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History maker Parathlete Bhavina Patel, the future of Gujarat, was given a grand welcome at the Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening. She clinched silver medal at the Class 4 table tennis game held at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Thousands – friends, fans, relatives – gathered at the airport to greet Patel, catch a glimpse of her […]
The 19-year-old scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a Gold medal at the Paralympics in the women’s 10m rifle standing SH1 on Monday. With a score of 249.6, Lekhara becomes the fourth woman overall to win a Paralympics gold after swimmer Murlikant Petkar, Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Thangavely […]
Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s high jump category on Sunday at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. He made a jump at 2.06m making a record for Asia and becomes the second Indian to win a medal in the Paralympics. Roderick Townsend from the USA recorded a jump of 2.15m winning gold and […]
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 […]
