Dream Sports Foundation

Extremely delighted to announce Dare to Dream Program with Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools where 35 talented footballers from U-15 and U-17 age groups will be supported over a period of 3 years in Meghalaya. Our all-round support will include training, kitting, competition exposure, nutrition and education.

We also welcome the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia to the Dream Sports Foundation Advisory Board. We are excited to unearth from India through the program

Indian Football Foundation | Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools

Happy to all! Honouring the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, the DSF family salutes every athlete for all their hard work and sacrifices that have helped bring glory to India.

Let's all celebrate the power of sport and have an active life.

Congratulations to Sreeja Akula and Advait Page on being felicitated by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi after their stellar performances at the Commonwealth Games 2022. We wish them the very best!
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22 gold. 61 medals. 4th place. Multiple National Records. Multiple firsts in Indian sport. Multiple inspiring stories. What a this has been! Legends doing what they do best, redemption stories written and new superstars emerging. The future is bright!

One day before the opening ceremony of Birmingham 2022 gets underway. It all kicks off tomorrow at 6:30 pm with the likes of Duran Duran, Indigo Marshall and Gambimi performing. We are particularly looking forward to Team India walking out in their ceremonial kits!

Looking forward to seeing our athletes at in Birmingham. Sreeja and Advait are part of the One Dream One Lakshya and Stars of Tomorrow programs respectively. Sreeja will take part in the Womens Singles and Team events. Advait, a long distance specialist will take part in the 1500m freestyle event. Both athletes are progressing promisingly and we are extremely excited to witness them in action at the Games and in future. Join us in wishing them all the very best!

2 days to go! Let's get behind the Indian contingent and
The 215 athletes strong Indian Contingent will take part in 19 events including Para Sports. Birmingham2022 will have 283 medal events in 20 sports played in 15 venues across the city. The participation of around 4500 athletes makes the Commonwealth Games amongst the biggest games held quadrennially.

With 3 days to go for , here's a look at some of our work in the Elite Athlete Development space. Sreeja Akula from our One Dream One Lakshya program is part of the Indian Women Table Tennis team this year, and there are huge strides being made by all athletes involved. Have a read!

https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/indias-young-athletes-making-rapid-strides-aided-by-dsf-s-elite-athlete-development-program-101658239609666.html"

India's young athletes making rapid strides, aided by DSF’s Elite Athlete Development Program Seven rising stars – paddler Sreeja Akula, boxer Nupur Sheoran, Greco-Roman Wrestler Sunil Kumar, shooter Nupur Patil, boxer Devika Ghorpade, and shuttlers Tara Shah and Riya Habbu — who had been performing well in the domestic and national circuits, were shortlisted for the program.

International multi-sport event Commonwealth Games (CWG) is back! This year's edition is being held in Birmingham and will mark England's third time hosting the . Team India has historically finished in the top 10 nations out of 70+ participating nations since 1958. After the best ever performance at Tokyo 2020, expectations are even higher. It's time to follow the performances and

Wonderful start to the Long Course season for Suvana Baskar. The backstroke specialist bagged a silver medal in the 50m event clocking 29.82 sec at the Singapore National Swimming C'ship 2022. She also took part in 100m,200m Backstroke and 200m IM events with impressive performances. Congratulations Suvana and all the best for future events!

Sunil Kumar follows up on his bronze medal in Mongolia with a Gold at the U23 Asian Wrestling Championship in 87kg Greco Roman in Kyrgyztan. 🥇
Team India🇮🇳 sits at 2nd position currently in the overall medal tally with 1 more day of action to go.
Sunil Kumar is part of our "One Dream One Lakshya" program with Lakshya Sports Congratulations Sunil and team for such consistent performances!

Say hello to the first ever DreamJab cohort! 30 young, aspiring boxers from the Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation will be part of a 3 year program from Dream Sports Foundation
Our support will include annual financial scholarships towards boxing kits/equipment, nutritious food and supplement, accommodation in MKRBF hostel, free training, medical and academic expenses along with competition exposure.
We are excited and confident of the development of these youngsters into fine boxers for India.🥊 🇮🇳
With MC Mary Kom on board as advisor, has the potential to create some serious impact in India boxing. We cannot wait!

And that’s a wrap! An eventful and exciting day of selections for the DreamJab program by Dream Sports Foundation Sports Foundation comes to an end. After hundreds of young boxers were put through trials, a group of 55 came together in Imphal at the Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation for a final round of intense sparring, physical and technical assessments. We are keenly looking forward to see how the final cohort of the DreamJab program shapes up.

Our heartfelt thanks to MC Mary Kom for being there for the entire selection process despite her heartbreaking injury. The talent we have seen makes us immensely excited for the program and the development and support of young boxers from around Manipur.

Hearty Congratulations to Viraj Madappa for finishing first at the Asian Games Trial held at KGA, Bangalore. Viraj will represent India🇮🇳 at the 19th Asiad joined by Rashid Khan, Anirban Lahiri , Subhankar Sharma. We are proud to be part of Viraj's journey, hope he continues his fine form!⛳️

We are extremely delighted to announce the launch of the DreamJab program with MC Mary Kom and the Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation. We will be supporting 30 young, talented boxers from Imphal over a 3 year period. MC Mary Kom will come on board as an Advisor to DSF as well!

https://thebridge.in/boxing/mary-kom-programme-nurture-boxing-talent-in-northeast-31068

Double Medal Alert! Sreeja Akula is the new National Champion! The young paddler supported under our "One Dream One Lakshya" programme won 2 Golds in the Women's Singles and Doubles at the Senior National TT Championships. This result gets her very close to become part of the Indian contingent at the Commonwealth and Asian Games scheduled this year. Congratulations on your maiden national crown!

Sunil Kumar wins a bronze medal (Greco Roman, 87kg) at the Asian Championships being held at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This is a promising result from the young athlete supported under our "One Dream One Lakshya" programme. We wish Sunil and his team the very best for the preperation towards Asian Games!

A 30 member Indian Sailing contingent took part in the Asian Sailing C'ship 2022 held in Abu Dhabi last week. Team India finished with an impressive 9 medal haul (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze). 2 Stars of Tomorrow athletes, Nethra Kumanan and Ishwarya Ganesh were part of the contingent and both bagged silver medals in the Women's Laser Radial and Women's RS:X, respectively. This comes as a huge boost before Asian Games 2022. We wholeheartedly congratulate our athletes and the entire Indian contingent for the exceptional performance.

Pranavi Urs continues her fine form to register her 2nd win on the Hero's Women Pro Golf Tour this season. Our Stars of Tomorrow athlete had a very consistent 4th Leg held at Aamby Valley golf course, Pune. We wish Pranavi and her team hearty congratulations!

Fantastic start to the season for our Stars of Tomorrow athlete, Pranavi Urs. She registered a career best 7 under and a bogey free round to secure herself the winners title in the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour- Leg 1, Hyderabad. She will be looking to build on this momentum and register similar performances in the next 2 tournaments this month. We congratulate and wish Pranavi and her team the very best!

One Dream One Lakshya's Sreeja Akula emerged victorious in the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships- 2021 (South Zone) held in Pondicherry. The final was a nail biting affair with Sreeja winning the 7 setter despite trailing 1-3 (5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 17-19, 11-4, 11-6, 12-10).
A huge congratulations to Sreeja and her team!
Lakshya Sports

Pranjala Y convincingly won the finals against Sowjanya B (7-5,6-2) in the W15 Bangalore. This ITF title is special since it comes after a long wait, with her last W25 title back in 2018. Battling injury issues, Pranjala and her team have worked hard.
We hope she builds on this momentum and registers impressive performances in the upcoming W15 and W25s being held in India.
Congratulations Pranjala Yadlapalli, GoSports Foundation

Sunil Kumar continued on his fine form and won gold in the National Wrestling C'ship 2021 held in Gonda, UP! Sunil competes in Greco Roman style in the 87kg category.

He is supported under our "One Dream One Lakshya" programme with Lakshya Sports. A huge congratulations to Sunil and his team.

Our "Stars of Tomorrow" programme athlete, Nethra Kumanan won gold at the Gran Canaria Sailing C'ship in the laser radial event! She finished first in 3 out of 5 races in this European regional event.

Nethra looks to be in fine form before the ILCA Radial Women's World C'ship 2021 which will be held in Oman from 29th Nov. We congratulate and wish her the best for upcoming competitions!

Lohit M makes a big splash at the Senior National Aquatic Championships being held in Bangalore. The breaststroke specialist bagged a Gold in 200m and Bronze in the 50m event!

We congratulate the young swimmer who is part of our "Stars of Tomorrow" programme with GoSports Foundation

Medal Update: Nupur Sheoran wins the silver medal in the 5th Elite Women's National Boxing C'ships in the 75-81kg category! She lost to the experienced Pooja Rani in finals.

Hearty congratulations to Nupur, who is supported under our "One Dream One Lakshya" programme with Lakshya Sports.

Nupur Sheoran- pugilist being supported under our "One Dream One Lakshya" programme with Lakshya Sports will be taking part in the 5th Elite Women's National Boxing Championships in Hisar, Haryana in the 75-81kg category. Her qualification rounds start today!

We have some great news to share. Our Stars of Tomorrow athlete, Viraj Madappa has won the TATA Steel The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) MP Cup 2021 Presented by the Delhi Golf Club (DGC). The PGTI returned to the DGC with a full-field event after seven years and the 21 year old made the most of it by bagging his second professional title scoring a tournament tally of 14-under 274 (71-67-66-70). This is an amazing achievement for Viraj which has also pushed him up from ninth to third place in the PGTI Order of Merit. We wish him luck for his future endeavours.