United States long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall had a solid start to her campaign to unseat Germany’s defending Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo at the Paris Games, winning qualifiers on Tuesday and setting up a fierce competition in the final. Mihambo fouled on her first two tries but delivered a 6.86 on her last, putting her just…
The Indian hockey team won its first Olympic medal at the Amsterdam Games in 1928. It scored 29 goals in five matches to win the gold medal. The wizard Dhyan Chand scored 14 goals, including a hat-trick in the final against the Netherlands. As Harmanpreet Singh’s men take on Germany in the hockey semifinals at…
Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis will later say he had been preparing for the moment all his life. “Back when I was just a kid jumping in my backyard in Louisiana, I’d think about this all the time. I’d imagine I was jumping for an Olympic gold and also the world record,” he’d say. Most kids have…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is evaluating the possibility of relocating this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to an alternative venue due to ongoing anti-government protests and political instability. Potential new locations being considered include the UAE, Sri Lanka, and India. This follows widespread unrest in Bangladesh, which has intensified following…
India’s men’s table tennis team’s maiden Olympic appearance saw an opening round exit after the side went down 0-3 to China at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday. China started with a straight games victory in the doubles match with Ma Long and Wang Chuqin beating Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar 11-2, 11-3, 11-7. Veteran…
The marathon swimming familiarisation session scheduled for Tuesday in the river Seine has been cancelled, Paris 2024 Olympics organisers said. “After the daily situation meeting this morning between Ville de Paris, Paris 2024 and World Aquatics, it has been decided that the familiarisation session to take place today, 6 August 2024, is cancelled,” World Aquatics…
China’s women’s hockey team upset Australia 3-2 at the Paris Olympics on Monday to secure its first semifinal berth in 16 years after it quickly recovered from a goal down. The Netherlands got past Britain 3-1, Argentina beat Germany 2-0 on penalties after a 1-1 draw and Belgium overcame Spain 2-0. The Dutch will now…
Former wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik was on Tuesday signed by Paarl Royals for the third season of the SA20, making him the first Indian cricketer to participate in the South African league, starting on January 9. Karthik, 39, retired from all forms of cricket in June this year and since then he has been roped…
The Indian batsmen will need to tactically navigate the spin challenge in the third and decisive ODI on Wednesday to prevent their first series loss to Sri Lanka in nearly three decades, 27 years to be precise. The path has been set by captain Rohit Sharma, and it is up to the rest of the…
Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) announced the ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’ and ‘Existing New Young Players’ for Season 11 on Tuesday. Each of the franchises has retained a strong core group of players and is looking to build stronger units in the auction which will be held on August 15-16 in Mumbai. Dabang Delhi…
