India Olympics

Rio Olympics 2016: Gopichand single-handedly created the system that we lack

Pullela Gopichand's biggest contributing is that he has almost single-handedly replicated that entire system

Rio Olympics 2016: PV Sindhu's success stems from efforts of Gopichand and her father

PV Sindhu admits it won't be easy and has promised to give it her best shot, fully aware this will be the biggest match in her young career.

Olympic medalists Vijay Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt to get Khel Ratna

Olympic heroes, shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt were jointly recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour.

Lack of quality sparring partners cost Sushil gold: Father

"He does not have people of his class to practice with. It was disappointing that he could not win an Olympic gold medal but nevertheless it's a historic achievement. I think that lack of world-class training robbed him of his chances," said Sushil's father Diwan Singh.

The big question: How do we make other sports as cool as cricket?

The truth is that youngsters get attracted to ‘cool’ stuff. The idea of a SAI complex that is littered with drugs isn’t exactly a picture of cool and neither is the idea of associations being run by politicians who have one foot in the grave.

It’s 6 medals for 18 million Indians, not 1.2 billion

The medals:population ratio is an exercise in futility. Medals come from a very small subset of the population in any country — and infrastructure plays a large role in success in sport.

Sushil Kumar thanks family, trainers for their support

Sushil Kumar is the first Indian to win back-to-back medals in Olympics in individual category. In 2008 Beijing Olympics he won a bronze medal and this time in London he went a step higher and a grabbed a silver in the men's 66kg Freestyle wrestling.

Stomach bug costs Sushil Kumar gold at Olympics

Sushil Kumar lost the Olympic men's 66kg freestyle final to Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 1-3 and settled for a silver medal at the Olympics. After the match, it was reported Sushil was suffering from a stomach bug.

India at Olympics: Hockey team, Dutt in action on Saturday

A schedule of India's participating Olympians on day fifteen of the Olympics.

Path to Olympics glory: India needs to focus on just one sport

This is not a new strategy, of course. A number of countries have won a disproportionate amount of their medals from one sport.