Pakistan, a nation of 250 million, sent seven athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics. One returned with a historic gold.
Para-athletes were the biggest beneficiary as India’s Sports ministry trimmed down the core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) from 179 to 94. No athlete from tennis, golf and swimming ...
The sports ministry has increased the allowance for athletes under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme and introduced biannual ...
TOPS has reduced its Olympic core group from 120 to 42 athletes, excluding many medal contenders, focusing on genuine ...
For a core sport, badminton's 2028 prospects look weak. Paris 2024, where India's three-Olympic medal streak ended, may not just be an aberration. For it should be a reminder that badminton's bench ...
For inclusion in the fresh group, the athletes had to be either Paris medallists or would have gone deep in the Games draw or ...
Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is among only three track and field athletes retained in the sports ministry's ...
Some of India’s biggest sportspersons found their names on the chopping block as tennis, swimming, and golf went unrepresented while boxing and athletics had drastically reduced presence in the sports ...
Jarmanpreet Singh faced a major setback in 2015 when, at the age of 19, he failed a doping test as a result of back pain ...
India's premier sports teams achieved notable successes on the international stage in 2024, earning nominations for the TOISA 2024. The men's cricket team clinched the ICC T20 World Cup, while the men ...