Rio Paralympics 2016

Sports Minister Vijay Goel lays foundation stone at India's first para athlete training centre

Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the Center of Excellence for Para Sports in Gandhinagar, which will be the first-ever training facility in the country dedicated to para athletes.

India trying to learn from the Australia, UK to become sporting superpower, says sports ministry

Aiming to improve its standing as a sporting nation globally, India is trying to adopt the models followed by Australia and United Kingdom (UK), a top Sports Ministry official said on Monday.

India's Rio Paralympics success: How parallel sports is on the cusp of revolution

'Movement' and 'Revolution' are strong words to use, but the progress made by para sports and its athletes in the last few years has been noteworthy. With over 30 per cent of India's Paralympics medals thus far coming at Rio, those words are perhaps just

Paralympics 2016: Indian medal winners felicitated by Sachin Tendulkar, other sports personalities

India's Rio Paralympic medallists to be recommended for Padma awards: Vijay Goel

Rio 2016: Indian paralympians felicitated by PM Narendra Modi

Devendra Jhajharia aims for treble in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after gold at Rio 2016

Deepa Malik's Paralympics triumph shows the value of putting 'ability over disability'

Deepa Malik, 45-year-old Arjuna Awardee and now Paralympic medal winner, had participated in swimming and track and field events, and was a biker and car rally driver before a spinal tumour left her paralysed from the chest down in 1999

PM Narendra Modi meets Rio Paralympians, says they have made country proud

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met the Indian athletes who took part in the Rio Paralympic Games, including the four medallists, and applauded them for making the country proud with their achievements.

Delhi Golf club announces Rs 50 lakh in cash awards for Rio Olympics and Paralympics winners

The Delhi Golf club on Tuesday announced cash awards of Rs 50 lakhs for all medal winners from the 2016 Rio Olympics & Paralympics.