Thakur said that last year was big for Indian sport as athletes from various fields excelled in their respective games at international events, highlighting the achievements of PV Sindhu and Neeraj Chopra.
Sharad Kumar had trained in Ukraine under Nikitin Yevhen for more than four years before winning a high jump bronze in Tokyo Paralympics.
Reigning world champion Pramod Bhagat was also named along with Manoj Sarkar for the newly introduced Para Badminton Pair of the Year, with five other nominees.
The top-ranked Kunieda won 28 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the career Grand Slam of all four majors when he won Wimbledon in 2022.
As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day on Thursday (January 26), we take a look at 26 sportstars who made the country proud in 2021.
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Oyo Founder and CEO, Ritesh Agarwal tweeted that the development marked a significant stride to the company more diverse and inclusive over the years.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete at the Beijing Winter Paralympics 2022 after IPC reversed its original decision.
Kumar, who won a T-42 high jump bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics, was admitted to AIIMS but later released. He is awaiting the results of few more tests.
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar, clinched the silver medal at Paralympics badminton in Tokyo, Japan
'United by Emotion,' and the bravehearts showed the world how to stay united while also giving their best. The Games came to an end on September 5
Tokyo Paralympics will witness more than 4,500 para-athletes from 163 nations competing in 539 events across 22 sports
The 19-year-old Lekhara, competing in her debut Games, finished third in 50m Rifle 3 Position
India’s stellar show at the Tokyo Paralympics turns our attention to each para athlete’s conquest of personal tragedy. They are stars no less than anyone.
Earlier in the day, Aruna had stunned fifth seed Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia 29-9
In one inspired evening in Tokyo, Antil produced throws of - 66.95, 68.08, 65.27, 66.71 and 68.55. His final attempt, however, returned a foul throw. And it...
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Several Bollywood celebrities, including actors Akshay Kumar, Vicky Kaushal, Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra congratulated Indian Paralympians after their...
The 19-year-old finished with a world record-equalling total of 249.6, which is also a new Paralympic record
Vinod, 41, produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia
Bhavinaben Patel on Sunday became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics. She lost the women's singles table tennis class 4 final to...
Bhavina Patel of Gujarat beat world champion Borislava Peric of Serbia in the quarterfinals
Both the Indian table tennis players lost to their respective Chinese opponents
The country's athletes were forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Paralympics after Taliban's took over Afghanistan
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu will lead the biggest ever contingent with India expecting at least 15 medals
Jhajharia, 40, won his first gold in F-46 category in 2004 Athens Paralympics and then won his second top medal in the 2016 Rio Games
The bureaucrat along with Manoj Sarkar on Friday qualified after the game's governing body BWF granted two bipartite quotas to India
