Aug 08, 2021, at 02:59 am
Tokyo/IBNS/UNI: "It feels unbelievable," India's Neeraj Chopra reacted for the first time after winning a historic gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins wrestling silver after losing to Russian Zavur Uguev
Aug 05, 2021, at 11:08 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya on Thursday won an Olympic silver medal after losing to Russian two-time defending world champion Zavur Uguev in 57 kg bout.
Vinesh out of contention for repechage round as Vanesa loses in semis
Aug 05, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Tokyo/UNI: World No 1 Vinesh Phogat's hopes of competing in repechage round dashed away after Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus lost to her Chinese opponent Pant Qianyu in the semi-final of women's freestyle wrestling 53kg here on Thursday.
Manipur erupts in celebration after Hockey men’s team with local boy Nilakanta Sharma wins bronze
Aug 05, 2021, at 09:31 pm
Imphal/UNI: People of Manipur celebrated the Indian men’s hockey team's bronze medal victory in the Tokyo Olympics, ending 41-year medal drought for India in the sport at the Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia loses, to play bronze medal bout tomorrow
Aug 04, 2021, at 10:51 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: Deepak Punia lost to USA's DM Taylor Iii in men's freestyle wrestling in the 86kg category.
Tokyo Olympics: Another medal assured for India as wrestler Ravi Kumar storms into finals
Aug 04, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya stormed into the finals of 57 kg men's freestyle wrestling defeating Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan by fall in a dramatic semi-final.
Aug 01, 2021, at 08:44 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Indian women's hockey team entered the quarter finals for the first time and Kamalprees Kaur stormed into the finals of the women's discus throw, while all other Indian competitors either lost their matches or failed to qualify for the finals in another dismal show for India on the ninth day of Olympic games on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu sails into semi-finals of Women's Singles badminton
Jul 30, 2021, at 09:12 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: India's star shuttler PV Sindhu advanced into the semi-finals of badminton women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics beating Japan's A. Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20.
Tokyo Olympics: India's boxing medal hope MC Mary Kom loses in Round of 16
Jul 29, 2021, at 09:50 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: India's Boxing medal hope in Women's Fly Weight Category crashed out of Tokyo Olympics after losing to Columbia's Ingrit Lorena Victoria Valencia on Thursday.
Jul 29, 2021, at 07:12 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Indian women athletes shined again as shuttler P V Sindhu, boxer Pooja Rani and archer Deepika Kumari won their matches to enter the next round of their respective events at the Olympic games on Wednesday.
Tokyo Olympics archery: Deepika Kumari defeats USA's J. Mucino-Fernandez in 1/16 Eliminations
Jul 28, 2021, at 09:49 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: Archer Deepika Kumari defeated J. Mucino-Fernandez of United States 6-4 in 1/16 Eliminations in a close contest at Tokyo's Yumenoshima Park Archery Field.
Jul 28, 2021, at 08:56 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: India's Pooja Rani showed complete domination over Algeria's Chaib Ichrak in Women's 69-75 kg category Boxing at Kokugikan Arena here to reach round of 8.
Jul 28, 2021, at 08:24 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: India's ace archer Deepika Kumari had a comfortable victory over Karma of Bhutan in the Round of 32 and clinched a place in the last 16 in women's individual archery event.
Olympic returnees not required to produce negative RT-PCR test report : Indian Govt
Jul 26, 2021, at 06:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has said that the athletes, officials and media returning to the country from Tokyo Olympics will not be required to produce RT-PCR negative test reports for COVID-19 before boarding the returning flight from the Japanese capital.
Tokyo Olympics: Domino's will deliver free pizzas to Mirabai Chanu; starts with her family in Imphal
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:25 am
Mirabai Chanu will have free pizzas for life, thanks to Domino's India. The multinational pizza chain responded to the weightlifter, who said in an interview to NDTV after winning silver in 49 kg category on July 24 that pizza was the first thing she wanted to eat.
Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra advances to 3rd round in a nail biting contest
Jul 25, 2021, at 09:08 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddler Manika Batra defeated Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine 4-3 in the Tokyo Olympics table tennis women’s singles second round and advanced to the third round in a nec-to-neck fight, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom advances to pre-quarters in women's flyweight boxing
Jul 25, 2021, at 08:47 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: Boxing legend MC Mary Kom started her campaign Sunday with a win against Dominican Republic's Miguelina Hernandez Garcia to advance to the last 16 in Women's Flyweight.
Tokyo Olympics: Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh reach semi-finals in rowing
Jul 25, 2021, at 08:00 pm
Tokyo/UNI: India’s only rowing pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh reached semifinals of the men’s lightweight double sculls event at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing third in the repechage race, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Sindhu starts her campaign with comfortable win
Jul 25, 2021, at 07:48 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu began her Tokyo 2020 campaign with a comfortable victory over Ksenia Polikarpova of Israel in her first match of Group J of the women’s singles badminton event, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Indian women's hockey team lose to Netherlands by 5-1 in opening match
Jul 25, 2021, at 01:30 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Despite having an impressive start, Indian women's hockey team was thrashed by Netherlands 5-1 in the opening match in Tokyo Olympics, 2020.
Tokyo Olympics: Indian pugilist Vikas Krishan loses to Japan's Okazawa in opening bout
Jul 25, 2021, at 12:51 am
Tokyo/UNI: Ace Indian boxer Vikas Krishan crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing 5-0 to Japan's Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa in his opening bout of the men's welterweight (69kg) category, here on Saturday.
Five air warriors to represent India in Tokyo Olympics: IAF
Jul 23, 2021, at 03:16 am
New Delhi/UNI: The five air warriors (four athletes and one as a referee) will be a part of the Indian contingent that will represent India in the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian Air Force (IAF) announced on Thursday.
First contingent of Indian athletes leave for Tokyo Olympics
Jul 18, 2021, at 08:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indians across the country cheered the nation's first batch of Tokyo Olympic athletes, who were given a formal send-off by Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday night.
Rijiju announces 'Cheer Up' campaign, urges people to support Tokyo-bound Indian athletes
Jun 27, 2021, at 06:51 am
New Delhi/UNI: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced a 'Cheer Up' campaign for the Tokyo-bound Indian athletes and urged people to extend their support to the sportspersons, who will be competing at the Olympic Games beginning July 23.