Reigning Champions League and La Liga champion Real Madrid concluded a pre-season US tour on Tuesday with a 2-1 triumph over Chelsea while AC Milan won on penalties after playing Barcelona to a 2-2 draw. There were 62,617 spectators at the home stadium of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina to watch Vinicius…
Olympic 200 metres champion Gabby Thomas wanted to walk away from athletics on several occasions, she said on Tuesday following her dominant victory in Paris. The 27-year-old American, who captured bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Games and silver at last year’s world championships, secured her first global title after beating 100 metres champion Julien Alfred…
Sophia Smith scored an extra-time winner as the United States reached the Olympic women’s football final with a 1-0 victory over Germany in a tight encounter in Lyon on Tuesday to edge closer to a fifth Olympic gold medal. The U.S., eyeing its first title at the Games since 2012, will face Brazil later on…
Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured the only quota for India in weightlifting for Paris 2024. She confirmed her place after finishing third in Group B at the IWF World Cup 2024 in Phuket. According to the rules, it was mandatory for weightlifters to attend the World Weightlifting Championships 2023 and this year’s IWF World…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics began in Paris on July 26 and concludes on August 11. The Paris Olympics feature 32 sports, including the 28 “core” disciplines, that include breaking, skateboarding, surfing and sports climbing. OLYMPICS 2024 FULL SCHEDULE.pdf Wednesday’s schedule features medal events across athletics, sport climbing, sailing, weightlifting, skateboarding, track cycling, wrestling,…
The Algerian boxer embroiled in a major gender controversy at the Paris Olympics won her semi-final on Tuesday to guarantee at least a silver medal in front of a raucous Roland Garros crowd that chanted her name. Imane Khelif defeated Thailand’s 2023 world silver medallist Janjaem Suwannapheng in a unanimous points decision to march into…
Paris Olympics 2024 Boxing in pictures: Imane Khelif through to final, assured of gold or silver amid gender row
A relentless Germany dashed the spirited Indian side’s dream of a berth in the final by recording a come-from-behind 3-2 win in the semifinals of the men’s hockey competition in the Paris Olympics at the Yves du Manoir Stadium here on Tuesday. In a match swinging like a pendulum, world champion Germany showed its all-round…
Brazil stunned World Cup holder Spain in its Olympic women’s football semifinal on Tuesday, winning 4-2 to set up a showdown with the United States in the gold medal match. An Irene Paredes own goal gave Brazil an early lead in Marseille and Gabi Portilho doubled their advantage in first-half stoppage time. Adriana made it…
When the draws for the women’s 53kg freestyle wrestling category were drawn on Monday, Terry Steiner, head coach of the USA women’s team, might have expected Japan’s Yui Susaki to come through to the women’s final on the other side of the bracket from his wrestler – Sarah Hildebrandt. And while he admitted he was…
