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Times Of India Sports Awards
Times of India Sports Awards, also known as TOISA, are annual sports awards given by The Times of India to Indian athletes. The aim is to celebrate excellence achieved by the players in sports. The first edition of the awards ceremony was hosted in 2015. Editions 2015 Source: 2017 Source: 2018 Sources: 2019 Source: 2021 Source: 2023 ; Sportsperson of the Year * Neeraj Chopra * Virat Kohli * Chirag Shetty * Satwiksairaj Rankireddy * Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu ;Para Sportsperson of the Year * Sumit Antil * Sheetal Devi * Pramod Bhagat * Kumar Nitesh * Rakesh Kumar (Paralympian), Rakesh Kumar * Prachi Yadav * Praveen Kumar (para-athlete, born 2003), Praveen Kumar ;Emerging Sportsperson of the Year * Aditi Swami * Esha Singh * Anahat Singh * Sheetal Devi ;Team of the Year * Athletics in India, Men's 4x400m relay team * India men's national cricket team * India women's national cricket team * India men's national field hockey team ;Coach of the Year * Deepali Deshpande * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anahat Singh
Anahat Singh (born 13 March 2008) is an Indian squash player and a member of the national team. She has won 21 tour titles and is a double gold medalist at the Asian Championships. Singh is ranked 54th in the world, as of June 2025. Early life Singh was born in Delhi on 13 March 2008 to Tani Vadehra and Gursharan Singh. While her mother is an interior designer, her father is a lawyer. Both her parents used to play field hockey. Her uncle used to play tennis. Inspired by P. V. Sindhu, a five year old Singh started playing badminton. She watched her and dreamt of winning Olympic medals. She used to accompany her sister Amira who played squash. After playing a few squash tournaments where she performed well, she grew fond of it and switched to the sport. Career Early beginnings (2019–2022) Singh first rose to prominence after winning the U11 title at the British Junior Open in 2019. This was followed by the European Junior Open, the Dutch Junior Open and the Scottish Junior O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lakshya Sen
Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. He's a former World Junior No. 1. Sen is a bronze medalist at the World Championships, a gold medalist at the Thomas Cup, a silver medalist at the Asian Games and a gold and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games. He has also won bronze medals at the Asia Team and Asia Mixed Team Championships. Sen won the Canada Open and was the runner-up at the All England Open. At the junior level, he has won a gold and silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games, a bronze medal at World Junior Championships and a gold and bronze medal at Asia Junior Championships. Early life Sen was born on 16 August 2001 to Nirmala and Dhirendra Sen in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. They shifted to Bangalore for the sake of his badminton career. Sen is a third generation shuttler from his family. His grandfather Chandra Lal Sen and his father were badminton players. His elder brother Chirag Sen is also a professional shuttler. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prannoy H
Prannoy is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Prannoy Kumar (born 1992), Indian badminton player *Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (; born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and one of its co-founders, along with his wife Radhika Roy. Early ... (born 1949), Indian journalist and media personality {{given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sachin Khilari
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari is an Indian paralympic shot putter. Early life Khilari was born to farmer's family on 23 October 1989, he lost his mother at young age and become clipped at 9 following bicycle accident. Career Khilari competed at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, winning a gold medal in the men's shot put F46 event. He set a record in shot put with a best throw of 16.21m. He also competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships The 2024 World Para Athletics Championships was a para-athletics meet organized by the World Para Athletics, the respective sport branch of the International Paralympic Committee. This was the 11th edition of the event and was held at Kobe Univ ..., winning a gold medal in the same event. in September 2024, he won silver medal at 2024 Summer Paralympics References External links * Living people Athletes from Maharashtra 1989 births Indian male shot putters Medalists at the World Para Athletics Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Parul Chaudhary
Parul Chaudhary (born 15 April 1995) is an Indian athlete from Uttar Pradesh, who specialises in 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase. She is the first Indian runner to clock a sub-9 minute time in the women's 3000m. Early life Chaudhary hails from Iklauta Village near Meerut. She is one of four children of Krishanpal Chaudhary and Rajesh Devi. Parul ran barefoot as a teenager and competed in 800 metres in her school starting 2011. She switched to 1500 m and 3000 m, before taking to 5000 m and competed professionally in the latter event. It helped her land a job with the Western Railway in 2015 when she moved to Mumbai. Career In July 2023, Chaudhary won a gold in women's 3000m steeplechase in the Asian Athletics Championships held at Bangkok. In August, at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, she registered a personal best time and national record in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:15.31, in the process, qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Jyothi Surekha Vennam (born 3 July 1996) is an Indian compound archer. She has won multiple gold medals in the compound archery event at the Archery World Cup, World Archery Championships and Asian Games. In 2023, she became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships and multiple gold medals at the Asian Games. She was awarded the Arjuna award, India's second highest sporting honor in 2017 becoming the youngest from South India to win the award. Early life Jyothi was born in Challapalli in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh to Vennam Surendra Kumar and Sri Durga. Her father is a former Kabaddi player and a veterinary doctor in Vijayawada. Initially, she started training for swimming from the age of 3. In 2001, Jyothi swam 5 km across the Krishna River in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds and became the youngest to do so entering the ''Limca Book of Records''. Jyothi completed her schooling from Nalanda Vidya Niketan, Vijayawada. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ojas Deotale
Ojas Pravin Deotale is an Indian compound archer. On 5 August 2023, he won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event at 2023 World Archery Championships in Berlin, becoming the first Indian male archer to do so. Early life Deotale is from Nagpur. As a kid, he would fashion bows and arrows by dismantling brooms in his house, forcing his mother to buy extra brooms. Before discovering archery, he was a rollerskater, having won medals at the Maharashtra state-level. He finished his secondary schooling from Siddhivinayak School in Gumgaon, Nagpur. Training Deotale discovered archery as a sport at a summer camp he attended as a 13-year-old in 2015. His parents soon enrolled him into an archery academy at Trimurti Nagar in Nagpur under the tutelage of Satyajeet Yelne where he started with the Indian bow before moving to recurve. Since the Trimurti Nagar academy lacked a target buttress, he moved to an academy in Tajbagh where he trained for 5–6 years at A-ZEE Sports A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ramachandran Ramesh
Ramachandran Ramesh (born 20 April 1976), also known as R. B. Ramesh, is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM) from Chennai who won the 2002 British Championship and the 2007 Commonwealth Championship. He is married to WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy. They are India's first grandmaster couple. He founded Chess Gurukul, Chess Academy in Chennai to train young players in 2008. Since then, Chess Gurukul has produced many international chess champions from India, including R Praggnanandhaa, Bharath Subramaniyam, who became an international master in 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months. Ramesh shot to fame with his commentary in the World Chess Championship Match 2013 Anand – Carlsen, where he was the official commentator along with GM Susan Polgar. He also won the Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deepali Deshpande
Deepali Deshpande (born 3 August 1969) is an Indian coach and former sport shooter. She won a silver medal in rifle shooting at the 2004 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was selected to compete for India at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing nineteenth in the rifle three positions. Deshpande also served throughout her sporting career as a member of the Indian Shooting Federation under her coaches Laszlo Szucsak and Sunny Thomas. Career Deshpande qualified for the Indian squad, along with her compatriot Anjali Bhagwat, in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by shooting a minimum qualifying score of 571 to obtain a seventh-place finish and assure an Olympic slot from the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
India Men's National Field Hockey Team
The India men's national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey competitions. The team is governed by the association Hockey India. In Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928, the team won its first Olympic Games, Olympic gold medal and until Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960, the Indian men's team remained unbeaten at the Olympics, winning six gold medals in a row. The team had a 30–0 winning streak during this time, from their first game in 1928 until the Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics#Gold medal match, 1960 gold medal final which they lost. India also won the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, World Cup in 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup, 1975. India also has the best overall performance in Olympic history with 87 victories out of the 142 matches played. They have also scored more goals in the Olympics than any other team. They are also the only team ever to win the Olympics without conceding a single goal, having done so in 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
