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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat is likely to travel to India with Olympic bronze medalist Aman Sehrawat after completion of the Paris Olympics 2024 and is expected to reach Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi by 10:30 am on Tuesday. “Vinesh Phogat is travelling to India tonight with Olympic bronze winner Aman Sehrawat, will reach…
Kinzang Lhamo, a marathon-runner from Bhutan, received the loudest cheers from the Paris crowd as she crossed the line in the women’s marathon event at the Paris Olympics 2024. But she wasn’t the winner. Nor the runner-up. Not even the bronze medalist. In fact, the 26-year-old Lhamo finished last. Not just by a…
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Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem – that is one javelin rivalry that will be closely followed in years to come. The two stars almost had a same career trajectory since they started competing at the senior level, winning medals at the global level in a discipline that was largely dominated by Europeans before….
Daniel Wiffen in action during Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Irish double medal-winning Olympian Daniel Wiffen said Monday he had “rushed” to hospital in Paris with a stomach bug, two days after taking part in the marathon swimming in the River Seine. The 800m swimming champion and 1500m bronze medallist was meant to be…
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The Paris Olympics 2024 not only saw some stunning performances, but it was also the stage of several conflicts and controversies. Some of them saw a change in the result, some saw medals being stripped, some saw athletes being sent home, and some raged on as debates on social and world media. From…
Paris Olympics 2024 javelin gold medallist Arshad Nadeem© AFP Pakistan might be showering its Olympic gold medallist, Arshad Nadeem with cash awards and other valuable prizes but his father-in-law has decided to gift the burly javelin thrower a buffalo as it goes well with the rural upbringing and tradition. Muhammad Nawaz told the…
Neeraj Chopra (L) and Arshad Nadeem at the Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Pakistan’s javelin throw star Arshad Nadeem had a heartwarming message for Neeraj Chopra’s mother after she said that he was “like her son”. Nadeem scripted history by becoming the first athlete from Pakistan to win an individual Olympics gold medal as…
Paris bade a triumphant “au revoir” to the Olympics on Sunday as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global sporting spectacular. A dazzling closing ceremony that culminated with Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiling off the roof of the Stade de France in front of 71,500 spectators was the…
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The United States held off France 67-66 to win an unprecedented eighth successive women’s Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games. A’ja Wilson scored a game-high 21 points for the Americans who won the title for the 10th time overall, surviving a buzzer-beating…
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An Australian woman breakdancer ridiculed on social media for her unique Paris Olympics routine has hit back at her critics. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s breaking performance, featuring one move compared to a kangaroo hopping, lost all three of her match-ups against rival dancers, or B-Girls. Her moves unleashed a string of social media memes and unfavourable…