Defending Champion Neeraj Chopra threw a Season Best of 89.45m in the men’s javelin final of the Paris 2024 Olympics to secure a silver medal. The 26-year-old became only the second Indian to bag a medal in consecutive Olympic Games after wrestler Sushil Kumar. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won gold, Pakistan’s first since 1984, with a…
Argentina beat Belgium 3-1 on penalties to win the bronze medal after a 2-2 draw in regulation time in women’s hockey at the Paris Olympics on Friday as forward Sofia Cairo scored on the pivotal final shot following goalkeeper Cristina Cosentino’s two blocks. It was Argentina’s third bronze and sixth Olympic medal in women’s hockey,…
Spain attacking midfielder Dani Olmo has joined La Liga giants Barcelona from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a six-year deal, the Spanish club said on Friday. Barca, which kicks off its domestic season next week at Valencia, said the 26-year-old Olmo had signed until June 2030, returning to the club where he spent seven years…
France’s forward #07 Michael Olise, France’s midfielder #12 Enzo Millot, France’s midfielder #06 Manu Kone, France’s defender #05 Kiliann Sildillia, France’s defender #02 Castello Lukeba, France’s defender #04 Loic Bade, France’s midfielder #13 Joris Chotard, France’s defender #03 Adrien Truffert France’s forward #14 Jean-Philippe Mateta, France’s goalkeeper #16 Guillaume Restes and France’s forward #10 Alexandre…
Hosts France will take on Spain in the final of the men’s football event of the Paris Olympics on Friday at the Parc des Princes. While France got the better of Egypt in an extra-time thriller to book its final spot, Spain trumped Morocco in the last-four. ‘ When was the last time France won…
Spain, the runner-up of the previous edition of the Olympic Games, will look to go the distance when it takes on France in the gold medal match, at the Paris 2024 Olympics in France on Friday. But before the match kicks off, here’s what happened in the previous edition of the Games, which happened at…
FOOTBALL Punjab FC signs Manish Timsina as goalkeeping coach Punjab FC on Friday announced the hiring of Manish Timsina as their goalkeeping coach ahead of the upcoming Indian Super League season. Timsina is an AFC/FAM Goalkeeping ‘A’ and ANFA ‘A’ Diploma Licenced Coach. Timsina, the current goalkeeping coach of the Nepal national side, had also…
Poland’s Natalia Bajor was on Friday announced as the replacement of Nina Mittelham in the Puneri Paltan squad ahead of the upcoming season of Ultimate Table Tennis. The world No 37 Bajor will replace Germany’s Mittelham who suffered an injury to her hand during her round of 32 singles match at the Paris Olympics. Bajor…
Paddy Upton was India’s mental conditioning coach when the men’s cricket team won the historic ODI World Cup in 2011. And, 13 years later, as India’s men’s hockey team clinched a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics and made it to the record books, Upton had a key role to play as the mental coach…
Pained by cousin Vinesh Phogat’s decision to retire, former wrestler Babita Phogat said that the grappler must recall her decision to retire and regroup herself to fulfil the Olympic dream of the Phogat family. “She (Vinesh Phogat) was disqualified because she was overweight by 100 grams. The entire world knows this happened because of the…
