Hima Das scripted history on Thursday by becoming the first Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships. The 18-year-old, a pre-event favourite, won the women's 400 metres final on the third day of competition in Tempere, Finland, clocking 51.46 seconds.
'An event that should have made India proud was being perceived entirely as a money-making enterprise, resting on malpractices and without any benefits whatsoever for the Capital and its people.'
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 55 days now.
The study estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant.
'Much as I feel on top of the world after being a part of a special series like Jubilee, I would say my biggest achievement so far has been spreading happiness around.'
An Olympic medal finally around her neck, star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Saturday said she can finally take a break at home without worrying about training after managing just five trips to her place in Manipur in the last five years.
The 47-year-old has developed swelling in both his legs after his injections could not be administered due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's obsessive pursuit of excellence and a new-found sprint sensation in Hima Das gave Indian athletics audacious Olympic hopes but familiar dope shame kept things in perspective in an eventful 2018.
The Australian weightlifter said his bicep had fallen down to his elbow only a week before the Gold Coast competition and he felt a 'click' when trying to lift 168kg on the clean and jerk.
They said mortality rate in the country is still relatively low and that around 26 lakh people have recovered from the disease so far. Besides, active cases of coronavirus infection comprise around 21.90 per cent of the total cases.
In a huge relief for India's Commonwealth Games contingent, its boxers were cleared of any doping violation, but they remained under the scanner for breaching the Games' strict 'no needle' policy.
An athlete at the Commonwealth Games is in a 'serious' condition at a Gold Coast hospital after contracting malaria, organisers said on Friday.
Hima Das, reflects on here remarkable journey from being a stubborn footballer in a nondescript village in Assam to becoming the first Indian woman World champion in athletics.
The Mauritian sports ministry confirmed on Wednesday that chef de mission Kaysee Teeroovengadum had stepped down from his role at the April 4-15 Games after it was alleged he had sexually assaulted women's javelin thrower Jessika Selma Rosun.
In a massive reprieve to the Indian Commonwealth Games contingent, the doctor of the country's boxing team Amol Patil was on Tuesday let off with a reprimand in the syringe controversy as he was found guilty of not disposing needles safely after injecting vitamins to a fatigued boxer.
Amit Panghal helped his father with the harvesting of wheat and in the process witnessed the 'misery of farmers' shattered by unseasonal rains and the lockdown to contain the deadly pandemic.
And it was this lifestyle that he was banking on to recover.
Philem Dipak Singh traces Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's rise to Olympic glory.
Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Friday said she does not have much time to grieve over her Tokyo Games debacle and is gearing up for future challenges while young Anshu Malik suggested that a sports psychologist should be attached with the team to help them overcome nerves at big stage like the Olympics.
The percentage of patients with serious infections had halved from previous admissions.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said Neerj Chopra's "golden victory" at the Tokyo Olympics is a historic and proud moment for the entire country, including the Indian armed forces.
Neeraj Chopra scripted history in Tokyo on Saturday, winning the men's Javelin Throw and ending India's wait for an elusive medal in athletics at the Olympics.
Competing in his first Olympics, Chopra took just a few seconds to make to the final round, to be held on Saturday, sending the spear well past the qualifying mark of 83.50 metres during the Group A qualifications.
The Asian Games-bound Indian athletes should adhere to the 'No Needle Policy' during the mega-event in Indonesia, the Indian Olympic Association instructed on Wednesday.
More than 30 vaccine candidates have been supported and they are in different stages of development. Three candidates are in advanced stage of Phase I, II and III trials, and more than four are in advanced pre-clinical development stage, Choubey said.
'In difficult times as now, the call of the village is all that these migrants can hear,' observes Vijaya Pushkarna.
Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell has rubbished CWG Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot's view that the other nations' standard of hygiene is different from that of India, saying his opinion was 'unacceptable'.
97 people lost the battle to coronavirus in the last four days. Of them, seven were aged below 18, including three who had not even turned a year old. One of the babies was aged three months and the other seven months.
Australian police said the 35-year-old man has been charged with one count of indecent assault and one count of unlawful assault.
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
PTI introduces the team, who is aiming for medals when India's campaign at the Tokyo Games commences on July 24.
Australia dismissed as 'fantasy' and 'baseless' reports that its sportspersons indulged in vandalism at the Commonwealth Games Village after their cricket team suffered a crushing defeat in the second Test against India. 'It is factually wrong, insulting to Australia's athletes and can only be described as a fantasy,' read a statement from the Australian High Commission on Friday.
The Commonwealth Games organisers suffered another setback on Tuesday, with Scotland delaying the departure of their athletes for Delhi, earlier scheduled for Thursday, following health and safety fears. The decision comes after some Commonwealth officials, including CGF chief Michael Fennell, expressed 'shock' over the unhygienic conditions at the Games Village and top athletes pulled out due to safety and health concerns.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Friday said Australia have apologised for damaging a washing machine at the Games Village. 'The media reports regarding Australian celebrations at the Athletes' Village and the resultant damage to a washing machine is true. The person in charge of Tower 21 brought it to the notice of the village authorities,' Organising Committee general secretary Lalit Bhanot said.
The 27-year-old Rohini resident, who had tested Covid positive after returning to Delhi from Dubai, said, even after the home isolation restrictions are lifted, 'I have been told that I will be under 14-day observation at home, and doctors will check on me intermittently'.
India hockey chief coach Graham Reid has his sights set on the Asian Games, FIH Pro League, Commonwealth Games, Hockey World Cup in 2023 and Paris Olympics the following year.
Australia have sent back an athlete from its Commonwealth Games contingent, ahead of the scheduled departure from Delhi, for late night partying.
Australian freestyle swimmer Ashley Callus and England's synchronised swimming medal hope Jenna Randall are excited at the prospect of participating in the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Environmentalists have objected to the spraying of chemicals in the Games Village. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is spraying synthetic pyrethroids, potent lipophilic insecticides for mosquito control at the Commonwealth Games sites due to the dengue scare, unmindful of the dangers posed by exposure due to inhalation of ambient air that is possible after these compounds have been used.
Good news continue to flow the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games way with Northern Ireland confirming their participation in the event, starting October 3.
