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Rourkela: The inmates of Panposh Sports Hostel in Sundargarh district, widely known as the cradle of hockey, celebrated the Indian team’s bronze medal victory at Paris Olympics 2024. Similar celebrations were held at several places in the district including Saunamara, the native village of ace...

Bhubaneswar: The Sports and Youth Services department Friday hosted a grand event at Kalinga Hockey Stadium here to celebrate Indian men’s hockey team’s achievement at the Paris Olympics Thursday. The team secured their second consecutive bronze medal after 52 years, marking a significant milestone in...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday spoke to the Paris Olympics silver medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and hailed the sportsman spirit of his family. PM Modi congratulated the Olympian on bagging a silver medal in the Paris Games and also advised him to...

New Delhi: Indian wrestler Antim Panghal, who found herself in a soup following a disciplinary breach at the Olympic Games' athletes village in Paris, returned to the country Friday. The wrestler grabbed headlines Wednesday after she tried to facilitate her sister's entry into the athletes...

Paris: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal to be awarded the silver medal in the Women’s Wrestling 50kg competition in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be represented by renowned senior counsels Harish Salve and Vidushpat Singhania before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ad-hoc division...

Mumbai: Hindi film celebrities Kareena Kapoor Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Rakul Preet Singh, and Ayushmann Khurrana congratulated Neeraj Chopra for winning a silver medal in the men's javelin throw final in the Paris Olympics. Taking to Instagram Stories, Kareena shared a picture of Neeraj, and wrote:...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday announced a special reward of Rs 4 crore for Amit Rohidas, a member of India's men's hockey team that won the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics. Amit hails from Odisha. CM Majhi also announced Rs 15...

New Delhi: Elated for her son's silver medal, Neeraj Chopra's mother Saroj Devi also expressed happiness for Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who broke the Olympic record to beat the Indian defending champion in Paris, saying that the latter is also like her "child". Chopra clinched the...

Paris: After taking the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Paris Olympics, finishing behind Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who won the gold medal, Neeraj Chopra praised the 27-year-old's performance and said it is the first time since 2016 that Arshad has won against...

Paris: Defending champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men's javelin throw but the night belonged to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who destroyed competition by setting a new Olympic record for his country's maiden...