India's first ever participation at the Olympics is widely known to be 1900 when Norman Pritchard, Kolkata born athlete, became the first ever from the country to participate in the Games. However, it was not an official entry from India. Then when did India send its official contingent to Olympics?
Paris Olympics are scheduled to get underway on July 26 and for the first time, two K9 teams from Central Reserve Police Force, part of India's elite dog squad, will provide security at various venues of the Games. The K9 teams, Vast and Denby, left for Paris on July 10.
Paris Olympics is all set to get underway from July 26 and the Sports ministry has approved the final list of Indian contingent for the Games. A total of 117 athletes and 140 support staff members will be travelling with shot putter Abha Khatua missing out after qualifying.
French centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government resigned on Tuesday but will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is appointed following an inconclusive snap election.
Olympic Games are only 10 days away from getting underway on July 26 as India is set to send an 118-member contingent for the mega event. Among 10 gold medals India has won at the Olympics, 8 have come from field hockey. Let us have a look at their performance in Olympic history.
Olympics 2024: Indian pair Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty will be playing in their second Olympics in the men's doubles category at the upcoming Paris Olympics after featuring in the Tokyo Games in 2021. The two have been put in Group C of the event.
Tulika Maan will be the lone Indian contender in Judo for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. Tulika secured her place at the Games through a continental quota. Ahead of the Paris Games, Tulika opened up on her preparation and goals for the future in an exclusive conversation with India TV.
Vinesh Phogat is set to compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics. She has got a perfect build-up ahead of the Games as she clinched a Gold medal at the Spanish Grand Prix in the 50 Kg category. Vinesh defeated Mariia Tiumerekova to win the Gold.
The Indian athletes are set to depart for Paris for the upcoming Olympic Games 2024. Ahead of their departure, the athletes met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who extended his best wishes to them for the upcoming Games.
India's ace javelin athlete Neeraj Chopra clarified his decision to skip the Ostrava Golden Spike 2024 meet. The organisers of the meet said that Chopra had suffered a muscular injury but the 26-year-old clarified that the decision to skip is precautionary keeping in mind the Paris Olympics.
Hockey India celebrated the best performers of the year 2023 for men and women with team awards, milestones trophies and individual awards. Along the sidelines, 'Goalkeeper of the Year' PR Sreejesh opened up to India TV ahead of the tour of Australia, Europe and then the big one - the Olympics.
"Of course, there can be no Russian flag during the Paris Games, I think there is a consensus on that matter," said French President Emmanuel Macron.
The new batch of coaches and assistant coaches has a host of eminent names, including Asian Games gold medallist rower Bajrang Lal Thakar. He joins as rowing coach.
Earlier, both Los Angeles and Paris were originally competing to host the 2024 Olympics.
Following the disappointment with India’s performance at the Rio Olympics 2016, The Indian think tank National Institution for Transforming India or NITI Aayog on Wednesday has announced an action plan named “Let's Play” with an
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