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[ad_1] Anurag Thakur said the Indian contingent will improve its medal tally in Paris Olympics.Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that India is ready to host the 2030 Youth Olympics, as well as the 2036 Summer Olympics. Speaking at the NDTV Yuva Conclave, Thakur gave the assurance that the Indian contingent will improve its medal tally at the upcoming Olympic games in Paris, scheduled to be held later this year. After the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the 2028 and 2032 editions will be hosted by Los Angeles and Brisbane, respectively."We will increase our medals tally at the Paris Olympics 2024. We are ready to host the 2030 Youth Olympics and the 2036 Summer Olympics in India," Anurag Thakur said at the NDTV Yuva conclave.PM Narendra Modi had also expressed the country's desire to ...

[ad_1] The medals awarded at this year's Paris Olympics and Paralympics will feature a hexagon-shaped piece of iron taken from the original Eiffel Tower in their centre, organisers said as they unveiled their design on Thursday. All 5,084 gold, silver and bronze medals for the Paris Games will feature the six-edged metal medallion which will be set like a gemstone under a design by elite French jewellery house Chaumet. "We wanted to offer to all medal-winners at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics a piece of the Eiffel Tower from 1889," said the head of the local organising committee, Tony...

[ad_1] File photo of Indian cricket team.© AFPCricket has been approved by the International Olympic Committee's executive for inclusion in the programme for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, it was announced Friday. IOC president Thomas Bach, speaking after the second day of an executive board meeting in Mumbai, said officials had accepted a proposal by LA organisers for Twenty 20 cricket -- the game's shortest established international format -- to be included as one of five new sports together with baseball/softball, flag football (non-contact American football), squash and lacrosse.But all the new sports will still need to be voted in by the IOC membership in a ballot due to be held on Monday before they are assured of a place at the 2028 Games.(This story has not been edited by NDTV st...