|
|
vece Manchester City Pep Guardiola predicts roller-coaster title run-in after Liverpool blip
Qziz Saina crashes out of Thailand Open, K Srikanth reaches semis
Indian football team midfielder Anirudh Thapa is no stranger t stanley bottles o both the Indian Super League ISL and the I-League. The 20-year old was a part of I- stanley cup League side Minerva Punjab FC in the 2016-17 season and one year later, he lifted the ISL trophy with Chennaiyin FC. Anirudh Thapa won the Indian Super League and the Intercontinental Cup title this year. AIFF In the past couple of years, it has become a common practice to compare the two top-flight competitions in Indian football but Thapa believes that the ISL is at a much higher level than its more traditional counterpart when it comes to professionalism. When I came to ISL, it was like a dre stanley quencher am come true for me. It is at a higher level than the I-League and from the foreigners to the Indian footballers, everyone is extremely professional. So, it was a whole new experience for me, Thapa said in an exclusive interview. READ | I do exaggerate: Neymar comes clean on FIFA World Cup 2018 diving controversy The youngster, who won the 2017 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year award, was picked by Marco Materazzi to join the Chennaiyin FC ranks in 2016, but it was under his successor - John Gregory - that Thapa found success. Gregory made him an integral part of the midfield and Thapa believes that the English coach has played a huge role in improving him as a footballer. The coach Gregory saw me in the practice sessions and he always encouraged me to improve my game. With so many established midfielders in the squad - b Fpuc Tarpischev weighs up appeal against WTA suspension
He may have missed a medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, but his last deed would have surely won over hearts. HT Image The body of Arjuna awardee Ajmer Singh, an Olympian and Asian Games gold medalist Jakarta, 1966 , has be stanley water bottle en donated to the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research PGIMER here. The former Olympian passed away on January 26, and his fa stanley taza mily handed over the body to PGIMER s Department of Anatomy on Sunday. He was 70. Probably, he s the first Indian Olympian to donate his body for medical research. It s for the first time we have received the b stanley becher ody of a famous personality. When such people donate their bodies, the message reaches far and wide. Besides spreading scientific awareness, it shows another way to serve humanity, said Dr Daisy Sahni, head of the department. Ajmer Singh s gesture has set an example for sportsmen. In his youth, he inspired youngsters to join sports and win laurels for the country. In his death, too, he has motivated people to come forward for a cause, said Raja K.S. Sidhu, secretary general of Punjab Olympics Association. Ajmer Singh belonged to an era when money hadn t hijacked sport. One pursued it for the sheer pride of turning out for the country, he said. Not many could do what he did in the last moments of his life. Ajmer Singh, who hailed from Kupkalan, a small village in Sangrur district of Punjab, clinched gold in 400m relay and silver in 200m at Jakarta. He was conferred the Arjuna Award in 1 |
|
楼主: 佛爷
[复制链接]
发表于 