Vinayak Padmadeo was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Vinayak Padmadeo
Obstacle race: Hurdles India's Paralympic athletes face
What does it take to win an Olympic medal when you are differently abled? For India's ignored Paralympians, it's a lonely journey littered with hurdles.
Updated on Aug 23, 2015 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo
Women’s tennis has made no progress: Former Indian player
Under the same roof from where Mahesh Bhupathi announced how he and his colleagues were trying to build on the success of the Indian Professional Tennis League’s first season, Nirupama Sanjeev (formerly Vaidyanathan) gave her damning verdict of how the scene hasn’t changed at all for Indian women’s tennis in the last two decades.
Updated on Aug 02, 2015 10:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Sania Mirza set to win Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
Tennis ace Sania Mirza is set to be conferred the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for the year 2014-15.
Updated on Aug 01, 2015 02:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Indian women's archery team qualifies for Rio Olympics
The Indian women's recurve archery team has qualified for Rio Olympics 2016, bringing in good news from the sport after some unwanted spotlight. Archers Deepika Kumari, Rimil Buriuly and Laxmi Rani Majhi survived anxious moments before getting past Germans in the Round of 16 at the World Chmpionships at Copenhagen on Tuesday. The win ensured they advanced to the quarterfinals, which was the pre-requisite to qualify for the Olympics.
Updated on Jul 29, 2015 11:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Busy ‘sightseeing’, archers miss medal match
India men’s compound archery team forfeited its bronze medal play-off against Italy in the World University Games, 2015 in Gwangju, South Korea. The team of Gurwinder Singh, Kanwalpreet Singh and Aman did not even turn up for the match on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 08, 2015 09:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
When it’s IOUs for ‘withdrawals’ from saint’s shrine
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has a problem on its hands, and it has nothing to do with athlete training or tournament preparations.
Updated on Jun 28, 2015 01:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
SAI apathy on view as para-athlete Karamjyoti forced out
A wheelchair-bound athlete, Karamjyoti, has been asked to vacate her hostel room at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi after a fire broke out in her room and the authorities failed to come up with a contingency plan.
Updated on Jun 26, 2015 05:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Govt gathers foreigners for Yoga Day event at Rajpath
The government is trying to rope in foreigners living in India, including sports coaches and scholarship students, to add an international flavour to its grand Yoga Day event at Delhi’s Rajpath that aims to create a world record on Sunday.
Updated on Jun 19, 2015 04:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saubhadra Chatterji and Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Indian sports federations, ministry circular and the mail 'khel'
Not following the sports code and persisting with administrators older than 70 is a sure-fire way to draw the ire of the sports ministry. Just ask the Archery Association of India, which was derecognised by the ministry for doing exactly that.
Updated on Jun 16, 2015 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Discipline goes for a toss as Indian wrestlers back to wily ways
The more things change the more they remain the same when it comes to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Only last month, WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh had kicked out 13 grapplers from the national camp at the SAI training facility in Sonepat for skipping training.
Updated on Jun 14, 2015 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi
Grappling with visa woes, Indian wrestling team fielded physio in Doha
Stepping on the mat in the India singlet at an international meet is any wrestler’s dream. But having to do so without any formal training in the sport is nothing short of a nightmare, as Manjul Nautiyal found out first hand at the Asian Championships in Qatar last month.
Updated on Jun 05, 2015 09:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinayak Padmadeo, New Delhi