Beijing. August 11, 2008. As Abhinav Bindra fixed his gaze on the final target that overcast morning, the hopes of a nation seemed compressed into one single moment. Seconds later, history had been c...

Sir — In a second attempt, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games — the event has been postponed because of Covid-19 till next year — will mark the one-year-to-go milestone today. The sports e...

Sport climbing has come to an abrupt halt for Talim Ansari.Instead of squirrelling up walls, the promising 16-year-old athlete — the first from Jharkhand to represent India at an international climb...

An unheralded Bhawana Jat qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 20km race walk event after pulling off a shock win with a national record time at the National Championships here on Saturday. The 23-...

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar will not be seen in action this year. She and her coach Bisweswar Nandi are now banking on ‘four’ qualifying events in 2020 to earn a ticket to Tokyo Olympics.“She is bette...

Not just Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, but the shuttlers in doubles category too are gunning for glory in world tournaments and dedicated towards earning India accolades like the two Olympic medallists,...

Facing their strongest headwinds in decades, Olympic chiefs acknowledged on Wednesday there was no “ideal” solution to staging the Tokyo Games even as voices of dissent grew louder amid the corona...

Fears are growing that this year’s Olympics may be postponed or axed because of the coronavirus pandemic but Japan has faced such a crisis before — the cancelled summer Games of 1940 were also due...

Cricket In doubtIPL 2020: The governing council is set to meet on Saturday amid concerns over the fate of the tournament. The ministry of external affairs on Thursday advised the BCCI against hol...

Badminton’s chief national coach Pullela Gopichand is confident that PV Sindhu will be back in rhythm by the time Tokyo Olympic Games come calling. The Olympic Games begins on July 24 and ends on Au...