Olympics 2021

New Delhi: He played a pivotal role in India’s historic hockey bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Midfielder Simranjeet Singh’s next aim is to further hone his skills to become a regular feature in the team for the upcoming events, including next year’s Asian Games....

Jaipur: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said Monday it has sacked long jumper M Sreeshankar’s coach. This is because of the poor performance of M Sreeshankar in the Tokyo Olympics. Incidentally, Sreeshankar was being coached by his father S Murali. Officials of the AFI...

Bhubaneswar: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat won the badminton gold in the SL3 event of the recently-concluded Tokyo Paralympics arrived here Friday amid a tumultuous welcome. In the evening Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Pramod Bhagat at the Kalinga Stadium here. Bhagat was handed a...

Tokyo: Shooter Avani Lekhara will be the flag-bearer of India’s contingent during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics, here Sunday. The 19-year-old trailblazer Avani Lekhara had won gold in R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event Monday before claiming the 50m Rifle 3...

Tokyo: It was a ‘moment to cherish’ for Pramod Bhagat who Saturday clinched India’s first badminton gold in Paralympics. Pramod Bhagat attributed his win against Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell in the final to a strategy that he devised. Reigning World Champion Bhagat beat Bethell 21-14,...

New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu said Saturday that she will not just rest on her silver medal. Instead she will work doubly hard to win the gold in the next Olympics at Paris in 2024. Mirabai Chanu said this during a felicitation...

Tokyo: World No.1 Pramod Bhagat sailed into the men's singles semifinals after beating Ukraine's Oleksandr Chyrkov in his second group A match of the Tokyo Paralympics badminton event here Thursday as the country's shuttlers expectedly produced strong performances. The 33-year-old Bhagat, also a reigning world...

Tokyo: Defending champion Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won a silver and bronze respectively in the men’s high jump T42 event as India's medal tally at the Paralympics touched an unprecedented 10 here Tuesday. Mariyappan Thangavelu cleared 1.86m, but had to settle for silver behind...

Tokyo: Covid-19 had affected the training of many Indian sportspersons for both the Olympics and the Paralympics currently on at Tokyo. However, it was not the case for bronze medal-winning shooter Shinghraj Adana. To keep his preparations on track Singhraj Adana simply built the range...

New Delhi: Star wrestler Bajrang Punia said Monday he may seek re-trials in his category close to the World Championships. However, he will only do so if he recovers from his injury. Bajrang Punia also revealed that he had hurt not only his knee, but...