Paris: In a thrilling encounter at the Paris Olympics 2024, India secured another bronze medal in men’s hockey, mirroring their success from the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian team, led by captain Harmanpreet Singh, edged out Spain 2-1 in a closely fought bronze medal match on Thursday.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the Odia Olympians today and handed over cash rewards to the four Hockey players for their spectacular performances in the Tokyo Olympics. As Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas were part of the men’s Hockey team that won bronze medal in the Olympic games, they were handed over cash rewards…
India’s Neeraj Chopra creates history by winning gold medal in javelin throw at Tokyo Olympics. He wins an athletics medal for Independent India for the first time. His podium finish comes more than 121 years after Norman Pritchard had won 200m silver on July 22, 1900. Neeraj’s throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt…
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics by convincingly beating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the men’s freestyle 65kg event today. He beat the Kazakhstan wrestler with 8-0 points in an one-sides match for the bronze medal. Bajrang had earlier gone down to Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev in the semi-final on Friday. Bajrang…
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok, who has a world ranking of 200, ended her inspiring Olympic campaign by narrowly missing out on a podium finish at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The 23-year-old, despite remaining among the top three till fourth round, narrowly missed out on a medal in the last round as she finished fourth in the…
Indian men’s hockey team beats Germany by 5-4 goals to win bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics. The Indian hockey team bags a medal in hockey after 41 years. The men in blue were down by 1-3 goals before they took charge of the situation and scored four more to take the lead. Germans tried their…
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya defeated Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in the men’s Freestyle 57-kg wrestling semi-final to reach to the final at the Tokyo Olympics. His semi-final victory assures the country of at least a silver medal. He will play the gold medal match tomorrow. At the same time another wrestler Deepak Punia failed…
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics after going down in her semi-final bout against reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey. The boxer from Assam was outplayed by her opponent comprehensively by 0-5 in the 69-kg women’s welterweight category. With this, she became India’s second woman boxer to win an Olympic…
Tokyo: The Olympics this time is different, as for the first time the opening ceremony was held without spectators amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito officially declared the games open on Friday in an Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics was scheduled for 2020 however the pandemic caused a 12 months delay which…
