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TopicIndian athletes

Topic: Indian athletes

UP’s Tanzeela Khan skates against time to play big at World Roller Games. Money stands in way

Aligarh’s Tanzeela Khan isn't the only athlete to turn to crowdfunding platforms. But can she manage Rs 2.6 lakh to pay Roller Skating Federation of India before time runs out?

Shooter Singhraj Adana claims bronze in Paralympics men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event

Adana shot a total of 216.8 to finish the event in the third place after qualifying for the eight-man final as the sixth best shooter.

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat loses to Belarusian opponent in Olympics quarterfinal

In another wrestling match, Anshu Malik bowed out of the women's freestyle 57kg competition after losing her repechage round 1-5 to Russia's Valeria Koblova.

Indian boxer Amit Panghal, archer Atanu Das crash out of Olympics Games

Panghal bowed out of the Olympics with a stunning 1-4 loss to Rio Games silver-medallist and Atanu Das lost to Takaharu Furukawa 6-4 in an intense five-setter on Saturday.

India’s Lovlina Borgohain beats former world champion, enters boxing semifinals at Olympics

Borgohain prevailed 4-1 and upstaged Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to make the last four where she will square off against reigning world champion, Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli.

The many joys of watching Indians at Tokyo 2020. But it’s the commentary that excites more

Want to cry tears of joy watching Indian athletes in Tokyo? Let Sony's Olympics coverage add to it.

Indian shooters crash out of Olympics qualifying round in 10m air rifle mixed event

Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar stood at 12th position while Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar ended 18th out of 29 pairs. The mixed events are making their Olympic debut.

Indian athletes from 7 sports to skip Olympics opening ceremony over Covid concerns

Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra said that flag bearers-Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh will be among the 30 athletes participating in the opening ceremony.

Fiercely Female: Story of Dutee Chand who broke ground as India’s 1st openly homosexual athlete

Published by Westland Books, ‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story' by Sundeep Mishra will be released on 22 June on ThePrint’s ‘SoftCover’.

Need bio bubble, 200-day training plan for athletes going to Tokyo Olympics — House panel

The committee has said athletes who have qualified for the July 2021 Olympics should be sent abroad for training, and must get Covid vaccine on priority.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

As floods ravage orchards & highway closures choke trade, Kashmir apple growers fear Rs 200 cr loss

New Delhi: On 4 September morning, apple growers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama woke up to knee-deep water in their orchards, ripe apples scattered all over,...

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?