Olympics

Tokyo: Canadian soccer player Quinn scripted history, becoming the first out transgender athlete to win an Olympic medal. Quinn won gold in Tokyo with their fellow teammates after beating Sweden 3-2 in a penalty shootout. The team…

Tokyo: Bajrang Punia suffered a 12-5 defeat at the hands of Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev in the Men's 65 kg Freestyle Wrestling semi-final. He can still win a bronze medal. Bajrang looked more aggressive than his quarter-final and Round of…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the Indian Women’s Hockey Team for putting up a brave fight against Great Britain at Tokyo Olympics today. Patnaik spoke to the "Women In Blue" through video call today and…

Tokyo: Two coaches involved in the attempt to force an Olympic athlete home to Belarus against her will have been stripped of their credentials and expelled from the Olympic Village. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed…

Bhubaneswar: As India’s dream of bringing home the bronze medal by the women’s hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics remained unfulfilled, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and PM Narendra Modi shared encouraging words for the players who…

Uttarakhand: While the whole nation including the state of Odisha celebrated the men's hockey team's victory, India player Vandana Katariya's family was subjected to casteist slurs after the women's hockey team lost to Argentina in the…

Tokyo: Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya, who looked to add to India's medals tally, won his semi-final bout against Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan and entered the 57kg final in men's Wrestling. The bout was also termed as the finest and…

Tokyo: Two Indian wrestlers -- Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia-- made their way into the semi-finals by winning their respective bouts in Tokyo Olympics. Ravi Kumar remained ahead with a hefty lead. The Bulgarian continued to struggle…

Tokyo: Georgian shot putter Benik Abramyan will miss Tuesday's competition at the Tokyo Olympics as he has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test for steroids, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Tuesday. The…

Tokyo: India’s Sonam Malik loses to Mongolia’s Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in women’s freestyle 62kg 1/8 final match via victory of points after both wrestlers finished with 2 points each. Khurelkhuu was declared the winner for her 2-point move in…