Tokyo Olympics 2020 India

Veteran drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh announces retirement

Rupinder Pal Singh has announced his retirement from hockey after 13 years within the Indian team having played 223 matches.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto says official costs of Games will be known early next year

Although the official cost for Tokyo 2020 has been listed as $15.4 billion, several government audits have shown costs may be much higher. Olympic costs are notoriously difficult to track, but no matter the actual cost, most of it is public money.

Biggest challenge for an athlete is repeating a gold at the Olympics, says Neeraj Chopra

“Yeh time hai aage badhne ka. I’ll now hang this gold at home and start preparing for the next season’s competitions and then the next Olympic Games,” said Neeraj Chopra.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Manu Bhaker 5th in 25m pistol qualification precision round; Rahi Sarnobat ranked 25th

The second stage of the qualification – the rapid round – will take place on Friday. The top-8 shooters in the qualification will enter the final.

Bajrang Punia may seek re-trials close to Worlds; reveals he carried two injuries to Tokyo Olympics

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is conducting trials for the World Championship on Tuesday. Bajrang had recently said that he will not compete in the trials because the doctors have advised him a six-week rehabilitation after scans revealed a ligament tear in his right knee.

Dutch star Sifan Hassan cruises to win 5,000m event at Prefontaine Classic

Hassan, who won gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Games earlier this month, finished well ahead of runner-up Senbere Teferi of Ethiopia

Mirabai Chanu sets sights on winning medal at Asian Games in 2022 following Tokyo Olympics success

Chanu ended India's over two-decade-long wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics, clinching the 49kg category silver medal at the Tokyo Games.

Cheat meal of Olympic medallists: Humble churma in spotlight after Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia’s Tokyo 2020 triumph

Neeraj Chopra loves it. So does Bajrang Punia. Churma, humble Haryanvi fare made out of crushed roti and generous amount of sugar and ghee, is the cheat meal for some of India's Tokyo 2020 Olympics medallists.

How scientific adviser Wayne Lombard rewired the Indian women’s hockey team into fitter, more agile versions

Moments after their fourth-place finish at Tokyo 2020, Wayne Lombard, the Indian women’s hockey team’s scientific adviser since 2017, spoke to Firstpost about the process that went into improving the team’s fitness levels.

Tokyo Big Picture: Covering the Olympics is a game of chance

You know Mirabai Chanu could sleep-lift her way to a silver in her weight class. But at that same time, there's a boy, Saurabh Chaudhury, 19 years of age, shooting at a venue 30 kms away, who has a chance to do better: he can win gold. So that’s who you took a chance on.