India's Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel fell short of securing a medal as they were defeated in the Women's Doubles badminton quarterfinal by Korea's Young A Jung and Sunghye Moon at the Paris Paralympics.
After the sporting extravaganza that was the Paris Olympics, the sporting action will continue with the Paris Paralympics from August 28 onwards and will go on till September 8. As Chef de Mission, Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) vice president Satya Prakash Sangwan will lead India's
India have named 84 athletes to compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, which is scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 8. The contingent is India's largest ever sent to the Paralympic Games.
Notably, Gujarat emerged as a force to reckon with, securing the fourth position in the medal tally by clinching a total of 57 medals--15 gold, 22 silver, and 20 bronze, while Maharashtra secured the fifth spot at the table with a total of 35 medals - 12 gold, 7 silver, and 16 bronze.
While the Games witnessed star para-athletes who were fresh from their Asian Para Games success in Hangzhou, China, the likes of armless archer Sheetal Devi, discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya, table tennis star Bhavina Patel, Parul Parmar, Nishad Kumar among several others, there were also som
Manish Narwal continued his string of medal wins on the second day of shooting action in Khelo India Para Games 2023 at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, as he claimed a Gold medal in Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1.
While inaugurating Khelo India Para Games 2023 on Monday in New Delhi, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said that the 'Khelo India' campaign is famous among crores of people in the country.
Over 1450 participants from 32 states and Union Territories and Services Sports Board will participate in these Games between December 10 and 17 at three venues in Delhi.
Seven disciplines including para-athletics, para shooting, para archery, para football, para-badminton, para table tennis and para weight lifting will be held across three iconic venues in the city, witnessed 32 states and Union Territories including Services Sports Promotion Board vying for
Pioneers in para sports, Gujarat will field a strong contingent of 95 para-athletes for the upcoming Khelo India Para Games scheduled to begin on 10th December in New Delhi.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur interacted and spent quality time with the Medalists of Asian Para Games 2022 on Tuesday after their historic win at the Games winning a rich haul of 111 medals including a record 29 Golds.