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You don't win silver, you lose gold

In business too, losing finalists really get nowhere, get nothing. It is purely "winner takes all"

What next for hockey?

Till a few years ago, to even dream about India winning a medal in hockey would have been considered foolish

Olympics: Deepak Punia's coach Murad's accreditation terminated by IOC

International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the accreditation of Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov after he "yelled" at a referee after the wrestler's game in the ongoing Tokyo Games.

IOC president says procedures against Belarus coaches to continue

The president of IOC said disciplinary procedures on two Belarus coaches will continue, after they were removed from Olympics over involvement in trying to send Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus

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

Weightlifter Polina Guryeva wins Turkmenistan's first Olympic medal

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

India at Olympics: Hockey breaks 41-year jinx, Dahiya wins silver

Heartbreak for Deepak Punia, Vinesh on a day of misses for Indian wrestlers

Paris Olympics moves up with two presidents on center stage

Amid the stress of postponing and finally staging the Tokyo Olympics, the next Summer Games host has moved in relative calm with steady leadership

US to face Spain in women's water polo final at Tokyo Olympics

Maddie Musselman thinks about it all the time. Playing on the talented US women's water polo team, Musselman is constantly debating whether she should pass or shoot the ball

Tokyo Olympics: Women's soccer final rescheduled because of heat

Concerns from the Canada and Sweden soccer teams about Tokyo's fierce morning heat have resulted in the late rescheduling and relocation of the Olympic women's final

With Lovlina's bronze, women have won 7 of India's last 9 Olympic medals

Despite the achievements, women's sport remains neglected, underfunded in the country

Why India struggles to win Olympic gold medals: All you need to know

Abhinav Bindra said that the sports environment today is different from when he won the 10-meter air rifle competition in Beijing

Olympics: Taylor too strong for Punia in SF; Indian to fight for bronze

American grappler David Taylor proved too strong for Deepak Punia as the Indian lost his 86kg category semifinal bout 10-0 at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday

Film industry lauds boxer Lovlina on winning bronze at Tokyo Olympics

Members from the film industry, among millions of fellow Indians, have taken to social media to congratulate the 23-year-old for her feat.

Tokyo 2020: Russia's Svetlana Romashina sets record with 6th Olympic gold

Russia's Svetlana Romashina claimed her record sixth Olympic gold medal in artistic swimming, teaming with Svetlana Kolesnichenko to win the duet Wednesday night

Wojciech Nowicki wins hammer throw gold for Poland at Tokyo Olympics

Wojciech Nowicki of Poland finally has a gold medal after winning the men's hammer throw. The 32-year-old Nowicki led from the first round and improved with each of his first three attempts to reach a personal best 82.52 meters, the winning mark. He was a bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won bronze medals at three world championships. Eivind Henriksen of Norway set a national record with a 81.58 throw in the fifth round and finished with the silver medal. Four-time world champion Pawel Fajdek of Poland took bronze with a mark of 81.53.

From Sonipat to Tokyo, wrestler Ravi Dahiya's road to the Olympics final

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya was down and out. His opponent in the semifinal of the men's 57kg category, Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev, had just taken a 9-2 lead