Paris Paralympics 2024: India’s medal tally so far at the Paris Paralympic Games has risen to 24, India’s best-ever haul. The country is now ranked 13th among the participating nations at the international multisport events after Dharambir won gold in the men’s club throw F51 event while Pranav Soorma secured silver. Dharambir’s mentor, the third…
File photo of Manpreet Singh. | Photo Credit: Reuters While most of the spotlight after the Indian hockey team’s second consecutive Olympic medal has been on PR Sreejesh, the other 4-time Olympian in the squad is in no mood to sign off just yet. Manpreet Singh, at 32, has never felt better and the Paris…
In a bizarre turn of events, North Korean athletes Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong, who won silver medals for their country at the recent Paris Olympics, are undergoing a process of ‘ideological evaluation’, according to a report in The Telegraph. The process is said to last a month and is aimed at ‘cleansing’…
Days after delivering a fighting performance at the Paris Olympics 2024, 24-year-old Indian table tennis player Archana Kamath has decided to quit the sport, citing her passion for studying, reported Indian Express on 22 August. Kamath was part of a three-member Indian women’s table tennis team that failed to reach the semi-finals in the Paris…
What were your most memorable moments of the recently concluded Olympic games? Among the many, one of my most memorable moment was Novak Djokovic winning the gold in Men’s tennis. In his long career, he has won 24 grand slams. The only missing piece in his trophy cabinet was an Olympic gold medal. Just few…
Venezuelan Olympic cyclist Daniela Larreal Chirinos was found dead in Las Vegas. Police discovered the body in her Nevada apartment on August 16. The cause of death has also been identified. Chirinos, who competed in five Olympic Games for Venezuela, passed away after choking on food in her Los Angeles apartment. According to the Daily…
Amid the Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat still taking time to get a hold what she went through for the past 15 days, reports of her receiving cash prize after Paris Olympics are getting attention of the people. Phogat, who challenged her disqualification at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) and sought a silver medal…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ad-hoc committee sitting in Paris for the Olympics has released a 24-page document detailing its verdict in Vinesh Phogat’s appeal. An ad-hoc division of the CAS had on August 14 rejected her appeal against a gut-wrenching disqualification from the women’s 50kg final for being 100gm overweight, a decision that…
Almost a week after announcing the verdict on Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s plea against disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024 as dismissed, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on 19 August released a full report of the entire proceedings. In the report, the CAS explained the terms and conditions of the United World Wrestling…
Ever since India wrestler Vinesh Phogat returned to India from Paris, she has been showered with with lots of support, love and blessings. Despite she could not secure a medal in the Paris Olympics, he won the hearts of her fans. On 19 August, the wrestler celebrated Raksha Bandhan with her brother Harvinder Phogat in…
