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Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from women’s 50kg wrestling final© X (Twitter) Stating that it is “extremely sad for the country” that grappler Vinesh Phogat’s was disqualified from the freestyle women’s 50kg wrestling final in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Sanjay Singh said, “we will do whatever is…
She grappled on the streets with an “unjust system” without a care in the world and on Tuesday Vinesh Phogat brought a lot of that panache to the mat as well, taking down one big name after another to become India’s first woman wrestler to enter the finals of the Olympic Games. The…
India men’s hockey team after losing their semi-final defeat to Germany at Paris Olympics 2024.© AFP India missed a golden chance to enter the hockey final of the Olympics for the first time in 44 years as they went down 2-3 to Germany in a close last-four clash at the Paris Games here…
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She grappled on the streets with an “unjust system” without a care in the world and on Tuesday Vinesh Phogat brought a lot of that panache to the mat as well, taking down one big name after another to become India’s first woman wrestler to enter the finals of the Olympic Games. The…
Vinesh Phogat (50kg) became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of the Olympic Games with a convincing 5-0 win over Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez here on Tuesday. With this win in the semifinal, Vinesh guaranteed herself at least a silver medal. Both wrestlers got off to a cautious start but…
Joshua Cheptegui after winning gold in 5000m at Paris Olympics 2024.© AFP Newly-crowned Olympic 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will not defend his 5,000m title in Paris, he announced on Instagram Tuesday. “I’m so proud of having won Olympic gold in the 10,000m,” said Cheptegei, who won silver in the event in the Tokyo…
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The Paris Olympics organising committee said Tuesday it would meet its target to reduce single-use plastics by half compared to the 2012 London Games despite bottles by major sponsor Coca-Cola being widely used on its sites. Fanta, Sprite and Coke are flowing unabated at Olympic venues, where staff have been seen emptying plastic…
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Taiwanese sports officials threatened the International Boxing Association with legal action on Tuesday after the organisation claimed a Taiwanese fighter in the Paris Olympics women’s competition was “a man”. Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif, both of whom are guaranteed a medal after reaching the semi-finals, are at the centre of a…
Hockey legend Ajit Pal Singh on Friday lauded the Indian men team for their brave performance against Tokyo Games silver medallist and nemesis Australia, whom it defeated after 52 years in the Olympics here. India stunned Australia 3-2 to register their first win over Australia in the Olympic Games since 1972 Munich Games….
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Following his team’s narrow defeat to the USA in the bronze medal match for the recurve archery mixed team at the ongoing Paris Olympics, Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara said it was heartbreaking to miss out on a medal, but the team will take the performance positively and continue improving. India’s hunt for their…
