Tokyo: The U.S. Olympic team finished atop the gold-medal standings at the Tokyo Olympics with 39 as the Americans edged past China on the final day of action. Team USA's 39 golds surpasses the totals it managed at five of the previous eight Summer Games and marks the 11th-most golds it has won at a...
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, out-performing the field by quite a distance to clinch the historic medal for the country. The 23-year-old farmer's son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana produced a second-round throw of 87.58m in the finals...
Tokyo: A week ago, Baro Mukhia village in Assam's Golaghat district had connectivity with the world through a muddy road. Now, people in the state are working hard to turn the road into a concrete one. Thanks to Lovlina Borgohain’s bronze medal in the welterweight category at the Tokyo Olympics, the village is now getting...
Hyderabad: The only Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, P.V. Sindhu feels that this is not the end as the star shuttler now eyes 2024 Olympics to be held at Paris. After arriving in her hometown to a hero's welcome following the bronze medal win at Tokyo Olympics, she made it clear that she...
Tokyo: India’s dream of a gold medal on their maiden entry into the knockout stages of the women's hockey competition came to a premature end when the team lost 1-2 to Argentina in the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics here. It looked like India's fairy-tale run, which saw them reach the semifinals after losing their...
Tokyo: Indian grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured India of at least a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics when he stormed into the men's 57kg freestyle final with a 'victory by fall' over Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semifinal. Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler in history after Sushil Kumar -- who had entered...
India's boxing great Mary Kom's bid to win a second Olympic medal ended in the pre-quarters of Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. The London Olympics bronze medallist lost to 3rd seed Ingrit Valencia of Colombia via split decision in a closely-contested Round of 16 match in the Women's Flyweight category. Mary Kom proved why she is...
Indian boxer Satish Kumar advanced to the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics with a comprehensive win against Ricardo Brown of Jamaica in the mens super-heavyweight round of 16 bout on Thursday. Kumar, the 32 year old from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh who is making his Olympics debut, won the +91kg bout by a 4:1 split...
Midway through the first game against Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, coach Park Tae-sang told India's PV Sindhu that she was rushing with her defence and should be more patient. Sindhu, silver medallist at the Rio Olympics five years ago, changed her tactics and scored points at will as she reached...
