The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Tuesday a Palestinian demand that Israel be barred from the Paris Games over the war in Gaza. As the Israeli team settled into the Athletes’ Village, the IOC studied a letter from the Palestine Olympic Committee asking for a ban on…
NEW DELHI: India allrounder Hardik Pandya is currently navigating challenges in both his personal and professional life. Recently, Pandya announced his separation from wife Natasa Stankovic on social media. Additionally, in a surprising turn of events, Suryakumar Yadav has been named captain for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka, a role Pandya previously held.This…
New Zealand says it has complained to the International Olympic Committee’s integrity unit after a drone flown over a New Zealand women’s football team training session was found to be operated by a member of the Canadian team’s support staff. Defending Olympic champion Canada and New Zealand meet in their opening match at the Olympic…
The latest (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…
Strategic break. This has been an ideal start for Seattle Orcas. It certainly feels like they kept their best for the last, as they have dismantled the top-order of Texas Super Kings inside the Powerplay itself, with 3 wickets in 5 overs. Texas Super Kings do have a good run-rate, but the man who was doing all…
British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged showing her making “an error of judgement” during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion and joint most decorated British woman Olympian, said she had withdrawn from all competition while authorities investigated the incident. “A video has emerged…
NEW DELHI: The island’s cricket body announced on Tuesday that Charith Asalanka has been named Sri Lanka‘s new Twenty20 skipper ahead of a white ball series against visiting India.Wanindu Hasaranga, who resigned 11 days ago after Sri Lanka’s early elimination from the T20 World Cup in June, was replaced by the 27-year-old middle-order batsman, as…
Polish high jumper Norbert Kobielski has been provisionally suspended for doping just days before the Paris Olympics, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who has a personal best of 2.33 metres, finished 10th at last year’s world championships in Budapest and sixth at the European championships in Rome last month. ALSO…
COLOMBO: Afghanistan will ‘host’ a one-off Test against New Zealand at the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida in September, TOI has learnt.This will be the maiden Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand. Interestingly, while Australia have refused to play Afghanistan bilaterally thrice since the Taliban took over in 2021 on the…
Explosive opener Shafali Verma slammed a career-best 48-ball 81 as defending champion India thrashed minnows Nepal by 82 runs in its final group match to confirm its semifinal spot at the Women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament here on Tuesday. With India shuffling the batting order, Shafali and Dayalan Hemalatha (47) opened the innings and gave…
