2020 Tokyo Olympics: News

Rani Rampal retires from international hockey after 16-year career

Former captain of the Indian women's hockey team, Rani Rampal, has announced her retirement from international hockey.

29 Aug 2024

Indian Hockey Team

Krishan Pathak: The rising star set to replace PR Sreejesh

Krishan Pathak, a promising talent in Indian men's hockey team, is poised to succeed veteran PR Sreejesh.

11 Aug 2024

Indian Hockey Team

Indian men's hockey: Decoding Harmanpreet Singh's journey at the Olympics

Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh finished as the top goal-scorer at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

09 Aug 2024

Neeraj Chopra

Paris Olympics: Neeraj Chopra wins silver, Pakistan's Arshad claims gold

India's Neeraj Chopra clinched the silver medal in men's javelin throw final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

04 Aug 2024

Olympics

Decoding table tennis star Chen Meng's dominance at the Olympics

Women's singles table tennis star Chen Meng bagged successive gold medals at the Olympics.

15 Jul 2024

Olympics

Decoding India's best campaigns at the Olympics

India will be fielding 113 competitors across 16 sport categories at the 2024 Paris Olympics, starting July 26.

15 Jul 2024

Olympics

Olympics: India recorded its best-ever medal haul at Tokyo Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics witnessed quite a few historic achievements for Team India.

15 May 2024

Neeraj Chopra

Federation Cup: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bags gold medal 

Neeraj Chopra, the reigning world champion, clinched the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event final at the Federation Cup 2024 on May 15.

26 Mar 2023

Lovlina Borgohain

Women's World Boxing Championships 2023: Lovlina Borgohain wins gold 

Indian pugilist Lovlina Borgohain overcame Australia's Caitlin Parker in the 75kg category final at the Women's World Boxing Championships 2023.

12 Jan 2023

Hockey World Cup

Hockey World Cup 2023: Schedule, format, timing, telecast details

The 2023 edition of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup is set to get underway on January 13.

07 Aug 2022

Boxing

2022 CWG, boxing: Amit Panghal bags maiden gold medal

India's Amit Panghal trumped England's Kiaran MacDonald in the final of the men's boxing flyweight category (51kg) in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

06 Aug 2022

Boxing

2022 CWG, boxing: India's Amit Panghal storms into the final

Indian boxer Amit Panghal beat Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba in the men's flyweight semi-finals of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

2022 CWG, hockey: India women lose to Australia in semi-finals

The Indian women's hockey team suffered a fateful defeat to Australia in the semi-finals of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

2022 CWG: Indian women's hockey team beats Wales 3-1

India women's hockey team extended their win streak as they bested Wales by 3-1 in their second match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

19 Jun 2022

Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra wins gold in Kuortane Games: His career stats

Javelin star Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal at the Kuortane Games in Finland after registering a throw of 86.69m on his first attempt on Saturday.

01 Jun 2022

Indian Hockey Team

2022 Asia Cup: India overcome Japan 1-0 to claim bronze

India men's hockey team bested Japan 1-0 to claim bronze at the 2022 Asia Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday.

07 May 2022

Athletics

27-year-old Avinash Sable breaks 5000m national record: Decoding his profile

India's track and field athlete, Avinash Sable, has set a national record at the Sound Running Track meet in San Juan Capistrano, USA.

22 Nov 2021

Olympics

Who is alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan?

Alpine skier, Arif Mohammed Khan, has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics, slated to be held in Beijing.

02 Nov 2021

Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra among 12 sportspersons to receive Khel Ratna

Tokyo Olympics gold-medalist Neeraj Chopra is set to receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award.

23 Sep 2021

Neeraj Chopra

Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra meets Abhinav Bindra

Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday met the country's first-ever individual gold medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Abhinav Bindra, and his family.

14 Sep 2021

Sports

Neeraj Chopra's javelin coach Uwe Hohn sacked: Here's why

In a major development, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has decided to sack national javelin coach Uwe Hohn.

14 Sep 2021

Delhi

Olympic medal is just the beginning: Hockey forward Shamsher Singh

Forward Shamsher Singh said that winning the Olympic bronze medal was just ticking off one box in the new beginning for the Indian men's hockey team, which aspires to be the world number one side.

09 Sep 2021

Japan

Japan extends virus emergency until end of September

Japan announced on Thursday that it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain, although new COVID-19 infections have slowed slightly.

09 Sep 2021

North Korea

North Korea suspended from 2022 Winter Olympics for Tokyo no-show

North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC on Wednesday as punishment for refusing to send a team to the Tokyo Games citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

08 Sep 2021

Neeraj Chopra

Jhajharia, Prasad named in National Sports Awards selection committee

Three-time Paralympic medal-winning javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, and ex-world champion boxer L Sarita Devi have been named in the selection committee for this year's National Sports Awards.

Boxers to compete in head guards at men's National Championship

Boxers will compete in head guards during the men's National Championship scheduled to start on September 15 and gold-medalists from the event will qualify for World Championships to be held from October 26 in Serbia.

3 Sep 2021

Sports

Five best sports games you should definitely try

The current year has certainly been a delight for sports aficionados.

19 Aug 2021

Olympics

Three-year Olympic cycle will be tricky: Abhinav Bindra

India's first individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra on Thursday said the road to the 2024 Paris Games will be difficult and "tricky" given the shorter three-year cycle.

16 Aug 2021

Narendra Modi

PM Modi meets with Indian Olympians back from Tokyo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hosted the Olympic-returned Indian athletes for breakfast at his residence, a day after lauding their memorable performance at the Tokyo Games from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

12 Aug 2021

Assam

Lovlina receives warm welcome in Assam; to be felicitated today

Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain arrived in Guwahati on Thursday to a warm welcome as Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received her at the airport.

09 Aug 2021

Sports

Major records scripted at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw some action-packed performances across sports.

09 Aug 2021

Japan

Japan's PM thanks people for safe Olympics during pandemic

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Tokyo Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.

08 Aug 2021

Neeraj Chopra

Interesting facts about India's Olympic gold-medalist Neeraj Chopra

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has become the talk of the town after clinching a historic gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

07 Aug 2021

Sports

Tokyo Games: India register their best medal haul at Olympics

Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra, on Saturday, claimed the second gold medal (individual) for India at Olympics.

07 Aug 2021

Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra secures India's first Olympic gold in athletics

Neeraj Chopra has clinched the second-ever individual gold medal for India at Olympics.

06 Aug 2021

Olympics

2020 Tokyo Olympics, Day 14: Complete report

India had a disappointing Day 14 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

06 Aug 2021

Sports

How to watch field hockey? Here is a useful guide

Indian hockey seems to have resurrected in the last few days.

06 Aug 2021

Sports

Badminton: Decoding are the career stats of Chou Tien-Chen

Chou Tien-chen from Chinese Taipei recently lost to China's Chen Long in the men's singles quarter-final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

06 Aug 2021

Indian Hockey Team

Finishing fourth in Olympics is no small feat: Rani Rampal

She is proud of the effort but Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal is hurting as well after coming within touching distance of an Olympic podium finish only to finish fourth ultimately.

06 Aug 2021

Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Bajrang Punia loses semi-final bout in 65kg category

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has lost the men's freestyle 65kg category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after being beaten by Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the semis.

06 Aug 2021

Belarus

Two Belarus team coaches removed from Tokyo Olympics

Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.

06 Aug 2021

Golf

#TokyoOlympics: Golfer Aditi Ashok holds second spot after third round

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok carded a three-under 67 in the third round to hold on to the second position and remain in strong contention for the country's maiden Olympic medal in the sport in Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

06 Aug 2021

Wrestling

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Bajrang Punia moves to semifinal

Bajrang Punia put his tactical acumen and strength to good use in the second period to pin Iran's Morteza Cheka Ghiasi for a semifinal berth in men's free-style 65kg event which took him closer to an Olympic medal on debut, in Tokyo on Friday.

06 Aug 2021

Sports

Hockey (women's), Olympics: Team India loses the bronze medal match

India missed out on securing their first-ever medal at Olympics in women's hockey.