Games Village

NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Games bound Indian athletes and officials will be staying at five different "Villages" with the women's cricket team being put up in a separate facility in the Birminghamcity centre. India is sending a…

The whole country is talking about Neeraj at the moment. He has done all the hardwork and he deserves it, says men's hockey skipper Manpreet Singh. India's Olympic contingent here threw a warm reception for javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra…

It proved to be a day to remember in Tokyo for American volleyball. Or the American women’s volleyball to be precise.After April Ross and Alix Klineman gave the United States the gold in women’s beach volleyball, their compatriots stormed…

Indian men’s 4x400m team sets Asian mark but misses final; Miller-Uibo delights The 4x100 relay produced the biggest surprise on Friday with Italy winning its first men’s 4x100m medal since the 1948 Olympics. And this time it was…

Indian men’s heady hockey bronze medal win in the Tokyo Olympics was all about raw emotions.After India’s sensational 5-4 win over Germany in the bronze medal play-off, V.J. Phillips wept in relief and joy.“I could not stop shedding tears.…

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren on Thursday saida suitable State government job and a cash reward of ₹75 lakh would be given to hockey player Nilakanta Sharma from the State, who was part of the Olympics bronze winning Indian team. Mr.…

Kevin Durant and Team USA trounced Australia on Thursday in the men’s basketball semifinals and will play for their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal when they take on France in the final.The Americans overcame an early deficit and ran…

A more than four-decade-long wait finally bore fruition. India last won an Olympic hockey medal — a gold — at the 1980 Games in Moscow and after 41 years of fading hope and enduring angst, Manpreet Singh’s men turned a corner. On a…

It was a gripping Wednesday for India at the Tokyo Olympics, and Ravi Kumar Dahiya led the charge. The wrestler registered a sensational triumph against Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev in the freestyle 57 kg semifinal bout and grappled his…

He had broken Kevin Young’s 29-year-old world record last month and everybody expected Karsten Warholm to repeat it at the Tokyo Olympics.But none was ready for such an awesome performance. The Norwegian 400m hurdler, who had clocked…