Rupinder Singh

TOPS not way forward, India can excel at future Olympics with bottoms-up approach

October 30, 2024

The Sports Authority Of India every year spends a huge amount of money on a scheme called TOPS. This means Target Olympics Podium Scheme. For the Paris Olympics, this scheme doled out crores of rupees to 300 sports persons who were identified as probable medalists at the Paris Olympics. The...

Indian para shooters hope to contribute 5 medals in Paris

August 26, 2024

India has ten shooters who will represent the country in Paris Paralympics. According to chief coach Jaiprakash Nautiyal, the awareness of para shooting has increased since the Tokyo Paralympics. India thus had a wider pool of shooters to choose from and eventually 10 of the best will be representing India...

Time has come for sports media to be vocal for local talents

July 17, 2020

“Go vocal for local” seems to be an apt slogan for Indian sports media to follow. Having been an athlete since 1968 I remember the days when I was young. The first competition I took part in was Delhi State Athletics and performing better there won me a published photo...

Why modern sport is not sturdy enough to combat racism yet

June 19, 2020

The recent protests in the US after the racially targeted killing of George Floyd have once again brought up the issue of racism to the front. George Floyd’s killing shook the world and set the entire social media ablaze. Way back during the 1968 Olympics, the winners of the 200m...

Get good coaches at junior level for Olympic medals

June 4, 2020

India has been competing in the track-and-field athletics at the Olympics since1948, and 70 years down the line, it has merely any medals to show. I am nottrying to discredit the efforts the athletes put at this elite platform. There havebeen amazing athletes like Milkha Singh, Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, SriramSingh,...