Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo looked casual in a backward cap as he cruised through triple jump qualifiers, ready to defend his Olympic gold in Friday’s final against challengers including Spain’s Jordan Diaz and Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango. Pichardo leapt 17.44 metres on his first attempt, the best jump of the night and easily clearing the…
South Africa reached 45-1 before heavy rain forced an early close to the first day of the first test against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Wednesday. South Africa lost opener Aiden Markram after he and Tony de Zorzi had put on 43 runs for the first wicket in a slow start…
Keegan Palmer struggled to wrap his mind around his accomplishment after successfully defending his Olympic park skateboarding title at the Paris 2024 Olympics. “Wild, crazy feeling dude,” the 21-year-old Australian said Wednesday. “To be able to say I’m a two-time Olympian, let alone two-time Olympic gold medalist is a crazy, crazy feeling. I literally can’t…
Indian captain Rohit Sharma hinted that the team would consider personnel changes if necessary to stay competitive across all conditions following India’s 2-0 loss to Sri Lanka in the three-match one-day series. It was the Men in Blue’s first bilateral ODI series loss to Sri Lanka in 27 years, and the Indian batters struggled against…
As the Indian men’s hockey team lost to Germany 2-3 to qualify for the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics, here is all you need to know on what happened the last time the Indian team played in an Olympic bronze medal match. The Indian men’s hockey team overturned a 1-3 deficit to earn…
Vinesh Phogat has announced her retirement from wrestling after a exhausting experience at the ongoing Paris Olympics that saw her being disqualified from the tournament after making the final. She was disqualified from Paris 2024 on Wednesday after she couldn’t make weight on the morning of her final in the women’s 50kg category. Earlier, the…
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting comfortably won again at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to ensure that the two boxers at the centre of a major gender controversy are into their respective finals. A day after Algeria’s Imane Khelif reached the 66kg women’s gold-medal match, Lin claimed a unanimous points decision victory over Esra Yildiz Kahraman at…
Jamaica’s Roje Stona threw an Olympic record of 70.00 metres to win men’s discus gold in Paris on Wednesday. Lithuania’s world record holder Mykolas Alekna took silver with 69.97 metres. Australia’s Matthew Denny, previously an Olympic and world fourth-place finisher, claimed bronze (69.31m). Alekna had broken the Olympic record with his best mark on his…
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 12, India performance tracker: Vinesh Phogat moves CAS, Mirabai Chanu finishes fourth, Sable disappoints
Australia’s Nina Kennedy won the gold medal in the Olympic women’s pole vault on Wednesday.
