Tag: Tokyo Olympics

Focus is to win Hockey Gold at Hangzhou Asian Games: Midfielder Sumit

Sumit, a member of the 39-core probable, is currently sweating it out at the national camp in Bengaluru ahead of the Europe tour.

April 23, 2023

Hockey World Cup: A disjointed show by Team India

Now India will now play the 9-16 classification matches. They will take on Japan on 26 January.

January 23, 2023

Neeraj Chopra turns 25: Top 5 achievements of India’s “Golden Boy”

Today (December 24) marks the 25th birthday of Neeraj Chopra, who brought honour to India by winning a gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

December 24, 2022

CWG 2022: Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina crashes out in quarterfinals

Lovlina, who had easily won her first-round match, crashed out to Rosie Eccles of Wales, a silver medallist at the 2018 Games in Gold Coast who is hoping to upgrade her silver to gold in Birmingham.

August 4, 2022

Lovlina Borgohain thanks authorities after her coach gets CWG accreditation

Lovlina had taken to Twitter to say that she was mentally harassed due to the absence of her coaches including Sandhya Gurung at the Commonwealth village.

July 27, 2022

IOA, Sports ministry take note of boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s angry tweet

The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has issued a statement on Monday, saying that the federation is trying to give her all kinds of support.

July 26, 2022

Neeraj Chopra – The Story so far

After his historic Olympic Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj got back to training after some months during which the athlete was felicitated by his country for winning the nation’s first ever Olympic gold in Athletics.

July 25, 2022

Kuortane Games: Neeraj Chopra clinches gold with a throw of 86.69 metres

Chopra's first throw, measuring 86.69m, was enough for him to clinch the top spot on the podium. However, his winning throw was well short of the 89.30m -- the personal best he had logged during the Paavo Nurmi Games earlier in the week.

June 19, 2022

Neeraj Chopra: The Man with the Golden Arm

What this 24 year old Indian Army Subedar has done in his short but staggering career till now is just mesmerising. Before him, only Norman Pritchard had won two silvers in athletics for India at the 1900 Olympics.

June 16, 2022

Asian Games postponement gives us more time to prepare like Tokyo Olympics: Hockey captain Savita

Having already dealt with the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, which were rescheduled for 2021 due to the pandemic, the Indian team is once again faced with the same situation where the Asian Games have been postponed indefinitely.

May 27, 2022

CWG 2022: 12 Indians weightlifters seal berths

India concluded its campaign at the event with a haul of eight medals, including six golds and a silver and bronze each.

February 27, 2022

Performance of Indian Paralympians changed people’s perception towards disability: VP Naidu

Inaugurating the Tiruchirappalli Campus of SRM Institute of Science and Technology virtually from Chennai Raj Bhavan, the Vice President said that the stellar performance of India’s sportspersons at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics filled the hearts of all our countrymen with pride.

September 9, 2021

This #Paralympics, show your support and #Praise4Para with these features on Twitter

From the legendary moments, to the replays, analysis, and camaraderie—it all happened on Twitter.

August 25, 2021

Extremely honoured to be nominated for FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year Award: Sharmila Devi

The Forward also scored a goal in India's Pool Stage match against Great Britain. For her incredible efforts at the Tokyo Olympics, Sharmila Devi has been nominated for the FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year Award 2020-2021.

August 25, 2021

Chandigarh: Haryana Governor felicitates hockey stars of Tokyo Olympics

Those felicitated included Rupinder Pal Singh, Gurjant Singh, Monika Malik, Sharmila Devi, Reena Khokhar, Shivendra Singh, and Gurminder Singh.

August 21, 2021

Indian Hockey Teams receive rousing welcome in Bhubaneswar

In the evening, the teams will leave for the Lok Seva Bhavan where they will be felicitated by Patnaik.

August 17, 2021

Celebrates Team India’ performance at the Tokyo Olympics is ecological outreach program

The initiative will see the planting of seven lakhs trees to mark the seven medals won by India, near the Yatra Garden at the Heartfulness global meditation centre Kanha Shantivanam, Hyderabad.

August 11, 2021