Rani, Krishan (69kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) became the first set of Indian boxers to qualify for the showpiece scheduled in July-August this year.
The extraordinary decision by Bahrain to hold an only televised race March 22 is just the latest disruption felt by the Mideast over the virus and the COVID-19 illness it causes and the second for F1.
Manpreet became the first Indian to win the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Player of the Year award last month, while Rani became the first-ever player to win the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award in January.
Sakshi first lost to Sonam in the trials for the Rome Ranking Series and the Asian Championships in January.Sakshi said that she is looking to improve and stay ready for all possibilities in the coming months.
On International Women's Day, India TV Digital spoke to Paralympian Deepa Malik at length, who continues to push her boundaries and inspires scores of other women too.
Pooja Rani and Vikas Krishan secured a place in the Indian boxing team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
India's success in women's sports is not a topic that many talk about but with time, there have been women who have made people stand up and take notice.
India now trail 1-2 and need to win the remaining reverse singles to qualify for the Davis Cup Finals.
Mary Kom and Amit Panghal won their Asian Olympic Qualifiers matches to reach the quarterfinals.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that it is a 'great day for Indian sports' as the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games launched in Gulmarg.
Among the men players, Sathiyan is the highest ranked Indian with 31st position in the singles rankings. While, Achanta Sharath Kamal (38) are the other three Indians to be ranked in the Top-100.
The award will be presented by the Hon'ble President in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi, on March 8, on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Krishan clinched a 5-0 triumph to make the last eight stage, where he will square off against third seed and Asian silver-medallist Sewonrets Okazawa of Japan. Okazawa, who won a gold medal at last year's Olympic test event i
Six-time world champion Mary has been seeded second in her category and she will face New Zealand's Tasmyn Benny in the first round.Panghal is upbeat to avenge his defeat in his last meeting with Kharkuu and get his campaign off to a flying start.
The only thing is that we should not put pressure on these kids. They are too young, they can do a lot of good things but putting pressure on a 17 or 18-year-old kid is not good.
The event, which was to be held from March 15 to 25 in the national capital, had to be postponed, while an Olympic Test event in Tokyo, scheduled from April 16, stood cancelled.
The tournament, sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), was to be held from March 15 to 25 in the capital's Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Olympic silver-medallist Sindhu says she can understand the apprehensions of fellow shuttlers, including compatriot Sania Nehwal, who is racing against time to qualify for the Games due to the cancellation of tournaments in the wake of the outbreak.
About 138 new cases have been reported in France since Wednesday, the biggest one-day jump in the country since the outbreak began, which brought the total to 423.
The season's first World Tour Super 1000 tournament, the prestigious All England Championships, which counts towards qualification for Tokyo 2020 begins on March 11.
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