NEW DELHI, May 28 -- 'Faster, Higher, Stronger', goes the Olympic motto. But one sport is hoping to add a bit of "stillness, and balance" to the movement.
Yoga, the ancient Indian practice for mental and physical well-being propagated for centuries by spiritual gurus, is hoping to also become an eye-catching global sport -- Yogasana -- in the next one decade.
The audacious plan includes being big enough to be a medal sport in the 2036 Olympics, which India is hoping to host in Ahmedabad.
"But even if the Games were to be held in Timbuktu, we are working to ensure that Yogasana is a medal sport in 2036," World Yogasana vice president Udit Sheth asserted in an interview to PTI, referring in jest to the fifth century city in Mali that is al...