All posts tagged: Rediscovers

Despite final defeat, Srikanth Kidambi rediscovers the high of playing on Sundays on his pursuit of happiness

Despite final defeat, Srikanth Kidambi rediscovers the high of playing on Sundays on his pursuit of happiness

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If his fans have missed the reflected glory that came with Kidambi Srikanth sauntering to top-tier badminton titles in style, you can imagine how much he yearned for those big Sundays. The loss handed out to him at Malaysia Masters on Sunday was brutal – the shortest final of the five contested at 36 minutes – with Chinese heir apparent Li Shifeng winning 21-11, 21-9. Srikanth was overpowered in his first individual final since the 2021 World Championships. But there was an overwhelming vibe of glee that one of badminton’s most elegant strokemakers was back on the big stage. Prone to being understated, Srikanth did offer a peek into this longing for the glory days. Now, anyone who knows the former World No 1 (back in 2018), would tell you his longing for sporting success is like Mr Darcy pining after Elizabeth Bennet: in vain and utter unbristling silence, he has struggled since his last Tour final in 2019. On Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Srikanth let on a little. “It’s been a while. There was …

With Freestyle Chess, Magnus Carlsen rediscovers child-like joy and the hunger to ‘prove himself’ that made him a legend

With Freestyle Chess, Magnus Carlsen rediscovers child-like joy and the hunger to ‘prove himself’ that made him a legend

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In Paris, the most romantic city in the world, Magnus Carlsen has fallen in love again. With chess. Carlsen declared so himself. Right after he had defeated one-time arch-nemesis Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour on Sunday. The sport had seemed to constantly cause him bitterness over the last few years. The man known to fight till the last pawn on the board had started to pick up plenty of fights off the board. But over the past week, as he has duelled his way to the title at the Paris leg of the Freestyle Tour, Carlsen has repeatedly spoken about the “different joy and calmness” he feels while sitting down over the board to play a game of freestyle chess. Story continues below this ad Never mind that he has battled the flu for a significant portion of the event in Paris. He seems to love the format so much, in fact, that in a couple of days, Carlsen will be back on the …

‘Samantha was better’: Sreeleela’s Pushpa 2 cameo song fails to impress as internet rediscovers Oo Antava’s supremacy

‘Samantha was better’: Sreeleela’s Pushpa 2 cameo song fails to impress as internet rediscovers Oo Antava’s supremacy

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Nov 26, 2024 12:42 PM IST Each Pushpa 2 drop has managed to spark a frenzy among audience as they patiently wait for the arrival of Pushparaj. Kissik hasn’t made the mark it seems It’s fair to say that Samantha broke the internet back in 2021 when Pushpa: The Rise’s ‘item number’, the infamous Oo Antava, was presented to the public. Samantha looked like a million bucks and owned every frame of the camera as she lip-synced the woke and eventually controversy-ridden lyrics and moved to choreography that became quite the topic of conversation, for months, if not years. There was something so wrong about Oo Antava, that it was just right. Add to this the fact that the lyrics of the song literally speak about the reductive male gaze and some might say you have an item number that turns the concept on it’s head whilst being satire. A win. At the same time, the song was also the recipient of brickbats, considering it came a few mere months after Samantha announced her divorce …

PV Sindhu rediscovers her attacking game, accelerates in the decider to beat China’s World No.6 Han Yue | Badminton News

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Winning the quarterfinals 21-13, 14-21, 21-12 at the Malaysian Masters Super 500 against Chinese World No.6 Han Yue, ended a long spell of shed and unshed tears for PV Sindhu. A Top 10 snare is the only currency of legit good form on the badminton circuit, and those marquee wins had vamoozed for Sindhu the last few seasons after the heady days of first being a giant-killer, and then a genuine giant. To understand what a rare Top 6 ranked scalp means to Sindhu, consider the time that’s elapsed since she last won one of those matches. It’s been 2,156 days since she beat Carolina Marin, 1,736 days since she could defeat Tai Tzu Ying and 1,735 days since she scored a win over now Olympic champion, Chen Yu Fei who was twice denied a Worlds final by the Indian in the heydays of 2017-19. Sindhu last beat Akane Yamaguchi 735 days ago, and other former Top 5 regulars Ratchanok Intanon and HeBingjiao last in 2018 and 2022 respectively. She has never beaten Korean An …

KIYG 2023: Joydeep Karmakar’s Son Adriyan Handles Expectations, Defends Title And Rediscovers Love For Shooting

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Adriyan Karmakar not only loves shooting but also talking about shooting. “I can go on and on about it,” he says. At the 6th Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai, Adriyan, representing West Bengal, successfully defended his gold medal in the 50m 3 positions event. At 18, he has already been shooting targets for two-thirds of his life. He has already had a phase where shooting became more of a chore that he felt he had to do because of who he was: the son of 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, 2010 World Cup silver medallist and 2012 Olympics 4th-placed rifle shooter Joydeep Karmakar. He then had a frank conversation with his father, gradually rediscovered his passion for the sport, switched to 50m from 10m, and there’s been no looking back since. “A few years back, I kind of strayed away from the sport. I was not focused because I had been shooting from a very young age. So I had a phase where it was just, ‘okay, my dad is telling me …