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More competitive matches must for Indian women's hockey team: Marijne

The Indian women's hockey team's outgoing coach Sjoerd Marijne on Friday said Rani Rampal and her gutsy teammates deserve more international exposure to build on their historic finish at Olympics

Olympics: Sjoerd Marijne steps down as India women's hockey team coach

Hours after the Indian women's hockey team finished fourth in the Tokyo Olympics, coach Sjoerd Marijne announced that he would be stepping down as the coach of the women's national hockey team

Mizoram government gifts job, land to hockey Olympian Lalremsiami

Mizoram government will offer a government job and a plot of land to state's woman hockey star Lalremsiami in appreciation of her performance in Tokyo Olympic, Chief Minister Zoramthanga announced

Indian 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record but fails to qualify for final

The Indian men's 4x400m relay quartet shattered the Asian record during the Olympics heat race but missed qualifying for the final round by a whisker here on Friday

We achieved something bigger than medal: Women's hockey team coach Marijne

Indian women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne told his team to be proud of themselves and embrace the fact of inspiring a whole nation and making the Indians proud

Japanese govt approves Indian contingent's visit to its Embassy in Tokyo

The Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics has got the required approval from Japanese government to leave the Games Village and travel to the Indian Embassy for a felicitation ceremony on Saturday

Indian 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record but fails to qualify for final

India missed out the eight-team final as they ended at ninth spot overall.

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Heartbreak in women's hockey, Punia loses semis

India's women's hockey team's maiden Olympic medal remained out of bounds as Great Britain came out on top in the pulsating encounter.

Wrestler Deepak Punia's coach Gaidarov expelled from Tokyo Olympics

Punia's foreign coach Murad Gaidarov was on Friday expelled from the Tokyo Olympics for assaulting a referee

'We will win next time,' say proud families of India's women hockey players

India missed out on a bronze medal despite a gutsy performance.

Wrestling: Bajrang ouwitted by Aliev, to fight for bronze; Seema out

Rio Olympics bronze-winner Aliev of Azerbaijan consistently attacked Bajrang's legs and twice got himself into position from where he could roll the Indian comfortably for easy two-point throws.

Wrestler Punia secures semifinal spot with stunning win over Iranian

Punia defeated Iran's Morteza Ghiasi by fall in the quarterfinal of the Tokyo Olympic Games men's 65kg event to secure a last-four berth

Weightlifter Polina Guryeva wins Turkmenistan's first Olympic medal

Turkmenistan has finally won its first Olympic medal since independence from the Soviet Union

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed after hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

Khel Ratna Award is India's highest sporting honour

As Messi's Barcelona career ends, a look at his top 10 goals for the club

Lionel Messi scored a club record 672 goals in his 17 seasons with Barcelona.

Tokyo: Haryana to give Rs 50 lakh each to 9 women hockey players from state

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced an award of Rs 50 lakh each to the nine members of the Olympics women's hockey team representing the state

Real Madrid, Barcelona oppose Spanish league's $3 bn funding plan

Real Madrid and Barcelona expressed their opposition to the Spanish league's deal with an investment fund that secured $3.2 billion in funding to help its clubs.

A timeline of Lionel Messi's incredible 17-season career at Barcelona

Lionel Messi's incredible 17-season career at Barcelona appears to have come to an end.

Tokyo 2020 reschedules women's soccer final after concerns voiced over heat

Tokyo 2020 organising committee spokesperson Masa Takaya defended the committee's decision to schedule the women's soccer finals near midday even amid Japan's sweltering midsummer heat.

Will seek govt job for my daughter, says hockey star Gurjeet Kaur's father

Indian women's hockey star Gurjeet Kaur's father Satnam Singh on Friday said that he will request for a government job for his daughter who has scored 2 goals in the bronze medal match