On Wednesday, the Champs Elysees was surrounded by the sounds of pipes and drums as marching contingents turned out smartly in a rehearsal for the parade. Preparations are underway in Paris for the Bastille Day Parade.
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Sunday announced the Indian boxing contingent for the upcoming Asian Games 2022, Hangzhou, which is slated to begin on September 23.
India finished the final day of the Special Olympics World Games by taking their medal tally to 202 medals (76 gold, 75 silver and 51 bronze), with the last of the medals coming from the athletics track. Indian athletes notched six medals from the track events (2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze)
At the end of the day's action Special Olympics Bharat had 55 medals (15 gold, 27 silver, 13 bronze) spread across five different sports like athletics, cycling, powerlifting, roller skating and swimming.
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra will spearhead the Indian contingent at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, which will start on August 19
The biggest performances of the day came from Swimming, where 11 out of 12 Indian athletes qualified for the semi-finals in their respective categories of 25m freestyle, 25m breaststroke, and 50m breaststroke. Also, four Indians qualified for the Semi-Finals in Athletics.
India finished on top of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Junior in Suhl, Germany, with an overhaul haul of 15 medals, including six gold, six silver and three bronze medals.
PM Modi took to Twitter to congratulate players on their performance. He said that each medal win is a testament to the player's passion, dedication and spirit.
Special Olympics Bharat on Thursday organised a torch run and a national send-off ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, for the Indian contingent that will be travelling for the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2023 in Berlin, Germany which will take place between June 1
PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist who is presently ranked 13th in the women's singles BWF World rankings, will attempt to rebound in Singapore after losing in the opening round of the just finished Thailand Open. The former world champion shuttler lost in the first round for the fourth
New Delhi [India], May 30: India Taekwondo organised a grand send-off event for the Indian contingent who will participate in the 2023 Baku World Taekwondo Championships, Azerbaijan at the Peace Taekwondo Academy, SportsCube Center for Excellence, Gurugram.