Tag: Pullela Gopichand
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Pullela Gopichand Divides LinkedIn With ‘Sports In India Not For Middle-Class’ Statement
Pullela Gopichand, India’s chief architect in badminton, opened a pandora’s box by saying sports in India are not for the middle class. In an interview with the Times of India, Gopichand had advised parents to keep their children away from sporting careers unless they’re from a rich background or have a family business. His statement…
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Pullela Gopichand Advices Parents Against Picking Sporting Career For Children
Pullela Gopichand, India’s chief national coach, is shaping his daughter Gayatri Gopichand’s career in the badminton ecosystem but has advised parents against it if they’re not rich. “I advise parents not to put their children in sports. We are not in a position to offer sports as a career. Unless the children are from rich…
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Shuttle By Dalmia Group, A Badminton High Performance Centre, Inaugurated In Odisha
Shuttle by Dalmia Group, a Badminton High-Performance Centre, was inaugurated at the Kalinga Stadium Complex in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. The facility spread across 77,000 sq. ft, is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed by the Dalmia Bharat Group, the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy, and the Government of Odisha in 2018. It is…
