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Hyderabad: When he missed the Tokyo Games due to a mix of injuries and cancellation of qualifiers owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, shuttler Kidambi Srikanth said to himself that Olympics is not the end of the world. He was confident that his time would come and he worked towards it. Now, he is glad that […]

Boycott threat to Beijing Winter Olympics will hurt athletes, who often fall victims to whimsical governments

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s taekwondo player Bode Sai Deepak, who holds four Guinness World Records to his name, is set to add another feather in his cap. The 24-year-old is on course to become the first from the State to represent the country in an Olympic ranking event in taekwondo. The youngster, who competes in the 68kg […]

The Hyderabad shuttler says he missed coach Santoso in Tokyo

The 23-year-old broke down when local reporter appeared to confront her about balancing having a big media profile and not speaking to the media.

After attending the historic flag hoisting event at the national capital, Neeraj took to his official Twitter handle and penned an emotional note.

"His temperature was 103 till yesterday. But he is getting better now. His (Covid) report also came negative. Doctor has advised him rest. He had a hectic schedule and that is the reason he fell ill," the person said.

The 'Sultan' actor shared the photo on his Instagram handle, in which he gave Mirabai a hug and in the caption congratulated her on her win at the recently held Olympics.

The javelin thrower bagged the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 7.

India recorded their highest-ever medals tally at an edition of the Olympics -- seven medals -- and managed to win their first gold medal after 13 years.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) posted a series of videos on Twitter over the weekend, showing some of the ISS astronauts performing their favourite games sans gravity.

This is the perfect time when sports need to be taken to grass roots level and every parent should try to put his or her kid to sport

Here is a look at a few smaller nations who went on to grab attention at the mega event

The spectacle saw the light of the day after staving off numerous challenges on the way

"Javelin throw is a very technical event and a lot depends on the day's form. Anything can happen. So, my next target is to breach the 90m (mark)," Chopra said after his historic feat

Chopra won the championship after throwing the longest throw - 87.58 metres- of the event in just his second attempt, which no other contender could beat before the end of the competition.

He had one million followers yesterday night in his social media account and within a day it crossed two million and it’s still counting.

Russia has been dominant in the sports for decades. It has won gold medals in both the group and individual competitions in every Olympics since 2000, but the winning streak ended this year.

Neeraj Chopra made history by becoming the first Indian to win Gold in track and field at the Olympic Games.

The silver medal is also the best result for hosts Japan, whose previous best, fifth placing, came at the 1976 Montreal in Canada.