Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday.
Patel stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes.
India's para table tennis player Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel stormed into the semi-final by defeating World Number 2 Serbia's Borislava Peric-Rankovic 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the women's singles -Class 4 here at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium - Table 5 on August 27.
Bhavinaben took 23 minutes to go past Brazil's Joyce de Oliviera in the class 4 round-of-16 match.
The Indian quartet of Abdul Razzaq, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil (in same order) entered the final as the second best team overall with a championship record timing of 3:23.36.
The makers of Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati starrer have released the first glimpse of the film titled, Bheemla Nayak.The film is slated to release on January 12, 2022.
The Haryana athlete, who is a Subedar with 4 Rajputana Rifles in the Indian Army, clinched the gold in the javelin throw with an attempt of 87.58 metres.
Gurjit, whose goal in the 22nd minute gave India the lead against the mighty Australians on Monday, hails from Amritsar and her family said they have been rejoicing continuously.
The Indian women's hockey team created history, reaching their first-ever semifinal in Olympics after the side stunned World No.2 Australia 1-0 on Monday.
PV 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.
Borgohain is only the third Indian boxer after Mary Kom and Vijender Singh to clinch a boxing medal at the Olympics.
India was assured of an Olympic medal on Friday after Lovlina Borgohain brushed aside Nien-Chin Chan of Chinese Tapei in the quarters of the women's welterweight (69kg) at Tokyo Games. Borgohain is only the third Indian boxer after Mary Kom and Vijender Singh to bag a boxing medal at the Olympics.
Master Raaghavan Murugan took to Instagram to share some behind the scene pictures with his co-star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan from the film sets.
While already trying to overcome a one-year delay and juggling athlete and spectator safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo Olympic Games organizers have another hurdle coming their way: a typhoon. Typhoon Nepartak formed late Friday (Japan time) and is forecast to intensify over the coming days.
Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor swears by the thought that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! Recently, Janhvi's stylist Tanya Ghavri caught her grooving in front of a vanity mirror during one of her shoots.
According to NASA, a high-speed solar storm is approaching the Earth at a speed of 1.6 million kilometres per hour.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is the epitome of fitness and it seems that her son Viaan Raj Kundra has inherited those genes from her mother. Shamita Shetty on Monday treated netizens with a motivational video of her nephew, Viaan.
Australia are scheduled to play five T20 Internationals, all at Gros Islet, beginning July 10. This will be followed by a three-match One-day International series.
Partly cloudy sky with along with heatwave conditions are forecast at isolated places. There is a possibility of dust storm or thunderstorm accompanied with very light rain and gusty winds towards the evening or night.
Anushka Sharma was spotted walking on the streets with daughter Vamika in the UK. The actress was seen carrying the little baby in a pram along with her.
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