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Manu Bhaker wins BBC Sportswoman of the Year awardStar Indian pistol shooter Manu Bhaker was honoured with the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for her remarkable performance at the...
Where are Manu Bhaker’s medals? Shooter gives fans a tour of her Olympic medal boxManu Bhaker, the first Indian to win two medals at a single Olympic Games since Independence, shared an Instagram reel featuring her bronze...
Paralympic 2024: Ace javelin thrower Sumit Antil dedicates his gold medal to PM ModiSumit Antil, a gold medalist at the Paris Paralympics, dedicated his win to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Antil defended his title with a r...
Thanks to plenty of firsts and proven performers, India emerges as Paralympic power in ParisIndia's para-athletes delivered an outstanding performance at the Paralympics, securing a record 29 medals, including seven golds. The athl...
Avani Lekhara defends her title with a new record and gives India first gold medal in Paris. Mona wins bronzeAvani Lekhara successfully defended her Paralympic gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle (SH1) event, becoming the first Indian to win ba...
Manu Bhaker's pistol malfunction in Tokyo and a lesson for India's Paralympic shooters in ParisAce shooter Manu Bhaker's pistol malfunction during the Tokyo Olympics has led PCI to require all 10 para shooters at the Paris Paralympics...
Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win two Paralympic goldAvani Lakhera Paralympics 2024: Avani Lekhara won her second consecutive gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle (SH1) event at the Paralym...
Indians win four gold to begin Para Asian Games campaign in styleIndia achieved a remarkable feat at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, winning gold in the men's club throw F51 event and the women's R2 10m ai...
Para-shooter Rudransh creates world record on way to pistol gold at WSPS World Cup, Avani faltersIndia para-shooters Rudransh Khandelwal and Nihal Singh won the gold and silver respectively in the P4 Mixed 50m pistol SH1 category at the...
Anand Mahindra keeps his promise, gifts bespoke XUV 700 to para-athlete Avani LekharaThe Mahindra boss thanked the 19-year-old for making the vehicle her chariot.
India honours its sporting best at dazzling National awards ceremonyThe star attraction of the evening was Chopra, who received his Khel Ratna award amid thunderous applause from the select dignitaries prese...
View: Not luck, India’s Paralympic haul of medals had everything to do with athlete's talent and gritIndia would have win all the gold medals available in Tokyo if believing in luck was an Olympic sport. Because to even imagine the amount o...
Legend at 19: Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win 2 Paralympic medalsThe Jaipur-based shooter, who sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident in 2012, had fired a world record equalling total of 249.6, ...
India Inc rejoices as Paralympians bag medalsThe tremendous support from India Inc comes riding on the back of inclusive changes to support para sports. Vikram Kirloskar appreciated di...
PM Modi dials Sumit Antil to congratulate on gold; Akshay Kumar, Bachchan Jr. celebrate on TwitterOlympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra also lauded Antil on the win.
Javelin thrower Sumit clinches India's 2nd gold in Paralympics with stunning world record showThe 23-year-old from Sonepat in Haryana, who lost his left leg below the knee after he was involved in a motorbike accident in 2015, sent t...
Visit to shooting range was meant to cheer up an angry girl, culminated in Paralympics gold: Avani's father"She was angry at her condition and hardly had a desire to talk to anyone. For a change, I used to take her to JDA shooting range in Jagatp...
Golden girl Avani Lekhara is a winner on all frontsA trainee of former Olympian shooter Suma Shirur, Lekhara became India's first woman gold medallist at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Mon...
Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win gold at ParalympicsShe's the fourth Indian athlete to win a Paralympics gold after swimmer Murlikant Petkar (1972), javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia (2004 a...
Your gold will shine bright: Deepa Malik, Abhinav Bindra hail Avani LekharaThe 19-year-old became the first woman from India to win a Paralympics gold medal. Avani finished with a Paralympic Record and in-process e...