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Both Dev Meena & Kuldeep Kumar broke the National Record in the Pole Vault at the Nationals earlier. And after creating history, the champions had to carry their poles like this in a rickshaw🤦‍♂️😣 Our pole vaulters deserve much better facilities!

Legacy & Tradition This can happen only in Kodava Hockey! Three generations, one passion, one team. 🏑 From father to sons, daughter in law 2 grandchildren,this is the spirit of the Kodava Hockey Festival, whr hockey is not just a game, a legacy passed down through generations.

MINERVA FC HAS DEFEATED LIVERPOOL FC AT THE MIC CUP Amazing stuff 🤩👏 by our U15 boys 👏👏👏 as they defeated Liverpool FC 6-0 to reach the QF of MIC Cup What an amazing performance by our lads against the top tier European club 💙❤️🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Every now and then sport produces a moment that challenges an old assumption This rocket-like free kick from Manisha was one of those moments Challenged the assumption that raw football talent doesn’t exist in India Our real challenge is to locate it early and build an ecosystem that can nurture it Because the rockets are clearly there. We just need more launchpads 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💪🏽

Overwhelmed with the support. The encouragement means a lot and inspires me to do better. Missed the target this time but I absolutely gave my all. Good things are coming I'm sure. Thank you all! 🙌

Not every inspiring sporting story ends with a trophy. Over the last few days, Lakshya Sen has shown India what courage, resilience and belief truly look like. His run to another All England final, through extraordinary wins and immense physical pain, has been about far more than a result. He has reminded young India that greatness lies not only in winning, but in the honesty of effort, the dignity of the fight and the strength to keep believing. I am Proud of you, @lakshya_sen . Very, very proud.

Dev Meena on why they didn’t send the Pole Vault poles via luggage: - Takes 2–3 days, impossible with back-to-back competitions - Poles are fragile fiberglass, needing careful handling - Carrying 10 poles worth ₹20L+ Railways need to find a solution!

In a country that is laying the foundations of becoming a sporting superpower, the image of a National Coach and a former pole vaulter, Ghanshyam Yadav from the DSWY Academy, Bhopal begging a railway official is a devastating reality check. Ghanshyam was travelling with National Record holder Dev Meena and Kuldeep Yadav, two of India’s most promising pole vaulters. In a nation of 1.4 billion, where millions are stranded every day in the chaos of transit, Meena is supposed to be the exception. Instead, he became the rule. Imagine, if Dev Meena, the national record holder, instead of Ghanshyam, was folding his hands in a desperate plea to a railway official; it would be the most honest but brutal portrait of Indian athletics. As a nation, we have reduced a champion to a beggar. It is Ghanshyam who understood that Meena’s dignity shouldn’t be tampered with. A rising star shouldn’t feel that the system has left him to fend for himself. The son of a farmer, Meena grew up in the fields that built his strength which now clears a 5.40m bar. Yet, we humbled this National Record Holder at Panvel station. Told him his records, his precocious talent, his dream of winning an Asian Games gold, going to the Olympic Games means nothing. His Rs 2 lakh carbon-fibre poles, the tools he relies on, worships, were treated like “unauthorized scrap.” As a nation, we celebrate the ‘struggle’ after the medal is won. But we won’t think twice before humiliating the athlete while they are still in the trenches. Couldn’t the TTE have just paused, shown a bit of empathy, maybe, just googled to figure out who this athlete was? But, no, he made him stand for five hours, begging not for luxury, not for his own seat but for the right to carry his dreams, his tools home. Meena is a NR holder. Imagine the lesser ones, struggling up the steps, trying to remain afloat. We aren’t building a sporting culture. We are digging a graveyard for talent. Meena, Ghanshyam, Kuldeep are not just athletes, they are the symbols of talent currently being suffocated by an indifferent bureaucracy. While the system is busy printing posters of politicians, film stars, the real Champions are folding their hands. #polevault #devmeena

🚨 India’s top pole vaulter de-boarded and detained: the 5-metre jump and the 5-hour wait Pole vault is one of the toughest events in athletics — and travelling with poles makes it even harder. This time, the challenge came from Indian Railways officials. Watch how India’s top pole vaulters were de-boarded and left unheard, despite following procedure. 🎥 Watch the video to know more. #Athletics #IndianAthletics @afiindia @RailMinIndia @AshwiniVaishnaw @Media_SAI @mansukhmandviya @narendramodi

Appreciation post ! 🙌🏼👏🏼 What can’t @manpreetpawar07 do ? Running the whole pitch with the ball without the ball. Penalty corner 1st runner in defence, penalty corner injector ! Man this guy has wings indeed @redbullindia #respect #machine @HockeyIndiaLeag

Still don’t understand the reason behind the poor audience turn out in Chennai. Chennai people always loved to watch Good hockey ! #hockeyindialeague #HIL26

SHEETAL DEVI BECOMING WORLD CHAMPION 🏆🥺 India's First Ever Individual Para World Champion! 🇮🇳

Big game for the boys tonight. Cmon @TheHockeyIndia !!! #hockeyindia #FIHMensJuniorWorldCup #RisingStars

We have to settle for a point. #CFC | #CHEARS

What a performance ! 👏🏼 a point with the best player sent off ! 10v11 for almost an hour 🙌🏼👏🏼 @ChelseaFC #CHEARS

Statement victory ! @ChelseaFC Pick your man of the match ? Enzo Maresca is my pick 😀 #Estevao #CHEBAR #championskicharcha

WHAT A NIGHT! 🤩 #CFC | #UCL

We have lift off. #CFC | #UCL

INDIA ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS 🏆🥹 - Our Women's Team lifts Blind World Cup 2025!

Bengaluru residents: When handing waste to pourakarmikas, don’t toss used sanitary pads, adult/baby diapers, or condoms openly. They’re humans too! From now on, wrap them in a cover, mark with ❌, and keep separate for easy segregation. Treat pourakarmikas as one of us. #RespectPourakarmikas @GBA_office @drnagalakshmi_c