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Coach says Noah Lyles had a 102 fever when he won a bronze; says he’ll be back for 2028 Olympics
Lyles tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and finished third in Thursday’s final behind Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and American teammate Kenneth Bednarek.
Wrestler Reetika Hooda loses Olympics freestyle quarter-final
The referee stopped the contest with 29 seconds left in the second round as Reetika gained a 10-point lead with the final score reading 12-2 in favour of the Indian.
Didn’t know which peak Neeraj would reach — Everest or K2: Coach Klaus Bartonietz
German reflects on Indian javelin ace's 'adventurous' run at the ongoing Paris Olympics
Aman Sehrawat continues wrestling streak
PARIS: “I am dedicating this medal to my parents who don’t even know that I am a wrestler,” said Aman Sehrawat after winning India’s fifth bronze and sixth overall.
The story of Aman is poignant. He battled depression too after he was…
CAS registers Vinesh’s appeal against disqualification
Paris: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has officially registered the application filed by Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat in response to a contentious decision by United World Wrestling (UWW), CAS said in a statement.
Phogat's…
World record holder Amusan crashes out of Olympic 100m hurdles
PARIS: World record holder and former world champion Tobi Amusan crashed out of the women's 100m hurdles at the Olympics on Friday as defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn sailed into the final.
Amusan shocked the world in 2022 when…
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Stylistic change behind India’s hockey glory
New Delhi: After that utterly chaotic and ultimately fateful loss to New Zealand on penalties at the World Cup in India last year (3-3 after regulation time), something had to change.
Sure, under Graham Reid as the team coach , the side…
Neeraj Chopra wins silver
PARIS: Consistency is Neeraj Chopra's thing. And he has used that plank to dominate javelin events at the highest levels for a few years. It's why a silver, at least right now, felt like a disappointment. One legal throw out of six seemed a…
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat loses semifinal, to fight for bronze
Paris: Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat lost his 57kg semifinal bout against top seed Rei Higuchi of Japan (10-0) by technical superiority on Thursday. Now he will face the winner of one of the two repechage rounds in the bronze medal round on…
Fairytale finish for India’s wall PR Sreejesh
PARIS: He calls this space his home—the 17-by-12 feet rectangle between the posts and the turf in front. His life revolved around this space over two decades. Just before the game, PR Sreejesh went out onto the turf in the north-eastern…
Vinesh Phogat disqualified for being overweight ahead of final
PARIS: It usually never happens in professional sports. But in Vinesh Phogat's case, it has happened. She was found 100g overweight and has been disqualified after the weigh in on the morning of her gold medal bout. As per the rules, she…
Sri Lanka crush India by 110 runs to win ODI series 2-0
COLOMBO: The shockingly clueless Indian batting unit was strangled by crafty Sri Lankan spinners, led by five-wicket man Dunith Wellalage, as Rohit Sharma's men crashed to an embarrassing 110-run defeat in the third and final ODI here on…
India’s Dagar ‘inspiring’ deaf people with Olympic golf medal bid
FRANCE: India's Diksha Dagar has shrugged off a car accident and is now hoping to "inspire" fellow deaf people as well as challenge for a women's golf medal in Paris this week.
The 23-year-old made her Olympic debut in Tokyo at the…
Mirabai Chanu’s bid for 2nd Olympic medal falls short, finishes fourth
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…
Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified
PARIS: Every single thing Simone Biles has done at the Paris Olympics has been spotlighted: four medals, an online feud with a former teammate and a social media post that appeared to take a swipe at presidential candidate Donald Trump.…
Effortless Neeraj Chopra enters final in style
PARIS: It's always a bit crazy inside the athletics stadium. The sport itself is considered the Blue Riband event of the Olympics, just like swimming and gymnastics. While the last two are confined within the walls of halls, athletics is…
Vinesh Phogat storms into Olympic final
PARIS: Unimaginable would be an understatement. Fifteen seconds and destiny took a providential turn. A new chapter will begin in her life. She was fighting against odds—nay, all odds. Those seconds turned wrestler Vinesh Phogat into a…
Brazilian amputee table tennis star savours Olympic dreamland
Paris: Twenty-two years after first picking up a bat, Brazilian amputee table tennis star Bruna Alexandre is finally making her dream come true, warming up for the Paralympics by competing at the Paris Olympic Games.
The 29-year-old,…