And among a bazillion hockey fans replying to the tweet, one Shah Rukh Khan also joined in.
Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh slammed a hat-trick as the Indian men's hockey team beat Wales 4-1 in its final Pool B match to qualify for the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday.
Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and MC Mary Kom will headline the action for India at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday.
Images from the felicitation for India's Tokyo Olympics medal-winners, in Delhi, on Monday.
Among the memorable gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, up for bids in an e-auction, are sporting memorabilia gifted by India's Tokyo Olympians.
India women claim hockey CWG medal after 16 years
India suffered an embarrassing 0-7 drubbing at the hands of defending champions Australia to settle for a silver medal
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.
Following is India's schedule on the 12th day of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
Navneet Kaur scored a brace as the Indian women's hockey team beat Japan 3-1 as they finished a disappointing ninth in the FIH World Cup in Terassa, Spain, on Wednesday.
Prior to the tournament, the team will participate in a four-nation tournament at Bilboe, Spain.
After dancing the Bhangra with college kids, telling his security detail to vamoose so he could schmooze with the Janata and clambering up an electricity poll to fix erratic power supply, Charanjit Singh Channi, clearly a man of the people, donned a new avatar on Sunday, October 31, 2021.
World No.1 Serena Williams has held on to her top position in the latest women's tennis rankings issued by the WTA.
When winter months arrive in the Union Territory of Ladakh, ice hockey is the only game played in town.
Jeremy stamps class on CWG debut, India climb to sixth in medal table
India have won eight Olympic gold medals in the past, but their last top finish came way back in 1980 Moscow Games.
In the video posted on Thakur's Twitter handle on Friday, Manpreet revealed butter chicken to be his favourite, while Lovlina said pork was her go to comfort food.
India started brightly and pushed hard in the first five minutes of the match but their attacks fizzled once out inside the opposition D.
India would look to put up a disciplined effort and avoid unnecessary cards, which cost them dearly against England.
Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each as the Indian men's hockey team produced a completely dominating performance to rout Canada 8-0 in their third match at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
The Indian men's hockey team's FIH Pro League title hopes went up in smoke after suffering a hard-fought 1-2 defeat against the Netherlands
The Indians attacked the Wales citadel continuously from the word go but they failed to find the finishing touches.
In the 28th minute, Pakistan too got a penalty corner, their third, but they again failed to stop the push and wasted a bright chance.
The Indian women's hockey team defeated a lowly Ghana 5-0 to start its Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note in Birmingham on Friday.
The Indian women are clubbed in Pool A alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana
Sporting icons -- PV Sindhu and MC Mary Kom -- will be the star attractions among the Indians on Day 6 of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
Poonam Rani will lead an 18-member Indian squad for the third Girls' Under-18 Asia Cup hockey, in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 16-25. India is placed in Pool B, with China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan. Pool A comprises Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Chinese Taipei.
Since the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, India has won 28 medals in total, and 23 since its Independence in 1947.
Australia scored the first goal of the game in the first quarter, having started the final on a dominating note.
India, who lost 2-5 against Japan in the pool stage, scored two eye-catching field goals
Did you know that Shah Rukh Khan's Chak De! India completed 14 years on August 10?
The Indian women's hockey team entered an Olympic semi-final for the first time.
The opening ceremony has been created by British screenwriter Steven Knight, who had produced the famous crime drama 'Peaky Blinders'.
Marinje also said the Indian women's team need more competitions to improve levels and win an Olympic medal.
Check out the Indian athletes' schedule at the Games on Tuesday, July 27.
The hosts piled pressure on India with their structured attack and earned two penalty corners in the 5th and 7th respectively, but the Indian defence stood tall to deny them from scoring the second goal.
Preparing for the AFC Asian Cup, two of India's top women's team footballers are taking inspiration from their counterparts in hockey, who claimed a historic fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics.
Five other elite track and field athletes have also tested positive at the SAI centre in Bengaluru.
In hockey, the women's team continued its inspiring run with a silver medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
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