Two-time Olympic medal winner PV Sindhu made a comeback after a break and crashed out of the Denmark Open badminton tournament in the quarter-finals after losing to Korea’s (An-Seyoung) . Sindhu, playing her first match after winning bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in August, could not face her opponent and went down 11-21, 12-21 in 36 […]
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur felicitates Tokyo Paralympics medal winners
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday felicitated India’s just-returned Tokyo Paralympic medallists and hoped the country’s para-athletes would break their record performance in the 2024 Paris edition. The Indian para-athletes registered their best-ever performance for the country in the Tokyo Games by winning an unprecedented 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze. […]
Sh. Anurag Thakur: New Sports Minister Of India
Sh. Anurag Thakur was appointed as the new Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. He said, “I am thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah for giving me this chance. All possible efforts will be made to fulfill the duties”. Today (7 July 2021) he took oath as one of the cabinet […]
National Inter-State Athletics Championships: 25-29 June 2021
Athlete Federation of India (AFI) is planning to conduct 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships scheduled to be held from 25-29 June 2021. The competition will serve as the last qualification opportunity for the athletes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. In order to avoid gathering at one place, the competition will be conducted in two venues […]