Dubai: India’s Smriti Mandhana moved up to fourth place in the list of batters, while seamer Renuka Singh Thakur was ranked fifth among bowlers, in the latest ICC T20I rankings issued on Tuesday. India opener and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, who scored a vital 60 in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka, moved…
Paris: When Charline Van Snick flirted with another female athlete after winning the bronze medal in Judo in the 2012 London Olympic Games, she said her coach told her she needed to stay in the closet for the future of her career. “It was a moment when I didn’t feel like myself,” the 33-year-old retired…
Paris: The 2024 Olympics famously launched with a rain-soaked opening ceremony that drenched athletes and spectators alike. Now, they’re facing the opposite experience Tuesday: a heat wave. Most of France is under a heat wave warning Tuesday, with temperatures in Paris and surrounding areas expected to climb to 35 C (95 F) or higher, the…
Paris: Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has come to Paris to support Ukrainian athletes at the Olympics amid war at home. On Monday, he visited the Ukrainian House in Paris and from there he watched the fencing competition in which Ukrainian Olga Kharlan won the bronze medal in women’s individual saber, marking the first medal…
New Delhi: With young shooter Manu Bhaker becoming the first Indian in post independence era to win two medals in a single edition of Olympics, here is a look at the Indian athletes who have won two individual medals in the global showpiece, albeit in different years. Sushil Kumar: Wrestler Sushil Kumar is India’s first two-time…
New Delhi: Manu Bhaker’s consistency and composure drew effusive praise as President Draupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country’s sporting fraternity hailed the young shooter for becoming the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two medals in a single Olympic Games. Bhaker combined with Sarabjot Singh win the 10m air pistol mixed…
Chateauroux (France): A calm and composed Manu Bhaker scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games as she combined with an equally unruffled Sarabjot Singh to clinch the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze here on Tuesday. The Indian pair…
Paris: India skipper Harmanpreet Singh once again came to his side’s rescue, scoring a late equaliser to salvage a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Argentina in their second men’s hockey pool match at the Paris Olympics here on Monday. Lucas Martinez gave Argentina the lead in the 22nd minute before Harmanpreet converted India’s 10th and last…
Paris: Red, white, and blue. And green. American tennis player Danielle Collins isn’t just getting support from her own country at the Paris Olympics. Irish fans have adopted her as one of their own, too. Collins started to realize the extent of her new fanbase when she was warming up before her first-round victory over…
Paris: India’s Harmeet Desai suffered a 0-4 loss against world no.5 Felix Lebrun of France in the second round of the men’s singles table tennis competition, ending his maiden Olympic campaign here on Sunday. The 31-year-old from Surat couldn’t settle into a rhythm to go down 8-11 8-11 6-11 8-11 against the 17-year-old local hopeful…
