Medicine

For India to grow into a sporting powerhouse, it needs to develop not just state of the art infrastructure but also adopt scientific mindset, champion shooter Abhinav Bindra said on Wednesday, calling upon coaches to embrace sports science in their training methods.

Bindra, India's first individual Olympic champion, was a keynote speaker at the Bharat Sports Science Conclave.

Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist, said: "Coaches as the custodians of athletic progress must embrace sports science to fine-tune their training methodologies to this digital age. 

Jul 27, 2020 16:07
MUMBAI: Online Ayurveda-tech wellness startup WE R Wellness launched its operations Monday.  The venture has been started by Ayurveda specialist Dr Onkar Rajiv Bilgi, business leader in the tech space Rajat Sharma and former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, who has been earmarked to play a vital role towards the launch of the brand’s unique Sports Ayurveda program. 
Nov 19, 2019 17:11
NEW YORK: Many female athletes encounter higher concussion rates than their male counterparts, according to two studies conducted by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).
Jul 18, 2019 15:07
MUMBAI: Fountainhead MKTG, the experiential marketing agency of Dentsu Aegis Network, recently concluded the Reliance Foundation Jr NBA Program across 34 cities and 7900 schools. The 6 month long program reached out to more than 6,00,000 students expanding the sporting education in the country while building the sporting property in its sixth year.
Apr 15, 2019 16:04
NEW DELHI:  Hockey India on Saturday congratulated Col (Dr) Bibhu Kalyan Nayak, an expert in sports traumatology and sports and exercise physiology, for being named as the chair of FIH Health and Safety Committee by the FIH executive board recently.
Apr 08, 2019 09:04
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: As one of the best shooters of his generation, Abhinav Bindra became, at Beijing 2008, the first Indian athlete to win an individual Olympic Gold medal, and has won multiple medals at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
Apr 02, 2019 15:04
PUNE: The Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance (ABTP) centre has opened its fifth facility in the country in Pune with the suport of Bajaj Auto. Mohali, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Bhubaneswar are the four cities where ABTP centres, not-for-profit ventures managed by the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, are already in operation.
Nov 02, 2018 14:11
MANCHESTER: Premier League heavyweights Manchester United have announced a renewed multi-year agreement with Canon as its official medical systems partner.
Sep 14, 2018 15:09
ZURICH: UEFA announced on Thursday that leading logistics company FedEx Express will continue to remain an official sponsor of the Europa League as per a renewed agreement that will last till 2021. The deal was brokered by UEFA’s exclusive marketing agency, TEAM Marketing AG. 
Aug 17, 2018 14:08
MUMBAI: Fast&Up, a leading sports nutrition brand by Aerometric Sports Products Private Limited, has been announced as the official nutrition partner of professional football club Gokulam Kerala FC. The club began competing in the I-League, the first division of Indian football, in the 2017-18 season. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Jul 28, 2018 15:07
MUMBAI: Indian doubles tennis player, Rohan Bopanna is making a smooth transition to the business world. Months after launching his own artisan coffee brand, he will be the mastermind behind India’s first sports-inspired form called Cardio Tennis (CT) in the city of Bengaluru, Economic Times report.