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On this Women’s day, we salute  the leading sportswomen of India who have changed the face of sports for women in our country. There was a time when Indian women were not given much recognition in sports, but now the times have changed and taken a dramatic twist. Indian women today have travelled a long distance towards the triumph in sports. Let’s take a look at our proudest Daughters . 1. PT Usha — Queen of Indian Track and Field Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha  is a name almost everyone in India would know. She is one of the most phenomenal runners of all times. This miracle girl from Kerala has been part of athletics since 1979. Her interest for running began in school when she was selected to represent India at the district level. In 1982, she won the first silver medal in the 100 m and 200 m track races in the Delhi Asian Games. A year later, Usha won her first gold medal in the 400 m track race making a new Asian record. From 198...

Yoga has to be the best gift from India to the world. There are quite a few broad variety of yoga schools, practices and beliefs of yoga in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism but every each one of them aims for a healthier body and soul. Yoga, along with bringing peace and tranquillity to your mind helps in the betterment of the physical state of your body too. And that is why, we have compiled the 5 best advantages of yoga for you! Builds Muscle Strength along with Flexibility Strong muscles not only make you look good but also protect our bones and our bodies from ailments like arthritis, back ache etc. There are a lot of aasanas which help us build our strength and endurance. But we can achieve strong muscles by working out in a gym as well, right? Yes, we can. But building up muscles in a gym comes at the expense of our flexibility. Yoga, on the other hand helps making us more flexible. Of course, in the beginning we will not even be able to touch our toes, let alone do any...

If  Saina Nehwal 's hat-trick of titles in 2010 was the catalyst which propelled Indian badminton to a different plane, 2017 has proved to be a watershed year for the sport as  Kidambi Srikanth  led the boys' victory parade with four Super Series titles in a calendar year. Since 2010, the sport has witnessed a spiraling success rate every year. The Olympic medal came in 2012 with Saina's bronze and a podium finish at the World Championships became a regular feature thereafter. Sindhu's Olympic silver at the 2016 Olympic Games catapulted the game to new heights of popularity. However, 2017 has seen greater performances from the Indian shuttlers as 13 major titles have been won by seven different players, apart from  PV Sindhu 's silver and Saina's bronze at the World Championships. Sindhu's one hour 50-minute marathon against  Nozomi Okuhara  of Japan in the Worlds final will go down in history as an epic encounter. Never in the past had so many I...

Bittersweet is perhaps the best phrase to sum up India’s sporting record in 2017. The Indian team under Virat Kohli played brilliantly in the Champions Trophy in England in June to make the final, but eventually ended up second best to Pakistan. Uday Deb The women repeated the performance a month later. Beating Australia in a pulsating semi-final, they were in a position to close out the final but eventually fell short by an agonising margin of 9 runs, to finish runner up behind England before a packed house at Lord’s. PV Sindhu, who had another good year following her breakthrough performance in Rio in 2016, twice ended up second best in two closely contested finals. In fact, the world championship final between Sindhu and the Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in Glasgow will rank as one of the best badminton matches ever played. Among men, India now has four players in the top 20 in badminton with Kidambi Srikanth being the stand out performer winning a record four super series ti...