[ad_1] Days after the Indian contingent returned to India post participating in the Paris Olympics 2024, PM Narendra Modi on 15 at his residence, reported news agency ANI. In the video shared on social media, silver medalist javelin throw athlete Neeraj Kumar and former Olympics’ medalist PV Sindhu were not present. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has defended herself against critics on social media, who criticized her for saying that she was unaware of the javelin throw before Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic victory. Some of the trolls even called her as the “Kangana Ranaut of Indian sports.” However, Saina Nehwal took this as a compliment and praised…
[ad_1] Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is facing social media backlash for her comments on not knowing ‘javelin throw’, until Neeraj Chopra won Gold in 2021 during Tokyo Olympics. While speaking to Shubhankar Mishra on his podcast, the badminton player said, âWhen Neeraj won, that is when I got to know about athletics has got this…
[ad_1] Nations invest in sports for three strategic reasons. The first is global positioning. Sports are surrogates of warfare and derived from combat. Think of shooting, archery, javelin and discus throws, fencing, boxing and of course wrestling. The Olympic Games have always been a surrogate battleground for global power jockeying. Recall Berlin, 1936, where African-American…
[ad_1] Ace Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal in the javelin throw category at the Paris Olympics after sending the javelin to a whopping 92.97 metres distance. Not only he created a world record, but also defeated India’s Neeraj Chopra to become world’s best javelin thrower. Neeraj won the silver medal in the…
[ad_1] Till the time the entire Vinesh Phogat saga exploded, which unfortunately divided sports fans based on their political affiliation, the greatest bickering on X (formerly Twitter) was between sports nerds and those who are somewhat derogatively branded as ‘casuals’ (sports fan). A rather umbrella term, it included people who had heard about Deepika Kumari…
[ad_1] Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: The grand closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was held on August 11 at the Stade de France stadium in the capital, complete with firecrackers, concerts and an exciting entry by Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise. At the conclusion of 329 medal events, around 9,000 athletes and staffers filled…
[ad_1] Specifically, why should the Indian exchequer finance participation in the Olympic Games? Let me report on an animated discussion we had at Takshashila last week. There were multiple points of view and I isolated a few ways of answering these questions. The zeroth response came from my libertarian colleagues. It says that the government…
[ad_1] Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is keeping his fingers crossed for wrestler Vinesh Phogat as she awaits a verdict on her appeal against disqualification from the Games but at the same time, he is also hoping that âpeople don’t forget what she did for the countryâ if the decision is not in her favour….
[ad_1] Neeraj Chopra exclusive: âHappy to have won silverâ Paris Silver Olympics medallist Neeraj Chopra talks about winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. He also opens up about playing with an injury, and the balancing aggressiveness with technique and focus. He also spoke about improving some aspects of his game. Report by: YB…
