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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is gearing up in full strength to host the 2036 Olympic Games. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 72nd National Volleyball Championship via video conference, Modi highlighted the country’s recent experience in staging major global sporting events.“In the past decade, more than 20 major international…
RAIPUR: For years, Kamla, a former Maoist from Bastar in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, ran through forests with a gun on her shoulder. This winter, Kamla is running again – but with a rope in her hand, digging her heels in the red soil as she practises the tug-of-war. Kamla, who laid down arms recently, will…
Dua Lipa sparks big debate as NBC picks the British pop star to front the Team USA Winter Olympics commercial (Image via Getty) NBC is now getting heat from many American viewers because the network used British pop star Dua Lipa in a new Team USA Winter Olympics commercial. The short ad aired during the…
Abhinav Bindra is India’s first individual Olympic champion Panaji: Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic champion, has been left in no doubt that the country will host the biggest sporting spectacle on earth. But as and when it happens, the trailblazer wants the event to spark a change, rather than just be remembered as a…
Cricket is set to return to the Olympics after over a century, and the ICC has finalised how the six participating teams will be picked for the Los Angeles 2028 Games. (Photo credit: AFP) Cricket is set to return to the Olympics after over a century, and the International Cricket Council (ICC) has finalised how…
The ICC has announced that both men’s and women’s T20 cricket will feature at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Each division will include six teams competing in a total of 28 matches.This marks cricket’s return to the Olympics after 128 years, with its only previous appearance being at Paris 1900. In that historic event, Great…
Abhinav Bindra has been chosen to bear the torch at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan (Photo by George Mattock/Getty Images) Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has been chosen as a torch-bearer for the 2026 Winter Olympics to be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, from February 6 to February 22.Bindra, who won India’s…
File photo of Aman Sehrawat (X) The Wrestling Federation of India issued a show-cause notice on Monday to Paris Olympics bronze medalist Aman Sehrawat and four coaches after he failed to make weight at the World Championships. Aman, a strong medal contender in men’s freestyle 57kg, was disqualified after weighing 1.7kg above the permissible limit.The…
Aman Sehrawat (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Aman Sehrawat, a bronze medallist at the Paris Games and one of India’s leading prospects in the men’s freestyle 57kg category at the World Wrestling Championships, was disqualified on Sunday in Zagreb, Croatia, after failing to make weight ahead of his opening match. According to sources from the Wrestling…
