtra Government & released by Sh. Sharad Pawar at Sangli (Maharashtra) in 1992'' * ''Joshi, Manoj (1992).Indira Gandhi Gold Cup Hockey Tournament by Marine Sports, Mumbai & released by Smt. Sonia Gandhi at National Stadium, New Delhi.'' * Joshi, Manoj (2004) Wrestling Rules. * Joshi, Manoj (2007) Bharat ke Dus Shirshasth Pahelwan * Joshi, Manoj (2018) Climax (on top 50 bouts of Pro Wrestling League) was released at Ludhiana

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