Page 10 - 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Bonding during Covid isolation played key role in Tokyo bronze: Harmanpreet

The bonding that developed between the players during their 16-month stay at a camp in Bengaluru, mostly in isolation, ahead Olympics played an instrumental role in Indian men's hockey team's feat

I have no regrets now after this medal, says 4-time Olympian Dhanraj Pillay

The legendary Dhanraj Pillay says now he has no regrets after watching the Indian hockey team claim a bronze at the Tokyo Games

Olympic: To see result we got today was pretty special, says hockey coach

Indian men's hockey team coach Graham Reid said on Thursday that people around the world will feel very privileged and proud on seeing the performance of his team after the 5-4 win over Germany

Congratulatory messages pour in for Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya's fighting spirit and tenacity got all round praise from the Indian sports fraternity on Thursday with the President and the Prime Minister leading the country in hailing his outstanding feat of winning a silver in the Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old Dahiya, competing in his maiden Olympic Games, settled for a silver after losing 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev of Russian Olympic Committee in the men's freestyle 57kg title clash on Thursday. Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games after Sushil Kumar. "India is proud of Ravi Dahiya for winning the wrestling silver at #Tokyo2020. You came back into bouts from very difficult situations and won them. Like a true champion, you demonstrated your inner strength too. Congratulations for the exemplary wins & bringing glory to India," President Ram Nath Kovind said in a tweet. Congratulating Dahiya on his feat, PM Narendra Modi said in a tweet: "Ravi Kumar ...

US to face Spain in women's water polo final at Tokyo Olympics

Maddie Musselman thinks about it all the time. Playing on the talented US women's water polo team, Musselman is constantly debating whether she should pass or shoot the ball

Tokyo Olympics: Women's soccer final rescheduled because of heat

Concerns from the Canada and Sweden soccer teams about Tokyo's fierce morning heat have resulted in the late rescheduling and relocation of the Olympic women's final

Haryana announces Rs 4 crore reward for wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya

Dahiya bagged silver in men's 57 kg freestyle wrestling at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Ravi wins silver, men's hockey team bags bronze

India's men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating Germany 5-4 to win the bronze.

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia misses bronze by a whisker

The 22-year-old Indian is the son of a milk peddler in a Haryana village

Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Kumar loses in final, bags silver in 57kg freestyle

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar won the silver medal in men's freestyle 57kg after losing to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev

PM Modi speaks to Manpreet after Olympic hockey bronze; applauds hard work

The Indian men's hockey team won an Olympic medal for the first time in 41 years.

Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as infections surge amid Olympic Games

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied the Olympics have caused a rise in infections.

Privileged to have played a part: India's Aussie hockey coach Graham Reid

Indian men's hockey team's Australian coach Graham Reid on Thursday said he feels "privileged" to be a part of the game's revival in India after the side clinched its first Olympic medal in 41 years

Cash award of Rs 1 crore for each of Punjab players in bronze winning team

The Punjab govt on Thursday announced that it will give a cash award of Rs one crore to each of the state hockey player, who was part of the Indian men's team that won a bronze medal in the Games

Punjab, Haryana celebrate Indian men's hockey team's Olympic medal win

Celebratory scenes were witnessed across Punjab and Haryana on Thursday after Indian men's hockey team rewrote history by claiming an Olympic medal after 41 years

Olympic medal to mark start of golden era for Indian hockey: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday hailed the Indian men's hockey team, saying its Olympic medal after 41 years will mark the beginning of a golden period for the sport. The win, after 41 years of hard work and wait, cannot be described in words, Pawar, who heads the Maharashtra Olympic Association, said in a statement. In an edge-of-the-seat pulsating bronze play-off, India defeated Germany 5-4 on Thursday to earn a podium finish at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. "The country's prestige has been enhanced and the bronze medal will be the beginning of a golden era for the sport," Pawar said. He said the players, trainers and their colleagues deserved all the good wishes for bagging the medal with a determination to win against all odds.

It's a rebirth, that's it: Hockey star Sreejesh on Olympic bronze medal win

"It's a rebirth, that's it," declared India's ecstatic goalkeeping great P R Sreejesh after emerging as one of the stars of the men's hockey team's historic Olympic bronze medal

PM Modi hails Indian hockey team's Olympic medal win as historic

Hailing Indian men's hockey team's bronze medal win in the Tokyo Olympics as historic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that this day will be etched in the memory of every Indian

This is a big moment: Rahul on hockey team winning bronze at Olympics

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hailed the Indian men's hockey team on winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and said the whole country is proud of their achievement

President congratulates Indian men's hockey team for winning Olympic medal

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning an Olympic medal, and said this historic victory will start a new era in hockey. The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed the Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games at Tokyo. Congratulations to our men's hockey team for winning an Olympic Medal in hockey after 41 years. The team showed exceptional skills, resilience & determination to win. This historic victory will start a new era in hockey and will inspire the youth to take up and excel in the sport, Kovind tweeted.