Intro: The year 2022 was a year of many firsts and historic achievements by Indian athletes on the world stage 1. Neeraj Chopra stamps his mark For Chopra, things only got better. The Olympic champion won yet another silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, giving India its best performance at the event to date. This...
Birmingham: For most members of the men's hockey team at the Commonwealth Games here India gained a silver medal in Birmingham, for goalkeeper PR Sreejesh the team lost a gold. It is a matter of perception -- if you want to see the glass as half-filled or the hall empty. Sreejesh chose to see it as...
India’s ace badminton player PV Sindhu won her maiden singles gold at the Commonwealth Games defeating Michelle Li of Canada 21-15, 21-13 on the last day of the quadrennial event in Birmingham on Monday. The 27-year-old two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu, who was unsuccessful in the previous two attempts, settling for silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games...
Tejaswin Shankar won bronze in the men’s high jump final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Wednesday, which India’s first-ever medal in the discipline. Tejaswin, who is the national record holder got a last-minute entry into the CWG as the organizers accepted his entry at the request of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), ending a month-long...
Birmingham: India had a good start at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 championship here and on Day 6, the country had won five gold, five silver and five bronze medals, and the tally was growing. Sanket Sargar was the first Indian to win a medal in Birmingham, bagging a silver in the men's 55kg weightlifting event. Mirabai Chanu was...
Eugene (Oregon): Tokyo Olympics javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra, who clinched the historic silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, is elated from his performance and said that there is a hunger inside him to win gold in next edition of worlds competition. With his best throw of 88.13m, Neeraj won silver and ended India's...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the Indian contingent bound for the Commonwealth Games via video conferencing this week. The interaction was attended by both the athletes as well as their coaches. Sports minister Anurag Thakur was also present on the occasion. The Prime Minister wished the Indian contingent for the Games, saying it...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that it will be bidding for an Olympic berth in Los Angeles 2028. Cricket was only played in the 1900 edition of the Olympics with Great Britain winning the gold medal. The sport's inclusion in 2028 would mark the end of a 128-year absence. ICC chairman Greg Barclay said, “Cricket would...
New Delhi: A glimpse into the stupendous athletics career of legendary Milkha Singh, who passed away aged 91, can be had from this mind boggling fact: his 400 metres Indian national record stood for 38 years and the 400m Asian record for 26 years. In 1960 in Rome, he came closest to winning an individual...
