President, PM hail Mirabai’s feat Mirabai Chanu wins gold at World Weightlifting Championships

California, Nov 30: Mirabai Chanu became only the second Indian (after Karnam Malleswari) to win the gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim (California), USA on Thursday. This was after she lifted a new world record of 194kg (85 snatch and 109 C&J) in women’s 48kg category. Thailand’s Sukcharoen Thunya won the silver […]

California, Nov 30: Mirabai Chanu became only the second Indian (after Karnam Malleswari) to win the gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim (California), USA on Thursday. This was after she lifted a new world record of 194kg (85 snatch and 109 C&J) in women’s 48kg category. Thailand’s Sukcharoen Thunya won the silver […]

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Ensuring Manipuri medals in Tokyo Olympics

Perhaps everyone in this part of the world feels frustrated while looking at the medals tally of the on-going Rio Olympics. We can’t simply ignore it because the projection comes every day in almost all the dailies and channels. Probably we are more irritated because our affinity to games and sports are much closer than […]

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Perhaps everyone in this part of the world feels frustrated while looking at the medals tally of the on-going Rio Olympics. We can’t simply ignore it because the projection comes every day in almost all the dailies and channels. Probably we are more irritated because our affinity to games and sports are much closer than […]

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P.V. Sindhu secured silver in women’s singles in Rio Olympic 2016

P. V. Sindhu of India secured silver as Spain’s Carolina Marin has defeated her by 2-1 in women’s singles badminton in Rio Olympic 2016. PV Sindhu won a thrilling first game against Carolina Marin 21-19 but the Spanish World No.1 roared back to win the second game by 21-12 and the third game by 21-15.

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P. V. Sindhu of India secured silver as Spain’s Carolina Marin has defeated her by 2-1 in women’s singles badminton in Rio Olympic 2016. PV Sindhu won a thrilling first game against Carolina Marin 21-19 but the Spanish World No.1 roared back to win the second game by 21-12 and the third game by 21-15.

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India’s pathetic show at the Olympics continue Need to change mentality

Participation is more important than winning. This is the spirit of the Olympics, but unfortunately it is obvious that this has been literally taken and digested here in India. A look at the performance of the country in the ongoing Rio Olympics should more than say this. A drastic change in the mindset is urgently […]

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Participation is more important than winning. This is the spirit of the Olympics, but unfortunately it is obvious that this has been literally taken and digested here in India. A look at the performance of the country in the ongoing Rio Olympics should more than say this. A drastic change in the mindset is urgently […]

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?Rio Games: Manipur hockey heroes rise despite obstacles in system

BENGALURU: Manipur has produced a number of hockey players of international repute with 1988 Seoul Olympian Thoiba Singh being the most famous. After a gap of 28 years, the northeastern state will see three from their region wearing the Indian colours in the hockey competitions at the Rio Olympic Games. While young Sushila Chanu will lead the […]

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BENGALURU: Manipur has produced a number of hockey players of international repute with 1988 Seoul Olympian Thoiba Singh being the most famous. After a gap of 28 years, the northeastern state will see three from their region wearing the Indian colours in the hockey competitions at the Rio Olympic Games. While young Sushila Chanu will lead the […]

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Rio Olympics Mary Kom denied wild card entry

NEW DELHI, June 23 : Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut for Rio via the […]

NEW DELHI, June 23 : Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut for Rio via the […]

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