India At Olympics
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List of Indian athletes participating at Paris Olympics 2024 in Badminton
Other Sports | Jul 22, 2024, 04:18 PM ISTBadminton is one of the sporting disciplines where India is expecting at least one medal at the Paris Olympics with players like PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty taking part. The Games are getting underway from July 26 with Badminton matches starting from very next day.
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Lakshya Sen, India's medal contender at Paris: Form guide, career highlights ahead of Olympic debut
Other Sports | Jul 22, 2024, 02:43 PM ISTLakshya Sen is only the second player who will be representing India in men's singles at the Paris Olympics. He will be accompanied by compatriot HS Prannoy. Prannoy is ranked 13 in the world whereas Sen is ranked 19.
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India's wrestling squad for Paris Olympics 2024, Vinesh Phogat leads six-member contingent
Other Sports | Jul 21, 2024, 11:10 PM ISTVinesh Phogat is set to take part in her third Olympic Games as she is set to feature in the Paris Games. She is the poster girl of a six-member Indian contingent for the Summer Games. Check India's wrestling squad for the upcoming Games.
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BCCI announces Rs 8.5 crore monetary support to Indian Olympic Association for Paris Games 2024
Other Sports | Jul 21, 2024, 07:23 PM ISTIndia has sent a strong 117-member athlete contingent for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that it will provide monetary help to the Indian Olympic Association.
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'Lovlina has chance to achieve something special': Ex-boxer Akhil to India TV ahead of Olympics
Other Sports | Jul 21, 2024, 12:13 AM ISTLovlina Borgohain won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 in the 69kg category. She is one of only three Indian boxers to win a medal at the Summer Games. She has a chance to create history now and can become the first boxer with two medals at the Games.
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1900 to 2020: Every medal won by India at Summer Olympics
Other Sports | Jul 20, 2024, 12:14 PM ISTIndia bagged seven medals at the Tokyo Olympics. It included a bronze medal by the Indian men's field hockey team. It brought an end to India's long-standing medal drought in hockey at the Olympics.
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Paris Olympics 2024: List of Indian athletes to qualify for Summer Games in Boxing
Other Sports | Jul 19, 2024, 11:32 PM ISTParis Olympics 2024: Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain will spearhead Indian boxing team's challenge in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. Both the pugilists are world champions in their weight categories. Here is the list of Indian boxers for the Paris Games.
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'I am not focusing on defeating anyone, my focus is on my game': Esha Singh ahead of Olympics 2024
Other Sports | Jul 19, 2024, 11:30 PM ISTEsha Singh will be making her Olympics debut in the upcoming Paris Games 2024. Esha is a Junior World Championship Gold medallist and Asian Games silver medal winner along with gold in several team events. In an exclusive chat with India TV, the prodigy opened up about her journey to the Games.
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Paris Olympics 2024: List of Indian athletes set to feature in Summer Games in athletics
Other Sports | Jul 19, 2024, 05:49 PM ISTA total of 29 athletes will be participating at the Paris Olympics, according to the list shared by the World Athletics body. Neeraj Chopra leads the contingent, which also features Kishore Jena, Annu Rani and Avinash Sable, among others. Here is a full list of athletes qualified from athletics.
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8 Instances when India agonisingly missed out on medal at Olympics
Cricket | Jul 19, 2024, 12:37 PM ISTWinning a medal at the Olympics is considered a peak for any athlete. But there have been a few instances when Indian athletes or teams have been so close to the medal but ended up finishing fourth missing out on a medal. We list out eight such instances here...
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Who are the youngest and oldest Indian athletes at Paris Olympics 2024?
Other Sports | Jul 18, 2024, 06:03 PM ISTA total of 117 athletes are set to represent India at the upcoming Paris Olympics starting from July 26. Along with 140 officials and coaches are also travelling for the Games as India hope to better their performance from Tokyo Olympics three years ago.
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Who is only Indian tennis player to win a medal at Olympic Games?
Tennis | Jul 17, 2024, 11:29 PM ISTIndian contingent features only three badminton players Sumit Nagal, Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 starting on July 17. India won their first and last medal in the Olympics badminton discipline in 1996 and looks to end the drought in the upcoming 33rd Games.
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Three Indians to win multiple individual medals at Summer Olympics
Other Sports | Jul 17, 2024, 04:40 PM ISTIndia's ace shuttler PV Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao to clinch the bronze medal at the Summer Tokyo Olympics 2020 and became the only third Indian athlete to win multiple individual medals at the Olympic Games.
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IOA releases list of Indian contingent for Paris Olympics 2024, 117 athletes to participate
Other Sports | Jul 17, 2024, 12:21 PM ISTParis Olympics is all set to get underway from July 26 and the Sports ministry has approved the final list of Indian contingent for the Games. A total of 117 athletes and 140 support staff members will be travelling with shot putter Abha Khatua missing out after qualifying.
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Check list of flag bearers for India at Olympics as Sindhu, Sharath set to hold tricolour in Paris
Other Sports | Jul 16, 2024, 11:00 PM IST18 athletes have carried the Indian national flag at the Olympic Games, including Manpreet Singh and Mary Kom, the flag-bearers of the Tokyo Olympics. PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal will be having the Indian tricolour for the Paris Games.
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India's performance in field hockey at Olympics
Hockey | Jul 16, 2024, 12:20 PM ISTOlympic Games are only 10 days away from getting underway on July 26 as India is set to send an 118-member contingent for the mega event. Among 10 gold medals India has won at the Olympics, 8 have come from field hockey. Let us have a look at their performance in Olympic history.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Who won India's first medal at the Games post-Independence?
Hockey | Jul 11, 2024, 05:15 PM ISTIndia has won a total of 35 medals in its history since participating in the 1900 Paris Olympics. India bagged a total of seven medals at the Tokyo 2020 Games, the best-ever finish of the nation in terms of medals won. But who won the first medal for India after Independence? Know here.
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Sushil Kumar still the best wrestler in India: Bajrang Punia
Other Sports | Aug 27, 2021, 06:31 PM ISTPunia acknowledged that probably he was not in the best of his form during the recent Tokyo Olympics bout as he had suffered an injury. However, he managed to secure bronze.
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Amit Rohidas awarded Biju Patnaik Sports Award
Hockey | Aug 26, 2021, 06:51 PM ISTThe hockey star from Sundargarh district in Odisha has been a regular feature in the Indian team after making a comeback in 2017 and has been part of some of the biggest feats in recent years.
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Nothing wrong in what Arshad Nadeem did by taking my javelin in the final: Neeraj Chopra
Other Sports | Aug 26, 2021, 03:43 PM ISTIn a widely-circulated video on Twitter, Chopra is on the lookout for his javelin before asking for it from Nadeem, moments before his first throw on the eventful night.