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Family Support In Sports: Her father repaired bicycles for Rs 300 a day and she grew up in a mud house; years later, Asmita Dey became the first Indian judoka to win Commonwealth Games gold

Dey’s victory marked India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo. When Asmita Dey stood on the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow, there was one person she kept thinking about. Her father, Arjun Dey, was not there to see the moment. Her father had passed away seven months earlier after suffering a brain stroke.On Friday,…

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Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89

More recently he was treated with cortisone for a rare blood condition, haemolytic anaemia, which causes the number of red blood cells in the body to be reduced. He entered hospital on 17 August and his son became regent, taking over his activities. This year alone the Norwegian royal family has faced compounded personal health…

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