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New Delhi: He may have been in charge of coaching Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, but that didn’t save Uwe Hohn from being sacked as the national javelin coach by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). The 59-year-old German great…

New Delhi: Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Ayesha Mukherjee have reportedly parted ways after eight years of marriage. The duo tied the knot in 2012 and was blessed with a baby boy Zoravar in 2014. While Dhawan is yet to…

Tokyo: The Tokyo Paralympics came to an end on Sunday with India winning a record 19 medals. Avani Lekhara, the 19-year-old shooter who bagged a gold and bronze medal each at the fortnight-long Games, led the Indian contingent as she had…

Tokyo: Para-shuttler Krishna Nagar won India it's fifth gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday with a hard-fought win over Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai in the final of the men's singles (SH6) event. This was the second gold medal for…

New Delhi: India’s top-ranked female table tennis player Manika Batra has dropped a bombshell. She has alleged that national coach Soumyadeep Roy had asked her to throw a match during the Olympic qualifiers in March, which was the reason…

Tokyo: Harvinder Singh made history as he claimed India's first-ever medal in para archery by bagging the bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday. Harvinder lost the men’s semi-final individual recurve open to move into the bronze medal…

Tokyo: After a couple of lean days, India bagged two medals at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Friday with 18-year-old Praveen Kumar winning the silver in Men’s High Jump. Praveen recorded the best jump of 2.07 m. Young shooting sensation…

Tokyo: Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya got a silver medal in the men’s F56 event in the Paralympics here on Monday. The 24-year-old B.Com graduate from New Delhi’s Kirorimal College, threw the disc 44.38m in his sixth and last attempt to…

India celebrates National Sports Day every year on August 29, in honour of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand. It’s a good time to look back at how Indian sports has evolved, especially in the 74 years since India attained independence.…

Bhubaneswar: The felicitation of Indian women’s and men’s hockey teams, here on Tuesday for their achievement in Tokyo Olympics had a distinct touch of the Odisha handicraft and handloom. The players and officials of both teams, who made…