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Thursday, October 31, 2024
TopicTokyo Olympics

Topic: Tokyo Olympics

Para-athletes are using technology to reach greater heights. It also has a flip side

Using technology to gain an unfair advantage is as old as sport itself. But technology is also the very tool that must be used to ensure fairness and to level the playing field.

Olympic bronze medallist Rupinder Pal Singh retires from international hockey

The 30-year-old, regarded as one of the best Indian drag-flickers, said it was time to make way for young players to experience the "great joy" he experienced for 13 years.

6 medals in 4 Games: How India’s Olympic run has changed wrestling in Haryana

Since 2008, India has won a total of 6 medals in wrestling at the Olympics — the most in any sport in this period. This reflects in Haryana’s villages.

Bhavinaben Patel secures India’s first medal at Tokyo Paralympics in table tennis

Competing in her maiden Paralympics, Patel enters semifinals with a straight-game win against world number 5 Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia in the women’s singles Class 4 event.

Don’t use me for propaganda, Neeraj Chopra says after outrage over remark on Pakistan player

Neeraj Chopra posted a video on Twitter Thursday after people alleged that Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem was trying to 'tamper' with Chopra’s javelin.

India must think beyond glory of medal winners. Many things still holding us back in sports

Today's sportspersons are rarely in the game because of choice. Winning medals will remain a matter of luck if India doesn't create a sporting culture beyond cricket.

TOPS or BASE? Why Indian sports must choose a path after Tokyo Olympics

We need to focus on different games that are popular in different states, irrespective of its Olympic status or medal prospect.

71% Indian parents game if child chooses sport other than cricket as a career, survey says

A survey conducted by community platform LocalCircles on the impact of India’s Tokyo Olympics contingent also said 51% of families had at least one member following the event.

Indian Olympic medal-winners return from Tokyo, govt throws grand felicitation ceremony

The event was held a few hours after the winners made their way out of the Delhi airport amid utter chaos. PV Sindhu & Mirabai Chanu were absent as they are already home.

Another medal missed – Arshad Nadeem’s loss makes Pakistanis demand better sports facilities

Pakistanis want their atheltes to win both medals and hearts. But they also know why Tokyo Olympics couldn't end the country's dry run since Barcelona 1992.

On Camera

Hyderabad has a HYDRAA-headed bulldozer story. Saving lakes or razing opposition?

Revanth Reddy’s bulldozing of lake ‘encroachments’ with new agency HYDRAA have left some serious questions unanswered, especially regarding the selective nature of the work undertaken.

iPhone craze, Goa trips, to making ends meet, ‘addictive’ instant loan apps leading many into debt trap

Unsecured loans have been a concern for RBI for a while now. Last year, it took steps to make it more expensive for banks, NBFCs to give them out in bid to deter such borrowing.

India-China disengagement completed at Depsang & Demchok, patrolling to start after Diwali

Corps commanders signed an agreement on 21 October to pull back troops from eastern Ladakh’s two face-off points, following efforts on diplomatic front to ease tensions along LAC.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.