India yet to make formal bid for hosting World Athletics Championships in 2027
Tennis ace Rohan Bopanna, hockey great P R Sreejesh and table tennis legend Sharath Kamal, are gearing up for one last hurrah at the Asian Games, starting in Hangzhou, from September 23.
P V Sindhu's home is a haven of peace and quiet.
Former World Cup winning-captain reckons England are second favourite to India going into the world cup.
Caldas, Aikman in fray for Indian head coach's position
The Indian men's hockey team brought glory to the country when they ended a 41-year Olympic medal drought after defeating Germany 5-4 at the Tokyo Olympics to win the bronze medal in August.
The only Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, P V Sindhu was accorded a warm welcome after she landed in her home town on Wednesday following her bronze-medal winning feat in Tokyo Games.
'It is the first time that India badminton player has won two Olympic medals in badminton, so it is a great achievement not only for Sindhu but also a big moment for my teaching life.'
Dominic Xavier congratulates Mirabai Chanu on winning an Olympic silver medal at the Tokyo Games.
A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021.
Pakistan head coach Muhammad Saqlain admitted that India are ahead of his side in terms of preparations.
Oleg Perepechyonov has been asked to return his Olympic bronze medal from the 2004 Athens Games after his samples from eight years ago were retested and showed traces of 'a funny substance', the Russian weightlifter said on Wednesday.
Leander Paes feels India will find it tough in singles but the country can hope to win a medal in the Asian Games
Scenario-based training, specialist coaches as coach Reid wants to take it one game at a time.
India will battle it out against the likes of South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Japan and China in the Asian Champions Trophy.
Yogeshwar Dutt provided a late boost to India's medal collection at the 30th Olympic Games by claiming a memorable bronze in the men's freestyle 60 kg category, thus becoming the second Indian to achieve the feat in the country's Olympics history.
As the whole country hopes for better returns from the upcoming London Games, Rediff.com takes a look at a few Indian athletes who missed out on Olympic medals.
Rebecca Romero became the first British woman to win medals in two different summer Olympic sports when she beat her team mate to win gold in the women's 3-km individual pursuit cycling on Sunday. A rowing silver medallist in Athens in the quadruple sculls, Romero switched sports and made her track cycling debut only two years ago. She won two world championship titles in March.
Atlanta 1996 Bronze medalist meets Tokyo 2021 Gold medalist.
Saina Nehwal has become a strong medal prospect at the upcoming London Olympics after her dominating performanmce over the formidable Chinese players at the Indonesian Open, asserts nine-time national badminton champion and two-time Olympian Aparna Popat.
Sindhu and her Korean coach Park Tae-sang were also felicitated by Singhania at the airport.
I want a room full of medals before retiring, says Chirag Shetty
Bruno Rosetti is not eligible to receive an Olympic medal, despite having featured in earlier rounds, World Rowing confirmed.
Neeraj Chopra, who won India's maiden athletic Gold on his Olympic debut, was awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 Crore by the BCCI
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is India's best bet to win a medal in badminton at the London Olympics but will have to work hard to overcome the domination by Chinese players, feels former great Nandu Natekar.
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To lend his support, Former Indian footballer Mehtab joined Mamata Banerjee's march for the protesting wrestler's.
The "MSP Dilao, Kisan Bachao mahapanchayat", called by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni), was being held at a grain market in Pipli close to National Highway-44 which was blocked by farmers a few days ago demanding that the government procure sunflower seed at MSP.
The Indian men's hockey team won an Olympic medal for the first time in 41 years on Thursday after beating Germany.
The champion wrestler was shifted from Mandoli jail on Friday.
The latest sprint queen of India Ashwini Chidananda interacts with her fans on Rediff Chat.
Shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games, has retired from the Indian Army after a long stint to take up a new challenge -- politics.
With this, Chanu became only the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari bagged bronze in the 69kg category at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Lance Armstrong will hold on to his 2000 Sydney Olympic bronze medal a little longer after the International Olympic Committee said it would wait for the international cycling union to inform him before moving to strip him of it.
Excited to witness the first professional boxing in the state, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said: "Promoting sports for the current and next-generation is extremely important for the state of Chhattisgarh.
The mother of Commonwealth Games gold medal winning archer Deepika Kumari is very confident that her daughter would return home with a medal, of whatever hue, from the London Olympic Games commencing next week.
The badminton ace speaks about her preparations for the upcoming London Olympics, where she will be participating in the doubles and mixed doubles.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer on Tuesday.
Former India hockey captain Zafar Iqbal does not see the national team ending its three-decade old medal drought at the London Olympics this year, but is of the opinion that a semi final berth would be a great achievement for the eight-time champions.
India's star shuttler P V Sindhu pulled out of the upcoming BWF World Championships on Saturday following a stress fracture on her left foot.
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