AFI sent heartfelt wishes to Neeraj on the occasion of his special day.
The COVID-19 virus has forced athletes to withdraw from events and has others donning masks once again at the Paris Games.
A medal prospect at the upcoming Paris Olympics, the men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty say they are well equipped to handle the pressure of expectations.
Manpreet Singh foresees an unprecedented fifth Olympic appearance for himself in the 2028 Los Angeles Games before he calls time on his career.
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra on Thursday said that he will be one of the torch bearers of the Paris Olympics Games.
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.
If you see 'Made in India' apparel at any of the IOC's retail channels, it may have well come from Tiruppur, manufactured by a firm, which is owned by a mother-daughter duo, called Back Bay India.
The design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch was unveiled on Tuesday.
Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, is back for her third Games after withdrawing from most of her events at the Tokyo Games in 2021 with mental health issues.
Surfing makes its second Olympic appearance at the Paris 2024 Games after a successful debut in Tokyo, with competition being held this time on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti.
New Zealand's women's team said their training session on Monday had been disrupted by a drone flown by a staff member of their opening Group A opponents Canada.
Jena found it difficult to get the big throws in and thought of quitting the sport in July last year just before the World Championships.
In the fourth set, the German took two points with a 29-27 win but Deepika was already ahead by two points heading into the final set.
In a bid to ensure that athletes steer clear of contaminated supplements, which are also often cited as reason for failed dope tests by offenders caught in the anti-doping net, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday inaugurated a Centre of Excellence in Gandhinagar that would evaluate such add-ons.
The last torch bearer in Marseille will climb on the roof of the Velodrome stadium on May 9.
Prez, PM and sports fraternity hail bronze medallist shooter Sawpnil Kusale
India then went on to clinch the Jharkhand Women's Asian Champions Trophy Ranchi 2023 with a dominant 4-0 win over Japan in the Final and achieved their best-ever FIH World Rankings (No. 6 with 2368.83 points) in November.
Trying to give the best support to Indian contingent but still being criticised: IOA chief PT Usha
No Indian athlete since Independence has won multiple medals at a single Games.
Mandaviya, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, and Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha unveiled the ceremonial outfit, playing kits, performance shoes and travel gear for the Indian team.
Pin collecting and trading goes as far back as 1896 when the first modern Olympics were held.
The 35-year-old is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics with six medals.
Paris has been working on cleaning up the Seine so that people can swim in it again, as was the case during the 1900 Paris Olympics. But a sewer problem last summer led to the cancellation of a pre-Olympics swimming event.
'Brigitte Henriques calls on all members of the sports movement to remain mobilised on the essential and paramount objective: the full success of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024.'
However, the 6,000-odd athletes, 3,000 performers, 300,000 spectators and dozens of world leaders had to endure heavy rain for much of the event.
The medals tally at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
The Indian badminton team returned empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time in over a decade.
Rohan Bopanna and Sumit Nagal have secured their Paris Olympics 2024 quotas for India
Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra admitted to falling short of his full potential in the Paris Olympics final, where he secured a silver medal with a throw of 89.45 meters.
Twenty-three million tuned in to watch the opening ceremony in France - more than for matches in the Euro 2024 soccer championship.
'The water is very, very good, a little bit cool.'
'Harmanpreet & Co have strong foundation for LA gold'
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.
'It's not good in sport, it's not good to push and continue. If you want to run a long career then you have to be fit and healthy but there are competitions where you can't make a decision. Now we will work on this and work on the technique.'
The 36-year-old goalkeeper, a veteran of 328 international matches, took to social media to announce his decision.
World Championship bronze medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin went down 0-4 against Ireland's Jude Gallagher.
Singh's comments come just a day after India's foreign coach Baek Woong Ki was denied accreditation for the Games. The Korean, who had reached the French capital with the Indian team after overseeing its preparation in Marseille, said on Saturday that he "was removed from the Olympic coaching role at a critical time" and will now be flying back to India with his return ticket already booked.
Coach Jaspal Rana and confidence made all the difference to Manu Bhaker's Paris Olympics campaign
From feeling hopeless to Olympic medal three days later, the changing fortunes of shooter Sarabjot Singh
Many locals grumble that it will mostly be an inconvenience.
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