Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra on Friday finished first at the Lausanne Diamond League, becoming the first Indian to clinch the top spot in a Diamond League meet, after registering an 89.08m throw in his first attempt. The Olympic gold medallist couldn't…

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday scripted history as he became the first Indian to clinch a Diamond League Meeting title by winning the Lausanne leg. 24-year-old Chopra, who had pulled out of the Commonwealth…

Indian corporates need to invest much more at the grassroots levels to promote sports in the country, Olympic javelin gold medallist Neeraj Chopra told ET in an online interaction on Monday. "There is a good amount of interest and…

Sports, as the Chinese well know (and much before them the American and Soviets knew during the Cold War), is a barometer of a country’s power on the global stage. A great power almost always puts premium in being ‘up there’ in the…

Annu Rani scripted history as she became the first Indian female javelin thrower to win a medal, a bronze, in the Commonwealth Games on the penultimate day here on Sunday. Rani sent the spear to a distance of 60m in her fourth attempt to…

The one yardstick to understand if a country is doing well in a multi-sport event is to check if the athletes have improved on their personal best and if they have won against better ranked opponents. That’s what stands out in India’s…

Independence Day preparations have started in most parts of the country, with citizens doing what they can to mark the 75th year of independence. Celebrities are not far behind in their preparations. Bollywood’s veteran and stalwart…

Coca-Cola India and its bottling partners are investing around USD 1 billion (around Rs 7,990 crore) to expand the production capacity by up to 40 per cent, a senior official of the beverage major said on Wednesday. Besides, the company…

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Double Olympic medallist badminton ace PV Sindhu was on Wednesday named flagbearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games to be held here on Thursday. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, who was also the…