Paris: The sensational Manu Bhaker’s dream of a grand treble went up in smoke after she lost the tie-shoot for bronze medal to Hungarian shooter Veronika Major by the narrowest of margins in the women’s 25m sports pistol event at the Olympic Games on Saturday. In a high-quality final, Bhaker gave it her all and was placed No.1 among eight shooters for…
Paris: India’s Deepika Kumari on Saturday qualified for the quarterfinals of the women’s individual archery event after defeating Germany’s Michelle Kroppen in the 1/8 elimination round but Bhajan Kaur crashed out following the loss to Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa 6-5. Deepika will be in action again later on Saturday. Deepika defeated her German rival 6-4 in…
Paris: Mathias Boe, the coach of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, on Saturday announced his retirement from coaching following the ace Indian badminton pair’s exit from the ongoing Paris Olympics. Satwik and Chirag were considered India’s biggest medal hope at the Olympics but the Indian duo lost to Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik,…
Paris: The Indian men’s hockey team beat Australia at the Olympic Games for the first time since 1972, outsmarting the formidable rivals 3-2 to finish second in Pool B, here on Friday. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as India registered the famous win over Tokyo Games silver medallist and nemesis Australia in its final…
Chateauroux/Paris: Manu Bhaker looked primed to become a legend at 22 as she placed herself in contention for an unparalleled third successive medal at the ongoing Olympics, while shuttler Lakshya Sen looked a man possessed during his march into the semifinals on a roller-coaster Friday for India at the Games. Adding to the joy was…
Paris: Abhishek opened the scoring as Harmanpreet scored twice to help India men’s hockey team beat Australia 3-2 in their last group stage Pool B match of the Paris Olympics at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium on Friday. The Indians started their campaign on a shaky note with a close 3-2 win over New Zealand and then…
Los Angels: Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is expected to make an appearance at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics on August 11. The action star, known for blockbusters such as “Mission Impossible” series, “Top Gun” and “Edge of Tomorrow”, will reportedly perform a stunt at the event as the Olympics flag is handed over…
Paris: Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic. The American gymnastics star knew she was trailing Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour through two rotations during the Olympic all-around final Thursday. After a sloppy uneven bars…
Paris: Indian recurve mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara produced an excellent performance to rally past Indonesia and enter the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics here on Friday. The Indians notched a 5-1 (37-36 38-38 38-37) win over their Indonesian opponents Diananda Choirunisa and Arif Pangestu. Dhiraj and Ankita consistently shot 9s and…
New Delhi: Indian athletes battling the soaring temperatures and lack of cooling in their rooms in the Paris Olympic Games Village have been provided with 40 portable air conditioners by the country’s sports ministry to make their stay comfortable. The air-conditioners were sent to the Games village after discussions with the Indian Olympic Association and…
