Australian hockey player Tom Craig received a 12-month ban, with six months suspended, by Hockey Australia (HA) following his arrest in Paris for purchasing cocaine. The ban began on Monday after HA’s integrity unit investigated Craig’s actions during the recent Paris Olympics.The terms of the ban require Craig to serve six months fully, with the…
NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shooter Manu Bhaker, who became the first Indian post Independence to win two medals in a single Olympic Games, is currently on a break from shooting. Manu, who claimed a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event to become the first woman shooter from India to win an Olympic medal,…
NEW DELHI: Ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat is probably going to run in the next Haryana Assembly polls, people close to her informed IANS on Tuesday.But Vinesh had already said that she would not enter active politics.However, some political parties are making a lot of effort to “convince” her, according to latest reports.After being disqualified from…
NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker, the most well-known 22-year-old in the country right now, walked into TOI’s office on Friday with the kind of poise, self-assurance and calm that made her master of the big moments at the Chateauroux shooting range, 300km south of Paris. India’s only woman shooter to win an Olympic medal, and the…
As curtains fell on Paris Olympics on Sunday, Indian fans were left with a mixed feeling over the country’s performance. For a nation of 1.4bn people, our return of one silver and five bronze is very meagre. That the world’s most populous country couldn’t produce a single gold medal is hard to digest.However, if we…
NEW DELHI: The awe-inspiring Stade de France transformed into a grand concert hall, celebrating the conclusion of the Paris Olympics with a spectacular closing ceremony. The event showcased a mesmerizing display of artistry, passing the baton to Los Angeles for the next Olympic Games.The closing ceremony was a captivating affair, seamlessly transitioning through various moods…
PARIS: By hurling the spear so effortlessly past the 90m mark in the Olympic final here, Arshad Nadeem has actually thrown Neeraj Chopra the gauntlet he had been looking for, presenting him with the greatest challenge of his already illustrious career. For a change, as Neeraj chases Nadeem, this, like they said before the credits…
NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker, who won two medals at the Olympics in Paris, claimed on Saturday that she was not under any pressure to win a third medal as she came just short of winning a bronze in the women’s 25-meter pistol event.Bhaker concluded the Olympics in fourth place, making history as the first Indian…
Shooting star 1st Indian post-1947 to win 2 medals at 1 Olympic CHATEAUROUX: “No time to celebrate. My work is unfinished. There’s a lot to play for,” Manu Bhaker had said after winning her first Olympic medal on Sunday. There indeed was a lot more at stake. There was a date with history too. The…
NEW DELHI: In 1928, Indian hockey embarked on a journey that got written and rewritten in ‘golden’ words, where the team won medals for 10 Olympics in a row. The 44-year run of consecutive podium finishes included a period of 28 years that saw a couple of World Wars, India getting independence and six Olympic…
