Rohit Rajpal, India's Davis Cup captain, has been appointed as the Chef de Mission for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, according to IOA sources.
Rohit Rajpal, India's Davis Cup captain, has been appointed as the Chef de Mission for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
India is preparing its athletes for the unique accommodation arrangements at the upcoming Asian Games, which will feature repurposed shipping containers as housing units.
India is preparing its athletes for the upcoming Asian Games by installing makeshift container housing units at SAI centres to familiarise them with the unique accommodation arrangements in Japan.
Kodava food or cooking from Kodagu/Coorg in Karnataka is unique for reflecting its forest ecology, martial culture and agriculture, starkly different from the typical rice-and-coconut heavy coastal cuisines of South India.
IOA also announced that Sindhu, India's only woman athlete to win back-to-back Olympic medals, will be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony on July 26, alongside ace table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal.
Six-time World Champion Mary Kom, bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, will be assisted by luger Shiva Keshavan, who has been appointed the deputy chef de mission.
Defenders Konsam Chinglensana Singh and Lalchungnunga did not accompany the Indian football team that left the country on Sunday for the Asian Games in China.
Maa, Mission, Salman Khan back to his Bigg Boss ways, Sukanya Verma lists your OTT picks this week.
Indian Boxing Federation's Secretary General Brig P K Muralidharan Raja will be the deputy Chef-de-Mission of the country's contingent in this year's London Olympics after being nominated for the job by IOA.
In the eye of a storm over the shoddy state of the Commonwealth Games Village, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi finally broke his silence on Thursday saying that the international chefs de mission are much "happier than before" with the state of affairs.
The IOA had announced her appointment on March 21.
A lovely tiffin idea for your little ones.
After starring in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12, Jannat is getting ready for another exciting reality show, The Traitors.
Three-time Olympian and former captain of the Indian hockey team Ajitpal Singh will be India's Chef-de-Mission for the London Olympics. His appointment brings an end to wrangling for the post within the Indian Olympic Association.
The Commonwealth Games organising committee suffered more embarrassment on Friday after Pakistan's chef-de-mission Mohammad Ali Shah claimed money was stolen from his room at the Games Village. Shah told the Associated Press news agency that Rs 24,800 was stolen from the blazer inside his room when he went out to have a breakfast.
He credited PCI chief coach Satyanarayana for providing great equipment, facilities, and preparation to the athletes.
If tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been chastened by a warning about his future behaviour from Australia's chef de mission for the Rio Olympics, he is not showing it.
Created in the country's perfume capital Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, Vikas Khanna by Zighrana was launched in New York.
'The monkey is off his back and he is now free to push his limits'.
What are you going to watch on OTT this week? Sukanya Verma lists your options.
Indian men's hockey team reaches Paris for Olympics 2024
The three-day Holi weekend saw many film folk take a quick travel break.
The Dutch Olympic committee, in consultation with van de Velde and playing partner Matthew Immers, have taken steps to mitigate the impact of his participation by moving him to alternative accommodation in Paris and putting a ban on him talking to the media, chef de mission Pieter van den Hoogenband told Dutch television on Sunday.
'Mood is upbeat as first teams arrive in the Olympic Village,' says India's Chef-de-Mission Gagan Narang
Flag-bearers PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal will lead the 78-strong Indian contingent, representing 12 disciplines, on a historic journey down the Seine River.
Increased participation should be our goal in new Olympic cycle: Chef de Mission Gagan Narang
There might have been some security concerns in sending their athletes to India ahead of the ongoing 12th South Asian Games, but chef-de-mission of Pakistan Islahuddin Siddiqui admitted that his country's contingent did not face any such issues, in Guwahati, on Sunday.
Security officials at the Stade de France in Paris refused to let Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce back into the stadium.
Gold medal-winning archer Harvinder Singh and sprinter Preeti Pal, who won two medals at the Paralympics, will be India's flag bearers during the closing ceremony of the Paris Games on Sunday.
Manu Bhaker breaks jinx, earns India Olympic bronze in shooting after 12 years.
It will be like Ghar ka Swad Davos mein for the PM.
The sports ministry cleared the final contingent that also features 140 support staff and officials, of which 72 "have been approved at cost to the Government" to meet the "requirements" of the travelling sportspersons.
IOA President PT Usha said Sreejesh was "both an emotional and popular choice within the IOA leadership".
Gagan Narang lauded the Indian shooting contingent for their fantastic performances
Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain will be the flag-bearers of the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on September 23.
Julien Alfred won the women's 100 metres final to claim Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medal.
Three years ago, India returned from Tokyo with seven medals, and it is only natural that a double-digit performance is now desired in Paris.
Prez, PM and sports fraternity hail bronze medallist shooter Sawpnil Kusale
Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil's path to Paralympic glory was paved with a 'sweet sacrifice' and several sleepless nights.
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