Ashtonishing to the ears may it seem, but Barnali Chanda of Karbala, Chinsurah, has become the youngest to achieve the black belt in Shotokan Karate. And that too, at the tender age of 6 years! She started taking karate lessons when she was only three
Seema Dutta Chatterjee may not be a familiar name for most people but players and sports enthusiasts are well acquainted with this young powerlifter-housewife from Durgapur, who has made the country proud time and again with her consistent performance in the last couple of years.
Residents of Pero Harishpur in Udaynarayanpur Block, Howrah have been in a celebratory mood since April 30, the day their ‘para’ (local) boy, Debasmit Ghosh, won a gold medal in Black Belt Karate at the International Karate Competition held in Dubai. He had participated in
A marathon to promote and protect some of Bengal’s most beautiful heritage structures? With less than a month to go for International Day for Monuments and Sites (or World Heritage Day), celebrated on April 18 by the UN every year, here’s some news from Malda
The Holy Trinity of Maidan Football is no more. Chuni Goswami, PK Banerjee, Tulsidas Balaram --- the chain gets broken as India’s Asian Games gold-medal-winning footballer and Olympian Tulsidas Balaram died in Kolkata today after a prolonged illness. A widower living in a flat on
A new podcast has taken India by storm and its named ‘Barefoot Boys.’ What’s more is that the podcast uses Konkona Sen, the acclaimed Bengali actress who speaks about a man, a coach and a team builder who had literally fought against British colonisers through
History has been scripted yesterday in the world of cricket as India’s Under-19 Women’s Cricket team won the World Cup. But behind that history, one name comes up like the star in the Milky Way --- fast bowler Titas Sadhu of Chinsurah, the pride of
Koustav Chatterjee once again made the Bengalis proud by claiming the title of the 78th Grandmaster in the 59th National Senior Chess Championship. Koustav won his maiden GM norm in 2021 at Sheikh Russel GM 2021 in Bangladesh. He won his second GM norm at
Some legends live beyond death, beyond the eons of time. Pele was one such legend and using the term ‘was’ instead of ‘is’ somehow etches a pang in the hearts of millions of football fans across the world. But Kolkata will always remember him as
Image Courtesy : Reuters He stands 1.69 m tall. That’s just a little over 5 ft 5 inches. That’s how tall Lionel Messi actually is. But ask any of the people who were present at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on a magical evening in 2011, and