New Delhi, June 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Mirabai Chanu, the 2017 world champion in weightlifting, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in women’s 49 kg category, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on Friday. The…
Canberra, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Swimming Australia (SA) said on Friday the allegations by star swimmer Maddie Groves were “very concerning” after she withdrew from the Olympic trials saying she wants to send a message to…
Warsaw, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympic Games bound wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the women’s 53kg freestyle gold with an 8-0 win over Khrystyna Bereza of Ukraine at the Poland Ranking Series here on Friday. With…
Warsaw, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Vinesh Phogat won two bouts on Friday to enter the 53kg freestyle final of the Poland Ranking Series wrestling. She will face Khrystyna Bereza of Ukraine in the final. Vinesh…
Warsaw, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Vinesh Phogat on Friday reached the 53kg final of Poland Open Ranking Series with two contrasting wins. She first defeated 2019 World bronze winner Ekaterina Poleshchuk 6-2 in her opening…
London, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Prince of Wales and Manoj Badale, lead owner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Rajasthan Royals, on Thursday flagged off a cycling event here to raise funds for Covid…
New Delhi, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Greco Roman expert Temo Kasarashvili of Georgia has been sacked for non-performance of the Indian wrestlers, especially as no one could qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, Sports…
Jakarta, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indonesia has rejected Vietnam’s plea as the host of Southeast Asian Games 2021 to postpone the event from this December to mid-next year, an official said on Thursday. Indonesia joined Brunei…
New Delhi, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) With less than 50 days to go for the Tokyo Olympic Games to begin, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is staring at a challenging task of making arrangements for a…
Chennai, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Perhaps in a first of its kind, doctors at the MGM Healthcare, on Thursday said they have successfully performed a live-donor liver transplant on a Covid positive national kabaddi player in…
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Asian Games gold medallist in boxing Ngangom Dingko Singh, who passed away on Thursday morning, will be remembered as a person who revolutionised boxing in particular,…
Tokyo, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo Olympic Games could see a ban on alcohol in dining and public areas of the Games Village although athletes will be allowed to consume it inside their rooms. “In case…
New Delhi, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) N Dingko Singh, an Asian Games gold-medallist in boxing, passed away on Thursday in Imphal after losing his battle with liver cancer. He was 42. The Manipur boxer had won…
Lausanne, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Together’ may be added to the Olympic motto Faster, Higher, Stronger should it be approved by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Tokyo, according to the IOC. IOC president Thomas…
Warsaw, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian freestyle wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya on Wednesday settled for the silver medal in the men’s 61 kg freestyle event in the Poland Ranking Series here on Wednesday. Dahiya, 23, lost…
Mumbai, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Aruna Tanwar, world No.4 in the women’s U 49 category, has been awarded a wild card entry for the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020. She thus becomes the first Indian taekwondo…
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic Games bound freestyle wrestler Deepak Punia has pulled out of Poland Open Ranking Series in Warsaw due to minor injury that resurfaced prior to his bout,…
New Delhi, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Krishna Nagar, a para badminton player from Jaipur in Rajasthan, was allotted Paralympic Games quota place in men’s singles short stature 6 (MS SH 6) category on Monday by the…
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian women archers would look to secure the remaining two Tokyo Olympic Games berths when they compete in the final Olympic qualification tournament from June 17-20 in Paris. The Olympic…
Lausanne, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday approved the list of 29 refugee athletes who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics under the Olympic flag. During the opening ceremony on July…