Hockey legend Ashok Kumar reckons India would have won a medal had the Olympics been held this year but the break in momentum will make a big difference now that the Games are pushed to 2021.
'I could not reach the semifinals last time but I am hoping to reach the finals this time'
Dutee Chand, considered the fastest Indian woman right now, has asked those in same-sex relationships to be courageous and stand firm.
Top officials from both countries called for closer co-operation between North and South.
Screen time, referring to the time children spend watching television or playing computer games, was found to impact the development of executive functions of brain such as working memory, planning and responding flexibly to changing situations.
Dhoni picked as skipper of IPL's all-time greatest team
'The discussion before this innings with Dhruv was 'go down to the level of your practice and everything will be fine'. The talk is always about staying hungry.'
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that India will leave "no stone unturned" in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics as the government expressed a strong desire to host the biggest sporting event in the world.
"You can't do anything about it," Rashid Khan conceded as he tried to make sense of Australia's refusal to play bilateral cricket with Afghanistan men's team, which he believes, achieves nothing beyond denying happiness to his people.
A zingy text adds adventure in the relationship, suggests Sybil Shiddell, country manager India, Gleeden, a discreet extra marital dating Web site.
'There might be some internal tussles that can be expected between any two persons in any party.' 'But I do not see any tussle which might weaken the possibility of dictatorship.'
'It's been a slow moving car crash up to now and now it's kind of like, bang -- impact has been made.'
Cricket is bidding to join the programme at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and a decision is expected soon. Gaikwad said his players were enjoying their first major multi-sport Games as athletes and fans.
Harshada Sharad Garud on Monday became India's first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece.
Guruvayoorambala Nadayil is a no-holds-barred, silly comedy that will keep you glued to the screen even when the going gets tough towards the end but the smile on your face will not leave, observes Arjun Menon.
It is only the Indian approach of holding on to multiple realities and contradictory ideas simultaneously that is likely to deliver peace and progress. Binary logic is out of sync with reality, notes R Jagannathan.
'To set up a successful business, one must have a solution to an existing problem or a better way of addressing the current solution.'
Indian athletes will begin their campaign in the World Championships in Beijing, on Sunday.
'When so many noted universities -- including the likes of Harvard and the University of California -- are spending their resources on studying the world of GoT, it is fun to assess whether this fictional universe conforms with the laws of our real universe,' says Kumar Abhishek.
'What can I do if god made me the way I am?' 'All I want to do is win medals for India and make my country proud.'
The most notable aspect of both 2022 shootouts was the shockingly poor quality of the kicks.
Rani had bettered her own national record with a throw of 63.24m during the Federation Cup in March before a performance of 62.83m in the National Inter-State Championships this week.
Upon his return, the PM is slated to get a gala welcome from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand said the Arjuna Award will motivate her to win a prestigious Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games next year.
'Yes, there have not been any express fast bowlers that are coming from the MRF Pace Foundation that we used to have back in the years.' 'But that's not going to happen anymore. Now, in the next few years, you are gonna see a lot of really good fast bowlers coming out from the MRF Pace Foundation again.'
'It is great news (cricket in Olympics) if you are a business-person. America has a large section of Asian expats, who are crazy about cricket and they will fill the stadium and of course will follow the game on TV or streaming apps.'
Ace Indian pistol shooter Manu Bhaker on Sunday indicated that not being allowed the freedom to take her personal coach Jaspal Rana in major international competitions could be holding back her performance, and requested the NRAI to resolve the issue.
After the Delhi government said on Tuesday that the national capital is aiming to bid for the 39th Olympic Games in 2048, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra said the matter should have been discussed with the IOA first.
India will organise the Olympics in future, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said.
His dream of being inside the global top-100 has been realised but Sumit Nagal is nowhere close to being a content man as the Indian tennis ace says he now faces the challenge of improving or holding on to his standing for direct entry into Grand Slams and the Paris Olympics.
'If one looks at it closely, this reflects the BJP's frustration and its fear of defeat'
I can brag about decathlon as now I have the national record: Tejaswin Shankar at his jovial best
The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after reaching the final in the World Athletics Championships, in Doha.
'There is no scope for any doubt. This was a scheme designed to enrich the ruling party.'
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is among the 20 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna Awards, who will be honoured by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.
Amy Alea is a style chameleon. And she's forever ready to channel her inner Aphrodite.
Divyansh Singh Panwar would have gone through an entire gamut of emotions in the last two days of the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
From her battle against the IAAF gender testing rules to coming out as a lesbian in what is still a highly conservative country, Chand is used to making headlines but she hopes over the next year they will mainly be about her sporting prowess.
Arjun Menon looks at some Tamil films from the last decade that tick all the right boxes, and lists where you can watch them.
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