On winning his third CWG medal on Tuesday, Vikas Thakur paid tribute to his idol by doing the 'thigh-five' celebration. 'The Punjabi thapi (thigh-five) was tribute to Sidhu Moose Wala.'
Sports Ministry asks IOA to allow Lovlina's coach into CWG Village: Sources
Ms Usha may soon discover that winning four gold medals at the Asian Games and qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics is a walk in the park compared with the challenges of stabilising governance at the IOA, observes Kanika Datta.
India's star boxer Vijender Singh does not want to carry the baggage of last year's maiden defeat on the professional circuit as he returns to the ring.
Deepak clinched one of the most memorable wins of his career with a 4-1 win over more fancied Zoirov
Women archers were on target in the individual events, while Manoj Kumar scripted a triumph of the underdog in the boxing ring on the fifth day of the Rio Games.
Vikas Krishan Yadav has learned from the bitterest experience that he can leave nothing to chance in the Olympic ring and it is a lesson the Indian boxer will carry with him to the Rio Games.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
Indian boxers continued to pack a mighty punch at the World Championships, as Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) entered the pre-quarter-finals with contrasting victories in their respective second round bouts, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday.
In other India-related news, Manish Kaurav (KL3 men 200m) and Manjeet Singh (VL2 men 200m) made it to the finals of their respective events for the first time in the history of the tournament.
Indian athletes' performance on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games.
India's boxer Nikhat Zareen stunned two-time World champion Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan to enter the women's 51kg semi-finals at the Bosphorus Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, on Friday.
Afghanistan's beach volleyball teams have missed out on the reward of a new car after finishing out of the medals at the Asian Games, but they are happy with the experience, media exposure and ill-fitting sunglasses they found in South Korea.
Former World Championships bronze medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) was the lone Indian to make it to the finals, as three others settled for bronze medals after losing hard-fought semi-final contests, in the Asian Boxing Championships, in Jakarta, on Friday. He defeated Iraq's Waheed Abdulridha 3-0 to set up a clash with Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev in Saturday's final.
Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarter-finals in her debut Olympics appearance, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely-fought last-16 stage bout, in Tokyo, Tuesday.
Shiva Thapa will next face Nader Odah of Kuwait in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Nikhat Zareen was seen in a relaxed mood with Olympic bronze madellist Lovlina Borgohain.
Six-time World champion M C Mary Kom's (51kg) pursuit of a second Olympic medal ended in the pre-quarterfinals of the Tokyo Games as she went down to 2016 edition's bronze-medallist Ingrit Valencia in a fiercely-fought showdown.
Lalitha Prasad (49kg), Sandeep Sharma (75kg) and Narender Berwal (+91kg) assured themselves a medal after advancing to the semi-finals of the the AIBA Youth World Championships at Yerevan, Armenia.
India lifted its sagging morale as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna cruised into the semi-finals while pugilist Vikas Krishan advanced to the quarters on a day the shooters, archers, shuttlers and track and field athletes suffered reverses at the Rio Olympics.
The legendary M C Mary Kom won historic sixth gold medal in the 48kg final in the Women's World Boxing Championship in New Delhi on Saturday.
A summary of the country's athletes performed at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday, August 4.
"The first contingent will leave for Tokyo on July 17. It will have 90 athletes and officials in total."
'At school, on August 15, the Indian flag was raised. There was no national anthem at that time and we sang Rise India Thy Millions Lead,' recalls military legend Major General Ian Cardozo (retd).
Paralympic gold-winners Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal were also given the Khel Ratna at a dazzling awards ceremony on Saturday.
Badminton rackets used by the Paralympic gold medallist, the javelin which brought India its first gold in the Olympics and gloves worn by the bronze medal winning athlete are among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mementos which are drawing the highest bids currently on the culture ministry website which is e-auctioning them.
For more than a decade now, Mary Kom had sacrificed everything for boxing. On Sunday, at the ExCel Arena, in London, she finally reaped the reward for hard work as women's boxing made its debut at the Olympics.
Will India finally reach the elusive double-digit mark? Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, for one, is willing to stick his neck out on the possibility.
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (52kg) advanced to the final along with the young Ankush Dahiya (60kg) on another mixed day for Indian boxers at the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia on Saturday.
Neeraj Chopra's soaring javelin did not just earn India their first Olympic gold in athletics on Saturday, it also meant that the contingent will return from Tokyo with seven medals, their biggest Games haul ever.
'I am grateful that this film has happened, it makes me so proud of the country and of the Indian Army.' Brandy Batliwala, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's eldest grandchild, on the man behind the hero.
Olympian Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Vikash Malik (60kg) fought through intense bouts to enter the pre-quarterfinals but Mandeep Jangra (69kg) bowed out after a stiff second-round contest on a mixed day for India in the World Boxing Championships in Almaty on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, congratulated boxer M C Mary Kom for clinching a historic fifth gold medal at the Asian women's Boxing Championships in Vietnam.
Suranjoy Singh clinched the lone gold as Indian boxers rounded off their campaign at the European Grand Prix event in Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic with four medals. Suranjoy bagged the flyweight gold after beating Armenia's H Danielyan 4-1 on Saturday night.
The ruling front and the opposition members are at loggerheads over the Adani issue and the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from the Lower House.
'Team India's participation in the Olympics couldn't have ended on a sweeter note'
A summary of Indian athletes' performance on Day 7 of the Games.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina's World Championship campaign in the 70 kg category came to an early end after a disappointing loss in the pre-quarterfinals.
Sarina Bolden headed the winner as the Philippines spoiled co-hosts New Zealand's party
Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and MC Mary Kom will headline the action for India at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday.
