FILE PHOTO: Chelsea’s Noni Madueke celebrates after Nicolas Jackson scored its first goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers. | Photo Credit: REUTERS FILE PHOTO: Chelsea’s Noni Madueke celebrates after Nicolas Jackson scored its first goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
British archer Jodie Grinham became the first pregnant Paralympics athlete to win a medal when she took bronze in women’s individual compound, official Paralympics social media accounts said on Saturday. Seven months pregnant, 31-year-old Grinham held her nerves to beat Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist and friend Phoebe Paterson Pine by a razor-thin 142-141 scoreline in…
After doing her mixed zone duties, Krittwika Sinha Roy had a brief, almost silent conversation with her husband Harmeet Desai before disappearing into the dressing room. It had been three months, Krittwika says, since both of them had met each other. Initially, her plan was to be in Chennai between August 26 and 28. On…
GOLF Bogey-free round sees Diksha rise in 3rd round at Women’s Irish Open India’s Diksha Dagar played a bogey-free 4-under 69 and rose to T-31 from T-55 in the third round of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open. Diksha, who shot 72-74 on the first two days, had four birdies between the sixth and the 12th…
South Africa cricket legend Jonty Rhodes believes the Indian team will only become stronger under new head coach Gautam Gambhir, and said the former opener has the ability to make an instant impact in any side. “Wherever GG (Gautam Gambhir) goes he makes an impact, we saw this when he left the Lucknow Super Giants…
Boxing’s already uncertain Olympic future was thrown into further jeopardy after the sport’s Asian governing body voted against leaving the suspended International Boxing Association (IBA) to join the rival association. The polling was held via a secret ballot with 21 countries voting in favour of continuing with IBA, while 14 cast their ballot in favour…
The Paris Paralympics 2024 got underway with the official opening ceremony on August 28 (events starting from August 29) and will conclude on September 8. India’s latest medal came with Rubina Francis winning a bronze medal in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 shooting event. It opened its account in the Paris Paralympics as…
Williams Formula One boss James Vowles has apologised to Mick Schumacher after saying the son of seven-times world champion and Ferrari great Michael was good but “not special” Vowles made the comment on Friday in explaining why Williams had preferred Argentine F2 racer Franco Colapinto over the more experienced Mercedes reserve as a replacement for…
Paris 2024 Paralympics organisers on Sunday postponed the triathlon by a day over worries about the River Seine’s water quality. “The latest analysis shows a deterioration in the water quality of the Seine following heavy rainfall over the past two days,” the organisers said. “It was decided to schedule the 11 medal sessions of the…
Poland’s world number one Iga Swiatek swatted aside 25th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-2 with a near-flawless performance to reach the round of 16 for a fourth straight year at the U.S. Open on Saturday. The 2022 champion never faced a break and made few mistakes as she marched through the match at Arthur Ashe…
