Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem beat India’s Neeraj Chopra to clinch his maiden Olympic gold in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. Arshad registered a monstrous 92.97m throw on his second attempt to seal the final in his favour. Neeraj, who managed a best distance of 89.45m in his second and only legal attempt but could not…
India had broken a four-decade-long jinx, winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. After three years, it underscored its status as an elite outfit in world hockey emphatically in Paris by securing its consecutive bronze medal in the Olympics at the historic Yves du Manoir Stadium here on Thursday. In captivating action under the…
American Grant Holloway finally added Olympic gold in the men’s 110-metres hurdles to his sizeable medal collection on Thursday, building a one-metre lead by the halfway point before cruising to victory. The 26-year-old, who had claimed virtually every other title in an utterly dominant half decade including three world championship gold medals, clocked 12.99 seconds….
Hockey India announced cash prize of Rs 15 lakh for each player of the Indian men’s hockey team and Rs 7.5 lakhs for each member of the support staff for winning the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Indian team secured a historic bronze medal, defeating Spain 2-1, marking its second consecutive Olympic…
Whether France claim its first Olympic football title since 1984 or not, the side’s run to the final against Spain will still be considered a success, coach Thierry Henry said on Thursday. Having struggled to assemble a squad after more than a dozen of his demands for players were turned down by several clubs, Henry…
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, of the United States, crosses the finish line in the women’s 400 meters hurdles semifinal. | Photo Credit: AP Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, of the United States, crosses the finish line in the women’s 400 meters hurdles semifinal. | Photo Credit: AP
The Netherlands beat Germany in a shoot-out to win the men’s Olympic hockey gold on Thursday. A tense game ended all square at 1-1, with fourth-quarter goals in quick succession from Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman and Germany’s Thies Prinz. The match went to a shoot-out, with each player going one-on-one with the goalkeeper. ALSO READ:…
Manchester United could be missing several key defenders for the traditional season-opening Community Shield match against Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday, manager Erik ten Hag said on Thursday. New signing Leny Yoro will be sidelined for three months due to a foot injury and fellow centre-back Will Fish sustained ligament damage in a friendly…
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh ended the Paris 2024 Olympics as the top scorer of the men’s hockey event.
Coach Craig Fulton said building trust was key while moulding the Indian hockey team in his own philosophy over a short period of time and making it defend its bronze medal in the Paris Olympics. According to Fulton, teamwork made it possible. “We needed to build trust, because that’s the number one thing that you…
