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March 4, 2025 11:11 PM
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, attended the official send-off ceremony for the 49-member Indian team set to compete in the Special Olympics World Winter Games. This marks the largest-ever Indian contingent for the...
February 13, 2025 9:28 AM
Grounded by a troubling ankle injury for much of 2024, New Zealand's first Winter Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is now back on top of the snowboarding world after a "mind-blowing" few weeks in Colorado. The 23-year-old swept both the slopest...
November 26, 2024 4:54 PM
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he was delighted with India's interest in hosting the 2036 summer Games but cautioned the South Asian nation that organising an Olympics was one of the world's most complex projects. Coe, 68, a two-time O...
August 9, 2024 9:09 AM
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who earned a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, said on Friday that while he gave his best, it was Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem's day to win gold. Chopra said it was time to assess his performance and focus on future impro...
August 9, 2024 8:48 AM
As Neeraj Chopra secured the silver medal in the men's javelin throw at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Indian athlete, calling him "excellence personified." Chopra, 26, fell short of retaining his gold medal,...
August 8, 2024 8:20 AM
Vinesh Phogat has announced her retirement from wrestling following her disqualification in the 50 kg freestyle wrestling final at the Paris Olympics. She shared her decision in an emotional post on X on Thursday morning. "Maa kushti (wrestling) won...
July 10, 2024 12:40 PM
India broke a 41-year medal drought in Olympic men's hockey with a bronze in Tokyo three years ago, triggering hopes that a ninth gold medal for the once dominant power in the sport might be on the cards in Paris. The majority of India's titles were...
June 17, 2024 10:42 AM
Melissa Wu will hope to keep Australia in the diving medals at a seventh successive Olympics after claiming a spot on her fifth Games team for Paris. At 16, Wu became the country's youngest diver to win an Olympic medal with silver in the synchronis...
May 9, 2024 3:57 PM
Olympic and world javelin champion Neeraj Chopra said Indian athletes have shown they can compete with the European powerhouses of the event and that the key to success at the Paris Games is maintaining their self-belief. European athletes had won 1...
April 16, 2024 3:37 PM
The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of hi...
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