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Tokyo: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday scripted history and became only the second individual Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to be crowned Olympic champion as he won gold in the men’s javelin throw at the ongoing Tokyo...

Imphal:  Every family, every player has a story to tell. Yet for Sanglakpam Nilakanta Sharma, an Olympian who just won a bronze medal in Indian Men’s Hockey team in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, it’s been more a tale of...

Aizawl:  The Mizoram government announced Friday that it will offer a Rs 25 lakh cash reward, a government job and a plot of land to Indian women’s hockey team member Lalremsiami in appreciation of her performance at the Tokyo...

Dispur: The second Chief Ministers’ Level Meeting held at Assam Administrative Staff College here Friday between Assam and Meghalaya to resolve the vexed border issues between the two states, decided to constitute joint inspection teams named as ‘Regional Committees’...

New Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour of India, has been renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday. The renaming recognises the ultimate hockey hero and legend of...

Tokyo: The Indian men's hockey team clinched an Olympic medal after 41 years after beating Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in a thrilling play-off match in the ongoing Tokyo Games 2020, here on Thursday.It's India's first Olympic hockey...

Tokyo: India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya stormed into the Tokyo Olympics men's 57kg freestyle wrestling event’s final after beating Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals, here on Wednesday.With this win, Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler in history to...

New Delhi: India's Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday went down in the semi-final of the women's welterweight (64-69kg) category to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli to settle for a bronze medal. This is India's third medal of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Hindustan...

Washington: The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq is no longer needed to protect Americans from terrorism and to maintain a strong relationship with Iraq, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in a...

Imphal: “A world-class player, a third-class road”. This is what Naorem Rabi told us when asked about the condition of roads in Nongpok Kakching, the birthplace of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, and its surrounding villages. Yes, Nongpok Kakching, only some...