Sandeep Dwivedi

Swedish rookie Truls Moregardh challenging Chinese star Fan Zhendong for the gold brings back memories of when Jan-Ove Waldner forced an overhaul in Chinese playing philosophy.

Vinesh Phogat beat defending champion and greatest ever wrestler Yui Susaki in the first round of the Paris Olympics. Simone Biles finished with a haul of 3 golds and a silver at Paris. Both slayed the demons of the Tokyo Games

She is equipped to deal with this shock. Rest of us have lessons to learn from an Olympic dream run cut tragically short

Neeraj Chopra will accept the Olympic loss and a silver graciously, but make no mistake, coming second place behind the gold winner Arshad Nadeem has ignited a raging fire in him to regain the crown

The world's greatest paddler, signed off with his 6th gold for China, leaving diehards swooning just as viral videos hijacked his party.

It was education that gave the bright economics student the option to be realistic about her sporting career, retire early and go back to school

End of hostilities is expected to be conducive for good governance as cricket enters uncharted Olympic terrains.

Jannik Sinner hails from South Tyrol, part of Italy's autonomous Trentino-Alto Adige region - it's affluent, too Bavarian in its scenery and plays its tennis on indoor hard courts.

India will follow this race of the 20-something cricketers with anticipation and also a sense of nervousness. This cricket-crazy nation, while celebrating grand graduations, have also endured false dawns.

Cong debutant Anirudh Chaudhary is up against his cousin and BJP candidate Shruti Choudhry amid blurred personal, political lines