The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president, Rajeev Shukla, extended wishes to the Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics and is confident that the athletes will perform well in the Summer Games.
The Indian contingent in the Parade of Nations in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony will have 78 athletes and officials from 12 disciplines whose teams are in France.
"My greetings to all the athletes who have gone there to participate. Play fearless. The medals that are destined for us, we will get. Just give your best. I hope that we will get the maximum number of medals this time...," Harbhajan told ANI.
With a contingent of 117 athletes, India will aim to break their all-time record and hit double digits for the first time in the history of the Summer Games.
Over 100 athletes will represent India in 69 medal events across 16 sports at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which officially gets underway on July 26 in France.
Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, the Wife of H.H. the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairwoman of the Sharjah Women's Sports Foundation, has confirmed that there has been a significant transformation in the approach to developing female athletes and elevating the standards of women's sports.
In an episode of JioCinema's 'When Athletes Pick Up Another Sport,' cricket legend Harbhajan Singh and boxer Vikas Yadav stepped out of their comfort zones by swapping their respective sports. With just a week to Paris 2024, the seasoned spinner traded his cricket ball for boxing gloves,
The team received a grand welcome on Saturday upon their return to the nation's capital by the distinguished guests including Chief Guest, Raksha Khadse, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mallika Nadda, President SO Bharat and Chairperson Asia Pacific Advisory Council
Among these 24 athletes, 22 are men, including star javelin thrower and Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are women, which marks the maiden participation of female service athletes at the Olympics, as per a press release from the Union Ministry of Defence.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that the government aims to ensure that players can continue to live with dignity and respect even after retirement. The remarks by Mandaviya came while he was addressing the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Awa