The author praises the poor performance of India in Olympic Games competition as indicative of that country's refusal to put too much emphasis on frivolity such as athletics.DalrympleTheodoreEBSCO_bspWall Street Journal Eastern Edition
I say when we were not ready, then we shouldn’t have been taken participation in the Olympic games this year – after all, it is better not to participate than to lose (so badly). BJP leader LK Advani said that it has made him both “sad and happy”. “Happy because our tally ...
A late entrant to India’s Olympic contingent,Sakshi Malikbecame the first female Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal. She beat Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 to win the 58kg bronze and ensured India had won an Olympic wrestling medal in three consecutive Games. Mirabai Chanu, si...
The Indian hockey men’s team, once the most dominating Olympic team and still the most successful one at the Games, sweated it out in the group stages to grab the last quarter-final spot. But they fell to Belgium despite Akashdeep Singh giving them an early lead as the future world ch...
NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) - India said on Thursday it would not send its top diplomat in China to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, after a Chinese soldier wounded in border clash between the countries carried the symbolic torch. Among the bearers in the Olympic ...
This essay, looking deep into this much-publicized metaphor of the sleeping giant, deciphers the long-term underlying processes and the cultural politics of soccer that explains both the legacies and the prospects of Indian football in the Olympic Games, linking thereby its past, present and ...
Ireland must finish fourth in the pool to qualify for the quarter-finals but now have no wins from three games
百度试题 结果1 题目The ancient Olympic Games originated in ___. A. Egypt B. Greece C. Rome D. India 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 B。解析:古代奥运会起源于希腊。埃及、罗马和印度都不是古代奥运会的起源地。反馈 收藏
Manu Bhaker of India shows her gold medal during the awarding ceremony of the women's 10m air pistol event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Oct. 9, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Lili) BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- India's Manu Bhaker clinched India's ...
Bhakat and Bommadevara, notably, became the first Indian archers to make the semi-finals at the Olympic Games. But the pair lost the match and later, missed out on a podium finish in the bronze medal contest. Manu Bhaker and the Indian men’s hockey team also further added to the rec...