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Topic2020 Tokyo Olympics

Topic: 2020 Tokyo Olympics

India’s hockey ace Lalremsiami wants infra to improve in home state Mizoram. ‘We only have 3 grounds’

24-year-old celebrated her 150th milestone on 14 November in Women’s Asian Champions Trophy. She took just 6 yrs to reach national side after she first took up hockey stick.

Neeraj Chopra entered sports to lose weight. Boys would tease him, call him ‘sarpanch’

In 'The Man Who Made History,' Norris Pritam tells the story of Neeraj Chopra, the ace javelin thrower who secured India's first track and field gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Japan authorities file criminal complaint against Dentsu, others in 2020 Olympics bid-rigging

Dentsu, Cerespo and Fuji Creative have already been barred from bidding for contracts at the industry, foreign and education ministries for nine months.

Yes, 2021 is behind us, but there were good times to cheer, celebrate even in the bad times

As we bid good riddance to 2021, let’s not forget positives and steady progress in many areas, from Olympics to enterprise to welfare schemes and infrastructure.

KIIT felicitates Olympians, names stadiums after Pramod Bhagat, Dutee Chand

Sports talents groomed by KIIT have gained laurels in national and international spheres, and made their mark at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

SubscriberWrites: Connecting IIMs with SAI: What Indian sports can learn from Japanese judo culture

In Japan, the sports system is built with purpose. It's not a coincidence that Japanese sports clubs are run by students, writes Prafull Kasture.

A ‘dirty agenda’ spanning bangles & javelins, and Kerala’s unending second wave

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Refugee at 15, Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan ensures record-breaking treble at Tokyo Olympics`

Hassan, who is of Ethiopian descent, won medals at the 1,500m, 5,000m & the 10,000m, the first athlete to do so in the middle and long distance events. 

With Tokyo Olympics, Indian hockey has gone back to the ‘bronze age’ with golden era in sight

India, hold the hockey high. With Tokyo bronze, national sport has just got its pride back.

Indian hockey teams’ Olympic wins are a sign that a deeper, positive nationalism exists

The stories of women hockey players are not dissimilar to the stories of Indian hockey in the 1970s. I don’t care if they don’t win any Olympic medal – they are still national icons.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.