2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Pullela Gopichand, Sachin Tendulkar lead tributes for PV Sindhu after her historic bronze
Other Sports | Aug 02, 2021, 08:57 AM ISTThe country rejoiced at badminton ace P V Sindhu winning her second Olympic medal with the sports fraternity hailing her feat.
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India at Tokyo Olympics Day 9: Sindhu wins bronze, men's hockey team enters semis after 49 years
Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 08:10 PM ISTPV Sindhu became only the second Indian and the country's first woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win.
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In 'tears' after semi-final loss, PV Sindhu gives her father the 'gift' he wished for
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 07:56 PM ISTReigning world champion Sindhu on Sunday became only the second Indian and the country's first woman to win two Olympic medals.
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India beat Great Britain 3-1, enter semis of Olympics men's hockey after 49 years
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 08:41 PM ISTIndia scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh (7th minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) to seal the win for the eight-time Olympic champions.
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Sensational Sindhu tames China's Bing Jiao to secure second successive Olympic medal
Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 11:42 PM ISTUp against an opponent, who had beaten her nine times so far in the last 15 meetings, Sindhu showed great determination to outplay Bing Jiao.
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Wishes pour in as PV Sindhu claims bronze, creates history with second Olympic medal
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 08:24 PM ISTSindhu is now the only Indian after wrestler Sushil Kumar to clinch two Olympic medals.
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PV Sindhu wins bronze, becomes first Indian woman to bag two Olympic medals
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 07:52 PM ISTThe 26-year-old silver-medallist from the Rio Games defeated He Bing Jiao of China in the bronze medal match.
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Tennis: Alexander Zverev follows up win over Novak Djokovic with Olympic gold
Tennis | Aug 01, 2021, 04:20 PM ISTThe fifth-ranked German overwhelmed Russian opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday for the biggest title of his career.
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Hockey: Indian women's team braces up for tough Australia challenge in pursuit of Olympic history
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 04:13 PM ISTThe Indian women hockey team's best finish at the Olympics came on debut in Moscow back in 1980 when it ended up at the fourth position among six teams.
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Golf: Anirban Lahiri signs off at T-42, American Xander Schauffele takes gold
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 04:03 PM ISTLahiri, who began the week with a superb 67 and was inside Top-10, slid down the ladder thereafter with rounds of 72-68-72 over the next three days for a total of 5-under 283.
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Indian archers return from Olympics without a medal yet again, lack of planning blamed
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 03:50 PM ISTDeepika Kumari could not earn India an elusive Olympic medal but the most decorated Indian archer became the first Indian to make the individual quarters.
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India wrestling squad in Tokyo to take help from tennis team's physio
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 03:21 PM ISTDubey, who is employed with the Railways, is an experienced hand, having toured with the Indian Davis Cup and Fed Cup squads several times.
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Onus on Rajput, Tomar to avoid another medal-less campaign in shooting
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 02:41 PM ISTIndia, who were expected to do well in shooting, are staring at the prospect of two straight Olympics without medals with only the men's 50m event still to go.
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Incredible Raven: Saunders lends her voice to the Olympics
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 01:37 PM ISTWith her hulk mask and purple-green hair, Raven Saunders, an openly gay athlete, has a silver medal to her name at the Tokyo Olympics after she has contemplated suicide earlier.
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Boxers' rhythm affected by COVID lockdown: BFI President on Olympics outing
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 01:31 PM ISTNine boxers participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for India, with Lovlina Borgohain being the only one to secure a medal.
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Two Tokyo Olympics silver medalists banished for breaking COVID-19 rules
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 12:41 PM ISTJudokas Vazha Margvelashvili and Lasha Shavdatuashvili were seen near Tokyo Tower on Tuesday and were in a 'clear and serious violation' of the playbooks of health and safety rules.
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Olympic swimming ends with splashy new records, US gold
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 12:37 PM ISTCaeleb Dressel captured his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Tokyo Games on Sunday, while Australia's Emma McKeon put her own remarkable stamp on the record book by winning a staggering haul of hardware.
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'Feels like I'm walking on clouds': The tech behind Tokyo Olympics' fast track
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 12:07 PM ISTRunners are certainly on track to setting personal, Olympic and possibly even world-record times over the next week at the Tokyo Games.
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Boxing: French boxer Mourad Aliev sits on ring apron in protest after DQ loss
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 12:03 PM ISTMourad Aliev reacted with outrage when the referee disqualified him for headbutting opponent Frazer Clarke with 4seconds left in the second round.
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Boxing: Gutsy Satish Kumar's debut Olympics ends with loss to world champ Jalolov in QFs
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 11:01 AM ISTSatish had scripted history by just qualifying for the Games as he was the first super heavyweight from India to achieve the feat.