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Paris Olympics 2024: Injuries are mentally challenging - Mirabai Chanu

I was delighted to be back in competition, I am training at 70 percent; everything is okay now; and recovery is good, says Mirabai Chanu

Paris Olympics: 'It's Nikhat's time, Lovlina needs to be more proactive'

Blas Iglesias Fernandez feels that Tokyo Games bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain's (75kg) chances will have to boil down Nikhat's level of aggression in the ring.

Sindhu opts out of Uber Cup; strong side for Thomas Cup title defence

Sindhu, who has played six tournaments since returning to action at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in February, pulled out of the event to give herself more time to recover for Paris Olympics

Paris Olympics: Indian hockey team ready for Australian challenge

The away assignment offers the ideal chance for India to break their decade-long dry spell against Australia and secure a Test series win

Olympics 2024: Nikhat, Manika, Sreeshankar's abroad training plea cleared

Boxers Nikhat, Preeti Pawar, Parveen Hooda and Lovlina Borgohain will travel to Turkey for a foreign training camp along with their coaches and a physio, the ministry said in a statement.

49-kg category: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu qualifies for Paris Olympic 2024

Returning from a six-month injury lay off, Chanu lifted a total of 184kg (81kg+103kg) at the tournament, which is the final and a mandatory qualifier for the Paris Olympics.

Paris 2024: Hockey coach Fulton has no problems in India ahead of Olympics

Schopman had served as the head coach of the Indian women's hockey team while Fulton was in charge of the men's side

Paris 2024: Mirabai returns to competitive action after 6-month layoff

Chanu, who has been recuperating from hip tendonitis she suffered during the Asian Games in September last year, has all but qualified for the Paris Olympics

Paris 2024: Abhinav Bindra's Guru mantra for Olympics bound Indian shooters

India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medallist answered queries and shared his experiences about competing at the sport's grandest stage

IOC was tricked by Russian prank callers amid tension ahead of Olympics

The IOC on Thursday detailed a call from people claiming to be from the African Union, a similar trick to one played by Russian callers on Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in September.

Paris 2024: Sharath Kamal India's flag bearer, Mary Kom chef de mission

Sharath Kamal symbolises "the unity and spirit of our contingent as they compete on the Olympic stage", the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said in a statement while making the announcement

Paris Olympics: IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian from opening ceremony

Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said on Tuesday.

Paris 2024: IOC suggests idea to NOCs to secure boxing's Olympic future

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had de-recognised the IBA in 2019 over long-standing financial, sports integrity, and governance issues. Boxing at the 2024 Olympics will be overseen by IOC

Hard to believe Pak's Nadeem struggling to get a new javelin: Neeraj Chopra

Pakistan's ace javelin exponent, Nadeem had won the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham with a massive 90.18m throw.

IOA dissolves ad-hoc panel for wrestling, Sanjay Singh's WFI to take charge

The IOA said that the decision was also guided the successful conduct of the selection trials for next month's Olympic qualifying tournament for which the panel collaborated with WFI.

Fulton opts to go with full list of probables for crucial Australia tour

India will leave for Australia on April 1 and play their opening game on April 6, followed by matches on April 7, 10, 12 and 13. All the games will be played in Perth.

Brisbane Olympics organisers reject plan to demolish, build cricket stadium

Queensland state's Premier Steven Miles instead announced Monday he'd prefer to upgrade an existing rugby stadium close to downtown Brisbane to host the opening and closing ceremonies

YES Bank partners with Indian Olympic Association for Paris Olympics 2024

The bank also unveiled the 'YES Glory' savings account proposition, extending benefits to athletes and their immediate family members

Paris 2024: India rope in Dutch goalkeeping coach Dennis van de Pol

A well-known hockey goalkeeping coach, Van de Pol has been working with the Indian goalies for nearly four years now, with his first stint in 2019

Gulveer's national record 10000m run not enough to qualify for Paris 2024

The 25-year-old clocked 27.41.81 on Saturday to better the earlier national mark of 28:02.89 by over 20 seconds that stood in Surendra Singh's name since 2008