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Topic: Olympics

‘Why not other sports?’ asks Saina Nehwal amid T20 mania. ‘India can take on China for 60 Olympic medals’

In a podcast, the badminton star and her husband & fellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap said other sports need more visibility and India still lacks a strong sporting culture.

‘Give your best, make India proud,’ Modi tells athletes bound for Paris Olympics

Modi also urged people of the country to cheer for the athletes competing in the Olympics, which starts 26 July. India will look to outdo its tally of 7 medals from 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In 1st Mann ki Baat after LS polls, Modi hails voters for reposing faith in Constitution

Modi congratulates people for making the 2024 polls a success with 65 crore people exercising their voting rights. He also praises EC for its handling of polling exercise.

Rafael Nadal to skip Wimbledon to prepare for Paris Olympics

A record 14-time winner of the French Open, Nadal's comeback was stalled by a muscle tear after a hip problem in 2023.

Political turmoil in France won’t affect Paris Olympics Games, says IOC head

President Macron called a snap election after the far-right National trounced his own party in Sunday's European Parliament vote.

Oscar Pistorius out on parole after 8 yrs of 15-yr sentence, women’s group says ‘sends wrong message’

Pistorius had shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 through a locked bathroom door, killing the model and reality star.

Olympics are a ‘coming out party’ for countries on a per capita high. India’s a strong bet for 2036

Though hosting the games doesn't come cheap, India won't suffer the fate of Greece, whose 2004 Olympics incurred debt that was partly responsible for financial crisis 4 yrs later.

Cricket returns to Olympics after more than a century, added to 2028 Los Angeles Games programme

4 other games — flag football, lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball — also receive approval of International Olympic Committee, which is looking to tap into new global audiences.

Putin says ban on Russian athletes reflects Olympic movement is ‘degrading’

The Russian President's comment came in response to a question about the ban on Russian athletes from participating in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games flame to be lit on 16 April, relay to visit overseas territories

The flame will be lit at Greece's ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Games, and will remain in the country until its departure to France from Athens on 27 April.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.