Manisha Malhotra, CEO, Mittal Champions Trust, is determined that the Indian athletes her organisation sponsors bring gold for India. She shares her plans with Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
Rediff.com's Harish Kotian caught up with Mittal Champions Trust's Amit Bhatia to find out about his involvement with the trust and expectations from Indian athletes at the Games.
The two-year-old Mittal Champions Trust, set up by the world's richest Indian Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, is not satisfied with the results at the Beijing Olympics that yielded just one medal from the 56-strong Indian squad.
Mittals Champions Trust Sports Foundation has agreed to sponsor 15 boys -- five each from senior, junior and sub-junior category.
Livid with detractors for casting aspersions on her achievements because of a dope-tainted past, Asian Games gold medallist discus thrower Seema Punia said she has been 'ill-treated' by authorities, including the national federation, for many years now.
Bhupathi said AITA did not have the courtesy to inform him that he won't continue as captain.