Youngster Rudrankksh Patil has emerged as a hot contender to emulate 2008 Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra's feat at the 2024 Paris Games.
Saina Nehwal's chances of defending her title at the Commonwealth Games looks bleak as she has decided to skip the selection trials for the upcoming multi-sport events.
The squad includes goalkeepers PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, and defenders Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Jugraj Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, and Gurinder Singh.
Hockey India reasoned that there is only a 32-day window available between the Birmingham Games (July 28-August 8) and the Hangzhou Asian Games (September 10-25) and it can't risk sending its players to the UK which has been one of the worst affected countries by the coronavirus pandemic.
Manika Batra wants to break the top-30 barrier in the near future
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday came hard on Hockey India for unilaterally deciding to pull out of next year's Commonwealth Games, saying the national federation is bound to consult with the government before taking any such step.
Three UCLA men's basketball players were arrested in China for shoplifting on Tuesday, a day ahead of US President Donald Trump's first official visit there, according to several media reports.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead the women's challenge in both the Commonwealth and Asian Games while London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal did not expectedly feature in the squads.
India men's hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh said it's time to stop basking in the glory of their historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Games and start focussing on qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning next year's Asian Games.
'Hockey India will not like its hockey athletes to peak 35 days before the Asian Games 2022 and would like the athletes to peak at the right time i.e. during the Asian Games 2022.'
Eager to change the shade of the Tokyo bronze, the Indian men's hockey team is now focussing on directly qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning next year's Asian Games, says young midfielder Hardik Singh.
India's top shuttler P V Sindhu is targetting peak form during the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games this year to ensure that she clinches the two titles missing from her cabinet.
Modi, who came to Hangzhou from his first visit to Vietnam, met Xi and held talks on a host of issues including bilateral tensions between the two countries over a raft issues.
A golden pheasant has become a star in China because people think he has the same hairstyle as Donald Trump.
World championship trials would be held from March 7 to 9, followed by the Asiad trials from March 10 to 13.
India's first Paralympic medal winner archer Harvinder Singh, who had turned his farm at a Punjab village into a practice ground during the lockdown, on Tuesday attributed his success to long hours of training, including "practice of tie shots and breathing exercises".
Pallikal is aiming to create more history at the two multi-sporting events.
For some, the delayed Asian Games means more time to rest and prepare, for others the postponement has "messed up" their planning.
India bagged as many as 21 medals at the Spanish Para Badminton International in Cartagena, Spain.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asked the United States to "play a constructive role" in maintaining peace and stability in the disputed South China Sea, asserting that Beijing will "unswervingly" safeguard its sovereignty over the area.
PM Modi to travel to Vietnam before going to China to attend G20 summit.
At the 2012 Magic Art Special Exhibition Of China, dinosaurs burst out of doors, fierce sea creatures swim out of the ocean waves and boxes tumble from precarious bicycles. Here's a look at spectacular 3D artwork, which is put up on display at the Hangzhou Peace International Exhibition and Conference Centre in China's Zhejiang province till August 6.
A congenital impairment notwithstanding, Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Praveen Kumar was such a sports freak in his school days that he googled about para athletics and how to participate in the paralympics.
In a rare honour, chairman of Tata group of companies, Ratan Tata was on Wednesday made honorary economic advisor to the booming east Chinese city of Hangzhou.
The bridges in China are truly architectural wonders.
Japan won't allow its reputation to be dented by calling off the Games at this late stage, argues Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry.
The two heads of state, who are known to be close, came together again in Huangzhou, China during the G20 summit.
China's domestic airline Lucky Air is celebrating the football World Cup mid-air... and doing it in some style!
Chinese Olympics swimming champion Sun Yang will spend seven days in detention, state media said on Monday, after a car he was driving without a licence collided with a bus in the latest incident to taint the reputation of the world record holder.
Cadila, Biocon developing rapid antibody testing kits; Eris, Mylan, Gland importing. There are two kinds of testing for the novel coronavirus - the real-time polymerase chain reaction test kit that uses throat or nasal swabs and provides results in a few hours, and the other is antibody-based rapid testing kit that use blood samples and provides results in a few minutes.
8 out of the world's 10 highest bridges are located in China
The Alibaba Headquarters' in Hangzhou has won the International Property Award for Office Architecture.
The two leaders are expected to make brief remarks at the top of the meeting.
It's truly a wonderfully weird world around us.
Kerry discussed progress in bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Modi's visit to US in June 2016.
'During his visit to Vietnam on September 3 -- the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 15 years -- Modi will notice the widespread anti-China sentiment in that country.'
The race to commercialise driverless cars is far from over with experts predicting that a fully autonomous car will not hit the market until 2020 or later
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The athletes were unable to enter Australia due to government restrictions on foreign nationals travelling from China.
Sisi is expected to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry who has extended his stay in New Delhi.
