Summer McIntosh claimed her second gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday as she fended off a strong field in the women’s 200 metres butterfly final. The 17-year-old touched the wall in an Olympic record time of 2:03.03 at La Defense Arena, 0.81 seconds ahead of American silver medallist Regan Smith. China’s Zhang…
NorthEast United FC announced the signing of forward Alaeddine Ajaraie from Moroccan top-tier side FAR Rabat for 2024-25 season with an option to extend the contract for another year. Ajaraie, 31, becomes the Highlanders’ sixth and last foreign signing. The five other foreigners in the club are – Michel Zabaco, Guillermo Fernández, Néstor Albiach, Hamza…
Simone Biles recaptured the Olympic all-around crown on Thursday, seeing off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for her sixth Olympic gold and second in Paris. Biles, who famously withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games three years ago with the disorientating “twisties”, followed up her team gold with the United States earlier this week. Defending Olympic…
The scenes from India’s training session at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday have been received by fans and the cricket fraternity as reassurance that former captain Virat Kohli and the Indian team’s new head coach Gautam Gambhir have moved on from their past difference to achieve a common goal — the success…
Former French Ligue 1 champions Bordeaux have been relegated a further division down to France’s fourth-tier National 2 after going into receivership, the French football federation (FFF) announced Thursday. The cash-strapped club need to find 40 million euros ($43.6 million) to balance its books and had been in talks with the owners of Liverpool, Fenway…
Paris Olympics Day 6 Top Moments in Pictures: Algerian boxer sparks gender debate; China continues to top of medal tally
The Bangladesh government has received a request from the country’s cricket board to provide a security consultant for their upcoming tour of Pakistan, as reported by Cricbuzz.The development comes while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has repeatedly raised concerns about the Indian team’s safety during the ICC Champions Trophy next year…
East Bengal FC secured the services of last season’s Durand Cup and Indian Super League Shield-winning Spanish defender Hector Yuste for the 2024-25 season. The seasoned centre-back is East Bengal’s sixth foreign signing of the season. East Bengal FC Head Coach Carles Cuadrat commented, “Hector will help us greatly with his experience of playing in…
P.V. Sindhu lost 21-19, 21-14 to sixth-seeded Chinese He Bing Jiao in the round of 16 to crash out of the women’s singles badminton event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. This is the first time Sindhu has failed to win an Olympic medal, having won bronze in Tokyo and silver in Rio. Leading…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved a budget of approximately USD 70 million to host the Champions Trophy in Pakistan early next year. The decision was made after scrutiny by the ICC’s financial and commercial committee, chaired by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who reviewed the budget prepared and jointly submitted by the…
