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Haryana to give Neeraj Rs 6 cr & class 1 category job for Olympic gold win

The star athlete from Panipat district in Haryana created history after he clinched the gold in javelin throw with an attempt of 87.58 metres

Neeraj Chopra: From chubby kid trying to lose weight to Olympic champion

Chopra has been a consistent performer since bursting into spotlight with a historic gold in the junior world championships in 2016 with an Under-20 world record of 86.48m which still stands

Unbelievable feeling: Neeraj Chopra after winning historic gold at Olympics

"It feels unbelievable. It is the first time India has won a gold in athletics, so I feel very good. We have just one gold here in other sports," the 23-year-old said

Tokyo Olympics: Javelin thrower Neeraj wins historic athletics gold medal

The 23-year-old farmer's son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana produced a second round throw of 87.58m in the finals to stun the athletics world

History has been scripted: PM on Neeraj Chopra's gold medal win at Olympics

Chopra on Saturday became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics

Bajrang Punia will return from Tokyo with a bronze medal on Olympic debut

If his defence let him down in the semifinal against Hazi Aliev, Bajrang's smart attacking moves made him a 8-0 winner against Kazakhstan's Niyazbekov

So near yet so far: India's fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks continue

They say fourth is the worst place to finish in the Olympics. If last is the most embarrassing, fourth is the most painful

You have shown tremendous skill and resolve: PM Modi to Aditi Ashok

Ashok narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal

Olympics: Aditi misses medal narrowly, ends 4th at Tokyo Games

India's Aditi Ashok missed a medal narrowly as she signed off 4th in the Olympic Games' golf competition after carding a three-under 68 in the weather-hit final round here on Saturday. The 23-year-old Bengalurean ended two strokes off the pace with a total of 15-under 269. It was a heartbreaking end to Aditi's campaign considering she started the day at 2nd. But it was nonetheless a major improvement as she had finished tied 41st in the 2016 edition where golf made a comeback to the Olympics. In the final round, she fired five birdies -- on the 5th, 6th, 8th, 13th and 14th holes -- against two bogeys on the 9th and 11th. Overnight leader and world number one Nelly Korda clinched the gold medal with a 2-under 69 that left her 17-under overall and a shot ahead of Japan's Mone Inami (65) and New Zealand's Lydia Ko (65). Inami and Ko will compete in a play-off to decide the silver and bronze medal winners. Play was disrupted for a while by a tropical storm after the leading pack had

Paris to fly 'biggest flag ever' to mark handover of Olympics

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo will receive the Olympic flag from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Tokyo 2020 Games closing ceremony on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that money buy?

The average elementary school in Japan costs about $13 million. For that price, you get 1,200 schools.

Tokyo reports 4,515 fresh Covid cases amid Summer Olympics 2020

Japan urged its citizens to refrain from going out or travelling for non-essential, non-urgent reasons.

Star caste of hockey

It's impossible to field an Indian hockey team that doesn't reflect the diversity, the united colours, better than any other. Shows that a sport, or a nation, will prosper with growing inclusivity

You don't win silver, you lose gold

In business too, losing finalists really get nowhere, get nothing. It is purely "winner takes all"

What next for hockey?

Till a few years ago, to even dream about India winning a medal in hockey would have been considered foolish

The investment that laid down Indian hockey's road to Olympic bronze

Olympic success could mean uptick in corporate support as was seen during the brief Hockey India League

Finland's ice hockey medalist Emma Terho elected to the IOC board

Olympic ice hockey medalist Emma Terho has been elected to represent the world's athletes on the IOC's executive board

Olympic golf: Aditi Ashok stays on course for historic medal in Tokyo

India's Aditi Ashok continued with her great form as she moved to the second spot after the third round in women's golf competition, remaining on course for a maiden medal at the Olympic Games

Olympics: Deepak Punia's coach Murad's accreditation terminated by IOC

International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the accreditation of Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov after he "yelled" at a referee after the wrestler's game in the ongoing Tokyo Games.

IOC president says procedures against Belarus coaches to continue

The president of IOC said disciplinary procedures on two Belarus coaches will continue, after they were removed from Olympics over involvement in trying to send Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus