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List of qualified Indian players for Paris Olympics 2024
The 2024 Paris Olympics commence on July 26, featuring 32 sports and 329 gold medals. India’s Tokyo highlights: 124 athletes, 7 medals. Neeraj Chopra defends javelin title. Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh race walking. Bhowneesh Mendiratta loses shooting quota to Prithviraj Tondaiman. Parveen Hooda replaced by Jasmine Lamboria. Indian shooting teams, including Tarundeep Rai and Mirabai Chanu.
Anand Mahindra's Monday Motivation is gymnast Dipa Karmakar's historic comeback story
Anand Mahindra inspired his vast following with some 'Monday Motivation'. He took to Twitter to share the uplifting tale of gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who made history on Sunday by clinching India's first-ever gold medal at the Asian Senior Championships.
Dipa Karmakar scripts history, becomes first Indian gymnast to win gold in Asian Senior C'ships
Dipa, who had finished fourth in the vault final at the 2016 Rio Olympics, had won a bronze medal in the same event in the 2015 edition.
How Arunachal's Rupa Bayor fought odds to become Taekwondo champion
Rupa Bayor from Arunachal Pradesh overcame personal struggles and visa denials to win a bronze at the Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Vietnam. Raised by a widowed mother, she found solace and success in Taekwondo. Despite facing visa issues for international competitions, Bayor remains determined to excel in her sport. She is inspired by boxer M C Mary Kom's achievements.
The magnificent seven: Indian athletes that stood out at Hangzhou Asian Games
Boria Majumdar, author of Olympics: An India Story selects 7 stand-out athletes from the Hangzhou Asian Games to present a snapshot of a sporting nation on the rise.
The Asian Games: Larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports
The Asian Games, set to begin on Saturday in Hangzhou, China, will feature over 12,000 participants, more than the expected number for next year's Paris Olympics. The games will showcase a wide range of events, including regional specialties like dragon boat racing and kabaddi, as well as popular sports like cricket and squash. China is expected to dominate the medal table, followed by Japan and South Korea. The games will also see the participation of North Korea, which skipped the Tokyo Olympics due to border closures caused by the pandemic.
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Russians can qualify for Olympic spots in some sports
With the 2024 Paris Olympics a year away, sports governing bodies are divided on how to treat Russian athletes. Some sports have lifted bans on Russian athletes and are allowing them to compete as neutral competitors without a flag or national anthem. Most of the sports that allow Russians to compete follow the IOC's advice and prefer to call them "individual neutral athletes."
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar handed 21-month ban after failing dope test
Karmakar tested positive for higenamine (S3. Beta-2 Agonists as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list). The positive sample was collected on behalf of the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 11th October 2021. Higenamine was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of prohibited substances in 2017.
Tokyo Games: India's lone gymnast Pranati Nayak fails to qualify for All Round finals
There are a total of five subdivisions, from which top 24 gymnasts (best score across all four apparatus) qualify to the All-Around final, which will be held on July 29.
Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu up for Khel Ratna
The 33-year-old Rohit will only be the fourth cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, just-retired Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current skipper Virat Kohli to be conferred with the Khel Ratna.
We are hopeful of medals in Tokyo Olympics but focus is on Paris 2024 and LA 2028: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju
India has been participating in the Olympics for a very long time but our results have been limited to hockey and some individual sports such as shooting, badminton, wrestling and boxing. We have had a limited presence. This base needs to be broadened. We can’t go to the Olympics hoping to win only one or two medals, said Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju.
Commonwealth Games 2018: Indians feel the sting as 'Syringegate' turns ugly
The Indian athletes have been cornered by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency to give their samples on their arrival at the Athletes’ Village – even before checking into their respective rooms.
Government removes one from Dronacharya nominees, keeps Arjuna list intact
The decision means that tennis player Rohan Bopanna and weightlifter Sanjita Chanu have not been added to the list of Arjuna awardees.
2016 in review: Bold, unbending and electric year for Indian sportswomen
The Indian experience in the Rio Olympics was the 'Games of the Girls'. Here is a look back at how Indian sportswomen are proving that they are here to stay, that they are now the norm and not just novelty.
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PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar conferred Khel Ratna along with Jitu Rai
For the first time in the history of National Sports Awards, four athletes were chosen for the Khel Ratna honour.
Rio Olympics: Will the biggest contingent of Indian athletes result in the highest ever medal haul too?
Rio 2016, which is slated to take place from August 5 to 21, is already gearing up for what could be one of the most controversy ridden games ever.
Sania Mirza gets Khel Ratna, 17 others get Arjuna award
Sania Mirza's name was officially approved for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, becoming only the second tennis player to be nominated for the highest sporting honour.
Nine sports upgraded to 'high priority' category by Sports Ministry
Athletics, badminton, hockey, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling, archery and boxing have been put in the high priority list by the Ministry.
Yogeshwar Dutt's semis bout at Asiad best ever I have seen: Sushil Kumar
Sushil said his decision to not go to the Asiad was because he wanted to see how a youngster can perform in his category.
Good to share the limelight with Dipa Karmakar, says gymnast Ashish Kumar
"Dipa getting a bronze in Glasgow has been a definite plus for gymnastics. It broke the notion that womens gymnastics is not that good."
The untold saga of Indians' immigration to the US
A Smithsonian exhibition captures a smidgen of Indian-American heritage and history, although it could have done better to go beyond the stereotype.
Sporting youth a huge success in the world of golf
Traditionally, champions used to emerge in their 30s and even 40s to play golf, now kids, in their teens or just out, have became world beaters.
Gagan Narang receives Khel Ratna award
Gagan Narang, who notched up four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games 2010 was selected for the highest sports award.
Olympics: China to compete for overall medals
China enters the 2008 Olympics looking to compete for the overall medals title, and dominance by the hosts in a number of sports will help in that goal.
Olympics: High hopes for Asia at Beijing
Asian nations will without doubt bag plenty of medals at the Olympics but what is blindingly clear is that host China will outdo all its regional competitors.
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