'100 not-out', Manohar Aich stresses on staying happy for long years
Press Trust of India | Sunday March 17, 2013
In 1950, at the age of 37, Aich won the Mr Hercules contest and the next year he finished runner-up at the coveted Mr Universe contest. Aich no longer lifts weights but he does light training for about 15 minutes a day to stay healthy.
After Indian student's death in UK, university warns students against weight-loss pills
Reported by Rahul Joglekar; Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Sunday February 24, 2013
The death of 18-year-old student from Hyderabad has led to university authorities warning students against taking unprescribed drugs as they could prove "lethal". Reports say that Sarmad Alladin died after apparently taking bodybuilding pills.
Hyderabad millionaire's son, studying in UK, dies after weight-loss pills
Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2013
An 18-year-old Indian student has died in the UK after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight.
In Gandhi letters on display, son blames Mahatma for failing exams
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 30, 2013
A rare collection of letters between Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and a South African bodybuilder with whom he shared a close relationship went on display in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Moustafa Ismail: The man with 31 inch upper arms
Associated Press | Wednesday November 28, 2012
Don't tell Popeye. It turns out you don't need to eat your spinach to get the world's biggest arms. Massachusetts bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail eats seven pounds (three kilograms) of protein, nine pounds of carbohydrates and three gallons of water ea...
Arnold Schwarzenegger owes everything to bodybuilding
BANG Showbiz | Friday September 28, 2012
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he would not have been successful if he hadn't started taking care of his body while he was growing up in Austria.
India buys Gandhi archive from Sotheby's to halt auction
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 10, 2012
India has paid $1.1 million to buy a collection of letters, papers and photographs relating to Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, preventing their sale at a planned auction in London. The archive, which belonged to Gandhi's close friend Herman...
Gym cancels professional bodybuilder's membership
Mid-Day.com | Tuesday December 13, 2011
Are you a professional bodybuilder in search of state-of-the-art training equipment? Going by a recent incident, the last place you should look for these amenities is, quite ironically, the gymnasium.
Mumbai champ flexes muscles for Sena chief's blessings
Mid-Day.com | Friday October 22, 2010
He returned from the Gulf yesterday with a gold medal in his bag. No sooner did he land at the airport, than he made a dash for Matoshree to show his accolade to Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray.Mumbaikar Suhas Khamkar has done the country proud by being the first in 20 years to win agold at the Asian ...
Indian doping saga: 24 athletes sanctioned
Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 15, 2009
The year 2009 will go down in the history of Indian sports as one of the worst in terms of doping with 24 athletes - bodybuilders leading the hall of shame - already sanctioned, 11 more waiting for their fate and another 13 such cases coming to light...
Indian doping saga: 24 athletes sanctioned
Tuesday December 15, 2009
The year 2009 will go down in the history of Indian sports as one of the worst in terms of doping with 24 athletes - bodybuilders leading the hall of shame - al
