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Vinesh Phogat made the headlines on Tuesday with two memorable wins at the Paris Olympics 2024 which saw the champion wrestler go close to a first medal at the Games. It was sort of full circle for Vinesh Phogat, who was a leading face in the protests that happened last year against former…
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the style as he stormed into the men’s javelin throw final of the Olympic Games with a season’s best effort of 89.34m in his very first attempt in the qualification round on Tuesday. Much like his performance in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying…
The Paris Olympic Games remain embroiled in a huge controversy ever since the ‘gender row’ erupted in women’s boxing. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has been categorised as a ‘biological male’, after her opponent Angela Carini, from Italy, decided to abandon the game after just 46 seconds. Several renowned personalities, including Elon Musk, have…
Arguably the face of India’s shooting contingent for a few years, Manu Bhaker sees her popularity soar multi-folds. Bhaker already has two medals in her account, having clinched bronze twice – in 10m air pistol individual and mixed team events – and is on the cusp of a third in 25m air pistol…
On Thursday, Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her 66 kg women’s category boxing match against Algeria’s Imane Khalif on Thursday, handing the latter, who was banned from competing in world championships following failures in testosterone and gender eligibility tests, a win in the opening round. Algeria’s Khelif won the fight within just 46…
PV Sindhu has no regrets regarding her preparations for the Games as she did everything she could to be in the best shape but admitted defence let her down in the pre-quarterfinal against China’s He Bing Jiao, here Thursday. Sindhu ran the Chinese world number 9 close in the first game but unending…
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Olympics 2024: Simone Biles© AFP Simone Biles recaptured the Olympic all-around crown on Thursday, seeing off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for her sixth Olympic gold and second in Paris. Biles, who famously withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games three years ago with the disorientating “twisties”, followed up her team gold with the…
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Zheng Qinwen ended Iga Swiatek’s 25-match unbeaten streak at Roland Garros on Thursday to become the first Chinese player to reach an Olympic Games singles final as Carlos Alcaraz marched closer to a showdown with Novak Djokovic. Defending champion Alexander Zverev however crashed out, losing his quarter-final to a fired-up Lorenzo Musetti of…
Athletics Federation of India vice-president Anju Bobby George believes that while the spotlight will undoubtedly be on javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to defend his Olympic title, the Indian men’s 4x400m relay team and steeplechaser Avinash Sable have the potential to spring a surprise at the Paris Games. A 29-member-strong Indian athletics contingent, led…
Indian archer Pravin Jadhav at Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Indian archer Pravin Jadhav bowed out of the Paris Olympics after losing his individual men’s recurve opening round clash in straight sets to Kao Wenchao of China on Thursday. Jadhav lost 0-6 (28-29 29-30 27-28) in the round of 64. Even though Jadhav shot…