Tokyo Paralympics: News
06 Sep 2024
ParalympicsPraveen Kumar clinches gold in T64 high jump at Paralympics
Praveen Kumar, a 21-year-old para-athlete from Noida, has secured a gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
04 Sep 2024
ParalympicsIndia registers its best medal haul at a Paralympic Games
India has made history at the Paris Paralympics by securing a total of 20 medals, surpassing its previous record of 19 medals from the Tokyo Paralympics.
31 Aug 2024
Avani LekharaSachin Tendulkar lauds India's Paralympic medalists with heartfelt message
Indian cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, has expressed his admiration for the country's Paralympic medalists on social media.
30 Aug 2024
Avani LekharaAvani Lekhara secures historic gold at Paris Paralympics
Avani Lekhara has etched her name in history by winning the gold medal in women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
20 Aug 2024
ParalympicsParalympics 2024: Sumit Antil aims to break his own record
Sumit Antil, a gold medalist in javelin throw from the Tokyo Paralympics, has set his sights on breaking his own world record at the upcoming Paris Paralympic Games.
13 Aug 2024
BadmintonTokyo gold medalist Pramod Bhagat suspended, to miss Paris Paralympics
Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Pramod Bhagat has been handed an 18-month suspension.
15 Dec 2021
MG MotorMG Motor gifts customized Hector SUV to paralympian Bhavina Patel
MG Motor, in collaboration with The Vadodara Marathon, has offered a customized MG Hector to Paralympics medalist from Gujarat, Bhavina Patel. She had bagged a silver medal in table tennis at Tokyo Paralympics.
09 Sep 2021
Narendra ModiPM Modi hosts Indian Paralympic contingent, presented with autographed stole
India's Paralympians presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an autographed stole on Thursday during a breakfast hosted by him to felicitate the contingent at his residence in New Delhi.
05 Sep 2021
SportsIndia finish with record 19 medals at Paralympics: Key stats
Krishna Nagar, on Sunday, won India's second-ever gold medal in badminton at the Paralympics.
05 Sep 2021
SportsKrishna Nagar wins India's second-ever Paralympic gold in badminton
Krishna Nagar clinched India's second-ever Paralympic gold medal in badminton on Sunday.
04 Sep 2021
IndiaPramod Bhagat wins first-ever Paralympic gold for India in badminton
Pramod Bhagat has won the first-ever Paralympic medal for India in badminton.
04 Sep 2021
SportsTokyo Paralympics: Manish Narwal wins gold, Singhraj Adhana clinches silver
The Indian athletes are scripting history at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
03 Sep 2021
SportsHarvinder Singh wins India's first-ever medal in archery at Paralympics
India's Harvinder Singh won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Friday.
03 Sep 2021
DelhiIndian Paralympic medalists return home to tumultuous welcome
Four Indian para-athletes, including javelin throw gold medalist Sumit Antil, on Friday returned home to a never-seen-before boisterous welcome during which supporters and media jostled to catch a glimpse of them at the New Delhi airport.
03 Sep 2021
ParalympicsTokyo Paralympics: Shooter Avani Lekhara bags her second medal
Indian shooter Avani Lekhara has bagged her second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
03 Sep 2021
BadmintonParalympics: Shuttlers Suhas, Tarun, Manoj enter men's singles semifinals
Indian shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj and Tarun Dhillon continued their impressive run, notching up contrasting wins in their respective second group match to qualify for the semifinals in the badminton competition of the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday.
31 Aug 2021
SportsTokyo Paralympics: Indian shooter Singhraj Adhana wins bronze medal
Indian shooter Singhraj Adhana, on Tuesday, won the bronze medal in the P1 men's 10m air pistol SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics.
30 Aug 2021
SportsTokyo Paralympics: Sumit Antil wins second gold medal for India
Javelin thrower Sumit Antil has clinched a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
30 Aug 2021
XPM Modi lauds feats of Indian players at Paralympics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian medal-winners at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday and also spoke to them over the phone to laud their efforts.
30 Aug 2021
SportsHave been training without a coach, says para-athlete Kathuniya
It's a silver worth its weight in gold for Indian discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya, who trained for the Tokyo Paralympics without a coach and is quite proud to have finished on the podium without any tangible guidance for over one year now.
30 Aug 2021
SportsYogesh Kathuniya bags silver in men's discus throw F56 event
Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya clinched a silver medal in the men's F56 event in the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday as athletics remained India's happy hunting ground at the Games.
30 Aug 2021
SportsParalympics: Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win gold
Shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.
29 Aug 2021
SportsTokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar clinches silver in men's high jump
India's Nishad Kumar clinched the silver medal in the men's high jump at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic Games on Sunday.
29 Aug 2021
Sports#TokyoParalympics: Bhavina Patel becomes first Indian para-paddler to win silver
Indian table tennis player Bhavina Patel clinched a historic silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics after losing 0-3 to world number one Ying Zhou in the women's singles Class 4 final on Sunday.
28 Aug 2021
Table TennisPaddler Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, storms into Paralympics final
Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of the table tennis event in Tokyo Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a Class IV semifinal on Saturday.
27 Aug 2021
Table TennisParalympics: Bhavinaben becomes first player to enter table tennis quarterfinals
Bhavinaben Patel on Friday became the first Indian table tennis player to enter the Tokyo Paralympics quarterfinals with a dominating win over Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil in the women's singles Class IV event at the Tokyo Games.
24 Aug 2021
Mariyappan ThangaveluMariyappan withdrawn as India's Paralympic flag-bearer
High-jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu was on Tuesday replaced by javelin thrower Tek Chand as India's flag-bearer for the Paralympics opening ceremony this evening after coming in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person during his flight to Tokyo.
20 Aug 2021
SportsIndia will win 15 medals at Tokyo Paralympics: Gursharan Singh
Gursharan Singh, India's Chef de Mission for the Tokyo Paralympics, believes the nation will have a wonderful run at the impending Tokyo Paralympics.
17 Aug 2021
Narendra Modi'You are all winners': PM Modi tells Tokyo-bound para athletes
"You are all winners and role models," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told India's top para-athletes, who are set to compete in the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics.
12 Aug 2021
Anurag ThakurNational Sports Awards function delayed to include paralympians
The National Sports Awards function, which is held on August 29 every year, has been pushed back since the government wants the selection panel to consider the performances of para-athletes competing in the Tokyo Paralympics.
01 Jul 2021
Javelin ThrowDevendra Jhajharia books Paralympics berth with a record throw
India's greatest Paralympian, javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, rewrote his own world record once again as he punched his ticket for the Tokyo Paralympics during a national selection trial.
