Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram took to social media to announce his retirement.
Check out the Indian athletes' schedule at the Games on Tuesday, July 27.
India's top-five finish not a given this time
After Sunday's win, India remained at second spot in the league standings with 16 points from eight matches, behind Netherlands. Argentina also remained at fourth spot with 11 points from six matches.
Celebrity hairstylist Darshan Yewalekar has some advice for Indian men.
Indian men's and women's cricketers came out in support of India's Olympic-bound athletes.
A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
In his communication, Batra also pointed fingers towards the team management without specifying anything.
Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka is the men's hockey team's first assignment post Tokyo Olympics.
India Open winner Lakshya Sen and Mithun Manjunath gave a good account of themselves.
The Birmingham Commonwealth Games is scheduled from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be held from September 10 to 25 this year.
Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Monday said the Indian men's hockey side's main focus is qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning the Asian Games this year besides giving opportunities to youngsters.
Srikanth said winning for the country was a big motivating factor for the team.
Sindhu, a 2019 World Champion, lost 14-21, 21-15, 14-21 to Zhang in a match that lasted 55 minutes.
ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships: Krrish Pal registers win in 1st round
The Indian men's hockey team, which ended a 41-year medal drought by clinching a bronze medal in Tokyo, rose to 3rd in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Rankings, behind Belgium and Australia, respectively.
Star Indian paddler Manika Batra crashed out of the women's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships Finals after a first round defeat, while Sathiyan Gnanasekaran advanced to the second round in the men's singles, in Houston, on Wednesday.
India now have registered four wins out of five outings in the FIH Pro League.
Returning to action after a break, double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu saw off Turkey's Neslihan Yigit in straight games to join compatriots Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma in the second round of the Denmark Open in Odense on Tuesday.
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
'Whether you think you're better off as friends, or whether you want to give things a try with him, you need to talk things out with him.'
Seasoned Das and Tarundeep Rai among men and Deepika in the women's section will headline the Indian recurve archery contingent at the Games.
Forward Shamsher Singh on Monday said winning the Olympic bronze medal was just ticking off one box in the new beginning for the Indian men's hockey team, which aspires to be the world number one side.
"Through his outstanding performance at the Olympics, Sreejesh has brought joy to Indians around the world. As a fellow-Malayali, I take tremendous pride in his achievement," Vayalil, Chairman and Managing Director of VPS Healthcare, was quoted as saying in a media statement.
India has reversed its decision to pull out its hockey teams from next year's Birmingham Commonwealth Games and will compete in the multi-sport quadrennial event 'if they qualify', a Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) official said on Saturday.
'Badminton at this level is a mental game.' 'Often just one or two points makes the deficit and often it's upstairs on the first floor that these things happen.'
Belgium and Australia are two world-class teams we saw in the final (in Tokyo). I think they are the benchmark and that's what we need to be aiming for, says India's chief coach Graham Reid.
Indians agree that sexual health is very important in a relationship.
Bangar comes with vast experience having served as the batting coach of the Indian men's senior team for five years from 2014 when Ravi Shastri took over as team director. He continued in the role till the 2019 World Cup before being replaced by Vikram Rathour.
He also opened up on how emotional he is feeling as he bid adieu as head coach of the Indian men's team.
Satish Kumar (+91kg) put up a gutsy performance against reigning World champion Bakhodir Jalolov but it was not enough to upstage the rampaging Uzbek and the Indian boxer made a quarter-final exit from the Olympic Games on Sunday.
P V Sindhu eased into the second round with a straight-game win after fellow Indian Lakshya Sen showed his mettle with a stunning victory over world No. 10 Japanese Kanta Tsuneyama on the opening day of Indonesia Masters Super 750 in Bali on Tuesday.
India and New Zealand will lock horns in the finals of WTC at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton
The FIH Hockey Pro League matches between India and Great Britain, scheduled for May 8-9 in London, were on Wednesday postponed following the UK government's decision to add India to the travel 'red list'.
India will take on traditional powerhouse China in the final match on Wednesday.
The defeat brought an end to the country's campaign in the sport at the ongoing Games.
Krrish, Ravi enter semis of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
Vikas Krishan has no qualms admitting that he has been indisciplined and too reliant on luck in the past, problems that he claims to have fixed ahead of the Tokyo Games.
Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu began her campaign at the Tokyo Olympics with an easy 21-7, 21-10 victory over Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in her first singles group match on Sunday.
India have won eight gold medals in the past, but their last top finish came way back in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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