New Delhi, Jul 16: Indian boxers ruled the ring at the 36th Golden Glove of Vojvodina youth tournament, ending with a whopping seven gold medals to claim the overall top spot in the event in Subotica, Serbia. Four men and three women finished
India’s Deepa Malik created history by becoming the first ever woman from the country to win a medal at the Paralympics today. She gave India their first silver medal in the shot put event of the 2016 Rio Paralympics after finishing second in the
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 11 (IANS) World cycling chief Brian Cookson says he is satisfied with the Rio Olympic and Paralympic velodrome though the construction of the venue was delayed numerous times during the run-up to the Games, forcing cancellation of a
Mariyappan Thangavelu’s journey in life is no less than a fairy-tale. He lost one of his legs at a tender age of five when he was playing outside his house and a bus of the state-owned transport corporation hit him. His financial
In a historic moment for India, Mariyappan Thangavelu won the gold medal while compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze in the men’s high jump T-42 event on Saturday at the Rio Paralympics. Mariyappan jumped a staggering 1.89 m, skipping on one leg during the
Piers Morgan, a British journalist and television personality, once again trolled India on twitter. Previously, Morgan shared his opinion on team India’s run in Rio saying, “Country with 1.2 billion people wildly celebrates 2 losing medals. How embarrassing is that?” Now, he
In the Rio Paralympics India observed a historic moment as Mariyappan Thangavelu won the gold medal while his compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze in the men’s high jump T-42 event on Saturday at the Rio Paralympic . The 20 year
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 10 (IANS) India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu created history on Friday night by winning a gold medal in the men’s high jump T-42 event at the Rio Paralympics. His compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze medal the same event.
Shillong, Sep 6 (IANS) Indian female boxing icon M.C. Mary Kom on Tuesday said she would have returned home from Rio with a medal had she qualified to compete in the Rio Olympics. “If I went (to the Rio Olympics), then definitely
There are many theories about India not winning too many medals at the Rio Olympics. India at Rio Olympic only won silver medalists PV Sindhu and bronze medalist Sakshi Malik. But there is another girl who received attention and accolades from sporting
While the whole world, especially we Indians, were busy celebrating the achievements of our Rio 2016 Olympics heroes; we are almost unaware of the controversy they were involved in. Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won a silver medal and Sakshi Malik won a