Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday announced that Indian women's hockey team player Vandana Kataria will be brand ambassador of the state's Department of Women Empowerment and Child Development.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Sports Ministry will fulfill the smallest of needs of sportspersons and provide them world-class infrastructure in the Olympic Games in the future, said Nisith Pramanik, Union Minister of State for Sports, as the Tokyo Olympics 2020 came to an end on Su
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday hailed each and every athlete who "inspired everyone with unifying power of sport" during the Tokyo Games.
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): For the first time ever, the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games featured "live and spectacular" celebrations from the next host city of the mega sporting event on Sunday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 8 (ANI): Para-swimmer Niranjan Mukundan, who will represent India in the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, is confident of putting a good show in his debut Games.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): As India bade adieu to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, veteran Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla, on Sunday penned a congratulatory note to all the athletes who made India proud by bringing medals for the nation.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): As the Tokyo Olympics 2020 came to an end on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Indian contingent for showing the best-ever performance at the Games.
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): At the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics, wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday entered the stadium holding aloft India's flag and joined flag-bearers of other national Olympic contingents to mark the end of 17-days of the Games, which saw athletes from over 200 co
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): Klaus Bartonietz, the biomechanical expert who trained Olympic gold medal-winning Neeraj Chopra on Sunday said he felt overwhelmed as the javelin thrower became the first from India to bag the top spot in track and field at Tokyo.
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese capital currently hosting the last Olympic day has lodged over 4,000 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours -- a new single-day record for Sunday when fewer tests are usually done than on other days, the city administration said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 8 (ANI): As several sportspersons including Neeraj Chopra and Mirabai Chanu have made the countrymen proud with their commendable performance at the Tokyo Olympics, actor Suniel Shetty made an appeal to the people to support the sportspersons not only aft