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Indian paralympian and paddler Bhavina Patel. (Photo: Twitter/Bhavina Patel)

India at Paralympics: Bhavina scripts history with TT medal

Bhavina Patel on Friday scripted history by becoming the first Indian table tennis player to secure a medal in the Tokyo...

27 Aug 2021 7:08 PM IST

Indian para-paddler Bhavina Patel. (Photo: Paralympics Committe of India)

Paddler Bhavina defeats defending champ Rankovic, storms into semis

Bhavina Patel is now the first para-paddler to reach the semifinals at the Paralympic Games

27 Aug 2021 5:06 PM IST

Bronze medallists Polands Marcin Polak and Michal Ladosz pose with their medals on the podium after the mens B 4000m individual pursuit event during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Izu Velodrome in Izu on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Paralympics cycling medalist tests positive for doping

Polak, a former world champion in road and track events, was due to compete Saturday in the men-'s B 1,000 meters time...

27 Aug 2021 4:53 PM IST

Indias Rakesh Kumar (L) and Irans Ramezan Biabani compete in the mens archery individual ranking round during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Yumenoshima Park archery field in Tokyo on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Rakesh finishes third, Chikara in top-10 in ranking round of archery...

Rakesh Kumar shot a career-best 699 points out of a possible 720 to grab the third place in the ranking round of the...

27 Aug 2021 4:02 PM IST

Indian powerlifter Sakina Khatun. (Photo: Twitter)

Powerlifter Sakina Khatun finishes 5th in women-'s 50kg final

Later in the day, India-'s para-powerlifter Jaideep Kumar will take part in the men-'s 65 kg category

27 Aug 2021 12:04 PM IST

Rodgers Kiprop, second from left, of Kenya, Fedor Rudakov, center, of the Russian Paralympic Committee and Jacques Yeltsin, right, of Brazil during the mens 5000m at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games in Tokyo on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Athletics begins at Tokyo Paralympics

Brazil snagging the first track gold, as elsewhere Australia-'s wheelchair rugby team battle to keep their gold medal...

27 Aug 2021 11:03 AM IST

Indian para-archer Jyoti Baliyan. (Photo: Twitter)

Jyoti Baliyan finishes 15th in compound open ranking round

In the last six shots, Jyoti managed to get 58 more points to finish at the 15th position

27 Aug 2021 9:28 AM IST

Indian para-paddler Bhavina Patel. (Photo: Paralympics Committe of India)

India-'s paddler Bhavina Patel beats Joyce de Oliveira, storms into...

Bhavina defeated Joyce in three straight sets 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-6) to clinch the game and move into the next round

27 Aug 2021 9:05 AM IST

Indian Para archer Jyoti Baliyan. (Photo: Twitter/GoSports)

Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Day 3 Preview: Full schedule and where to watch

A number of Paralympians will be battling for the chance of a medal on Day 3 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

26 Aug 2021 7:39 PM IST

Indian paddler Sonalben Patel in action during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. (Photo: AP)

Paddler Sonalben crashes out as Bhavina advances to Round of 16

Sonalben ended her campaign after losing 12-10 5-11 3-11 9-11 to MG Lee of Korea in her second women-'s singles Class 3...

26 Aug 2021 7:07 PM IST

India para-swimmer Suyash Jadhav (Photo: Paralympics website)

Indian para-swimmer to miss one event due to illness, COVID report...

India-'s chef de mission Gursharan Singh on Thursday said Jadhav is a bit under the weather and doctors have advised him...

26 Aug 2021 6:18 PM IST

Salum Ageze Kashafali. (Photo: Twitter)

Visually-impaired para-sprinter Kashafali-'s epic journey towards...

He used to play football but switched to athletics after his vision continued to deteriorate

26 Aug 2021 5:27 PM IST