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Top Indian 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable and javelin thrower Kishore Jena will hope to fine tune their Olympics preparations in the Paris leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meeting series on Sunday. Reigning Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has opted out of the Paris DL apparently due to an…
India on Thursday named a 28-member athletics team for the upcoming Paris Olympics, headlined by superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, but one more athlete — long jumper Jeswin Aldrin — is expected to be included by the national federation later. The 26-year-old Tokyo Games gold medallist and reigning world champion in javelin throw…
India’s first individual gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, and Paralympian Deepa Malik have been honoured with Special Recognition Awards at a ceremony celebrating Indians who have made a significant impact globally. India Global Forum’s (IGF) annual UK-India Awards 2024 at Fairmont Windsor Park, near London, on Thursday evening, honoured the sporting legends alongside a…
Anurag Thakur said the Indian contingent will improve its medal tally in Paris Olympics. PM Narendra Modi had also expressed the country’s desire to host the Olympics in 2036 during the IOC session in Mumbai last year. Meanwhile, veteran table tennis player and reigning CWG champion Sharath Kamal will be India’s flag bearer at the…
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Veteran table tennis player and reigning CWG champion Sharath Kamal will be India’s flag bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games while legendary boxer MC Mary Kom was on Thursday appointed the chef de mission of the country’s contingent. Sharath Kamal symbolises “the unity and spirit of our contingent as they compete on the Olympic…
Cricket’s more than 100-year Olympic exile moved closer to ending after the sport was approved for inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board. IOC president Thomas Bach, speaking after Friday’s second day of an executive board meeting in Mumbai, said officials had accepted a proposal by LA organisers…
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Image for representative use© Twitter Indian skaters Sai Samitha Akula and Greeshma Dontara finished at the fifth and sixth position respectively in ladies artistic single free skating at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. Sai was leading with 32.69 points at one stage before ending her campaign with 49.64 points. Greeshma too had identical…
File photo of Indian cricket team.© AFP The Indian men’s cricket team will be among the attractions of the action on Saturday in Asian Games 2023. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side will take on Afghanistan in the final of the cricket event. Meanwhile, Indian men and women’s kabaddi teams will also be playing their respective finals….
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The Indian men’s team stumbled on the final hurdle against Hong Kong, and settled for a silver medal in the bridge competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. India, a gold and two bronze-medal winner at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, lost to Hong Kong 152-238.1 in the gold-medal match at Hangzhou. The…
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India have hit a ton! A first and a historic one at the Asian Games 2023. The Indian contingent are now certain to cross the 100-medal mark at the continental extravaganza. This is the first time that India will be breaching the triple-figure mark in the Asian Games medal tally. India have already won 95 medals…
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