India’s para-archer Sheetal Devi, left, and others compete during the World Archery Para Series. (PTI Photo) India’s para archers enjoyed a strong penultimate day at the World Archery Para Series Stage III, with the men’s recurve and compound teams winning gold while the women’s recurve team secured silver.In the men’s compound team final, reigning world…
Ashish Yadav wins javelin silver at World U20 Championships While most of India waits for rains, Ashish Yadav would wait for it to stop.Because, during monsoons the village pond would swell up and the 19-year-old would then begin the long wait for summer when the pond would dry up and he would obtain his ‘training…
Basant Kumar Meghwal (Image: X/@afiindia) Indian high jumper Basant Kumar Meghwal created history by winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. The 19-year-old from Anupgarh in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district produced a lifetime-best effort of 2.21m to secure India’s second medal of…
Ashish Yadav and Neeraj Chopra NEW DELHI: Ashish Yadav‘s journey started with a wooden javelin in Mawaiya, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. He trained near dry ponds with quicksand patches. The dangers of such a location notwithstanding, Ashish wanted to follow in Neeraj Chopra‘s footsteps.The 19-year-old weighed all of 70kg when he was picked to train in…
Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal, while Yashvir Singh pulled off a surprise bronze with his final throw as India had two athletes on the podium in the men’s javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday.Neeraj, the 28-year-old Tokyo Olympic champion, was not at his best in difficult weather but still managed…
Harjinder Kaur (IANS Photo) Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur dedicated her Commonwealth Games 2026 silver medal to her mother, revealing that she always calls her first after winning a major event. Harjinder won silver in the women’s 69kg category with a combined lift of 227kg (101kg snatch and 126kg clean and jerk), earning her second straight…
Harjinder Kaur Wins Silver (Image: X) India’s Harjinder Kaur continued the country’s impressive run in weightlifting by clinching the silver medal in the women’s 69kg event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 on Tuesday. The 28-year-old produced a composed performance, finishing with a combined total of 227kg after lifting 101kg in the snatch and 126kg in…
Rishikanta Singh Chanambam (right) with his family in Imphal and (pic right) after winning silver in Glasgow on Sunday. As Rishikanta Singh Chanambam stepped onto the platform for the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, his biggest supporters gathered around a mobile phone over 7,000km away in Uttarlai, Barmer, Rajasthan.Although…
Erry Hidayat Muhammad of Malaysia with his gold medal alongside Valluri Ajaya Babu of India with his silver medal, left, and Chris Murray of England with his bronze medal, right. (AP) Fast-rising Indian weightlifter Valluri Ajaya Babu won the silver medal in the men’s 79kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another medal…
Chanambam Rishikanta Singh Wins Silver (Image: X) India’s Chanambam Rishikanta Singh clinched the silver medal in the men’s 60kg weightlifting event at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, handing the country its first silver medal and second overall podium finish of the Games. The 28-year-old from Manipur delivered a memorable performance by rewriting the…