Olympics 2016 News

From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bollywood king Amitabh Bachchan, many Indian public figures showered Devendra Jhajharia with accolades on Twitter following his gold medal-winning feat in Rio

Deepa Malik became the first Indian woman Paralympic medallist when she clinched silver in the women's shot put-F53 event

Mariyappan Thangavelu has donated Rs 30 lakh to his school from the total prize money that he got for winning a gold medal in high jump at 2016 Paralympics

Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched the gold medal in men's high jump T-42 at Rio Paralympics while Varun Singh Bhati won the bronze

Sandeep, with a throw of 54.30m, finished fourth in the men's javelin throw-F44 category in the Rio Paralympics. Another Indian Narender Ranbir finished sixth

Farman Basha lifted 140 kg to finish fourth in men's 49kg category in powerlifting at Rio Paralympics on the opening day

MC Mary Kom said she was disappointed with only two medals for the country at the recently concluded Rio Olympics and added 'less awareness' in sports in the country was one of the reasons behind it

Yogeshwar Dutt said that the upgradation of his London 2012 medal from bronze to silver will help ease the disappointment of his early exit from the Rio Games, although he was not sure whether to be happy or sad at the development

Four members of the Indian women's hockey team, who played at Rio Olympics, were not provided seats while travelling in a train. Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Sunita Lakra and Lilima Minz are from Odisha

Vijay Goel faced criticism on social media on Sunday after referring to Rio Olympics medallists PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik as 'gold medallists' during a press briefing earlier in the day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on Indian athletes at the Rio Olympic Games, and specifically lauded the female athletes, calling them the 'daughters' of the country

Rio Olympics silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, her coach Pullela Gopichand, bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik and gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who finished fourth, were gifted BMW cars by Sachin Tendulkar

Sakshi Malik, bronze medal winning wrestler at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will marry a fellow wrestler this year, according to a report. She however did not reveal the name of the wrestler

PV Sindhu, Rio Olympics silver medallist, visited the Akkanna Maddanna Mahankali

India's Rio Olympics stars silver medallist PV Sindhu, her coach Gopichand, wrestler Sakshi Malik and gymnast Dipa Karmakar were handed over the keys of the BMW cars by cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar

All winners of nominees for this year's National Sports awards, including Rio Olympics 2016 silver medallist PV Sindhu, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday

For the first time in since Athens 2004, India failed to secure a medal in boxing at the Olympic Games

Sport bodies are expected to identify the right talent, at the right age, support and train them to Olympic level. Unfortunately, India's sport bodies are not able to do this with the same rigour, barring a few exceptions like badminton