Randhawa vows to raise game before World Cup

Jyoti Randhawa may be going through a lean patch but the ace golfer on Wednesday promised he would not let down his in-form partner Jeev Milkha Singh at the World Cup in November.
The 36-year-old will be participating in the world Cup for the third time and feels his experience will come in handy when he hits the course in Shenzen.

Pankaj Advani reaches pre-quarters

Pankaj Advani advanced to the pre-quarterfinals in the Rs.3.75 lakh Alliance Group-ASCA All India Invitational Snooker Tournament.

Saina out of Japan Super series

After the high of Chinese Taipei Open triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal hit a low as she crashed out of the Japan Super series.

Saina had clinched the prestigious Grand Prix Gold event in Chinese Taipei last week after a fine Olympic debut, in which she beat some higher ranked opponents en route to the quarterfinals.

Sushil, Vijender provide sparks to India’s Olympic campaign

India’s fledging Olympic campaign received a sensational boost with unheralded grappler Sushil Kumar clinching a Bronze Medal & boxer Vijender Kumar assuring himself of at least a bronze to give the country a record medals for the first time ever.

The 25-year old Sushil Kumar shot into flame by winning a bronze medal in the wrestling arena while Vijender Kumar has put himself on course for a silver or gold medal on a historic day for Indian sports.

India had won two Olympic medals in the 1952 Helsinki Games when the hockey team had won the gold medal & wrestler K D Jadhav had won a bronze medal, a record which had stood for 56 long years.

Rs 50 lakh reward for Sushil from Delhi Govt.

Indian boxer jitender Kumar also move ahead in Olympics

51 year old Jitender kumar move one step closer to Medal.

He registered a 13-6 win

Indian boxer Akhil Kumar stuns Russian world champion in Beijingz ...

Indian boxer Akhil Kumar gave the country the best Independence Day gift stunning world champion Sergey Vodapoyanov of Russia to enter the quarterfinals of the men's 54 kg category at the Olympics on Friday.

'He (Sergey) is a world champion. It was a tough fight, but I am here to win gold. No silver, no bronze, but only the gold. There is nothing like being No.1 and I want to be No. 1,' said Akhil, a 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist.

Paes & bhupathi move in Quarterfinals

Indian tennis Ace kick off their campaign

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will have to ensure that clash of egos doesn’t jeopardize national interest.Pals who doesn’t see eye-to-eye but are ready to stand together to shoulder for the nation’s cause, it’s nothing short of their day of reckoning when they take on French pair of Gael Monfils & Gilles Simons.

In happier days, they won three Grand Slams together & almost brought India an Olympic Medal in Athens.

Four Years later, they have an opportunity to write that record.

INDIA'S STAND AT OLYMPICS

Historically, India is the strongest nation in men's Olympic hockey, winning 11 medals between 1928 and 1980,including a record eight gold medals, and the sport has dominated the country's Olympic successes over the years. It had an exclusive hold on Olympic hockey tournaments between the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands and the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning a remarkable six consecutive gold medals and remaining undefeated in 30 matches during this golden period. In recent timeshowever India has not done so well and hasn't won another hockey medal since taking gold at the 1980 Games in Moscow, Soviet Union. Compounding the decline, India's men missed qualification for the 2008 Games, the first time it had failed to do so in 88 years.
In events away from the hockey pitch, highlights have been rare. It wasn't until the 1952 Games in Helsinki,Finland that freestyle wrestler Kha-Shaba Jadav earned the country its first non-hockey Olympic medal, a bronze in the 60kg division, and it wasn't for another 44 years after that before tennis player Leander Paes earned the country another bronze in the men's singles event at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, United States. Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became India's first female Olympic medallist when she won bronze in the 69kg category at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. Shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won silver in the double trap event at the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece is India's only other individual Olympic medallist.


Participation

First OG Appearance: 1900

Number of OG Appearance: 21

Summary:

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1928 1 0 0 1
1932 1 0 0 1
1936 1 0 0 1
1948 1 0 0 1
1952 1 0 1 2
1956 1 0 0 1
1960 0 1 0 1
1964 1 0 0 1
1968 0 0 1 1
1972 0 0 1 1
1980 1 0 0 1
1996 0 0 1 1
2000 0 0 1 1
2004 0 1 0 1

Total 8 2 5 15

Abhinav Fires India into first Olympic individual gold

After participating in the Olympic for 108 years, India earned its first ever gold medal in individual event when shooter Abhinav Bindra won the 10 meter air rifle event at the Beiging games on an eventful third day.
It’s a historic victory for the 25-year-old boy from Chandigarh

SANIA MIRZA photos

sania mirza at Beijing Olympics

An inconsolable Sania Mirza left the court in tears after her singles campaign in Beijing Olympics ended in just 46 mins with a wrist injury forcing her to retire in the first round at the Olympic green tennis centre.
She had a surgery on her right wrist & it was bothering her right from the beginning.She was covering the court well & keeping the ball in play too. But things subsequently became too painful & she had to retire.
Sania was suffering from a chronic soreness on her right wrist for almost two years & undergone a surgery in Miami in April this year.