Paris: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres on Thursday as he — and Covid –upstaged Noah Lyles’ plans for a sprint double in Paris. Tebogo, 21, was able to ease up at the end and still clocked an African record of 19.46sec for gold, with American Kenny Bednarek…
New Delhi: Neeraj Chopra’s silver medal in the Paris Games was hailed as a feat which will inspire the future generations in pursuit of excellence as President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in lauding the superstar javelin thrower’s achievements. Tokyo Games champion Chopra on Thursday became the first Indian track-and-field…
Paris: History-making Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem is quite pleased that his rivalry with Indian superstar Neeraj Chopra is becoming as talked about as the cricketing battles between the two feuding neighbours as he believes it will fuel the sporting ambition of youngsters in both the nations. Nadeem bested Chopra for the first time in…
Paris: The story of revival that began in Tokyo came full circle in Paris as the Indian hockey team claimed a second successive Olympic bronze medal for the first time in over half a century, steered by the inspiring leadership of Harmanpreet Singh and fuelled by the passion of retiring custodian P R Sreejesh. India…
Paris: Defending champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men’s javelin throw but the night belonged to Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who destroyed competition by setting a new Olympic record for his country’s maiden individual gold at the showpiece. Nadeem managed an astonishing 92.97m…
Paris: A goal from Spain skipper Marc Miralles opened the scoring, following which Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh provided two goals of his own later on to power India to yet another bronze medal. With thir triumph, India’s medal tally in the Paris Olympics goes up to 4, with all 4 being bronzes so far. India…
Paris: Aman Sehrawat, India’s sole male wrestler at the 2024 Paris Olympics, made an impressive run to the 57kg semifinals with commanding victories in his first two matches on Thursday. Sehrawat is set to face the top-seeded Japanese wrestler, Rei Higuchi, in the semifinals later today. A win would secure India another Olympic medal. In…
Paris: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu came tantalisingly close to clinching a second Olympic medal but a faltered lift in her final attempt cruelly snatched the dream from her grasp, leaving her with a fourth place finish in the women’s 49kg event here on Wednesday. Mirabai, who turns 30 on Thursday, lifted a total of 199kg…
Paris: Her long-cherished Olympic dream shattered by a cruel twist of fate, Vinesh Phogat on Thursday bid adieu to her international wrestling career, saying she doesn’t have the strength to continue anymore. The 29-year-old, who was disqualified for being 100gm overweight ahead of her 50kg category gold medal bout in the olympics on Wednesday, announced…
Paris: ndia’s biggest wrestling medal hope Antim Panghal crashed to a humiliating 0-10 defeat at the hands of her Turkish opponent Yetgil Zeynep in the women’s 53 kg category at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. Antim, who was one of the first to gain an Olympic quota in the category earlier owned by Vinesh Phogat, was outclassed…
