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(Search results - 80)SportsDec 19, 2019, 5:59 PM IST
Other SportsDec 11, 2019, 5:52 PM IST
Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju hoping for India's best-ever Olympic performance in Tokyo in 2020
'I hope Tokyo 2020 will be a good platform for India to have a best-ever Olympic performance but we have limitations. However, there is nothing stopping us from 2024 Paris and specially the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics which is more than eight years away,' said Kiren Rijiju
Other SportsNov 19, 2019, 10:32 AM IST
World Para Athletics Championships: Kiren Rijiju honours medal winners; says 'very proud' of them
'I'm extremely delighted to personally felicitate all the medal winners at the World Para Athletics Championships. India delivered their best medal haul winning 9 medals and securing 13 quotas at the Paralympics @Tokyo2020 I'm very proud of them,' Kiren Rijiju said
Other SportsNov 18, 2019, 5:12 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju: Happy Hindi is now official language in Olympic Channel, it will help Olympic movement in India
Lauding the initiative, Kiren Rijiju said in a tweet in Hindi, 'I feel very happy that Hindi is now an official language in the Olympic Channel. Now on this medium, you can know about the Olympic journey of India and your favourite players in Hindi. This decision will give a big boost to the Olympic movement in India'
CricketNov 15, 2019, 3:12 PM IST
Road Safety World Series: Yohan Blake to arrive in India to promote T20 tournament
Yohan Blake, who is one of the favourites to win gold in 100m and 200m events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, will arrive in India during the first week of December to undertake various activities to create awareness towards road safety in the country
Other SportsNov 14, 2019, 11:56 AM IST
Indian para athlete Nishad Kumar wins bronze, qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics
Nishad Kumar's medal booked India's ninth slot for the Tokyo Games. This was India's third bronze and six medals overall, one better than 2017 London Worlds. India had won five medals in the 2017 edition
SportsNov 11, 2019, 5:47 PM IST
Sportstop: From Deepak Chahar’s T20I record to Indian shooters creating history
Indian shooters and the nation’s men’s cricket team had lots to cheer in the past week. The shooters won a record 15 quota places for Tokyo Olympics while the Rohit Sharma-led side won T20I series 2-1 against Bangladesh. All this and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly sports review show (November 4 to 10)
Other SportsNov 10, 2019, 5:06 PM IST
India bags record 13th Tokyo Olympics quota in shooting after Aishwary wins bronze
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar shot 449.1 in the eight-man finals to finish third on the podium behind gold medallist Kim Jonghyun (459.9) of Korea and Chinese Zhonghao Zhao (459.1) at the Lusail Shooting Complex in Doha, Qatar
SportsNov 5, 2019, 4:35 PM IST
Shooter Deepak Kumar bags bronze at Asian Championships, secures Olympic berth
Shooter Deepak Kumar won a bronze medal in the men's 10m air rifle at the 14th Asian Championships and has secured a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
CricketNov 4, 2019, 3:35 PM IST
Sportstop: From India’s shock T20I defeat to Rohit Sharma’s record
MyNation’s Sportstop brings to you what all happened in the past week (October 28 to November 3). India’s T20I team, without Virat Kohli, was beaten by Bangladesh in Delhi while Indian hockey teams, both men and women, qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. All this and more in this week’s Sportstop
Other SportsNov 2, 2019, 9:51 AM IST
Hockey Olympic qualifiers: Indian women thrash USA 5-1
It was expected to be a tricky Olympic qualifier tie for India but the women punched above their weight to simply demolish USA's challenge in front of a partisan crowd at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar
Other SportsNov 2, 2019, 9:27 AM IST
Hockey Olympic qualifiers: Mandeep Singh helps India down Russia 4-2
Mandeep Singh struck twice to help India win the first leg of the Olympic hockey qualifiers. Mandeep (24th, 53rd minutes) scored two field goals while Harmanpreet Singh (5th) and SV Sunil (48th) also hit the target for India against Russia
Other SportsOct 31, 2019, 2:03 PM IST
Olympic test event: Indian boxers Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani win gold medals in Tokyo
Shiva Thapa (63kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) did the country proud with gold while Ashish (69kg) settled for a silver, ending India's brilliant campaign at Olympic test event
Other SportsOct 31, 2019, 12:48 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics: IOC picks Mary Kom to represent Asia in boxing ambassadors group
Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the ambassadors group for Tokyo Olympics, which also comprise the likes of Ukrainian legend Vasyl Lamachenko (Europe), a two-time Olympic and world gold-medallist who now plies his trade in the professional circuit, and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz (Americas) among others
Other SportsOct 29, 2019, 12:52 PM IST
Indian boxers shine in Olympic Test event; Shiva Thapa secures medal
Four-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63kg) won his quarter-final bout in the Olympic Test event for boxing on Tuesday (October 29) in Tokyo