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Badminton and Kabaddi have lot of commonalities, says Pullela Gopichand
September 01, 2025 1:59 pm
Sport changes collective mindset, the badminton national coaching says, adding that’s why sport has an immensely powerful role to play, not only for athletes but for society at large.
Fitter, philosophical, still hungry Kidambi Srikanth enters quarterfinal in Malaysia Masters
May 22, 2025 7:39 pm
The coaches Saidutt and Gopichand detail how Srikanth has refocussed his game for endurance and hope he goes all the way
Listen to Pullela Gopichand: How about roping Indian athletes to take charge of fitness in corporations?
March 02, 2025 8:44 am
Pullela Gopichand has been mulling over these ideas since 2017, stewing almost in the helplessness of bringing about this large-scale change.
Why Dhoni quit his Railway ticket collector job and Gopi wants respect for sports quota players
March 02, 2025 8:09 am
The culture of throwing rank on playing fields and workplaces of government institutes with sports recruits is rampant with hierarchies etched in stone.
Dis/Agree: There's money in sports now, players need to plan their futures
February 28, 2025 2:16 pm
Things have changed since Gopichand and I played. Sporting Federations, corporates must do more. And players need to plan for their futures
Dis/Agree: Pullela Gopichand is right: There aren't many options for athletes
February 28, 2025 7:42 am
Those arguing that avenues for making a living in sports are expanding fail to account for costs attached to training, living expenses.
Pullela Gopichand spells out his ideal scenario: ‘This is my idea of how a country's sports eco-system should be…’
February 22, 2025 3:32 pm
While education remains the foundation stone, every Indian child should be viewed as a potential professional talent and imparted training for elite careers till age 13-14, post which the best should be scientifically guided to next level.
Parupalli Kashyap hails Pullela Gopichand's comment as wake-up call to fill gaps in Indian sporting ecosystem
February 22, 2025 2:35 pm
Recently, National coach of Badminton Pullela Gopichand made a comment asking kids to not take up sports unless from a rich and affluent background.
Coach Gopichand’s reality check for middle-class parents: Investing everything in sport is big risk
February 21, 2025 8:19 am
Pullela Gopichand spoke of the realities of life that even the most elite of India’s athletes (barring, possibly, the cricketers) face when they step out of their brightly lit sports arenas — from the shrinking of employment options that offer financial mobility to the lack of growth in jobs under the sports quota and the prevalence of casual disrespect at the workplace.
Express Exclusive: Pullela Gopichand explains why he said don't play sport unless you're rich or poor
February 21, 2025 7:30 pm
Gopichand wants young players from middle-class to pursue education and details how India is not equipped to handle alternate careers for sports people who don’t make it big.
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Sports Minister Vijay Goel felicitates PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal on return from World Badminton Championships
August 31, 2017 6:19 pm
World Badminton Championships medallists Sania Nehwal, PV Sindhu were felicitated by Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel in New Delhi on Thursday. Vijay Goel had also invited P Gopichand and Vimar Kumar for the ceremony that took place in New Delhi.
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