The International Olympic Committee was Tuesday weighing a Palestinian call for Israeli athletes to be barred from the Games over the war in Gaza, three days before the Opening Ceremony in Paris. As the Israeli Olympic team settled into the Athletes’ Village, the IOC was studying a letter sent by the Palestine Olympic Committee to…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics will take place in Paris, France, from July 26 to August 11 this year. Paris Olympics will feature 32 sports, including the 28 “core” Olympic sports, with the addition of breaking, skateboarding, surfing and sports climbing. While the Olympics officially begin later with the opening ceremony scheduled on June…
Stand-in India skipper Smriti Mandhana was pleased to see the middle-order batters getting some much-needed runs under their belt against Nepal here on Tuesday ahead of the women’s Asia Cup semifinals. With regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur skipping the match and India sitting at the top of the group, Mandhana decided to shuffle the batting order…
India’s Deepti Sharma’s three-wicket haul against Nepal in a group stage fixture against Nepal saw her moving to third place in the overall wicket-takers’ tally in women’s T20Is. Deepti now has 129 wickets from 115 matches and she went ahead of England’s Sophie Ecclestone who has 126 wickets in just 86 games. Pakistan’s Nida Dar…
Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana hopes that a good result for his team in the upcoming three-match T20 and ODI series against India starting later this month could be a huge confidence booster for the island nation. “I think it will be a good challenge. India is coming with a new coach and some new…
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Following the footsteps of other leading cricket nations, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also begun stressing about providing exposure to its backup players through its national A and junior team programs. The PCB announced on Tuesday that the Pakistan Shaheens would play a return series of four-day and one-day matches against Bangladesh A, besides…
As per the provisional result Ajinkya won 221-114 in a one-on-one contest with Sanjay.
Football in the Summer Olympics has seen some of the best young talents take centre stage before becoming global superstars in senior football. The Olympics have set the stage for the future, be it Lionel Messi, Neymar or Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero. However, the Olympics in its infancy did not have football as a…
Michael Fred Phelps II is synonymous with the title of the greatest swimmer of all time. As the most decorated Olympian in history, he has amassed a total of 28 medals, with 23 of them being gold. Phelps’ medal count is twice that of his closest competitor, Mark Spitz who has 11 medals. Phelps’ legendary…
