Manisha Malhotra: Important to bring the big events home to boost popularity of sports
1 year, 8 months ago

Manisha Malhotra: Important to bring the big events home to boost popularity of sports

The Hindu  

Indiaaa!” filled the K. D. Jadhav Stadium in March, with the din reaching a crescendo as the ring announcer declared Lovlina Borgohain the champion in the 75kg category at the IBA Boxing World Championships. As Lovlina had her arm held aloft, India closed its Women’s World Boxing Championship with four gold medallists: the other three being Nitu Ganghas, Nikhat Zareen, and Saweety Boora. The country hosted the Asian Games twice, the Commonwealth Games in 2010, and multiple world championships across sports including hockey, boxing, and shooting. With the rise in the fan following of Olympic sports, India can benefit a lot — apart from the obvious bragging rights — if it can host major competitions like world championships or multi-discipline Games. Hosting big events also makes sense from the athletes’ developmental pathway perspective since it provides exposure on how to handle pressure, especially when they are competing in front of their home crowd.

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The Sporting Life: It’s time for India to do better, says Rudraneil Sengupta
4 months ago

The Sporting Life: It’s time for India to do better, says Rudraneil Sengupta

Hindustan Times  

Such a brief question, but the answer is complex enough to fill a tome. Japan has swept up medals at every Olympics since women’s wrestling made its debut in 2004. Kaori Icho is the only woman wrestler in the world to win four Olympic golds ; Saori Yoshida has three Olympic golds and 13 world championship titles. Though this kind …

Manu Bhaker interview: ‘If an athlete dreams, it better be a grand dream’
4 months, 1 week ago

Manu Bhaker interview: ‘If an athlete dreams, it better be a grand dream’

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The last couple of weeks have been everything that Manu Bhaker dreamt of and a little bit more. The 22-year-old dropped into the Hindustan Times office to talk amongst other things about the brilliant run in Paris and what India needs to do to catch up with the top nations. I didn’t quite know how the match would …

Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra saving grace for India in athletics at Paris
4 months, 1 week ago

Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra saving grace for India in athletics at Paris

India Today  

Expectations were high from India in athletics, since they had sent a contingent of 29 members, their highest ever in the history of the Olympics. He had also joined Abhinav Bindra as one of the two athletes from India to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics. Post independence, India are still looking for their second medallist in athletics …

Which Indian athletes won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Which Indian athletes won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

The Hindu  

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was the most successful Games outing for India since it participated in the Games for the first time in 1900. Here’s a look at the top 10 Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics 2020: Neeraj Chopra Winning gold in javelin in Tokyo 2020, Neeraj Chopra clinched the first-ever track and field medal for India. | …

A note on the issue: The women who pull no punches
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A note on the issue: The women who pull no punches

Live Mint  

Many years ago, when the roses and chocolates of fatuous, corporatised women’s day celebrations were annoying me more than usual and I was trying to explain to HR the idea of the day, I read a line on the official International Women’s Day website that went something like “when women are not present, we must ask ‘why not?’.” It’s exactly …

Why 2023 was a landmark year for Indian athletes
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why 2023 was a landmark year for Indian athletes

Live Mint  

The year 2023 was one of reckoning for Indian sport. They scaled new highs this year, including winning India’s first gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships in 58 years. Four Indian boxers—Zareen, 2020 Tokyo Olympic medallists Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety Boora and Nitu Ghanghas —won a gold at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships held in Delhi in March. A …

World Cup low, Asian Games high for men; women gun for spot in Olympics amid off-field tremors: Indian hockey in 2023
1 year ago

World Cup low, Asian Games high for men; women gun for spot in Olympics amid off-field tremors: Indian hockey in 2023

Hindustan Times  

Asian Games medals, World Cup disappointment, a rather decorated coach stepping down and a former captain wondering out loud just why she isn't able to make it to a team of whom she was the face not too long ago. While the men secured qualification to the Olympics by winning gold at the Asian Games, the women will be fighting …

How Indian athletes have brought in a new era of sporting excellence
1 year, 2 months ago

How Indian athletes have brought in a new era of sporting excellence

Live Mint  

If Jyothi Surekha Vennam was a picture of stillness, then Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were explosive energy personified. Vennam seemed in peak zen mode as she shot 14 of the 15 arrows in the 10-point circle in the final, finishing with a joint Asian Games record of 149 to win a gold medal in the women’s individual compound archery …

Women's World Boxing Championships: India eyes strong show at home
1 year, 9 months ago

Women's World Boxing Championships: India eyes strong show at home

The Hindu  

Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain will be at the forefront as India eyes a show befitting their growing stature in women's boxing when the World Championship, whose build-up was marred by controversies, begins in New Delhi from March 16. Lovlina, on the other hand, has bulked up from the 69kg welterweight class to the 75kg middleweight division after both their …

Women's World Boxing Championships 2023: IBA President Kremlev Calls India 'Capital of Women's Boxing'
1 year, 9 months ago

Women's World Boxing Championships 2023: IBA President Kremlev Calls India 'Capital of Women's Boxing'

News 18  

The International Boxing Association President Umar Kremlev on Tuesday termed India as the capital of women’s boxing as the country is all set for the biggest boxing event with the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023, kickstarting on Wednesday at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Generally, 250 to 260 boxers compete in such championships but this year it’s a …

Indians confident of dominating Women’s World Boxing Championship
1 year, 9 months ago

Indians confident of dominating Women’s World Boxing Championship

The Hindu  

The Indian boxers exuded confidence about their preparation and expressed keen desire to dominate the Women’s World Boxing championship at a press conference here on Friday. In the presence of the Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and the Boxing Federation of India president, Ajay Singh, it was not just world champion Nikhat Zareen or Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain who were …

India to Host Women's World Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi: BFI
2 years, 1 month ago

India to Host Women's World Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi: BFI

News 18  

India will host the women’s world boxing championships in 2023 in New Delhi, two years after the country was stripped of the hosting rights of men’s event for not paying the requisite fee to the global governing body. India has never conducted the men’s world championship but it will be the third time that the elite women’s competition will be …

India’s wrestling momentum takes a hit at world championships, and the silver lining
2 years, 3 months ago

India’s wrestling momentum takes a hit at world championships, and the silver lining

The Hindu  

India’s campaign at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships ended on a high note with Bajrang Punia beating Sebastian Rivera to win the fourth World Championship medal of his career. Panghal would lose to Vinesh Phogat at the selection trials and would go on to compete at the World Championships, where the gold medal was won by USA’s Dominique Parrish. Unfamiliar …

DC Edit | Sports bodies must do better
2 years, 4 months ago

DC Edit | Sports bodies must do better

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian sports scene is bubbling over with the enthusiastic performances of athletes and players across disciplines. For administering sport by the rule book and to be compliant with India’s own sports code, all sports associations and federations should be properly elected as per their Constitution. In the case of the Indian Olympic Association too, the top court has asked …

India@75: Indian Sports Have a Lot of Catching Up To Do, But CWG Results Show There is Scope for Optimism
2 years, 4 months ago

India@75: Indian Sports Have a Lot of Catching Up To Do, But CWG Results Show There is Scope for Optimism

News 18  

Seventy-five years after Independence, how does India fare in sports? Winning three World Cups and a top three ranking in Tests for the better part of the last two decades, highlight how consistently well India teams have performed in this period. India’s badminton players, especially women like Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, have not only been able to break China’s …

Commonwealth Games 2022: India boxing review
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: India boxing review

The Hindu  

The emergence of new talents, the revival of experienced hands, and the below-par finish of a few big names sum up the showing of Indian boxers in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Since the 2002 Manchester Games, when Mohammad Ali Qamar won the first-ever gold medal for the country, India has been performing well in boxing at the Commonwealth Games. India …

Women's World Boxing Championships: Nikhat Zareen storms into final, Manisha Moun signs off with bronze
2 years, 7 months ago

Women's World Boxing Championships: Nikhat Zareen storms into final, Manisha Moun signs off with bronze

Firstpost  

Nikhat Zareen breezed into the Women’s World Boxing Championships final with a dominating win while Manisha Moun signed off with a bronze medal in Istanbul on Wednesday. New Delhi: India’s Nikhat Zareen breezed into the Women’s World Boxing Championships final with a dominating win while Manisha Moun signed off with a bronze medal in Istanbul on Wednesday. The 2019 Asian …

12th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships: Nikhat Storms Into Final; Manisha and Parveen Exit With Bronze Medals
2 years, 7 months ago

12th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships: Nikhat Storms Into Final; Manisha and Parveen Exit With Bronze Medals

News 18  

New Delhi: Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen punched her way into the final with a sensational win while Manisha and debutant Parveen ended their campaigns with bronze medals after defeats in the semi-finals at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Wednesday. On the other hand, Manisha and Parveen gave their all but ended up …

Women's World Boxing Championships: Manisha Signs off with Bronze, Nikhat Zareen Storms into Final
2 years, 7 months ago

Women's World Boxing Championships: Manisha Signs off with Bronze, Nikhat Zareen Storms into Final

News 18  

India’s Nikhat Zareen breezed into the Women’s World Boxing Championships final with a dominating win while Manisha Moun signed off with a bronze medal in Istanbul on Wednesday. Zareen, who is a former junior world champion, stayed calm and completely dominated her rival for a 5-0 win by unanimous decision in the last-four bout of the 52kg competition. IPL 2022 …

Competition system in India well behind big nations, need to seize momentum back, says Santiago Nieva
2 years, 7 months ago

Competition system in India well behind big nations, need to seize momentum back, says Santiago Nieva

Firstpost  

The outgoing High Performance Director added that he was confident of India making up for a disappointing outing in Tokyo with a much bigger haul at the Paris Olympics. New Delhi: “Competition system in India is well behind big boxing countries and it needs to seize the momentum back,” says outgoing High Performance Director Santiago Nieva, whose stint with India …

For Padma Shri Vandana Katariya, the best is yet to come
2 years, 7 months ago

For Padma Shri Vandana Katariya, the best is yet to come

Live Mint  

“The target for Asian Games is gold,” says Vandana Katariya firmly. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Indian women’s team delivered their best performance yet, reaching the semi-finals of the Games for the very first time. “But helped me get back on the ground, told me, ‘We need you.’” The players made sure she was never left alone with her …

I always think whatever I’ve done, achieved so far is not ‘the best’: Neeraj Chopra
2 years, 9 months ago

I always think whatever I’ve done, achieved so far is not ‘the best’: Neeraj Chopra

The Hindu  

Olympic gold is the ultimate glory for an athlete but star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra says his best is yet to come as he strives to breach the 90m mark in the upcoming top events this year. The 24-year-old Chopra won the men's javelin throw event in Tokyo Games last year with an effort of 87.58m to win India's …

International Women’s Day 2022: Celebrating some of India's fiercest and powerful female athletes
2 years, 9 months ago

International Women’s Day 2022: Celebrating some of India's fiercest and powerful female athletes

Firstpost  

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at some of India’s most powerful sportswomen, who have excelled in their fields and brought laurels to the nation. ‘Magical Mary’ scripted history by winning a gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and has been felicitated with the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan for her sheer hard work …

Neeraj Chopra grows into a colossus with elusive track and field Olympic gold
2 years, 11 months ago

Neeraj Chopra grows into a colossus with elusive track and field Olympic gold

India TV News  

Highlights Neeraj Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympics. Neeraj Chopra heralded a new era in Indian athletics with his colossal Tokyo Olympics gold that acquired him a super star status in the country which had waited for such spectacular success in track and field events for more than a century. It …

Neeraj Chopra's Biopic Has to Wait as Tokyo Olympics Champion's 'Entire Focus is on Sports'
3 years, 1 month ago

Neeraj Chopra's Biopic Has to Wait as Tokyo Olympics Champion's 'Entire Focus is on Sports'

News 18  

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra doesn’t want a biopic on him until he wins some more medals. Ever since the Haryana-born javelin thrower scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field events, there have been talks about what his biopic would look like and who would play him on screen. During the …

National Women's Boxing Championships: Emergence of new talent
3 years, 1 month ago

National Women's Boxing Championships: Emergence of new talent

The Hindu  

In the absence of Olympic medallists, Lovlina Borgohain and M. C. Mary Kom, the National women’s championships at the St. Joseph’s International School in Hisar witnessed the emergence of several talented boxers who might go on to become the future stars of Indian boxing. READ: AIBA women's world boxing set to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic If boxing manages …

National Women’s Boxing Championships: World silver medallist Manju Rani off to a winning start
3 years, 2 months ago

National Women’s Boxing Championships: World silver medallist Manju Rani off to a winning start

Firstpost  

Railway Sports Promotion Board’s boxer Manju, who had won a silver on debut at the 2019 World Championships, made light work of Orissa’s Bhabani Barik in a 5-0 win in the 48kg on the third day of competitions at the St Joseph’s International School. Hisar: World Championships silver medallist Manju Rani put up a solid show to begin her 48kg …

After Neeraj Chopra's gold medal, time for athletics to take a big leap
3 years, 3 months ago

After Neeraj Chopra's gold medal, time for athletics to take a big leap

The Hindu  

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's stunning Olympic gold in Tokyo and the way it was won have made many corporate houses run to him to promote their brands. The Athletics Federation of India was a bold and busy body this year conducting many national championships which brought rich rewards at the Tokyo Olympics and the Nairobi Under-20 Worlds but now is …

Exclusive: India is in The Process of Becoming an Athletics Superpower in Asia
3 years, 3 months ago

Exclusive: India is in The Process of Becoming an Athletics Superpower in Asia

News 18  

Anju Bobby George, India’s golden girl of Track and Field sport who took a big leap to win the bronze medal in the long jump competition of the World Athletics Championship in Paris in 2003, believes that Indian athletics is on the way to become a superpower in Asia, and that her confidence could be confirmed at the Asian Games …

Celebrate the golden moment but probe the poor shows
3 years, 4 months ago

Celebrate the golden moment but probe the poor shows

The Hindu  

Looking at the athletics medal table at the Tokyo Olympics one gets that hold-your-head-high feeling. With its first-ever medal — the gold which javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra produced — this is certainly the country’s best Olympics in athletics. This also offered the Athletics Federation of India and other athletes a wonderful opportunity to closely study how Neeraj managed to stay …

Hockey: Will miss the girls but I miss my family more, says coach Sjoerd Marijne
3 years, 4 months ago

Hockey: Will miss the girls but I miss my family more, says coach Sjoerd Marijne

India TV News  

Indian women hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne while talking to IANS during the felicitation ceremony for olympians who returned home on Monday, said, "Feeling proud at girls' performance at Tokyo". However, Sjoerd Marijne has announced that he will step down as India women's hockey coach after the bronze medal match against Great Britain in the Tokyo Olympics. On Monday a …

Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia, other Olympics heroes honoured in grand ceremony
3 years, 4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia, other Olympics heroes honoured in grand ceremony

Live Mint  

Indian athletes who won laurels for the nation at Tokyo Olympics were honoured in a grand ceremony in Delhi. Seven medalists, namely Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain and the men’s national hockey team, were felicitated during the ceremony. While Chopra won the solo gold for India at Tokyo Olympics, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and wrestler Ravi Kumar …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian government felicitates Olympic medallists in grand ceremony
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian government felicitates Olympic medallists in grand ceremony

Firstpost  

Sindhu and Chanu did not attend the ceremony as they had arrived earlier and are currently at their home bases. New Delhi: India’s Olympic medal-winners were accorded a grand welcome by the government in a dazzling felicitation ceremony on Monday with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur saying that their journey is an “incredible story of resilience and sporting excellence”. Among those …

India lays out red carpet for Tokyo Olympic heroes; felicitated in grand ceremony by government
3 years, 4 months ago

India lays out red carpet for Tokyo Olympic heroes; felicitated in grand ceremony by government

India TV News  

India's Olympic medal-winners were accorded a grand welcome by the government in a dazzling felicitation ceremony here on Monday with sports minister Anurag Thakur saying that their journey is an "incredible story of resilience and sporting excellence". Among those present on the occasion to felicitate the medal winners also included Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, Secretary Ravi …

Seven Golden Ideas to Bring More Than Seven Gold Medals at the Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Seven Golden Ideas to Bring More Than Seven Gold Medals at the Olympics

News 18  

Never ever has any Indian Prime Minister demonstrated such a passion and connect with the Olympians in our sporting history as PM Narendra Modi has. A few may argue that it was good for optics, but as someone who has followed Indian sports over the last two decades, PM’s gesture would surely have been a big boost for India’s Tokyo …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Neeraj Chopra credits Abhinav Bindra for opening athletes to ‘thought of winning gold at Olympics’
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Neeraj Chopra credits Abhinav Bindra for opening athletes to ‘thought of winning gold at Olympics’

Firstpost  

Chopra joined Bindra in a now exclusive two-man gold club after he ended up on top in the men’s javelin throw final with a best throw of 87.58m in Tokyo on Saturday. Tokyo: Tokyo Games gold medallist Neeraj Chopra says the country’s athletes look up to Abhinav Bindra in their endeavour to win individual top prize at the Olympics. He …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra receives warm reception from Indian contingent at Games Village
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra receives warm reception from Indian contingent at Games Village

Firstpost  

Indian athletes and officials, including men’s hockey skipper Manpreet Singh, lauded Neeraj’s historic achievement on Saturday night in a small celebration at the Games village. Tokyo: India’s Olympic contingent in Tokyo threw a warm reception for javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after he became the country’s first track-and-field gold-medallist at the Games that will end on Sunday evening. What a warm …

From Mirabai Chanu’s Lift of Redemption to Neeraj Chopra’s Soaring Hope of Javelin, Tokyo 2020 is India’s Best-ever Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

From Mirabai Chanu’s Lift of Redemption to Neeraj Chopra’s Soaring Hope of Javelin, Tokyo 2020 is India’s Best-ever Olympics

News 18  

If Mirabai Chanu began India’s Tokyo 2020 journey on Day 1 with a bang, then Neeraj Chopra ended the country’s most successful campaign on Day 15 with a whole gamut of fireworks. Sandwiched between the world record holder Chanu’s stellar story of redemption and ‘once in a generation talent’ Chopra’s dominant and historic win were moments of hope, heartbreak, nostalgia, …

Neeraj Chopra's Gold Medal is Defining Moment of Indian Athletics, Say Former Greats
3 years, 4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra's Gold Medal is Defining Moment of Indian Athletics, Say Former Greats

News 18  

Some were emotional and some jubilant in anticipation of a new beginning as the legends of Indian athletics on Saturday extolled star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal winning feat at the Olympic Games, terming it a “defining” and “watershed” moment in country’s sports history. The same we hope from the gold from Neeraj.” Talking about the 23-year-old Chopra, Anju, …

'Will be Remembered Forever': PM Modi Hails Neeraj Chopra's Historic Gold in Tokyo
3 years, 4 months ago

'Will be Remembered Forever': PM Modi Hails Neeraj Chopra's Historic Gold in Tokyo

News 18  

Neeraj Chopra became the golden boy of India on Saturday when he won the country’s first-ever gold medal in an athletics event at the Olympics. #Tokyo2020 https://t.co/2NcGgJvfMS— Narendra Modi August 7, 2021 India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shared a photograph of a young Neeraj in his Indian Army gear and said that the Haryana boy “performed like a true soldier”. …

Tokyo 2020: Neeraj Chopra Creates History; Becomes 2nd Indian to Win an Individual Olympic Gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Neeraj Chopra Creates History; Becomes 2nd Indian to Win an Individual Olympic Gold

News 18  

History has been made. Neeraj Chopra has become the first ever Indian to win an Olympic gold in the track and field events at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Games. Neeraj, with a best throw of 87.58 in the men’s javelin throw final on Saturday to finish at the top and thus became the second ever athlete from his country after …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Highlights, Day 15: Neeraj Chopra scripts history with men's javelin gold; Bajrang Punia wins bronze
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Highlights, Day 15: Neeraj Chopra scripts history with men's javelin gold; Bajrang Punia wins bronze

Firstpost  

7:44 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter An incredible day for India at Olympics brings the country’s campaign to an end as well at Games. He was not at his best in the first two bouts and we still don’t know the reason for him playing like that but he came strongly in the bronze medal playoff to clinch the medal. But …

Indian women athletes are leading the way at the Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian women athletes are leading the way at the Olympics

Live Mint  

The paradigm has shifted. Seven of India’s last 11 medals—including Saina Nehwal and MC Mary Kom at London 2012 and PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik at Rio 2016—at the Olympics have been won by women. Being an Indian female athlete I should just be happy that I’m getting to go to the Olympics; that was the thought process.” Malleswari lifted …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Lack of top-level competitions reason behind India's poor record in athletics, says Anju Bobby George
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Lack of top-level competitions reason behind India's poor record in athletics, says Anju Bobby George

Firstpost  

Former Indian Olympian Anju Bobby George on the pressure of performing at Olympics, why Indian athletes in track and field events lag behind rival countries at Games and more. With just the one medal to India’s name so far, there’s massive pressure to perform on the shoulders of the track and field athletes, said former Olympian Anju Bobby George in …

Tokyo Olympics: From Momota's shock exit, Japan fighting Covid-19 to Fiji's rugby win over New Zealand
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: From Momota's shock exit, Japan fighting Covid-19 to Fiji's rugby win over New Zealand

India Today  

The Tokyo Olympics delivered an another day of high drama on Wednesday. US, Latvia clinch 3x3 basketball gold The US team of Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young won the first women’s gold medal in the new Olympic sport of 3-on-3 basketball. China’s dominance in synchronized springboard China won its third gold medal in diving at the …

In search of gold: The Hindu Editorial on Tokyo Olympics 2021
3 years, 5 months ago

In search of gold: The Hindu Editorial on Tokyo Olympics 2021

The Hindu  

A medal can lose its lustre but the athlete’s sporting immortality is set in stone, such is the enduring allure of triumphs at the Olympics. ‘Tokyo 2020’, as the Olympics is branded for the latest edition, will commence at Japan’s capital on Friday while COVID-19 protocols are in place. Having previously hosted the Olympics in 1964, Tokyo’s second dalliance with …

#OlympicsKiAsha: Here are 7 Indian athletes to watch out for in Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

#OlympicsKiAsha: Here are 7 Indian athletes to watch out for in Olympics

Op India  

With just over a month left for the much anticipated Olympics 2020, which got postponed by a year because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Indian athletes are slogging hard to leave their mark in the upcoming sports competition. Watch, as two times World Boxing Championships medalist and the 1st woman from Assam to qualify for the Olympics, @LovlinaBorgohai talks about her …

India's youth boxers raise 2024 Olympics hopes with world championship glory
3 years, 7 months ago

India's youth boxers raise 2024 Olympics hopes with world championship glory

The Hindu  

India’s best-ever showing of 11 medals in the World youth boxing championship in Kielce, Poland, has ignited the hopes of the new-age boxers bringing laurels to the country at the 2024 Olympics. The women boxers bagged an unprecedented seven gold medals while the men claimed four medals, including a gold and three bronze, in the event to improve upon India’s …

Promote sports for nation’s glory
4 years, 2 months ago

Promote sports for nation’s glory

The Hindu  

One of the positive developments in the country is that sports is recognised as a part of education. “The new education policy of India is also going to have sports as a part of education and not as extracurricular activities,” said Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. Plans are afoot to establish a national sports education board and an Olympic museum …

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