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Not just Gold: Neeraj’s feat among 10 “magical moments”, says WA

August 11, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid India’s celebrations on Neeraj Chopra’s Gold Medal in the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, came reports on Wednesday that his feat has been among the 10 best in athletics during the Games. He is now the most followed track and field athlete in the world. India’s newest national hero, men’s javelin […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold for India in Javelin Throw

August 7, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 7: Words of praise came in from all quarters as ending the long wait of over 100 years to win the elusive medal in athletics, India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday clinched gold medal in the men’s event with a stunning 87.58m effort at the Tokyo Olympics. This is India’s […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Dahiya brings 2nd Silver for India

August 5, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Thursday became a red-letter day in Indian sports history when, after a 41-year-hiatus, the men’s hockey team redeemed national honor by winning a Bronze, while Ravi Dahiya won a Silver in wrestling. With these, India has so far won three Bronze and two Silver Medals at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo. Earlier, […]

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41-Year Wait for Olympic medal ends here, Indian Men’s Hockey Team Beats Germany to Win Bronze

August 5, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A resolute Indian men’s hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match. India won their first Olympic hockey medal since Moscow 1980 with a display for the ages, recovering from 1-3 down to hold off […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Lovlina gets Bronze, Neeraj sails into javelin finals

August 4, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Wednesday was a mixed day for Team India in the Tokyo Olympics as Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) signed off with a Bronze Medal in the Games, but Argentina beat India 2-1 in the women’s hockey semi-finals. After a comprehensive 0-5 loss to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli, Lovlina, the 23-year-old from Assam, became only […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Indian men’s hockey team to face Germany for bronze

August 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian men’s hockey team lost the first Olympic semifinals to Belgium 2-5 at the Oi Hockey stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Now India will play against Germany, who defeated Austria in another semifinal, for the bronze medal on August 5. The Belgian team started aggressively as drag-flicker Loick Luypaert scored for his team […]

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian Women’s Hockey team beats Australia by 1-0, enters Semifinals

August 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

August 02, 2021, Ahmedabad – On Monday, India defeated Australia in the Women’s Hockey tournament Quarterfinals by 1-0 in Oi Hockey Stadium. The historic match witnessed the Indian team defeat World No. 2 Australia to reach the top 4 and secure a place in the Olympic semi-finals for the 1st time since 1980. Australia started […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Discus thrower Kamalpreet qualifies for finals

July 31, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian athlete Kamalpreet Kaur made it to the finals after securing second place in the women’s discus throw qualifiers on Saturday. The 25-year-old from Badal, Punjab, started with a 60.29 m discus throw in the first round. The distance gradually increased, with a throw of 63.97 m in the second round. But it […]

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Vandana Kataria: The First Indian female hockey player to score a hat-trick at Olympics

July 31, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Indian female hockey player Vandana Kataria becomes the woman of the country who scored a hat-trick at the Olympics. The Indian female hockey team defeated South Africa by 4-3 in the pool match on Saturday. India’s quarter-finals hopes remain alive because of Vandana’s magnificent performance during the India vs South Africa match. In […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Indian boxer Lovlina beats Chen, enters semifinals

July 30, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeated former world champion Nien Chin Chen of China in a women’s welterweight (64-69 kgs) quarterfinals by 4-1 on Friday, reaching the semifinals. Lovlina sailed into the medal round after defeating Chen in the 69 kgs category. She will be the third Indian to win in this game in […]