New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr won gold in the men’s Olympic high jump on Saturday with a best effort of 2.36 metres after a long and gruelling final, securing his country’s first medal in the event. Defending champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar got the bronze with a season’s best 2.34, leading to a war of attrition…
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen bounced back from defeat in the 1,500 metres to win the Olympic 5,000 metres gold with a fierce final lap on Saturday, just as he did in last year’s world championships. Ingebrigtsen was the defending champion over 1,500 but was run out of the medals and determined to make amends in the…
The penultimate day at the Paris 2024 Olympics ended on a sour note for India after wrestler Reetika Hooda got eliminated from the medal race after Kyrgyz wrestler Aiperi Medet Kyzy’s 6-8 loss to Kennedy Blades in the semifinals of the women’s 76kg freestyle. No repechage for Reetika Hooda! ❌ As it stands, India will…
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10: Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Team Kenya celebrates winning the Gold medal in the Men’s 800m Final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: CAMERON SPENCER PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10:…
The game exploded into life in the final 10 minutes as Alejandro Garnacho gave United the lead but Bernardo Silva levelled before City edged a marathon shoot-out.
Los Angeles 2028 organisers said Saturday they will force spectators to take public transportation to Olympic venues and encourage remote working in a bid to sidestep the gridlocked city’s notorious traffic problems. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said 2028 chiefs want the LA Olympics to be “The No Car Games” by investing in public transportation…
In a matter of days, the U.S. women’s water polo team went from the pursuit of a historic gold medal to going home empty-handed. It was quite a fall. The U.S. blew another lead Saturday and lost 11-10 to the Netherlands on Sabrina van der Sloot’s goal in the final second of the bronze-medal game…
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) will elect its president on September 14 to fill the position left vacant last year after Raninder Singh ended his 12-year-long tenure, the maximum permissible under the National Sports Code. NRAI secretary-general Sultan Singh told PTI that the elections will only be held for the post of president…
Nevin Harrison of the United States came second to take the silver medal, with Cuba’s Cirilo Duboys picking up the bronze.
Gianmarco Tamberi’s defence of his Olympic high jump title is in doubt after the Italian experienced the same stabbing kidney pain that led him to visit the hospital days before the preliminary round. The 32-year-old shared gold with Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but said he awoke at 5 am on Saturday…
