Samresh Jung (born 5 May 1970) is an Indian sport shooter. He is an air pistol specialist. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he won two Gold medals, in the men’s free pistol pairs and in the open event of 25 m standard pistol pairs, both in partnership with Jaspal Rana. He contested in the 10 m air pistol and …

Saina Nehwal (born 17 March 1990) is an Indian badminton player who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world by Badminton World Federation. She will become the No.1 ranked player in the world when the official BWF rankings are released next week after she qualified for the finals of the Indian Open and her competitor Carolina Marin lost in the …

Randhir Singh — Achievements First Indian shooter to win a gold medal in Asian games. Won four Gold Medals at the Pesta Sukan Shooting Championship in 1969. Shooting has been a popular sport in India and was a favorite game with the Maharajas of the former princely states of India. The need to be adept and an expertise in shooting …

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore — Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an Indian shooter and politician, who rose to fame after winning the Silver Medal in Men’s Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is the first sportsperson to win an individual Silver for India since Norman Pritchard, who won two Silver Medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Rathore …

Prakash Karat, (born on February 7, 1948 in Letpadan, Burma is a Communist Politician in India and the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since 2005. Prakash Karat was born in Letpadan, Burma on February 7, 1948. His father worked in the Burma Railways, where he had sought employment during the British Raj. Prakash Karat is …

Paula Radcliffe — Paula Jane Radcliffe (December 17, 1973) is an English long-distance runner and is currently the World Record holder for the marathon, which she set during the 2003 London Marathon, with a time of 2:15.25. Radcliffe was born in Davenham, Cheshire, and studied modern languages at Loughborough University. Radcliffe is not known for her sprint finish, and so …

Norman Pritchard — Norman Gilbert Pritchard, who is also known as Norman Trevor was an Indian Athlete during the British days, and the first Athlete from the nation to participate at the Olympic Games although it is still an issue of debate whether he participated from India or Great Britain, as is being claimed by some Olympic historians of late. …

Maria Sharapova is the most dazzling tennis player who has ever stepped on court. Maria Sharapova was born April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, a town in western Siberia, where Maria parents, Yuri and Yelena, had fled from Belarus a year previous to let alone fallout from Chernobyl. Still too close to the calamity site, her family left their home as …

Maicon Douglas Sisenando (born 26 July 1981 in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul), commonly known as Maicon, is a Brazilian football player, currently playing for Italian Serie A club F.C. Internazionale Milano. Dunga may have had an abundance of quality right-wingbacks at his disposal since assuming the Brazil reins, but that has not prevented Maicon from making the No2 …

Mahesh Bhupathi — Achievements: Became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam by winning the French Open Mixed Doubles title in 1997. Won the Wimbledon and French Open Doubles Title in 1999. Won US Open Mixed Doubles in 1999. Won Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 2006. Padma Shri Award in 2001. Mahesh Bhupathi is an ace tennis player. Born …