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 Olympics contingent. However, led by Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold and six other Indian athletes’ podium finishes, Tokyo 2020 may have become India’s best-ever Olympics, but it is equally imperative to carry forward this momentum and build on the success. And, mostly as an extension and inspired by the PM, here are ‘seven golden’ ideas that can have a far-reaching impact on building a sporting culture in India and may, someday, bring home not just seven medals, but seven gold medals and more. ‘Will be Remembered Forever’: PM Modi Hails Neeraj Chopra’s Historic Gold in Tokyo Institutionalize an iconic yearly award in every sport Last but not the least, here is one more suggestion which is again the extension of what PM has already initiated this week.

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Watch: Remembering Dhyan Chand | National Sports Day
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: Remembering Dhyan Chand | National Sports Day

The Hindu  

August 29 is a day that holds a special place in the hearts of sports enthusiasts across India. It is celebrated as National Sports Day, dedicated to the memory of the legendary hockey player, Major Dhyan Chand, a name that is synonymous with excellence in sports, a name that transcended the boundaries of the field to inspire generations—a man whose …

To win Olympic golds, India needs more corporate silver
4 months, 1 week ago

To win Olympic golds, India needs more corporate silver

Hindustan Times  

India, with one billion people and 117 athletes in Paris, placed 71st in the Olympics medal tally - 16 places below Saint Lucia, with just 180,000 inhabitants. Not to mention, 87% of all sports revenue in India goes to cricket, with only 13% left over for all other sports combined.Both Chopra and Avinash Sable, who I cheered for in the …

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 …

It’s time for a new goal for Team India — the Olympic gold
4 months, 1 week ago

It’s time for a new goal for Team India — the Olympic gold

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: At the just concluded 2024 Olympic Games, Pakistan was 62nd in the medals tally, India nine places down at 71st -- that’s the difference a gold medal can make. Added to the Games for the first time since 1900, anything less than the winner’s medal will be considered as an under achievement for the Indian cricket team simply because …

Medals quest: Focus on a few core sports
4 months, 1 week ago

Medals quest: Focus on a few core sports

Hindustan Times  

One silver, five bronze, six fourth-place finishes and one medal lost to rules — that is the sum total of what India has achieved at the Paris Olympics. It also requires India to concentrate on a few core sports rather than spread the net too wide. China, with 40 gold medals, is sitting atop the medals table, with 23 of …

Satire | How to guarantee gold medals
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Satire | How to guarantee gold medals

The Hindu  

It is heartrending that for a nation so devoted to gold, Olympic golds are so hard to come by. If it was up to me, I would have liked to participate in all the 329 events and bring home — assuming a conservative strike rate of 50% — 164 gold medals. I’ve been breakdancing since childhood — not many know …

Prakash Padukone Has Called A Spade A Spade
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Prakash Padukone Has Called A Spade A Spade

News 18  

When India won seven medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, many sports lovers across the country were happy. Shooters have won three bronze medals, Manu Bhaker having won one of them in the women’s 10m air pistol event and partnered with Sarabjot Singh to win another in the mixed 10m air pistol team event, and Swapnil Kusale having …

​Medal count: The Hindu Editoria on countdown to the Paris Olympics and India
5 months ago

​Medal count: The Hindu Editoria on countdown to the Paris Olympics and India

The Hindu  

As Paris is ready to host its third Olympics after a century, the 117 Indian athletes are gearing up earnestly to increase the country’s medal count in the post-COVID Games, kicking off on the banks of the majestic river Seine on July 26. When the pandemic-delayed Olympics were staged behind closed doors in Tokyo three years ago, India claimed seven …

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 …

Olympian heights: The Hindu Editorial on India’s efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics
1 year, 2 months ago

Olympian heights: The Hindu Editorial on India’s efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics

The Hindu  

From time immemorial, the Olympics has been used as a soft-power medium. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement at the International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai that India “would leave no stone unturned” in its efforts to organise the 2036 edition of the quadrennial extravaganza is to be seen in this light. That India has also expressed an interest in the …

Glittering show: on India’s medal tally at the Asian Games
1 year, 2 months ago

Glittering show: on India’s medal tally at the Asian Games

The Hindu  

India’s returns of over a hundred medals from the Hangzhou Asian Games is a watershed moment in its sporting history. While a lion’s share of the gold medals came from the three disciplines of track and field, shooting and archery, India earning podium finishes across 22 different sports points to the nation’s increasing diversification of excellence. The rowers, squash players, …

Asian Games 2023: Representing India in the Olympics is the ultimate goal, says Jyothi Surekha after winning three gold medals
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Representing India in the Olympics is the ultimate goal, says Jyothi Surekha after winning three gold medals

The Hindu  

Fresh from her stunning feat of winning three gold medals in the ongoing Asian Games, archer V. Jyothi Surekha is now looking for the compound bow category to be included in the Olympics. Asian Games 2023: Jyothi Surekha, who won a hat-trick of gold, once thought of quitting the sport “Olympic medal is for sure the biggest target right now …

India upbeat after becoming bigger fish in small Asian pool
1 year, 2 months ago

India upbeat after becoming bigger fish in small Asian pool

India Today  

India's modest Olympic achievements have long stood in contrast to its massive population, but sporting officials say the sleeping giant has stirred at the Asian Games. In Hangzhou, Team India soared past 80 medals on Wednesday with four days' competition to spare, soaking up glowing reports in national media and praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.'' POSITIVE TRAJECTORY Yet the …

India create history, smash their highest-ever medal tally at Asian Games, can dream of century
1 year, 2 months ago

India create history, smash their highest-ever medal tally at Asian Games, can dream of century

Hindustan Times  

India's rise in the global sports arena got a fresh stamp of approval at the Asian Games 2023. It took India's overall medal tally to 71 - their best ever and it also matched their best-ever gold medal count at the Games. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} India have so far won 16 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 29 bronze …

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, …

In preparation: The Hindu Editorial on the 36th National Games
2 years, 2 months ago

In preparation: The Hindu Editorial on the 36th National Games

The Hindu  

The successful conduct of the 36th National Games across six cities of Gujarat reiterated India’s organisational skills. For a country aiming to host the Olympics, conducting the National Games with just three months’ notice, spoke of its administrative speed. Pole vaulters Rosy Meena Paulraj and Siva Subramaniam, 35km race walker Ram Baboo and weightlifters N. Ajith and Sambo Lapung were …

What has led to India's sporting success?
2 years, 4 months ago

What has led to India's sporting success?

Business Standard  

The list of star athletes vying to become flag bearer for India seems to be getting longer by each passing event. The government’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme or TOPS, along with the Mission Olympic Cell, was also useful in a big way, where selected athletes get specialised training aligned with individual goals and financial assistance. Some experts say that the …

Golden arm: on Neeraj Chopra’s win as one India’s greatest sporting successes
2 years, 4 months ago

Golden arm: on Neeraj Chopra’s win as one India’s greatest sporting successes

The Hindu  

Neeraj Chopra’s silver in men’s javelin at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, marks one of India’s greatest sporting successes. Even as the celebratory euphoria over his stunning Olympic triumph from last year is yet to fully die down, Chopra produced another brilliant show to savour with his maiden podium finish at the Worlds. It is the same …

Olympic Gold done and dusted, Neeraj Chopra now sets sight at 90m mark
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic Gold done and dusted, Neeraj Chopra now sets sight at 90m mark

The Hindu  

For someone who ended a 74-year drought for independent India’s first athletic Olympic medal – with a gold, no less – Neeraj Chopra is refreshingly grounded. The best in the world have got it and it is important for me to personally consider myself a genuine world-level thrower,” Neeraj told a select group of journalists from his current training base …

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 …

Biggest challenge for an athlete is repeating a gold at the Olympics, says Neeraj Chopra
3 years, 3 months ago

Biggest challenge for an athlete is repeating a gold at the Olympics, says Neeraj Chopra

Firstpost  

For the past month, Neeraj Chopra has traversed the country with the Tokyo Olympic gold medal in his pocket, hopping from one felicitation event to another, meeting everyone from chief ministers to the Prime Minister of the country. I’ll now hang this gold medal at home and start preparing for the next season’s competitions and then the next Olympic Games,” …

Neeraj Chopra's Olympic gold working magic on juniors
3 years, 4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra's Olympic gold working magic on juniors

The Hindu  

He has been watching some of the major developments in Indian sport, including cricket's Indian Premier League, over the years and Sebastian Coe is excited that the country is now excelling in athletics too. “I love watching you guys perform and this is a sport and a country that is really making great progress,” said Coe, the president of World …

Yogi govt presents Rs 42 crore monetary award to Olympians who made country proud at Tokyo games
3 years, 4 months ago

Yogi govt presents Rs 42 crore monetary award to Olympians who made country proud at Tokyo games

India TV News  

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday gave away a sum of Rs 42 crore by way of felicitating the Olympians who did the nation proud at the recently-concluded Tokyo Games. Chief Minister Adityanath also handed an additional cash reward of Rs 25 lakh each to 10 athletes from the state who participated in Tokyo Olympics. Gold medallist …

Honour the Indians who didn’t win any medals at the Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Honour the Indians who didn’t win any medals at the Olympics

Live Mint  

It’s been 10 days since the heroes of the Tokyo Olympics returned home. Now my body is not broken, but I’m truly broken.” From the men’s football team at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, to Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles event at 2016 Rio, India has had a long tryst with the fourth-place finishes. It was …

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 …

1 Indian and 7 Foreigners! Here are the Men Behind Our Medal Winning Olympians at Tokyo 2020
3 years, 4 months ago

1 Indian and 7 Foreigners! Here are the Men Behind Our Medal Winning Olympians at Tokyo 2020

News 18  

India’s Olympic campaign in Summar Games 2020 was the best in terms of the number of medals but also added some crucial positive results to the tally. The seven medals won at the Tokyo Games started with a silver medal from weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and ended with a historic finish, with a first-ever in track and field events from Neeraj …

Indian Olympic contingent returns from Tokyo amid rousing reception
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian Olympic contingent returns from Tokyo amid rousing reception

India TV News  

India's triumphant Olympic contingent, including history-making javelin throw gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra, returned to the country on Monday and was greeted by frenzy and chaos at the airport where supporters jostled to catch a glimpse of their new sporting heroes. The athletes were welcomed by a Sports Authority of India delegation headed by its Director General Sandeep Pradhan, who was accompanied …

Let Neeraj Chopra's Feat Trigger a Sporting Revolution in India
3 years, 4 months ago

Let Neeraj Chopra's Feat Trigger a Sporting Revolution in India

News 18  

87.58m on August 7, 2021. Chopra did not have to do better than Vetter and the world’s best javelin thrower returned home without winning an Olympic medal. Chopra is only the second Indian ever after shooter Abhinav Bindra to win an individual gold medal, and the first Indian since independence to win an athletics medal at the Olympics. WATCH | …

Neeraj Chopra Can't Wait to Go Home and Eat Food Cooked By Mother; Opens Up on Playing Himself in Biopic
3 years, 4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra Can't Wait to Go Home and Eat Food Cooked By Mother; Opens Up on Playing Himself in Biopic

News 18  

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, immortalising himself as the first track-and-field Games medal-winner for the country. Brimming with confidence with hardly any nerves on display in his debut at the Games, Chopra walked in like a rockstar to make the Tokyo Games India’s best-ever Olympic outing in …

A new beginning?
3 years, 4 months ago

A new beginning?

Times of India  

Santosh Desai is a leading ad professional. Instead of focusing on the overall tally, which though it might be our best ever, is still paltry given India’s size and stature, the emphasis has been on celebrating the way in which a few extraordinary athletes have competed at the highest level. Instead of feeling smaller as was the norm whenever India …

Tokyo 2020: the magic moments from India's most successful Olympic campaign
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo 2020: the magic moments from India's most successful Olympic campaign

The Hindu  

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics featured India's biggest contingent ever at the Games. With seven medals – one gold, two silver, four bronze – Tokyo 2020 has been the most successful Olympic Games in India’s history. Off to blazing start - Mirabai Chanu won silver in the Women's weightlifting 49kg category to become the first Indian to win an Olympic medal …

Byju's Announces Rs 2 Cr for Neeraj Chopra, Rs 1 Cr Each for Olympic Medal Winners
3 years, 4 months ago

Byju's Announces Rs 2 Cr for Neeraj Chopra, Rs 1 Cr Each for Olympic Medal Winners

News 18  

Edtech major Byju’s on Sunday announced a Rs 2 crore cash reward for Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra. The company, which is backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global and General Atlantic, will also offer Rs 1 crore each to Mirabai Chanu, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P V Sindhu and Bajrang Punia. India’s star athlete Neeraj Chopra created history …

Neeraj Chopra's Olympic gold gives Indian athletics new lease of life
3 years, 4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra's Olympic gold gives Indian athletics new lease of life

The Hindu  

Will India ever win an Olympic medal in athletics? Ever since he won the World junior championships title in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2016, with a world under-20 record of 86.48m, Chopra was touted as a future Olympic medallist. Little could anyone have imagined that on his Olympic debut, he would win the gold medal to end the debate about Indian …

Watch: Neeraj Chopra receives rousing reception from Indian contingent in Olympic village
3 years, 4 months ago

Watch: Neeraj Chopra receives rousing reception from Indian contingent in Olympic village

India TV News  

Neeraj Chopra received a heartwarming reception from the Indian athletes and officials residing at the Olympic village, following his historic gold medal in the men's javelin throw event. Chopra won the gold with his 87.58m throw in the second attempt, and thus became the only second Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to clinch an Olympic top podium finish in individual …

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, …

Tokyo Olympics | The Uwe Hohn influence on Neeraj Chopra
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics | The Uwe Hohn influence on Neeraj Chopra

The Hindu  

Uwe Hohn, India’s javelin coach, has played a significant role in shaping Neeraj Chopra’s career. A couple of months after Neeraj clinched the gold at the Asian Games in Jakarta with a National record of 88.06m, Hohn had said in an interview, at the Ekamra Sports Literature Festival at Bhubaneswar, that his ward was destined for greater glory. One of …

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, …

In Land of Rising Sun, India Basks in Neeraj Chopra's Golden Glow; Records Best Ever Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

In Land of Rising Sun, India Basks in Neeraj Chopra's Golden Glow; Records Best Ever Olympics

News 18  

They called it the Olympics like no other and India would agree as debutant javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra shattered several glass ceilings to become the country’s first gold-medallist in 13 years, his stupendous show making it the best ever Games for a nation starved for success at the grandest sporting spectacle. With the addition of Chopra’s gold on the last …

Tokyo Olympics: I Didn't Know it Would Be Gold, Unbelievable Feeling, Says Neeraj Chopra
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: I Didn't Know it Would Be Gold, Unbelievable Feeling, Says Neeraj Chopra

News 18  

“It feels unbelievable,” said star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after his history-making gold in the Olympics on Saturday, claiming to have been unsure of a top podium finish despite a remarkably confident performance. Chopra had topped the qualification three days ago and did better than that in the finals as he produced a best throw of 87.58m to become only …

Neeraj Chopra on historic top-podium finish: I didn't know it would be gold, unbelievable feeling
3 years, 4 months ago

Neeraj Chopra on historic top-podium finish: I didn't know it would be gold, unbelievable feeling

India TV News  

"It feels unbelievable," said star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after his history-making gold in the Olympics on Saturday, claiming to have been unsure of a top podium finish despite a remarkably confident performance. Chopra had topped the qualification three days ago and did better than that in the finals as he produced a best throw of 87.58m to become only …

'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 Olympics 2020: For Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a silver medal is a reminder of a gold lost
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: For Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a silver medal is a reminder of a gold lost

Firstpost  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya became India’s fifth medallist in wrestling at the Olympics after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, and Sakshi Malik. Bas theek hai,” says the man who is India’s fifth medallist in wrestling after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, and Sakshi Malik. “There was no pressure on me fighting him.” Ravi was in rampaging form coming into …

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 …

International Olympic Day 2021: Remembering Some of India's Greatest Olympians
3 years, 6 months ago

International Olympic Day 2021: Remembering Some of India's Greatest Olympians

News 18  

There’s no denying the fact that India’ capabilities in the sporting arena aren’t reflected by its tally of medals at the Olympics. Dhyan Chand took Indian hockey through a golden era and was part of the team that bagged gold medals at the Olympics in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Balbir Singh In India’s campaign for the fifth consecutive gold medal …

'Indian hockey team will bag a medal if Tokyo Olympics takes place': Walmiki
3 years, 6 months ago

'Indian hockey team will bag a medal if Tokyo Olympics takes place': Walmiki

Hindustan Times  

Yuvraj Walmiki spoke about the Indian hockey team’s prospects at the Tokyo Olympics, the memorable final against Pakistan at the Asian Champions Trophy and his journey in the entertainment industry. “One thing I will definitely say is that Indian hockey right now is doing wonderfully well under Sreejesh and Manpreet,” the hockey player said, adding, “I still have this gut …

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 …

India on its way towards becoming a sporting superpower - President
4 years, 3 months ago

India on its way towards becoming a sporting superpower - President

The Hindu  

President Ram Nath Kovind recalled the spectacular journey of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand to inspire the youth of the nation on the National Sports Day. Patiently sitting through the function, which lasted about an hour, and applauding every award winner when the citation was read, the President expressed admiration for three women athletes Manika Batra, Vinesh Phogat and Rani Rampal, …

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju defends decision to confer sports awards to record 74 winners
4 years, 3 months ago

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju defends decision to confer sports awards to record 74 winners

Firstpost  

This year, the sports ministry’s selection committee recommended five athletes, including star cricketer Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat among others for the Khel Ratna, while selecting 27 for the Arjuna awards. Sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday defended his government’s decision to confer a record 74 National Sports Awards this year, including an unprecedented five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna honours, …

Sreejesh: ‘India has potential to break Olympic medal jinx’
4 years, 5 months ago

Sreejesh: ‘India has potential to break Olympic medal jinx’

The Hindu  

Having encountered both success and failure from close quarters in a career spanning 14 years, national team goalkeeper P.R. I see so many younger players also coming in and performing extraordinarily against the top teams, which was something you would rarely see before.” “With one year left for our preparations, I think it is going to be the biggest tournament …

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