Captain Harmanpret said it's a good opportunity for the Indian players to win the World Cup at home.
'The athletes who are there in SAI Bengaluru and Patiala will continue to remain there'
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
Indian Women's Hockey team leaves for Argentina tour.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Commonwealth Games on Day 3.
With the win, the defending gold medallists avoided a possible quarter-final clash with Russia, and will instead play the winner of Latvia versus Switzerland qualification game.
Leander Paes said he is currently busy working on a biopic to portray the father-son duo's legacy on the big screen.
Iconic boxer MC Mary Kom and ace archer Deepika Kumari were told they need not say sorry after returning without medals while hockey player P R Sreejesh was asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he has learnt Punjabi when he hosted the Tokyo-returned Olympians at his residence.
Australia beat Spain to enter World Cup last four for 12th time on the trot
All work in the armed forces is team work. One has to deal with people all the time -- at work, play and even during war, advises IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe.
Indian Olympic Association's acting president Anil Khanna called it a 'gender-neutral contingent' with 108 men and 107 women being part of the touring party.
'Something like this was never taken up by the women's hockey team before and I am very proud we used our time during the lockdown for a good cause.'
'The law is neither able nor willing to function the way the legal machinery is envisaged.'
Team India will compete in 15 sporting disciplines as well as four disciplines in the para sports category.
Hockey coach Ramesh Parameswaran applies for Dronacharya Award
Consuming the equivalent of almost two dozen plates of pasta a day may be impossible for most people but not for Olympic athletes
IOA wants flexibility with calendars
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.
Here are some shots of top-class action from the Winter Games...
Shooting has provided some rare Olympic joy for India
Indian men's and women's cricketers came out in support of India's Olympic-bound athletes.
An important factor in India's stupendous success in 2021 was the way the government opened its coffers to support athletes.
'He did not take a loss lying down.' 'He inspired us to go to the next tournament with renewed confidence and helped us perform well.' 'That's the way I would remember him.'
'It can be my last Olympic Games so, for me, it's about what more I can achieve as an athlete, what I can get from this Olympics? That can only be a medal. That's a dream and that is helping me to sacrifice everything.'
Soon after the new dates were announced, IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta said, "Indian Olympic Association along with the National Sports Federations welcome and support the new dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which will be held from 23 July to 8 August, 2021."
Valentina Fyodorova is the captain and oldest member of "Ustyanochka", a team composed mostly of women in their fifties and sixties who train three times a week in the gym and on the ice. Fyodorova, who has three great grandchildren, said that although she is much slower and less skilful than many younger players, she enjoys the camaraderie with her team mates.
The Indian goalkeeper is leaving no stone unturned as he prepares for the upcoming Champions Challenge meet.
India's sports fraternity joined the nation on Sunday in saluting its essential services providers engaged in the fight against COVID-19 by clapping for them and sharing messages and videos of gratitude on social media.
'When he was a kid, Raj kept on watching Yuvraj, who would come for his nets at the academy and for kids. The first hero makes a lasting impression.'
Athletes and officials from eight disciplines of archery, badminton, table tennis, hockey, judo, gymnastics, swimming and weightlifting landed in Tokyo
Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka is the men's hockey team's first assignment post Tokyo Olympics.
The hometown team scored the first win of the Tokyo Olympics as the pandemic-delayed Games began with an 8-1 win for Japan over Australia in the softball.
An Indian tennis team will travel to Pakistan after 55 years. The last time they sparred on Pakistan soil was way back in March 1964 in Lahore, where India won 4-0.
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.
The view is that the attention on the national team is fleeting, incidental and dependent on the results they produce.
'The government and railways are looking after us, but I just want to get home.'
India has much to be proud of and celebrate. But there is also much that is wrong, much that looks dangerous. Employment, current account deficit, rural distress, agricultural productivity are all in deep crisis, points out Shekhar Gupta.
National Sports Federations and State Olympic Associations have been asked to collect feedback from the stakeholders such as athletes, coaches, support staff, central and state government ministries, match officials and sports administrators on how and when training should resume. The lockdown has been extended till May 17.
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