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India in England: Opener Agarwal hit on the head, under medical observation
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India in England: Opener Agarwal hit on the head, under medical observation

Nottingham, Aug 2: Indian Test team suffered another blow after opener Mayank Agarwal was hit on the head on Monday during practice. He is under observation and remains a doubtful starter. "All the guys are fit for selection. Only Mayank Agarwal, who got hit on the helmet today [is a concern]....
Discussion started to set up hockey astroturf in all districts in Manipur
North East

Discussion started to set up hockey astroturf in all districts in Manipur

Imphal: With an objective to groom hundreds of world class hockey players from Manipur, Hockey India had a detailed discussion with Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh for setting up 5-a-side Astroturf pitches in all the districts of the North-eastern border state. Confirming this in a...
Brave Indian women create history, enter Olympic hockey semifinal for first time
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Brave Indian women create history, enter Olympic hockey semifinal for first time

Tokyo, Aug 2: The Indian women's hockey team scripted history on Monday by qualifying for the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, beating three-time champions Australia by a solitary goal here. A day after the Indian men's team entered the Olympic semifinals following a 49-year...
Dutee finishes last in her heat race, fails to qualify for 200m semifinals at Olympics
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Dutee finishes last in her heat race, fails to qualify for 200m semifinals at...

Tokyo, Aug 2: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand continued her disappointing run at the Olympics as she failed to qualify for the women's 200m semifinals after finishing last in her heat here on Monday. Dutee registered a season's best timing of 23.85 seconds to finish seventh and last in Heat 4...
India beat Great Britain 3-1, enter semis of Olympics mens hockey after 49 years
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India beat Great Britain 3-1, enter semis of Olympics men's hockey after 49...

Tokyo, Aug 1: The Indian men's hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of the Olympics Games after 49 years here on Sunday. India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh (7th minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) to seal...
Sindhu beats Bingjao to win bronze in womens singles
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Sindhu beats Bingjao to win bronze in women's singles

Tokyo, Aug 1: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won the bronze medal in women's singles badminton at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjao 21-13, 21-15 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza to add a second medal to India's tally at the Olympics. It is Sindhu's second medal at...
Olympics hockey: India womens team makes maiden entry into quarterfinals
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Olympics hockey: India women's team makes maiden entry into quarterfinals

Tokyo, July 31: The Indian women's hockey team made a historic entry into the quarterfinals, finishing fourth in Pool A after Ireland were beaten 2-0 by Great Britain in the final league match on Saturday. India had defeated South Africa 4-3 in their last league match early in the day but their...
Impressive Kamalpreet finishes 2nd in discus qualification to enter finals
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Impressive Kamalpreet finishes 2nd in discus qualification to enter finals

Tokyo, Jul 31: Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur produced one of the best performances by an Indian in the Olympics, though in a qualifying round, as she made it to the finals of the ongoing Games after finishing second here on Saturday. The 25-year-old Kaur, competing in qualification B, sent the...
World No.1 Panghal
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World No.1 Panghal's Olympic campaign ends with shocking loss to Colombian...

Tokyo, Jul 31: Star Indian boxer Amit Panghal (52kg) bowed out of the Olympics with a stunning 1-4 loss to Rio Games silver-medallist Yuberjen Martinez, beaten by the Colombian's relentless attacks and pace in a draining pre-quarterfinal bout here on Saturday. The world number one Indian, who...
Muhammad Ali inspired Lovlina all set for gold
Assam

Muhammad Ali inspired Lovlina all set for gold

Guwahati, July 31: She was composed and calm. Lovlina Borgohain didn't seem to be distracted by all the hues and cries around after she confirmed an Olympic medal in Tokyo on Friday."I will thank everyone after the final," a smiling Lovlina told a group of Indian journalists who connected to her...
Dhubri artist makes portrait of Lovlina Borgohain using sesame & cumin seeds
Assam

Dhubri artist makes portrait of Lovlina Borgohain using sesame & cumin seeds

Dhubri, July 30: Dhubri artist Rahul Pareek, who has made a name of his own by making portrait of celebrities by using waste electronic items has this time made a huge portrait of Assam Olympian Lovlina Borgohain, by using sesame and cumin to encourage her for the ongoing mega sports event in Japan....
Sindhu enters semifinals at Tokyo Olympics
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Sindhu enters semifinals at Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo, Jul 30: Reigning world Champion P V Sindhu kept India's hopes of winning a first-ever Olympic gold in badminton alive as she reached the semifinals of women's singles with a fighting straight-game win over world no 5 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi here on Friday. The 26-year-old Indian, who...
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