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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who failed a gender eligibility test last year, pummelled her Italian opponent in 46 seconds at the Paris Olympics on Thursday as the controversy threatened to overshadow the sixth day of the Games. It will also renew the debate about the inclusion of competitors in other sports at the…
Lakshya Sen stayed on course for a maiden Olympic medal but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s dreams came crashing down after a heartbreaking three-game loss in the men’s doubles quarterfinals at the badminton competition of the Paris Games in Paris on Thursday. One of the favourites for the gold medal, Satwik and Chirag,…
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…
An athlete’s journey is not without its share of injury travails and there was a phase in Paris Olympic medallist Sarabjot Singh’s career when he was not able to lift his pistol even once, let alone repeat the exercise 60 times in competition. Careful planning and rehabilitation, however, saw him emerge from the…
Sift Samra, the reigning Asian Games champion, endured a horrendous outing in standing.© X (Twitter) Indian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur Samra failed to qualify for the final of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, finishing 18th and 31st respectively at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Appearing in his second Olympics,…
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The parents of Olympic shooting bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale on Thursday said they were sure he would win a medal for the “tricolour and the country”. “We let him focus on his work and didn’t even call him yesterday so that he should not get distracted,” Swapnil’s father Suresh Kusale told reporters in…
“Please give me something to eat,” Olympic bronze medal winning shooter Sarabjot Singh said on his arrival at India House — a repository showing the soft power of the country that aspires to host the 2036 Olympic Games. Singh and Manu Bhaker combined to beat South Korea 16-10 in the 10 meter air…
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…
India’s Schedule, Medal Events At Olympics 2024, Day 6: PV Sindhu© AFP India’s Schedule, Medal Events At Olympics 2024, Day 6: It’s a big day for India at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday. Badminton starts PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, and men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty will be competing. Also, India would hope…
Germany’s Angelique Kerber during tennis match vs China’s Zheng Qinwen at Paris Olympics.© AFP German tennis player Angelique Kerber’s playing career has ended with a defeat to China’s Qinwen Zheng in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s singles quarterfinals at Court Philippe-Chartier. In the men’s section, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, who battled in…