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Wrestler Aman Sehrawat overcoming adversity to stand on the podium on Friday touched an emotional chord with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BCCI secretary Jay Shah and former cricketer Virender Sehwag as they led the tributes to the 21-year-old, who won a bronze medal to take India's tally at the Paris Olympics to six. The 21-year-old 57kg free-style grappler, who was raised by his grandfather after he lost his parents as a child, defeated Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz in a high-intensity third-place contest to become India's youngest medallist at the Olympics. Before him, celebrated shuttler P V Sindhu held the title of being India's youngest Olympic podium finisher after she claimed a silver in the 2016 Games at the age of 21 years, one month and 14 days. PM Modi lauded Aman's tenacity, saying, "More pride thanks to our wrestlers! Congratulations to Aman Sehrawat for winning the Bronze Medal in the Men's Freestyle 57kg at the Paris Olympics. His dedication and perseverance are clearly
During a consolidation phase, the stock trades in a certain range with subdued volumes. It faces selling pressure on the upside, near the same levels where supply was witnessed earlier
Known for his straight-faced humour, former India opener Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said that his induction into the ICC's 'Hall of Fame' has happened "too late". Sehwag along with former Indian women's team skipper Diana Edulji and Sri Lankan legend Aravinda de Silva were made members of ICC Hall of Fame for their stellar achievements during their playing career. "I think, I am too late," quipped Sehwag when former West Indies bowler Ian Bishop asked him about his thoughts to be part of the ICC Hall Of Fame. One of the most destructive batters of the modern era, Sehwag donned India colours between 1999 and 2013. He scored a total of 23 Test centuries during his illustrious career -- the fifth most by an India men's player. His highest score of 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008 the best of any Indian player ever. During his conversation with Bishop, Sehwag touched upon a number of milestones of his career, including his first ODI match, his first Test match, his promotio
Former India opener Virender Sehwag predicted that current Team India skipper Rohit Sharma will finish ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 as the leading run-getter
Rohit Sharma also surpassed India's legendary captain MS Dhoni and former hard-hitting opener Virender Sehwag during his 80-run knock
Many records may get broken and created in the first Test between India and West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica. Here's a look at few of them
Sehwag has joined the former captain of the Indian team Sunil Gavaskar in demanding stricter punishment
India's wait for a world title continued as they succumbed to a heartbreaking five-run loss to Australia in the semifinal of the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Thursday
Former India batsman Virender Sehwag rates Saurav Gangulys leadership higher than anyone else in Indian cricket. Kohli as captain may remain among the best, still, he could not build a team, he said
Anju Sehwag, sister of former cricketer Virender Sehwag, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday in Delhi.
The brand is set to acquire 5 mn customers across India in 5 years; is looking to achieve Rs 100 cr revenue via Omni-channel retail, over next 3 years
Opener Rohit Sharma countering Trent Boult's incoming deliveries will make for a fascinating contest, something that Virender Sehwag will be looking forward to during the WTC final
A decade has passed since 2011 and the world has witnessed some major events, including a pandemic.
India Legends were off to a flying start in the Road Safety World Series T20 by comfortably beating Bangladesh Legends by 10 wickets at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
India needs 381 more runs, with nine wickets in hand, to win on the fifth and final day of the first Test against England
The Indian team was absolutely right in getting a concussion substitute for Jadeja as symptoms related to head injuries can show up as late as 24 hours after the hit, says Virender Sehwag
Just like last year, the ministry opted for a single selection committee to pick the awardees among both athletes and coaches and it will be headed by Retired Supreme Court Justice, Mukundakam Sharma
Rahul Dravid, who was known as The Wall of Indian cricket in his heydays, has been trending on twitter
India won its first World Cup in 1983 and then had to wait for 28 years to again lift the title
By the end of the calendar year 2020, Brand VS is looking at opening around 50 stores, thereby tapping a revenue of over Rs 22 crore