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Sania will now become the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she features at the Tokyo 2020, slated to get underway from July 23 while Ankita Raina will be making her debut at the showpiece event.

The move comes after Kim Gaucher made an emotional plea via Instagram to have 3-month-old Sophie travel with her to the Games.

Mirza said it was a difficult decision to choose 'Dajara 4' over his other experienced horse 'Seigneur Medicott'.

The star sprinter says Hyderabad is always close to her heart as the city resurrected her career.

It was expected that with a low combined ranking of 113, Bopanna (38) and left-handed Sharan's (75) entry would depend only on large scale withdrawals.

Earlier on Saturday, Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Olympics as he clocked 1:56:38 in men's 200m butterfly at the Sette Colli Trophy.

She became the 12th individual Indian athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Games.

Aditi thus joined Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane to make it a team of three to Tokyo.

Simranjit (60kg) is a 2018 world championships bronze winner and is among the four Indian women boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, starting next month.

Rahi topped the podium in style as she scored an amazing 39 pts in the final, just one point shy from equalling the world record. She was also 8 points ahead of the silver medalist.

The Hyderabad Open Super 100 tournament has also been cancelled by the BFW as it revealed an updated Tournament Calendar for the remainder of 2021.

Deepika wins individual, mixed and team event competitions at the World Cup Stage 3

I want to urge the citizens of our country to not increase pressure on our athletes, rather you need to motivate them, said PM Modi during his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat".

The silver medal winners will be provided Rs 2 crore as cash prize and the bronze medal winners Rs 1 crore, Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin said.

The Rio Olympic silver medallist who spoke at a seminar hosted by Suchitra Academy, said this Olympics is different compared to the 2016 Games.

The Tokyo-bound badminton doubles specialists says it is always good to hear different kind of perspective which usually they don’t talk with coaches.

Sushila, who competes in the 48kg category, has 989 points which puts her at seventh spot in the Asian list, the International Judo Federation said.

The Sports Authority of India and Indian Olympic Association will conduct interactive sessions to understand the Covid-19 protocols.

The sprinter, who broke own national record in 100m, will get another shot at the mark in inter-State event.

The Indian made the cut at the 60th spot, the last available quota in the Games rankings.