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Topic: Olympics

Was India’s 1st Olympic medallist Indian? Story of Norman Pritchard, athlete & Hollywood star

Pritchard was first Asia-born athlete to earn an Olympic medal, the first Olympian to act in Hollywood, and the first to score a hat-trick in football match on Indian soil in 1897.  

A look at India’s Olympic medal wins, Paris to Tokyo. Wrestlers account for one fifth

Making its debut at the 1900 Paris Olympics, India has won a total of 35 medals across 24 Games. Kolkata-born Norman Pritchard is viewed as country's first medallist.

Olympics cannot exclude and divide, says IOC amid mounting backlash against Russian athletes

The Olympic body is facing backlash after last month permitting athletes of both Russia and Belarus to earn slots for the Olympics through Asian qualifying & compete as neutrals.

What is India’s FIFA ranking? MPs quiz govt on state of Indian football in wake of World Cup

Indian men’s football team is ranked 106th in the world while the women’s team is ranked 61, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha.

‘God chose me for sports’—How MC Mary Kom fought sceptics to punch her way to the top

In 'Iconic Indians', authors Sanjeev Sanyal and Rajesh Singh chronicle the lives of 75 remarkable people who played an important role in transforming India.

Delhi court charges Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, 17 others with murder of junior wrestler

Sushil Kumar won a bronze in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and a silver in the 2012 London Olympics. He became the first Indian to win a world title in wrestling in 2010.

After football it’s Olympics — why India may face suspension & what’s behind IOC’s final warning

International Olympic Committee gives India until December to hold elections or face suspension. Warning issued in view of 'internal disputes, governance shortcomings & court cases'.

Olympics to Commonwealth—why mega sports events can have a lasting positive impact

By embedding legacy planning into sporting event bid planning, events can live on long after the final whistle. It has important implications for the economy.

Jat Regiment HQ in Bareilly — a nursery of athletes who are making India proud

The carefully tailored programme for the Boys Sports Company is bringing results across the spectrum of competitions at both the national and international levels.

Birmingham 2022 scripts a new Commonwealth Games story for India—fewer medals, more diversity

More than a week into the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's absence hasn't really been felt with India raking up 26 medals so far.

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.