A financial reward of Rs. 2.50 crore will be given to Sakshi for winning the bronze medal, an official spokesman said in Chandigarh.
Dipa Karmakar who finished fourth in the final, has made a plea urging that her coach Bishweshwar Nandi should be bestowed with the Dronacharya Award.
Saina Nehwal had cited an inflammation in her right knee, which hampered her on-court movement, as the reason for her shocking group league exit in Rio Olympics
Three decades after his death, the memory of soldier-turned-legendary gymnastics coach Duleep Singh has again come alive with Dipa Karmakar's performance at the Rio Olympics, focusing global attention on little-known Tripura.
India's P.V. Sindhu thumped Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the final of the women's singles event of badminton competitions, assuring the country at least a silver medal at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.
Product Design graduate Jaymes Williams and Fashion & Technology graduate Laura Hutchison have been commissioned by the Canadian Sport Institute to make eight cooling vests for Canada’s elite wheelchair rugby players