Paris: Tokyo Olympics bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris Games after clinching a comfortable win over Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad here on Wednesday. Borgohain prevailed 5-0 in the contest to remain on course for a second successive Olympic medal. The reigning world champion had won her Tokyo bronze in the 69kg…
Paris: Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. There was a tension in the air. They’d all been in the Olympic spotlight before, experiences that left them with medals but also the kind of scars — be they physical, psychological or both…
Paris: The Indian hockey team lead Ireland 2-0 in their third match of men’s hockey pool B at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium on Tuesday. Harmanpreet with both the goals. In the 12-team competition divided into two pools, four sides from each pool will qualify for the quarterfinals. The Indians are placed in a tough Pool B…
Paris: The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place. Organizers said they will try to hold the men’s triathlon Wednesday instead. The women’s competition is also scheduled on Wednesday, but both are…
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…
