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Table Tennis player, Bhavina Patel after becoming the first woman from India to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics, becomes the first Indian table tennis player to procure a medal. VoI first spoke to Bhavina Patel and Sonal Patel on July 3, 2021, about their life and career when they had qualified for Tokyo Paralympics. Read here: […]
Support for women in sport is growing in India but there is still a long way to go, feels badminton star Jwala Gutta. Her words carry extra significance in light of the experience at the Tokyo Olympics, where three of the seven medal-winners from India are women. Jwala Gutta, who has made India proud at […]
Roger Federer’s announcement of not becoming a part of the U.S Open comes as a shocker to Federer fans. The 40-year-old Grand Slam titled Federer announced on Sunday via Instagram that he would be sidelined for months as he is to get his right knee operated on. However, the surgery will leave him with a […]
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who became the toast of the season for winning India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics exuded confidence that all sorts of track and field sports will gain eminence in medium to long term. His victory is being considered by sports analysts as the beginning of an era when non-cricketing sportspersons from tier […]
The 23-year-old Neeraj Chopra from Panipat won the Men’s Javelin Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and became the first Indian track and field athlete and made his way through to become an Olympic champion. In an interview, expressing his joy he said that he slept with the medal near his pillow and was happy […]
The closing ceremony of the 16-days sporting event was concluded in Tokyo, Japan. The closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began in an empty stadium and following the strict COVID protocols on Sunday. The ceremony began with six bearers bringing the flag of Japan with the Tokyo Story movie’s theme song in the background, which […]
German Modern Pentathlete, Annika Schleu dreamt of bringing home the gold medal, but her horse, the handsome Saint Boy had other ideas. As Schleu mounted him, he refused to jump over the obstacles and left his rider in tears. In such a situation, the right and humane thing to do would be to dismount, and […]
Santanu Bhattacharya is a hardcore soccer fan who has been following this global sport since the early ’90s. Having mostly followed World Cup football and the local East Bengal, Mohun Bagan Derby leagues, and more he started following club level – EPL, La Liga and other international leagues for a decade. This year too, Kolkata […]
Hidilyn Diaz, the Phillipines weightlifter created history on Monday by winning her Nation its first Gold Medal in weightlifting at Tokyo Olympics after a 97-year-long wait. The story for Diaz in 2019 was quite different when the 30-year-old was accused to be involved in a plot to overthrow Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in 2019. Fast […]
India rejoiced the Indian women’s hockey team’s spot in the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. This is the first time that the women’s hockey team has made it to the semi-finals with a stunning victory of 1-0 against Australia. Savita Punia is one of the key contributors to this historic event. The Australian […]
“I wanted an escape from my life; from the electricity shortages to the mosquitoes buzzing in our ear when we slept, from barely having two square meals to seeing our home getting flooded when it rained. My parents tried their best, but there was only so much they could do–Papa was a cart puller and […]
Boxing, wrestling, games that demand hardcore physical training were once thought to be a regimen for only the men, but not anymore. With sheer determination and prowess, women athletes have continued to thrive in sports with no holds barred. It is worth noting that six out of India’s last eight medalists at the Olympics are […]
Herschelle Gibbs last played any form of international cricket in 2010. Known for his aggressive strokeplay, the South African had made quite a name for himself during his playing days. He’s had a fairly modest presence in the public eye since, though, and the last time he’d made headlines in India was a couple of […]
India has had an illustrious list of Hockey players. Vibes of India introduces you to some of the brightest stars of our golden galaxy of hockey players. Dhyan Chand Our greatest hockey player, DhyanChand made his mark in the 1928 Olympics where he scored 14 goals to help India win the gold, he went on […]
In a country obsessed with cricket, it is time for our national game. Hockey.For the first time, India ended its 49 year waiting period at the Olympics by qualifying for a semi final after 3-1 win over Britain in the quarter final at Tokyo 2020. History has been rewritten in Tokyo as India have qualified […]
India’s star weight lifter Chanu Saikhom Mirabai opened India’s account on the first day of Tokyo Olympics 2020, on July 24, by bagging a silver medal. Chanu gained her ticket to Tokyo in 2020 after earning a bronze medal at the Asian Championship in Tashkent in April 2021. The diminutive lifter from Manipur, Chanu lifted 84 […]
Mary Kom, the world’s No.1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association(AIBA) and Manpreet Singh, captain of India men’s field hockey team, are the flag bearers in the parade and mark India’s entry in Tokyo Olympics 2020. India is the 21st country to join the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony began at […]
Adani Group partners India’s Olympic Contingent Amit Panghal, Deepak Punia & Rani Rampal among 7 top athletes at the Tokyo Olympics supported by the Adani Group’s Garv Hai initiative, as part of the Group’s long-term sports incubation Garv Hai is the Adani Group’s long-term incubation programme to nurture India’s next generation of sporting champions. 19 athletes […]
The Indian Volley Ball Team will be participating in the 21st Asian Senior Men Volleyball Championship which will be held in Japan from September 8th to 20th, 2021. Prior to their participation they will undergo coaching at a coaching camp at KIIT University, Bhuvneshwar from July 20th to September 7th, 2021. Players selected from Gujarat […]
