Gold Medal

Commonwealth Games 2018: Shooter Jitu Rai bags 8th gold for India, Mitharwal wins bronze

Star shooter Jitu Rai bagged the first gold in shooting for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games with a masterful performance in the men's 10m Air Pistol event here on Monday.

Commonwealth Games 2018: India's Punam Yadav wins gold in women's 69kg weightlifting

With Yadav's medal today, India's tally has reached - five golds, a silver and a bronze.

Commonwealth Games 2018: Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu wins second gold medal for India

The Manipuri athlete created a CWG record in Snatch, lifting a total of 84 kg, and then lifted 108 kg on her way to get to a total lift of 192 kg.

Sundar Singh Gurjar wins gold at the World Para Athletics Championships

In the absence of Paralympic gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia, Sundar, who had been disqualified from his event in Rio 2016 due to technical reasons, found redemption and took home the gold medal

Manpreet Kaur, Govindan Laxmanan win gold on opening day of Asian Athletics Championships

Manpreet won gold in the women's shotput event while Laxmanan emerged triumphant in the men's 5,000 metres.

Indian boxer Shyam Kumar claims gold after walkover in Thailand International

ISSF World Cup: Jitu Rai bags gold, becomes first Indian to win two medals in one WC

India’s ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai scripted history at the Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi after on Wednesday by clinching the top position in the 50m men’s air pistol event

Usain Bolt loses 2008 Olympic relay gold in teammate's doping case

In a big blow for the fastest human ever timed, Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals in a doping case involving teammate Nesta Carter. The IOC said Wednesday

Rio Paralympics gold winner Mariyappan gets Rs 2 cr incentive

T Mariyappan, who raised Indian flag high during Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro was today honoured by Tamil Nadu government with Chief Minister O Panneerselvam presenting him with Rs 2 crore reward, announced by his

Kashmiri wonder girl Tajamul Islam wins historic gold at World Kickboxing Championship

India today grabbed eyeballs from the across the globe as an eight-year-old Kashmiri girl knocked down all her opponents to script history at the World Kickboxing Championship in Italy. Tajamul Islam has become the first

Rio Paralympics: Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia bags gold medal

Bettering his own world record, India’s Devendra Jhajharia won gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F46 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics on Wednesday.

UWW rules out chances of London Olympics gold for Yogeshwar Dutt, exonerates top medallist

Contrary to the reports suggesting that Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt will be handed over the gold medal for London Olympics, the United World Wrestling (UWW) today confirmed that the winner of 60kg freestyle category, Toghrul

Gold medal for wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt? London Olympics winner tests positive for dope

In what could come as a major boost for London bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt after his dismal run at the Rio Olympics this year, the wrestler may soon turn an Olympic gold medallist after the

Rio 2016: Yogeshwar Dutt to start his campaign as India’s last hope for a medal

After Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) set aside the decision of the Indian anti-doping body NADA, and slapped a four-year ban of Narsingh Yadav on Friday, India’s hopes for one last medal in the

My target would be gold in Tokyo 2020: Dipa Karmakar

Despite failing to win a bronze medal in the vault final of the Rio Olympics by a whisker, path-breaking Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar said that she is not disappointed and instead is aiming for a

Counting Golds! Michael Phelps wins 23rd Olympic gold in final race of career

Michael Phelps, one of the most decorated Olympians of all time, won a gold medal – his fifth of the 2016 Rio Olympics and 23rd overall – by swimming the butterfly in the 4x100-meter medley