Prime Minister Narendra Modi while delivering his keynote address at the inaugural event of the 141st International Olympic Committee Session confirmed India’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics games. "India is eager to organise the Olympics in the country. India will leave no stone unturned in the preparation for the successful organisation of the Olympics in 2036, this is the dream of the 140 crore Indians,” said the PM.
15 October,2023 02:42 PM ISTIndia's Javelin Ace Neeraj Chopra talked to the media ahead of his finals in the Asian Games 2023, happening in Hangzhou, China. He said, "I am feeling good. There is a positive atmosphere here. Last time I won the gold medal in the Asian Games. This time too I am participating. My final is on 4th (October)". In the last edition of Asian Games, India had won 20 medals in Athletics and this time India hopes to surpass that.
30 September,2023 01:41 PM IST | MumbaiNeeraj Chopra created history on Aug 28 as he bagged gold at the World Athletics Championships in Hungary's Budapest. With this, Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. Celebrations started in the Olympic champion’s village in Haryana’s Panipat soon his historic achievement. Neeraj recorded his best javelin throw of 88.17 m in his 2nd attempt and managed to keep his lead intact till the very end. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, the Commonwealth Games Champion, bagged a silver medal with a throw of 87.82 m.
28 August,2023 10:41 AM IST | MumbaiAce Indian athlete Dutee Chand, the current national 100 m record holder, has received a four-year ban from the National Anti-Doping Agency for failing an out-of-competition doping test for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) in December last year. Reacting to it, Indian sprinter Dutee Chand on August 19 appealed the state government, Central Government and NADA to spare her this time. She further added that she has given several doping tests earlier where she was never detected positive.
19 August,2023 02:04 PM IST | MumbaiFive Mumbai teenagers from underprivileged homes are in Geneva, Switzerland to represent India at the FIRST Global Challenge, known as the Olympics of the Robotics World. They speak to mid-day about living their dream and making their mean machine
16 October,2022 03:01 PM ISTOlympic Bronze medallist Bajrang Punia received a warm welcome on his arrival in Delhi on September 20. The wrestler returned after bagging a Bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. Punia captured a Bronze medal in the men’s 65 kg category at the ongoing World Wrestling Championships 2022. This is India’s second medal at the ongoing edition of the World Wrestling Championships.
21 September,2022 12:00 PM ISTWeightlifter Sanket Sargar secured the first medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022 on July 30 despite injury, he won the silver medal in Men's 55 kg weightlifting with a combined lift of 248 kg. While, Weightlifter Gururaj Poojary made India proud by giving the nation its second medal, winning a bronze in the men’s 61 kg finals.
31 July,2022 10:16 PM IST | MumbaiTokyo Olympic silver medallist Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won a gold medal with a combined lift of 201kg in the Women's 49kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on July 30. While, Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam won a silver medal with a combined lift of 202kg in the Women's 55kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on July 30.
31 July,2022 10:13 PM IST | MumbaiThe year2021 turned out to be one of the most eventful in the world of sports. Not only in India but also globally, there were many historic moments created as well as many controversies that shook the world of sports in 2021. In this video, we take you through some of the most memorable as well as shocking moments in sports in 2021.
26 December,2021 08:15 PM IST | MumbaiIn the latest episode of Meet Your Icon at Mid-Day, we are in conversation with Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Indian wrestler and Silver Medallist at Tokyo Olympics 2020. Catch the full episode to get a glimpse of his life both on and off the wrestling mat.
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