Tag: INDIA
Fireworks soared above Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium Friday as the delayed Summer Games finally held its opening ceremony — an event that culminates in lighting the Olympic cauldron. Nineteen Indians took part in the ceremony and were marshalled by 2012 London Olympics bronze-medallist Mary Kom and the Indian men’s hockey team’s captain Manpreet Singh.There was no cheering, screaming, and clapping by the huge crowd that usually fills the stadium for ceremonies of this magnitude and stature because the fans are banned from the entire Olympic....
Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav & Jayant Yadav Set To Join Indian Test Team In England As Replacements: Reports
Indian opener Prithvi Shaw middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav and off-spinner Jayant Yadav are likely to fly to England as replacements for the injured Indian players. The Indian team management requested for two openers and one off-spinner as replacements for the three injured players. The five-match Test series against England begins on the 4th of August in Nottingham. ....
Priyanka Chopra Supports Team India At Tokyo Olympics 2020: ‘Our Cheers Won’t Stop’
Actress Priyanka Chopra took to her social media profile and extended best wishes to all the participants in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, especially Team India.....
Olympics Archery: India Crash Out In Mixed Team Quarterfinals
The Indian mixed team in archery comprising Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav crashed out in the quarterfinals, losing to South Korea 2-6. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai's Performance One Of The Best By An Indian Athlete, Says Abhinav Bindra
India's only individual gold medallist at the Olympics, former 10m air rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, sent a heart-warming message to weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after her silver-medal performance in Tokyo, saying she was one of the only who had "experienced the elation" and that it was a reward for her "years of hard work and single-minded determination". ....
IND Vs SL T20s: India Set Sight On Last T20 Series Before World Cup
The Indian team management in Sri Lanka will focus first on sealing the three-match T20 International series that begins here on Sunday and then give youngsters an opportunity in the final T20I. These are the last set of T20 matches that India will play in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup in October-November. ....
'Shershaah' A Real Tribute To Kargil Hero: Elderly Parents
Twenty-two years have passed, but time has not healed wounds of this elderly couple whose Indian Army officer son sacrificed his life while fighting with the enemy in icy heights at an altitude of 16,000 feet in the 1999 Kargil War. ....
Portraying Legendary War Hero Capt Vikram Batra Was Huge Responsibility: Sidharth Malhotra
Actor Sidharth Malhotra, who is portraying Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra (PVC) in the upcoming film 'Shershaah', says that it was not only a huge responsibility for him as an actor to play the legend onscreen but also it was a story, close to his heart. ....
Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav To Fly To England For Test Series As Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan Ruled Out
Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been named as injury replacements for India's Test matches in England beginning next month and will travel to the country at the end of the ongoing T20I series in Sri Lanka. ....
Worked With Coaches, Jayant Yadav To Return To Form: Chahal
India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who on Sunday night kept the Sri Lankan innings in check in the middle-overs, has kept his place in the Indian team intact even as Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav, with whom he had helped India win matches in the past, has faded away. ....
