NEW DELHI: Hailing the Indian women’s hockey team’s performance at the Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it narrowly missed a medal but it reflects the spirit of new India, “where we give our best and scale new frontiers”. The history-making Indian women’s hockey team’s dream of securing its maiden Olympic medal remained […]
Tokyo: The Indian 4x400m relay quartet shattered the Asian record with a 3:00:25 effort in the Olympics heat race but failed to qualify for the final round by a whisker here on Friday. The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob ran 3 minutes 25 second to finish fourth […]
TOKYO: The Indian women’s hockey team’s chief coach Sjoerd Marijne on Friday revealed that the bronze medal match against Great Britain in the ongoing Olympics was his last assignment with the side. The 47-year-old coached the Indian women’s hockey team to its best ever performance in the Olympic Games, guiding them to a creditable fourth […]
TOKYO: All eyes will be on Neeraj Chopra to deliver India’s elusive Olympic medal in athletics and end a wait of 100 years when he competes in the men’s javelin throw final here on Saturday. A pre-tournament medal contender, the 23-year-old Chopra fuelled country’s expectations by topping the qualification round with a stunning first round […]
NOTTINGHAM: Veteran England pacer James Anderson on Friday surpassed Indian spin legend Anil Kumble’s tally of 619 Test wickets. Anderson, a right-arm fast bowler, achieved the feat during the third day of the first Test against India here when he removed a well-set KL Rahul on 84, caught by wicket-keeper Jos Buttler. Only Sri Lankan […]
NOTTINGHAM: India opener Rohit Sharma on Thursday defended playing the pull shot that led to his dismissal on 36 in the first Test against England, saying if he sees the ball in his areas, he “has to play his shots”. A well-set Rohit was was caught by Sam Curran on the fence off Ollie Robinson, […]
ANANTNAG: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla Friday inaugurated district level inter-zonal boys U-17 cricket tournament at Sports Stadium Nanil Mattan, here. In the inaugural match, teams from Mattan and Vailoo Zones competed with each other. On the occasion, the DDC said that sports activities are vital for shaping the overall personality […]
TOKYO: A resolute Indian men’s hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday. The eight-time former gold-winners, who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades, made the […]
CHIBA (Japan): Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games after he lost the men’s freestyle 57kg title clash 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev. There were expectations that the 23-year Dahiya would become India’syoungest Olympic champion but the Russian defended well to […]
CHIBA (Japan): Ravi Dahiya on Wednesday became only the second Indian wrestler to qualify for the title clash at the Olympic Games, when he sensationally turned around the 57kg semifinal bout by pinning Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev on Wednesday. Before Dahiya, who is son of a Haryana farmer, Sushil Kumar was the onlyIndian to make the […]