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PM Modi combines humour with sincerity in interactive session with athletes

Modi sought to make the athletes feel at ease before they leave for the Tokyo Games, where expectations from them will be high.

Govt will stand with Olympic players, try to provide facilities: Pramanik

Union Minister of State (MoS) for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik said that the Centre is confident that our sportspersons will play to bring glory to India

First batch of Indian athletes to depart for Tokyo Olympics on July 17: IOA

First batch of India's Olympic-bound athletes will depart for Tokyo on July 17, IOA President Narinder Batra said while expressing disappointment at organisers' refusal to allow them to come earlier

PM Modi reviews Olympic preparations; to interact with athletes on July 13

The interaction with the athletes will be held virtually owing to the Covid-19 situation.

PM Modi to interact with Tokyo-bound athletes on July 13 before departure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with India's Olympic-bound sportspersons on July 13, three days before the first batch of athletes departs for the Games in Tokyo

No relay: Banned sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson left off Olympic team

Banned sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released by USA Track and Field

Indian Navy athlete MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles

Ace athlete of Indian Navy, MP Jabir, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles after he clocked 49.78s to win gold at the recently concluded Inter-State Athletiss Shamrionshirs in Ratiala

Srihari Natraj qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after FINA approves QT

Indian swimmer Srihari Natraj officially booked himself a Tokyo Olympics berth on Wednesday after the sport's world governing body FINA approved his 'A' standard qualification time

Covishield dose interval relaxed for Olympic-bound athletes: Centre to SC

The Centre has told SC that athletes, sportspersons, accompanying staff of the Indian contingent attending the Tokyo Olympics will be given second dose of Covishield vaccine prior to time interval

Athletes thank PM Modi for encouraging India's Olympic-bound contingent

Athletes across the country on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his encouraging words to cheer India's Olympic-bound contingent during his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat'.

World number five Dominic Thiem withdraws from Wimbledon with injured wrist

World Number five Dominic Thiem on Thursday announced his withdrawal from Wimbledon due to a right wrist injury he suffered during his match Tuesday at the Mallorca Championships."I'm going to do everything the doctors say in order to recover as quickly as possible," Thiem said in the note which he posted on all social media platforms. "They've informed me that I might be out for several weeks, but I will do my best to be back on court soon."Tests in Barcelona found that the Austrian star has a "detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar side of the right wrist". He will wear a splint for five weeks, and Dr. Angel Ruiz Cotorro and his team will monitor Thiem's progress.Thiem is the second top 10 ATP player to pull out of Wimbledon after two-time champion Rafael Nadal said he was pulling out of the tournament and Tokyo Olympics to rest after the French Open. The 27-year-old is 9-9 on the season.The US Open, where Thiem is the defending champion, gets underway on 30 August.

Tajinder Toor qualifies for Olympics with a record-breaking show at IGP 4

Shot-putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with an Asian and national record throw at the Indian Grand Prix 4

BCCI to donate Rs 10 crore for Olympic-bound athletes' preparations

The Indian cricket board on Sunday pledged a donation of Rs 10 crore for the training and preparations of country's Olympic-bound athletes.

Milkha Singh: An unmatchable romance with a near miss

The track, to him, was like an open book in which Milkha Singh found the "meaning and purpose of life". And what a life he made for himself. Before his 91-year-old body lost to COVID-19 on Friday after fighting it for a month, Milkha won the kind of battles that not many would have survived, forget about living long enough to tell the world about them. "Don't worry, I am in good spirits...I am surprised, How could I get this infection?...I hope to get over it soon," Milkha had said in his last interaction with PTI before being hospitalised. One of independent India's biggest sporting icons was a tormented man but refused to let that come in the way of accomplishments which were unheard of in his era. He saw his parents being butchered during partition, indulged in petty crimes to survive in refugee camps of Delhi, went to jail for those and failed three attempts at joining the Army. Who could have thought a man like that would get the sobriquet of 'The Flying Sikh'? But Milkha ear

PT Usha requests Kerala CM to vaccinate participating state athletes

Sprint legend PT Usha on Monday requested Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to vaccinate athletes of the state who are taking part in the upcoming National Inter-State Championships, an Olympic qualifying event to be held from June 25 to 29. The 56-year-old Usha, who won 11 medals in the Asian Games, including four gold in the 1986 edition, said sportspersons should not be ignored in the vaccination process. "A humble request to @CMOKerala to vaccinate sports persons, their coaches, support staff & medical team, who will participate in the forth coming National & other competition on priority," she tweeted. "We just can't ignore sports section!" she added. The National Inter-State Champioships, to be held in Patiala, will be the last chance for the Indian athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The deadline for Olympics qualification for athletics is June 29. Inida's vaccination policy for athletes has kept its focus on the Olympic-bound group so far with most of them

Senior Athletics Championships to be held from June 25-29 in Patiala

The Athletics Federation of India on Friday finalised Patiala as the venue for the 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships to be held from June 25-29

Olympics: Indian shooters to start training from Monday in Zagreb

They will also compete in this month's World Cup

Olympics 2021 qualification: Indians fancy chances at Qosanov athletics

Elite Indian athletes, including the national women's 4x100 metres relay team, aiming to make the cut for the Olympics 2021 are looking ahead to compete in next month's Qosanov Memorial meet in Almaty

Covid-19-hit athlete Milkha Singh stable, on oxygen support, say doctors

AthleteMilkha Singh, who won multiple gold medals in sprint at 1958 and 1962 Asian Games and was admitted to hospital after he contracted Covid-19, is stable on oxygen support, doctors said

Indian boxing's first Dronacharya awardee coach O P Bhardwaj passes away

India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here.