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(Search results - 12)IndiaMar 5, 2024, 11:22 AM IST
Indian men's and women's table tennis teams qualify for Paris Olympics 2024
Indian men's and women's table tennis teams finally qualified and earned a spot at the World Team Championships Finals for the Paris Olympics. It's a historic moment for the Indian table tennis. The men's team secured rank 15 and the women's team secured rank 13 at the finals.
BiographySep 7, 2023, 2:42 PM IST
Mirabai Chanu’s Biography | Birth | Debut Game | Awards | Facts
Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter. In the year 2018, Mirabai was awarded the prestigious ‘Padma Shri’ award. Mirabai Chanu is the second Indian woman to win a silver medal in weightlifting at the Olympics game.
IndiaMar 3, 2021, 5:02 PM IST
Mary Kom is the new chairperson of AIBA's champions and veterans committee
MC Mary Kom happens to be a legendary female Indian boxer, having won numerous medals and championships in the sport. She is a 13-time gold medallist, besides having won bronze in the Olympics. She has also been honoured by prestigious awards by the Indian government
Other SportsMar 19, 2020, 3:37 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha: Modi govt will make efforts to take kabaddi to Olympics
Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, the minister of state for youth affairs and sports Kiren Rijiju said kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics
Other SportsOct 9, 2019, 4:18 PM IST
PV Sindhu: My ultimate aim is to win gold at Tokyo Olympics
'Right now my focus is on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and my main aim is to work hard and give my best at the Olympics,' PV Sindhu told reporters. 'My ultimate aim is to get gold, but it is not going to be easy and I need to work hard'
Other SportsAug 31, 2019, 4:46 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics hockey qualifiers: India, Pakistan to play in Europe?
India and Pakistan have been seeded in two separate halves of the draw by FIH on Thursday and they could meet in the Olympics qualifying tournament
ElectionsApr 4, 2019, 8:34 PM IST
Lok Sabha election 2019 pits two of India's finest Olympians against each other
BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore former Olympian and current union minister for state information and broadcasting will be contesting against Krishna Poonia former Olympic athlete and current Congress MLA from Sadulpur constituency for the Jaipur rural constituency.
SportsFeb 22, 2019, 2:18 PM IST
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SportsSep 5, 2018, 8:28 PM IST
Asian Games 2018 gold medallist Amit Panghal wants to train in US to jump to 52kg category
Amid widespread speculation that the 49kg category will be axed from the Olympics to accommodate more women's divisions, Amit Panghal has decided to jump to the higher weight.
SportsAug 26, 2018, 4:13 PM IST