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The last chance to qualify for Paris will be World Qualifiers in Turkey in May.

p The Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics 2024 suffered a big blow with ace athlete Murali Sreeshankar ruling himself out of the upcoming tournament due to an injury on Thursday, April 18. Ace long jumper revealed a knee injury he suffered while training and confirmed his decision to pull back from the Summer Olympic Games starting on July 26. /p p The 25-year-old athlete from Kerala se

WRESTLING | The biggest hurdle for India is that Deepak and Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), on their way from their training base in Dagestan to Bishkek, have been stranded at the Dubai airport since Tuesday due to the massive flooding there

p The spotlight will be on two-time Olympian Vinesh Phogat as she along with 16 other Indian wrestlers begin their chase for Paris Games quota places at the Asia Olympic qualifiers beginning in Bishkek on Friday. As many as 36 quotas will be up for grabs in 18 weight categories across three disciplines -- freestyle, women and greco-roman -- during the event, with India representing in all but on

p b Bishkek: /b The Indian contingent finished the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan, with nine medals, which included four silvers and five silvers. /p p A total of 30 Indian wrestlers competed at the six-day meet, which concluded on Tuesday. Among the 30 grapplers, ten wrestlers each took part in mens freestyle, mens Greco-Roman and womens freestyle. /p p I

p Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat has accused the WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) chief Sanjay Singh and the former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of trying every way possible to prevent her from participating in the Paris Olympics. /p p Phogat alleges that Brij Bhushan and his aide Sanjay are trying to create logistical hurdles to ensure that she doe

Ms. Phogat alleged that her personal coach and physio were being denied accreditation for the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament starting April 19.

p Asian Games medallist sprinter Jyothi Yarrajis proposal to train in Tenrife, Spain ahead of the upcoming season and Paris Olympics was on Thursday cleared by the government. The 24-year-old, who won the silver medal in the 100m hurdles event at the Hangzhou Asian Games, will fly to Spain for 45 days, according to a statement by the Sports Ministrys Mission Olympic Cell (MOC). The government wi

p Star Indian shuttlers, including PV Sindhu, will face a tough test against some of the worlds best when they begin their medal hunt at the Badminton Asia Championships which will start with the qualifiers in Ningbo, China on Tuesday. The last-minute withdrawal of world No. 1 pair and defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty might have taken a bit of sheen away but it will

p The top-ranked Indian mens doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has overtaken the record of Saina Nehwal for spending the most number of weeks at number one in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) world ranking by an Indian. The hard-hitting duo, which has secured several landmark BWF titles and other championship wins/medals since 2022, has been at the top for 10 weeks. Ne

The 26-year-old Chopra, who closed his past season with a gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year, is aiming to defend his Olympic gold in Paris later this year.

p Reigning Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will begin his season in the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League series on May 10 in a star-studded field. The 26-year-old Chopra, who closed his past season with a gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year, is aiming to defend his Olympic gold in Paris later this year. Chopras compatriot Kishore Jena, who fini