Neeraj Chopra

FICCI Young Leaders Award 2024: Ayushman Khurana, Neeraj Chopra among winners

NEW DELHI:  The first edition of the ‘FICCI Young Leaders Awards 2024’ has recognised outstanding young achievers across 13 categories, celebrating their contributions to various fields.  The awards ceremony, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), showcased the next generation of leaders, innovators, and trailblazers in a rapidly evolving India. […]

Olympic Silver, ghee gifts, groin Injury: Neeraj Chopra’s post-Paris insights

Chopra revealed that he plans to stay in Switzerland for another month to participate in the upcoming Diamond League meets. He is currently training in Magglingen, where the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport is located.

INTERVIEW| I Would love To Court Someone On Top Of Eiffel Tower: Olympian Manu Bhaker

The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua converses with Indian Olympian Manu Bhaker, who recently won two bronze medals, ending a 12-year medal drought for India. The interview delves into her experiences and emotions during the competition, particularly how she handled the narrow loss to a South Korean shooter. Manu reflects on the lessons learned […]

PM dials Neeraj Chopra: Congratulates him on his silver

Neeraj Chopra won India’s fifth medal, a silver, at the Olympic Games in Paris in javelin throw on Thursday, August 7.

Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem wins gold, Indian trollers call for his dope test

NEW DELHI: In an Olympics finale that could only be described as “throwing” the rulebook out the window, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem launched a javelin a whopping 92.97 meters, bagging gold and leaving India’s Neeraj Chopra with a silver—and Indian Twitter ablaze with conspiracy theories and some good ol’ neighbourly love. Nadeem’s record-shattering throw, the sixth-longest […]

Neeraj Chopra withdraws from Ostrava event, citing muscle stiffness

NEW DELHI: India’s top medal hope for the upcoming Paris Olympics, Neeraj Chopra, has withdrawn from the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in Ostrava, Czech Republic, citing adductor muscle stiffness. The announcement comes just two months before the Olympics, causing concern among his fans and the sporting community. Chopra, the gold medalist in javelin at […]

Chopra becomes first Indian to win gold at World Athletics Championships

Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem finished second at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest

This video saddens me: Neeraj Chopra reacts to wrestlers’ detention

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra expresses disappointment as wrestlers detained by Police during protest

Sports Fraternity Comes In Support Of Wrestlers

The Supreme Court has directed Delhi Police to file an FIR against Singh, and several sports stars have come forward in support of the protesting wrestlers.

World Athletics Championships: With Silver, Neeraj Chopra Creates History

BENGALURU: Neeraj Chopra on Sunday created history as he became only the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, after long jumper Anju Bobby George, who picked bronze in 2003. The 24-year-old bagged the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene with a […]