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'Truly a role model for young women in India'

'Truly a role model for young women in India'

Rediff.com4 Aug 2021

Borgohain (69kg) signed off with a bronze medal in the Olympic Games after a comprehensive 0-5 loss to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli.

Lifter Sanjita to appear before int'l panel after 'B' sample returns positive

Lifter Sanjita to appear before int'l panel after 'B' sample returns positive

Rediff.com13 Sep 2018

Chanu has decided to present her case before the hearing panel of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in Hungary.

For deaf transgender athlete, Olympics brings hope for change

For deaf transgender athlete, Olympics brings hope for change

Rediff.com22 Jul 2021

'I hope that younger people who have similar struggles can see me and feel safer in the fact that I'm managing okay. True, there are difficulties, but there's nothing unfortunate at all about being both deaf and transgender.'

India's contingent checks in at Tokyo Games Village

India's contingent checks in at Tokyo Games Village

Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

Athletes and officials from eight disciplines of archery, badminton, table tennis, hockey, judo, gymnastics, swimming and weightlifting landed in Tokyo

Tokyo Olympics: First COVID case found at athletes' village

Tokyo Olympics: First COVID case found at athletes' village

Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

Japan's public has been lukewarm about the Games amid a resurgence in new coronavirus infections and worries that an influx of visitors may create a super-spreader event, straining an already-stretched medical system. Only around 20% of the population is fully vaccinated.

Kohli, Chanu to receive Khel Ratna on September 25

Kohli, Chanu to receive Khel Ratna on September 25

Rediff.com20 Sep 2018

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is among the 20 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna Awards, who will be honoured by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

China's Zhou sets clean and jerk world record, wins gold

China's Zhou sets clean and jerk world record, wins gold

Rediff.com26 Sep 2014

Chinese weightlifter Zhou Lulu set a clean and jerk World record of 192 kilograms to win gold in the women's +75kg category at the Asian Games on Friday. Zhou added 2kg to Russian Tatiana Kashirna's previous mark, set last year in Poland.

Elite athletes resume outdoor training in Patiala, Bengaluru

Elite athletes resume outdoor training in Patiala, Bengaluru

Rediff.com27 May 2020

Confined to their hostel rooms for more than two months due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown, elite Indian athletes such as javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and sprinter Hima Das started outdoor training at the Sports Authority of India centre in Patiala on Wednesday.

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Rediff.com9 Jan 2018

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PICS: India salutes its Tokyo Olympics medallists

PICS: India salutes its Tokyo Olympics medallists

Rediff.com9 Aug 2021

Images from the felicitation for India's Tokyo Olympics medal-winners, in Delhi, on Monday.

PIX: Frenzy, chaos as India's Olympics heroes return

PIX: Frenzy, chaos as India's Olympics heroes return

Rediff.com9 Aug 2021

India's triumphant Tokyo Olympics contingent, including history-making Javelin Throw gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra, returned to the country on Monday and was greeted by frenzy and chaos at the New Delhi airport, where supporters jostled to catch a glimpse of their sporting heroes.

Indian lifters overcame pain to lord the CWG arena

Indian lifters overcame pain to lord the CWG arena

Rediff.com7 Apr 2018

Indian weightlifters remained leaps ahead of their Commonwealth Games competitors, taking their gold medal tally to four

Sports shorts: Croatia, Switzerland seal World Cup spots

Sports shorts: Croatia, Switzerland seal World Cup spots

Rediff.com13 Nov 2017

Croatia clinched a place in next year's World Cup finals on Sunday after holding Greece to a goalless draw at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Athens to complete a 4-1 aggregate victory in their playoff tie.

One-year ban on Indian lifters

One-year ban on Indian lifters

Rediff.com22 Jul 2006

The ban prevents India from taking part in the weightlifting competition at December's Asian Games.

PHOTOS: Srikanth, Somdev receive Padma awards

PHOTOS: Srikanth, Somdev receive Padma awards

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday gave away prestigious Padma awards to 89 winners at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

PHOTOS: The BEST moments of India's eventful CWG campaign

PHOTOS: The BEST moments of India's eventful CWG campaign

Rediff.com16 Apr 2018

The sheer diversity of medal winners was a heartwarming aspect of the Games for India. There were medals from squash, although not gold, there were nine medals from boxing, 12 from wrestling, 16 from shooting and nine from weightlifting.

India at the Games - Day 1

India at the Games - Day 1

Rediff.com16 Mar 2006

India ended day1 at the Commonwealth Games with a gold and silver medal.

Check out PM Modi's fun chat with India's Olympians

Check out PM Modi's fun chat with India's Olympians

Rediff.com18 Aug 2021

Iconic boxer MC Mary Kom and ace archer Deepika Kumari were told they need not say sorry after returning without medals while hockey player P R Sreejesh was asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he has learnt Punjabi when he hosted the Tokyo-returned Olympians at his residence.

How Sivalingam battled pain to snatch another C'wealth gold

How Sivalingam battled pain to snatch another C'wealth gold

Rediff.com7 Apr 2018

Defending champion Sathish Sivalingam (77kg) claimed India's third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, emerging triumphant despite having given up podium hopes after his injured thighs made even routine things like sitting painful.

Lifter Chandrika wins bronze at Youth Championships

Lifter Chandrika wins bronze at Youth Championships

Rediff.com19 Sep 2012

Chandrika Tarafdar on Wednesday became the first Indian to win a medal in Youth World Weightlifting Championships after she bagged two bronze in the girls' 44kg category.

IOA welcomes postponement of Tokyo Olympics

IOA welcomes postponement of Tokyo Olympics

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

The IOA also said that the decision will now relieve the Indian athletes of having to train amidst lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jeremy smashes national and his own Youth World record

Jeremy smashes national and his own Youth World record

Rediff.com21 Dec 2019

Weightlifter Jeremy broke 27 records in total all under his name, combining national and international marks.

SAG: Archers claim three more gold; lifters end with 12 gold

SAG: Archers claim three more gold; lifters end with 12 gold

Rediff.com9 Feb 2016

Indian archers grabbed three gold medals in the recurve event and are all set to make a clean sweep in the discipline at the 12th South Asian Games, in Shillong on Tuesday.

India begin golden run at SAG, on top in medals tally

India begin golden run at SAG, on top in medals tally

Rediff.com6 Feb 2016

It was gold rush for India on the opening day of the South Asian Games with the country's wrestlers, swimmers and weightlifters showing their regional dominance by making a near clean sweep of top honours on Saturday. India clinched 14 gold and five silver medals on a highly productive day to top the medals tally with an overall count of 19.Sri Lanka, despite having a higher overall medal count of 21, occupied the second spot in the table owing to alesser tally of gold medals (4). Wrestlers were the stars for India, grabbing as many as five gold medals followed by the swimmers who clinched four gold and three silver medals. The weightlifters added three gold medals to the tally after the cyclists had opened India's account with two gold and an equal number of silver medals in the morning. Three women and two male grapplers finished on top of the podium as the proceedings went on expected lines on the opening day of the competitions.

Lifter Ravi Kumar disappoints

Lifter Ravi Kumar disappoints

Rediff.com31 Jul 2012

India's weightlifting campaign at the London Olympics ended on Tuesday after Katulu Ravi Kumar's below-par performance in the men's 69kg category at the ExCel Arena. Ravi Kumar, who had just recovered in time for the event after a bout of fever, lifted a below par 303kg -- 136kg in snatch and 167kg in clean and jerk -- to finish sixth in the 10-lifter Group B competition.

PHOTOS: EXCITING Moments from Day 1 of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

PHOTOS: EXCITING Moments from Day 1 of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Rediff.com5 Apr 2018

Day 1 witnessed a lot of action across events at Gold Coast. Here are some highlights -- in pictures -- from the opening day's events...

Japan imposes stern protocols on India's Olympics-bound

Japan imposes stern protocols on India's Olympics-bound

Rediff.com19 Jun 2021

"The unfair and discriminatory" rules have drawn sharp criticism from the Indian Olympic Association, which has written to the Games' organising committee requesting it to ensure that mechanisms to prevent COVID-19 do not have any "adverse and detrimental impact" on performance of athletes.

CWG: Chanu carries India's hopes on Day 1

CWG: Chanu carries India's hopes on Day 1

Rediff.com4 Apr 2018

Also seen in action for India will be the shuttlers, boxers, the women's hockey team and the table tennis players among others.

Shailaja says she deserves Olympics berth

Shailaja says she deserves Olympics berth

Rediff.com9 Jul 2008

Accused of bribing her way to the Beijing Olympics, weightlifter Shailaja Pujari on Wednesday broke her silence by dismissing charges of corruption and claimed she is the "right candidate" for the Games. She also said selecting any other weightlifter in her place for the competition would be the violation of the rules of International Weightlifting Federation.

Lifter Sivalingam out of medal contention

Lifter Sivalingam out of medal contention

Rediff.com10 Aug 2016

India's weightlifting campaign at the Rio Olympics ended in disappointment, with Sathish Kumar Sivalingam finishing fourth in the men's 77kg Group B category on Wednesday.

Tainted lifter Kavita faces stiff sanctions

Tainted lifter Kavita faces stiff sanctions

Rediff.com13 May 2008

With the ghost of doping returning to haunt Indian weightlifting, Sports Minister M S Gill has taken strong exception to the latest case involving Kavita Devi and called for a review meeting to discuss the menace. After weightlifters let down the nation at the Athens Olympics and the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Gill does not want to take any chances ahead of the Beijing Games in August.

Chinese lifter banned for London Games

Chinese lifter banned for London Games

Rediff.com18 Nov 2011

Chinese Olympic weightlifting champion Liao Hui has been suspended for doping, ruling him out of next year's London Games, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.

Youth Olympics: Manu, Jeremy make it a day of golden firsts for India

Youth Olympics: Manu, Jeremy make it a day of golden firsts for India

Rediff.com9 Oct 2018

Indian shooter Manu Bhaker won gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in Youth Olympics on Tuesday.

Rohit, Vinesh, Manika, Thangavelu recommended for Khel Ratna

Rohit, Vinesh, Manika, Thangavelu recommended for Khel Ratna

Rediff.com18 Aug 2020

India's limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat, TT player Manika Batra and Paralympic gold-winning high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu were on Tuesday picked for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the sports ministry's selection committee.

Indian teen lifter likely to miss continental quota for Olympics

Indian teen lifter likely to miss continental quota for Olympics

Rediff.com25 May 2021

Olympic trials: TTFI seeks MEA's help in getting visa for para contingent.

'Athletes have told me they knowingly take drugs'

'Athletes have told me they knowingly take drugs'

Rediff.com6 Jul 2011

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal gave a stunning twist to the raging dope scandal by saying that many athletes and weightlifters had told her in the past that they knowingly consume banned drugs.

Meet WWE's first Indian woman wrestler

Meet WWE's first Indian woman wrestler

Rediff.com27 Dec 2018

'The first time I entered the WWE I wore a salwar suit.' 'I am proud of our rich culture and I am glad I get the opportunity to represent it.'

Blanket ban on Russia for Olympics would not be fair: IOC chief

Blanket ban on Russia for Olympics would not be fair: IOC chief

Rediff.com14 Jul 2016

Athletes from one sport should not be punished for the sins of those from another, the IOC president said on Wednesday, cooling speculation that Russia could be banned from the Olympics altogether for systematic doping.

BCCI secretary Shah assures help to northeastern states

BCCI secretary Shah assures help to northeastern states

Rediff.com8 Jan 2021

Shah recently visited the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

China issues stapled visa to 2 Arunachal residents

China issues stapled visa to 2 Arunachal residents

Rediff.com12 Jan 2011

In spite of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's assurance that his nation will take serious note of India's concerns over the issue of stapled visas, the handing over of such documents to two Arunchalees prevented them from flying to Beijing on Wednesday.