India on Wednesday thrashed defending champions Tajikistan 4-1 in the final of AFC Challenge Cup football tournament here and qualified for the Asian Cup after a hiatus of 24 years.
Playing one of their best matches in the recent times, India outplayed its Central Asian rival in all departments of the game in the thrilling [...]
When Indian sports’ newest golden boy Abhinav Bindra returned home to a hero’s welcome, it was a historic moment. The rifle shooter, who had gone to Beijing as an underdog just a fortnight ago, came back in the wee hours of Thursday morning to much fanfare.
Bindra’s father AS Bindra, mother Babli Bindra and his [...]
From a virtual non-entity to the country’s hottest property overnight, Abhinav Bindra has struck gold. Not just in Olympics. The Chandigarh shooter who picked up India’s first ever individual gold in Olympics is expected to see his brand value shooting up to a couple of crores, riding not only on his historic feat but [...]
Read More... Abhinav Bindra won India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medal on Monday, saying it was a reward for “punching holes in a paper target” all his life.
Bindra, a 25-year-old businessman from Chandigarh, followed his world championship title of two years ago by grabbing the men’s 10m Air Rifle shooting gold medal.
Athens Games champion Zhu [...]
Shuttlers provided the only silver lining on an otherwise gloomy day for India at the Beijing Olympic Games Sunday.
Shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Anup Sridhar were the only bright spots for India on an overcast day, the gloomy weather a reflection of the Indian mood.
Nehwal, the national champion, registered a 21-18, 21-10 victory over Ukraine’s [...]
The Indian contingent marched into the packed National Stadium, Bird’s Nest, for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games here Friday.
Paddler Neha Aggarwal wore a green saree, while tennis star Sania Mirza sported dark trousers with a light top during the march past that saw around 30 of the nation’s 56 athletes taking part.
The [...]