2016 Rio Olympics

Legendary players Leander Paes, Amritraj inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame

Legendary Indian tennis players, Leander Paes and Vijay Amritraj, the heroes of many a historic triumph transcending generations, on Sunday became the first two exponents of the sport from Asia to be inducted into the International Hall of Fame. Paes, 51, whose list of achievements include the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games men's singles bronze, eight men's doubles and 10 mixed doubles grand slam crowns besides several famed Davis Cup victories, was given the rare honour in the 'Player Category'. Vijay Amritraj, 70, reached the men's singles quarterfinals at the Wimbledon and US Open twice each besides guiding India to the Davis Cup finals twice -- in 1974 and 1987. At his peak, he was ranked No.18 in the world in singles and No. 23 in doubles. He along with Richard Evans was inducted into the Hall of fame in the 'Contributor Category'. "Paes was inducted in the Player Category, while Amritraj and Evans were recognised as a part of the Contributor Category: honoring visionary leaders,

Paris Olympics nears gender parity, a glance at athlete gender breakdown

The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once said women competing in the Games would be "impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper." Over a century later, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are targeting gender parity in the same city where women made their Olympic debut in 1900. The IOC set a goal of a 50-50 split among the more than 11,000 men and women, including backups, registered to compete from July 26 to Aug. 11. However, the latest numbers from the IOC suggest organizers might fall just short of that target. Slightly more medal events for men than women. There is still a slight edge toward men among the 329 medal events at the Paris Olympics. The IOC has said there are 157 men's events, 152 women's events and 20 mixed-gender events. Of the 32 sports, 28 are "fully gender equal," the IOC said, including the new event of breaking to music. Rhythmic gymnastics is still for women only but men are allowed to compete in artistic ...

Vinesh Phogat secures women's 50kg category Paris Olympics quota for India

Looking as dominant as ever, Vinesh Phogat on Saturday locked Paris Olympics quota in women's 50kg category, reaching the final at the Asian Olympic Qualifier without conceding a single point, here Saturday. It is India's second quota place for the Paris Games as Antim Panghal had earned a quota in the 53kg category with her bronze medal winning show at the World Championships last year. The 29-year-old Vinesh has now secured her third straight Olympic quota, having featured in Rio Games (2016) and in Tokyo (2020) earlier. Vinesh, who was a prominent face of protest against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, dished out a strong performance, demolishing her opponents one by one. As is her wont, Vinesh looked for that one opportunity to subdue Miran Cheon in her opening bout and grabbed it after measuring her Korean rival for about 30 seconds. Once she grabbed Cheon and pushed her down for a take down, the bout ended in a jiffy, in one minute and 39 seconds. It was difficu

Rio was the turning point, helped us prepare well for Tokyo: Rani Rampal

The Indian women's hockey team, moved up to the 8th position according to the latest FIH world rankings

Tokyo 2020: With 6 days still to go, China betters Rio Olympics gold tally

China pocketed five gold medals in weightlifting, cycling track, gymnastics and shooting at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, its biggest haul of gold medals in a single day so far in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Will India better its medal tally from Rio 2016?

India will send a 228-strong contingent to Tokyo Olympics, including 119 athletes. This will be India's largest ever contingent of athletes at Olympics. Check medal contenders for India in Tokyo 2020

Learned almost everything from Rio Olympics: Mirabai ahead of Tokyo Games

India's world record holder weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has learned her lessons from the in Rio meltdown five years ago and is now confident of doing well at the Tokyo Olympics. Last month, Mirabai had revealed that she was "completely broken" after the failure at the 2016 Rio Olympics and talking to a psychologist helped her get back on track. She said she has evolved as a weightlifter since the last Olympics, changing and tweaking techniques. "I learned a lot by participating in the Rio Olympics. In fact, I have learned everything from Rio -- from my weaknesses to how to rectify them, how to improve myself in terms of training and performance in competition," Mirabai said in a video posted by Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday. Mirabai had put up a highly disappointing performance at the Rio Games as she could not get an overall total in women's 48kg after failing to lift the weight in any of her three attempts in clean & jerk section. But since then, she has won the gold

Tokyo Games postponement rekindles Dipa Karmakar's hope for Olympic berth

Karmakar, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been struggling with injuries ever since she underwent a surgery to treat an Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in 2017

Rio mayor's accounts frozen in Olympics corruption case

Order also applies to Fiori, firm that won contract to build the course, and which never paid $710,000 in environmental assessments on the project

P V Sindhu, Sakshi Malik received only 1.66% of total amount spent on Rio-bound athletes: Report

Shooting received nearly half of all the funds under the govt's Target Olympic Podium Scheme

PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Pullela Gopichand presented BMW cars

Sachin Tendulkar handed over the keys at a function at the Gopichand Badminton Academy

Usain Bolt wins 200m title, takes second gold at Rio Olympics

This was also Bolt's eighth consecutive gold medal at the Olympics

Rio Olympics: Virender Sehwag urges government to honour Dipa Karmakar, Lalita Babar

Both Karmakar and Babar have created history in their own ways

Saina Nehwal loses 18-21, 19-21 to Ukraine's Marija Ulitina

Nehwal's Olympic campaign comes to an end with this loss

Rio Olympics: Lalita Babar seeks new high in Indian athletics at the biggest stage

Babar qualified for the final round after finishing fourth in her heats

Rio Olympics: Tripura waits with bated breath for Dipa Karmakar's performance

Dipa's hometown Agartala is covered with posters wishing her grand success

Rio Olympics: Organisers threaten to cancel Vijay Goel's accreditation

Goel said that he had not gone to the field of play on his own but was taken there by the volunteers

Rio Olympics: India beat Argentina 2-1 in crucial hockey playoff

It's a crucial for India, who now face Canada in their next match

2016 Rio Olympics: 'Sub-standard' equipment given to Indian players, says Kumari Selja

She alleged that athletes have said that facilities in Rio are not at par with the facilities that were provided during the Commonwealth Games

2016 Rio Olympics: Last-minute heartbreak for India as Germany seal 2-1 victory in men's hockey

India showed plenty of muscle and craft in the early parts of the encounter, after Germany had made an early burst with some powerful midfield play