The flying Dutch broke the world record twice in the space of an hour to retain their Olympic title in the men’s team sprint in dominant fashion at the National Velodrome on Tuesday. Massive favourite ahead of the Games, the Netherlands trio of Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland put on a…
East Bengal will take on Downtown Heroes FC in its second group stage fixture of the ongoing Durand Cup 2024 on Wednesday in Kolkata. While the Red and Gold Brigade came from behind to clinch a 3-1 win over the Indian Air Force Football Team in its campaign opener, Downtown narrowly lost 0-1 to Mohun…
Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who lost to Vinesh Phogat in the 50kg women’s freestyle wrestling semifinals, has been named as the Indian’s replacement for the gold medal bout after Vinesh was disqualified for failing to make the weight cut on Wednesday. Vinesh had defeated Guzman Lopez 5-0 to become the first female Indian wrestler to…
Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Paris Olympics 2024
Bianca Andreescu’s strong start turned into an early exit to her first hard-court tournament of the year, as the Canadian was beaten 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Lesia Tsurenko on Tuesday night at the National Bank Open. Andreescu won her home tournament in her 2019 season that was highlighted later by the U.S. Open title. But…
NEW DELHI: With the ODI series against Sri Lanka at stake, the Indian cricket team hit the nets in all readiness on Tuesday ahead of the third and final ODI at Colombo on Wednesday.The first ODI had ended in a tie last Friday and Sri Lanka won the second ODI by 32 runs on Sunday.Under…
New Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho will have to mastermind a second-leg comeback by his side to keep their Champions League qualification hopes alive after they lost their away tie 2-1 at Lille in third round qualifying on Tuesday. An Edon Zhegrova winner in injury time gave the hosts the advantage after Irfan Kahveci’s fine second-half…
The familiarisation session for the Paris Olympics marathon swimming event in the Seine river will go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday after water quality tests met thresholds, organisers said. A similar session planned for Tuesday had been cancelled due to concerns over water pollution. A meeting was held on water quality early on Wednesday and…
