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.
Left bed-ridden for close to 10 years after falling off a cliff, Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar scripted an astonishing tale of resilience by clinching a bronze medal in the men's F52 event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday but a protest has put his celebrations on hold for now.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the ninth day of the Asian Games, on Monday.
India lost their last league match 1-3 to Bulgaria in the world table tennis championship
The Indian men's team lost 2-3 to Singapore in the World Table Tennis Championships.
India went down 1-3 to the Czech Republic in the women's division of the World Table Tennis Championships.
The Sports Ministry is set to establish 1000 Khelo India Centres (KIC) at the district level across the country with the help of sporting champions, who will be remunerated for providing their expertise. The centres will either be run by a past champion or have them as a coach.
Chinese paddlers won the boys and girls' singles crowns and clinched the top spot in girls' doubles.
India beat Slovenia in the league phase in both the men's and women's section in the World Team Table Tennis Championship.
Sathiyan, making his World Cup debut, went down 1-4 (11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 9-11, 8-11) to the German in the pre-quarters.
Commonwealth and national champion Sharath Kamal turned in a smart display to defeat Boudjadja Mohamed in the first round of the men's singles table tennis competition.
The 20-year-old table tennis ace, who earned an Olympic berth from the Beijing qualifier, is fine-tuning her game at the SAI Centre in Kolkata.
China chose a sports contest to announce the change of the name of Taiwan, a self-governed cash-rich island.
The duo accounted for Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulami Ghatak respectively to lift the men's and women's table tennis singles gold medals.
The Indian women blanked Austria 3-0 in their final league encounter at the World Team Table Tennis Championship.
'The win will change a lot of things in Praggu... the confidence in his potential will be one of them. The win has ensured a lot of visibility which will give him a lot of opportunities.'
The domination of home paddlers could be gauged from the fact that all finals on Monday featured only the Indians.
Indian athletes' performance on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games.
All four who made the main draw of the World TT meet were beaten by higher-ranked opponents.
Stakeholders have shown a distinct lack of seriousness in bringing a law against corruption in Indian sports, a reason why someone like tainted former pacer S Sreesanth got away despite strong evidence of spot-fixing against him in the 2013 IPL, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has said.
Mountaineer Bachendri Pal was, on Friday, conferred with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, while Gautam Gambhir, BajranG Punia and Sunil Chhetri, among others, received the Padma Shri.
Rohan Bopanna often gets baffled to find the love of playing Davis Cup diminishing with passage of time.
Nandita Saha and Visakha Vijay lost in straight games
The Chennai paddler feels that it's about time that he changes colour of the medal to gold during the upcoming edition in Gold Coast.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
The 15-year-old from Aizwal, who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274 kg (124 kg +150 kg) to finish on top.
For the 12th successive time, none could match up to India's regional might but the host country's record-breaking medal haul of 308 can hardly hide the fact that the standard of competition in the South Asian Games has failed to rise significantly.
Soumyajit Ghosh has married his accuser after his career nose-dived owing to the crisis.
Indian paddlers continued their impressive run as they outshone Malaysia to cruise into the semifinals of both men's and women' team events on day three of competitions in the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
Shah recently visited the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Virat Kohli? M C Mary Kom? Neeraj Chopra?
Manika Batra and Mouma Das fought hard before going down against defending champions Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu to settle for a silver medal in the women's doubles, a first ever for India in the Commonwealth Games.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has recommended slashing the country's proposed Asian Games delegation by a third and sending only medal hopefuls to South Korea's Incheon later this month.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
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India's schedule on the ninth day of the competitions at the Asian Games in Incheon on Sunday.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra made the announcement during the send-off ceremony in New Delhi on Monday.
India sign off Paralympics with an unparalleled 19 medals: 5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze.
Table tennis player Manika Batra, who will be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award this year, said that the accolade would spur her to bring more laurels for the country.
Manika Batra cruised to the semi-finals of the women's singles even as experienced paddler Mouma Das ended her campaign in the Commonwealth Games table tennis event.
Calls from athletes and federations for a delay in the Games, which is scheduled to run from July 24 to Aug. 9, have intensified as the flu-like virus has brought sport to a grinding halt across the world.
