Young Mukesh Kumar, who had a liver transplant two years ago, fought all odds to return to competitive football. His hard work paid rich dividends and Mukesh was adjudged the player of the recently-concluded Delhi leg of the Airtel rising star football tournament in the capital.

Divij Sharan lost in the men’s doubles third round of the US Open but considered it his best performance so far.

Wrestler Naveen Mor, a product of the Guru Hanuman akhara in old Delhi, clinched two gold medals at the recently-conluded World Police and Fire Games in Ireland.

Awesome.” That was the response from Mahindra Racing team rider Miguel Oliveira after his visit to the Taj Mahal in February this year.

Divij Sharan’s Wimbledon journey ended in the first round itself, but the Delhi lad said that the Grand Slam appearance “boosted his morale” many folds.

Efren Vazquez, one of the two riders at the Mahindra Racing team, credits his father for his success in motorcycling.

Boris Becker, a quiet boy from Liemen, Germany, who went against his parents’ wish in choosing tennis as a career, emerged the youngest-ever Grand Slam champion at 17. Within an year he was earning in millions, owning fancy cars and with thousand of fans worldwide.

Tennis flows in their blood. After Ankita, Sanaa and Yuki Bhambri, Prerna has begun to create ripples in the tennis circuit. Before clinching the national crown, the Delhi lass won the second ITF Futures title of her career in Gulbarga, Karnataka.

Jeevan Neduncheziyan and Prerna Bhambri emerge champions in the Fenesta Open national tennis championship at the RK Khanna Stadium here on Saturday.

Men's top seed Jeevan lived up to his billing def

At the age of six when Simran Kaur Sethi started playing tennis, her parents never dreamt that she will become the under-16 national champion one day.