Manipur government appoints Mirabai Chanu as Additional SP
Jul 27, 2021, at 12:39 am
Imphal, July 26 : Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday announced that the state government decided to appoint Olympic Silver Medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as Additional Superintendent of Police (Sports) in the Police department.
Tokyo Olympics: Indian boxer Ashish Kumar bows out
Jul 27, 2021, at 12:28 am
Tokyo/UNI: Indian boxer Ashish Chaudhary (75kg) crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing to China's Erbieke Tuoheta in the round of 32 match, here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian men's archery team loses to Korea in the quarter finals
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Tokyo/UNI: The Indian men's archery team bowed out of the Olympics after losing to defending champions Korea in the quarter-finals of the men's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Tokyo Olympic: Hancock wins his third Olympic gold in men's skeet
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Vincent Hancock of the United States won his third Olympic gold medal after a commanding 59-hit victory in men's skeet here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: India’s Satwik-Chirag loses to Sukamuljo & Gideon in second match
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:02 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their second group stage match of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics against top-ranked Indonesian duo Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo, here on Monday.
Slovenia wins men's canoe in Olympic canoe slalom
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek won the men's canoe slalom at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday in the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center.
Tokyo Olympics: Japanese skateboarder Nishiya wins womens' street gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: The 13-year-old Japanese skateboarder Momiji Nishiya won the women's street final here on Monday, becoming the world's first female Olympic skateboarding champion.
Tokyo Olympics: Fencer Bhavani Devi impresses on her Olympic debut before bowing out
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian fencer Bhavani Devi put up an impressive performance on her Olympic debut before she lost her second round match in the women’s individual sabre and bowed out of Tokyo 2020, here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Sharath Kamal advances, while Sutirtha Mukherjee bows out in table tennis
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Veteran Indian table tennis player Sharath Kamal won a hard-fought match against Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in the second round of the men’s singles at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Zhang Yufei claims sliver of women's 100m butterfly
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Zhang Yufei of China claimed the silver medal in 55.64 seconds, only 0.05 seconds after gold medalist Margaret Macneil of Canada, in the women's 100m butterfly final Monday.
Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav to join Indian team as Washington Sundar, Gill, Avesh Khan out
Jul 26, 2021, at 08:35 pm
Durham/IBNS: Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been picked in the Indian Test team which will take on English in a Test series.
India's Archery Team lose to Korea 0-6, crash out of Tokyo Olympics
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: In a heartbreak for the South Asian country, the Indian Archery Team Monday lost to Korea 0-6 in the men's event to crash out of Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Tokyo Olympics: Australian swimmer Titmus beat WR holder Ledecky for 400m freestyle gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:43 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Australia's world champion Ariarne Titmus edged world record holder Kathleen Ledecky of the United States to claim gold in the women's 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: British swimmer Peaty wins men's 100m breaststroke gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:32 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Rio Olympic champion Adam Peaty defended his title in men's 100m breaststroke here on Monday, winning the gold medal in 57.37 seconds.
Tokyo Olympics: Canadian swimmer MacNeil wins women's 100m butterfly gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Margaret MacNeil of Canada touched home first in 55.59 seconds to win the women's 100m butterfly gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.
T20I: Dhawan's India beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs, take 1-0 series lead
Jul 26, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Colombo/UNI: India produced a clinical performance to beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs in 1st T20I and take 1-0 lead in the 3-match series, here on Sunday.
Olympic returnees not required to produce negative RT-PCR test report : Indian Govt
Jul 26, 2021, at 06:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has said that the athletes, officials and media returning to the country from Tokyo Olympics will not be required to produce RT-PCR negative test reports for COVID-19 before boarding the returning flight from the Japanese capital.
P V Sindhu, Monika Batra, Mary Kom and rowers duo Arvind-Arjun shine on Day 3 of Tokyo Olympics
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:44 am
Tokyo/IBNS: After Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal feat, three other Indian women -Rio silver medalist shuttler P V Sindhu, London bronze medal winning boxer Mary Kom, promising paddler Monika Batra- and rowers duo Arvind Sing and Arjun Lal carried the day for India on the third day of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
P V Sindhu, Monika Batra, Mary Kom and rowers duo Arvind-Arjun shine on Day 3 of Tokyo Olympics
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:36 am
Tokyo/IBNS: After Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal feat, three other Indian women -Rio silver medalist shuttler P V Sindhu, London bronze medal winning boxer Mary Kom, promising paddler Monika Batra- and rowers duo Arvind Sing and Arjun Lal carried the day for India on the third day of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Tokyo Olympics: Domino's will deliver free pizzas to Mirabai Chanu; starts with her family in Imphal
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:25 am
Mirabai Chanu will have free pizzas for life, thanks to Domino's India. The multinational pizza chain responded to the weightlifter, who said in an interview to NDTV after winning silver in 49 kg category on July 24 that pizza was the first thing she wanted to eat.
BCCI announces schedule for remainder of VIVO IPL 2021 in UAE
Jul 26, 2021, at 01:18 am
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the schedule for the remainder of the VIVO IPL 2021 which will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Mighty Australia drubbed India 7-1 in Men’s Hockey
Jul 26, 2021, at 12:56 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Powerful Australia displayed their might and drubbed India 7-1 in the pool ”A” league match of the men’s hockey at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics Sunday.
Tokyo 2020: Ruthless Australia defeat India 7-1 in 2nd Pool A match
Jul 26, 2021, at 12:26 am
Tokyo/UNI: World No 1 Australia displayed ruthless performance to beat India men’s hockey team 7-1 in their second Pool A match of the Tokyo Olympics here at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Sunday.
Jul 25, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Tokyo: Displaying all round courtcraft, Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu began her campain in Tokyo Olympics by outplaying Israel's Ksenia Polykerpova in the first match of group ‘J’ of women’s badminton singles on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Czech Republic defeats Iran in Olympic basketball opener
Jul 25, 2021, at 10:04 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: The Czech Republic held off a strong fourth quarter comeback from Iran to enjoy a 84-78 win in the first game of the Olympic men's basketball tournament here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashes out
Jul 25, 2021, at 10:00 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing 4-3 to Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang in the second round of men’s singles event, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Russian shooter Batsarashkina wins women's 10m air pistol
Jul 25, 2021, at 09:57 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Russian markswoman Vitalina Batsarashkina won the women's 10m air pistol gold at the Tokyo Olympics with an Olympic record of 240.3 points here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra advances to 3rd round in a nail biting contest
Jul 25, 2021, at 09:08 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddler Manika Batra defeated Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine 4-3 in the Tokyo Olympics table tennis women’s singles second round and advanced to the third round in a nec-to-neck fight, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom advances to pre-quarters in women's flyweight boxing
Jul 25, 2021, at 08:47 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: Boxing legend MC Mary Kom started her campaign Sunday with a win against Dominican Republic's Miguelina Hernandez Garcia to advance to the last 16 in Women's Flyweight.
Andy Murray withdraws from Olympic tennis men's singles event
Jul 25, 2021, at 08:12 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: British tennis player Andy Murray, the two-time reigning gold medalist in men's singles, is unable to defend his honor this time following his withdrawal from the event at the Tokyo Games on Sunday.