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Last Updated:June 26, 2025, 22:28 is India submitted an LOI to bring the 2036 edition of the quadrennial spectacle home last year, but any decision on the same will have to wait a bit longer. Olympics Representational Image. (PTI Photo) Newly elected IOC Chief Kirsty Coventry called for a pause on decisions pertaining to the…
Last Updated:January 26, 2025, 9:12 PM IST In a dominating debut, Dev won the contest with a few seconds left in the first of the six-round bout via technical knockout on Saturday. Nishant Dev celebrating his victory (X) Star Indian boxer Nishant Dev made a smashing professional debut as he demolished USA’s Alton Wiggins in…
Last Updated:December 24, 2024, 10:12 IST Manu’s father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, took his frustrations out on the govt. as she highlighted the blind eye the country turns to every type of athlete except for cricketers. Manu Bhaker. (Picture Credit: AP) Controversy has been rife and many are already up in arms about the double Olympic…
Last Updated:December 05, 2024, 9:09 pm IST Shooting, weightlifting and hockey have been named among 10 non-medal sports, which will be part of the “engagement programme” in the YOG. Manu Bhaker, right, competes in the 25m pistol rapid women’s qualification round. (Picture Credit: AP) In a big blow to India’s medal prospects, the executive board…
Last Updated:November 30, 2024, 8:44 PM IST Gjert Ingebrigtsen, 58, had already been charged in April with domestic violence against a family member, but it did not concern the trio of known athletes but another, younger child. Jakob Ingebrigsten (X) The father and former coach of double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with…
Last Updated:November 26, 2024, 7:20 PM IST Neha Goyal fondly recalled calling Sunil ‘Sukkad’ and how their eight-year friendship gradually evolved into love Neha Goyal shared that she met Sunil Kumar around nine years ago while playing in the Under-17 national tournament. (News18 Himachal Pradesh) Haryana’s Olympian hockey player Neha Goyal tied the knot with…
The Association of Indian Universities (AIU), in collaboration with Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies (MRIIRS), will host the FISU World University Championship Shooting 2024. This premier event, which will feature over 250 university shooting athletes from over 25 countries. With a 33-member Indian team, the competition to be held in New Delhi…
Last Updated:November 05, 2024, 11:18 IST Lyles missed out as 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana and Norway’s 5000m gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen were the two male track athletes to make the final. Noah Lyles (AP Photo) Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles is not one of the two finalists for male track athlete of…
Former BJP MP and ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, Brij Bhushan Singh, has launched a scathing attack on Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat, accusing her of “cheating” to qualify for the Olympics. Singh, who is currently facing allegations of sexual harassment from several wrestlers, including Phogat, claimed that her failure to win a medal was…
Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics. (Photo credits: X) Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated a 10 meter air pistol and rifle shooting range and also made a call to Bhaker. Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday inaugurated a shooting range named after Manu Bhaker, who won two bronze medals…