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Paris: Indian women's wrestling will have its biggest day when Vinesh Phogat participates in the 50 kg freestyle final, hoping to win a historic maiden gold medal for the country in the Olympic Games in Paris Wednesday. Vinesh, who made history by becoming the first...

Paris: Vinesh Phogat (50kg) became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of the Olympic Games with a convincing 5-0 win over Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez here Tuesday. With this win in the semifinal, Vinesh guaranteed herself at least a silver medal. Both...

Paris: Seasoned Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat entered her maiden Olympic semifinals in the 50kg category, beating Ukraine's Oksana Livach in the last-eight stage here on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Vinesh defeated Livach 7-5 in a hard-fought bout to get closer to an elusive Olympic medal in...

Paris: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat advanced to the quarterfinal of the women's freestyle 50kg after registering a 3-2 upset win over four-time world champion Japan's Yui Susaki in the pre-quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics, here Tuesday. Phogat was trailing 0-1 after the first period but...

Paris: Defending champion Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin throw final of the Olympic Games with a season's best effort of 89.34m here Tuesday. Much like his performance in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening...

Paris: India's Kishore Jena Tuesday finished ninth in the men's javelin throw Group A qualification round with an underwhelming throw of 80.73m, which left him on the verge of making an early exit from the Olympics. Jena will await the result of Group B qualification...

New Delhi: Indian shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa criticised badminton legend Prakash Padukone over his remarks regarding "player responsibility" after Lakshya Sen missed out on a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Ponnappa in her Instagram story, expressed her disappointment at what she perceived as an...

New Delhi: Paarl Royals have signed former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik for SA20 season 3, the franchise confirmed Tuesday. The 39-year-old, who had announced retirement from all forms of cricket earlier in June will become the first-ever Indian to participate in the SA20. Karthik had...

Melbourne: Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley Tuesday said he will step down from the role at the end of the ongoing season (2024-2025) after five years in the job. Hockley, who served CA for 13 years, had taken over as its chief executive following the...

Colombo: The onus will be on Indian batters, particularly the talismanic Virat Kohli, to follow the path laid down by skipper Rohit Sharma and tactfully counter the spin challenge in the third and final ODI here Wednesday to avoid their first series defeat to Sri...