India has been earmarked as the next big destination for Handball by The International Handball Federation.
It is learned that Hohn had demanded a 50 percent hike in his salary, which is to be tax-free, besides first class air tickets. His original contract was worth Rs 1.09 crore a year...
Ravi Kumar Dahiya said the exploits of Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt in different editions of the Olympics, resulted in a desire to emulate the same heroics.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, 19 Indian para-athletes took part in five sports clinching two Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze medal.
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok finished outside the medal bracket after 72 holes of the women’s individual event by just one shot.
The scoreline at the end of the women's hockey match was 4-3 and it was the Great Britain team that bagged the bronze medal.
India's second seed Deepak Punia lost 0-10 by technical superiority to USA's David Morris Taylor III, missing out on advancing to the gold medal match.
The men's hockey side fell to Belgium 5-2 in the semi-final after a valiant fight, and will face Germany for the bronze medal.
Karsten Warholm won the men's 400m hurdles Olympic title with a world record timing of 45.94sec.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput crashed out of the 50m rifle three positions event, ending India's challenge in Olympics in Tokyo.