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Sarabjot Singh, who partnered with Manu Bhaker to win India’s first ever Olympic medal in a mixed shooting event, on Saturday said they “barely” got to train together in the run-up to their event. Bhaker and Sarabjot scripted history with a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team shooting event at…
India’s women’s table tennis team made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics, making it past the Round of 16 for the first time ever in the nation’s history. India eventually lost the women’s team battle to Germany in the quarter-finals, where Archana Kamath was the only paddler to have won a game. India…
French authorities said on Tuesday that more than 140 cyberattacks were reported during the Paris Olympics, but none of them disrupted the competitions. In the runup and throughout the Olympic Games, France’s cyber security agency had been on high alert for attacks that had the potential to disrupt the organising committee, ticketing or transport….
Botswana gave a rapturous welcome to Letsile Tebogo on Tuesday as the sprinter returned home with the southern African country’s first ever Olympic gold medal. Families with children, elderly people and young supporters waved Botswana’s sky blue, white and black national flag as the Olympic team landed back in the capital Gaborone. Hundreds…
Boxer Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif said she had won for her country’s women as Algeria’s Paris Games medallists received a hero’s welcome at Algiers airport on Monday. Khelif, who was the centre of a gender controversy at the Olympics on her way to the…
Tom Daley at the Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Former Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley announced his retirement from diving on Monday following the Paris Games. Daley, who won five Olympic medals during his decorated career, revealed the decision to call time on the sport during an interview with British Vogue. The 30-year-old bowed out after winning silver…
USA’s Men’s 4x400m Relay team in action© AFP Rai Benjamin anchored the United States to victory in the Olympic men’s 4x400m relay in Paris on Saturday. Benjamin, who won the 400m hurdles gold, helped the US quartet also featuring Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood and Bryce Deadmon to an Olympic record of 2min 54.43sec….
Hockey’s emotional connection with India and its sports lovers is such that it would not be off the mark to call it the ‘most beloved sport’ in the country. For years, India’s dominance in hockey at the global level saw millions getting hooked on it. Then, there came a lean period, a dark…
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…
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of an Olympic gender eligibility row, goes for gold in Paris on Friday as Thierry Henry bids to lead France’s footballers to glory. With just three days of sport to go at the Games, there is a packed athletics programme at the Stade de France. The…