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Abhinav Bindra selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics

Abhinav Bindra selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay will start its journey in France on 8 May 2024 with the flame arriving in Marseille ahead of 68 days of travel across the French territories

02 February,2024 10:06 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
‘To win more Olympic medals, we need more Indians to play sport’

‘To win more Olympic medals, we need more Indians to play sport’

India’s top athletes have been receiving tremendous financial support from the government and corporate houses, of late, and the results have only got better as elite athletes get to train abroad and they now work with best support staff

01 December,2023 08:15 AM IST | Bangalore | PTI
India need more people to take up sport for bigger Olympic success: Bindra

India need more people to take up sport for bigger Olympic success: Bindra

Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist in the 10m air rifle, added that India was at a juncture where sport must become a mass movement now. "The by-product of that hopefully will be that more people will be involved in sport. So I believe that the shift in perspective needs to happen and it needs to happen now"

30 November,2023 05:28 PM IST | Bengaluru | PTI
Complete focus is on next year's Paris Paralympics: Shooter Avani Lekhara

Complete focus is on next year's Paris Paralympics: Shooter Avani Lekhara

Avani also won gold in the 10m air rifle SH1 event in the recent Hangzhou Asian Para Games. SH1 classification in rifle events is meant for para athletes with lower limb impairment. She does not want to tinker with her training schedule. But, her focus would be learning from her mistakes

28 November,2023 05:45 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Bindra hopes India host Olympics in near future

Bindra hopes India host Olympics in near future

Speaking on the sidelines of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) 141st Session here, Bindra, the winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold in 10m air rifle, said, “I hope we get to host the Olympic Games in the near future”

16 October,2023 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Fuel for the finish line

Fuel for the finish line

You were enthralled watching them at the Asian Games on TV. Now nutrition coach to top athletes who brought home medals at this and previous competitions shares how athletic demands vary for each sport

11 October,2023 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
When sports and cinema converge

When sports and cinema converge

As Film Heritage Foundation hosts Olympic film festival in Mumbai and Delhi, archivist Shivendra says exhibition’s aim is to inspire people to pursue sports as a career

11 October,2023 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary 2023: PM Modi and Amit Shah pay tributes

Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary 2023: PM Modi and Amit Shah pay tributes

PM Modi and Amit Shah pay heartfelt tributes to Lata Mangeshkar on her birth anniversary

28 September,2023 06:02 PM IST | Mumbai
Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary 2023: Saira Banu remembers veteran singer

Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary 2023: Saira Banu remembers veteran singer

Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary 2023: Saira Banu shared a precious picture with the veteran singer and Dilip Kumar

28 September,2023 03:03 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Shooting Championship in Gurgaon to honour the legacy of Abhinav Bindra

Shooting Championship in Gurgaon to honour the legacy of Abhinav Bindra

"I congratulate GD Goenka for the facilities they have built and the emphasis they are putting on sports in all their educational institutions. I’m sure the students will win lots of tournaments but the bigger thing they’ll do, is imbibe the values that sports teach us," Bindra said at the inauguration of the event

22 September,2023 08:31 AM IST | Gurugram (Haryana) | IANS

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