Uttarakhand government recognizes Indian women’s hockey player Vandana Kataria at Tokyo Olympics. She has been appointed as the State Women and Child Development Ambassador. The announcement was made by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The government will also give a prize Continue Reading
Neeraj Chopra won a historic gold medal in men’s javelin throw to make the Tokyo 2020 Games India’s best ever Olympics campaign. Chopra writes a new history on Saturday by becoming independent India’s first athlete to win a medal in the track and field discipline. Another milestone for India came from Neeraj Chopra as he […]Continue Reading
India does not win bronze in Olympic women’s hockey India lost to Britain 3-4 in the bronze medal match. The Indian women finally conceded defeat after trailing by one goal and coming back with three goals. Britain took the lead with a brace early in the second quarter. But Gurjit Kaur doubled India’s lead. India […]Continue Reading
India lose to Belgium in Olympic men’s hockey semi finals. World champions Belgium won by five goals to two. Hendrix scored a hat trick for Belgium. Now India has a bronze medal left. The fight is with the losers in the Australia-Germany semi-final. Three goals were scored in the first quarter of the match itself. […]Continue Reading
Women’s discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur in the final of the Olympic Athletics. Kamalpreet qualified for the final by covering a distance of 64.00 meters in the qualifying round. The Indian finished second in the qualifying round. Kamalpreet is second only to Valerie (66.42) of the United States. After the qualifying marks of 64 meters, only […]Continue Reading
Indian player Atanu Das makes a big splash in the men’s archery event. South Korea’s two-time Olympic gold medalist Oh Jin-hyek lost 5-6 to Atanu. With that, Atanu entered the pre-quarters. Hyek won gold in the individual event at the 2012 London Olympics. He was also a member of the Korean team that won gold […]Continue Reading
PV Sindhu enters pre-quarterfinals in women’s badminton. In the group round, Sindhu defeated Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi in straight sets. The score was 21-9, 21-16. In the pre-quarterfinals, Sindhu will face Denmark’s Mia Bleichfelt. Sindhu won the first game without giving any chance to her opponent. It was only in the second game that […]Continue Reading
India opens medal table at Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s 49 kg weight category, India’s Mirabai Chanu won silver. Chanu put out excellent performances in Snatch, Clean and Jerk. The historic achievement was lifting 202 kg. She easily conquered 87 kg in snatch and 115 kg in jerk. Chanu is the second Indian to win […]Continue Reading
Malayalee swimmer Sajan Prakash will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The player can withdraw to focus on matches. Sajan will compete in only two events. Withdrew from the freestyle category in swimming. He will compete in the 100m and 200m events of the Butterfly. However, it is not clear whether Sajan will […]Continue Reading
On Monday organisers said that the Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, after the coronavirus forced the historic decision to postpone the Games until 2021. Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori told reporters at a hastily arranged news conference that “the Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021. The […]Continue Reading