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Rajeshwari, Shreyasi lose in women’s trap qualification

Indian shooters Rajeshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh, who began the women's trap qualification event yesterday, failed to make the cut-off for the final at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday.

2024-07-31T12:38:14.769772+00:00 IST

Olympics 2024: Lovlina Borgohain advances to QFs of Women's 75 Kg

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain opened her Paris Olympics 2024 in style, beating Norway's Sunniva Hofstad 5:0 in the women's 75 kg round of 16 bout on Wednesday.

2024-07-31T12:00:02.822999+00:00 IST

Paris Olympics: Sreeja Akula storms into Round of 16

India paddler Sreeja Akula stormed into the Round of 16 after beating her Singapore opponent Jian Zeng in the women's singles 'round of 32' table tennis match at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

2024-07-31T10:37:20.438358+00:00 IST

Balraj Panwar advances to Final D at Paris 2024 Olympics

In a display of determination and grit, Balraj Panwar, India's sole representative in rowing at the Paris 2024 Olympics, secured his place in Final D of the men's singles sculls event. Competing in the semi-final C/D on Wednesday, Panwar clocked a time of 7:04.97, finishing sixth.

2024-07-31T10:26:55.562185+00:00 IST

“Indian athletes are icons of today”: Nita Ambani

India has made a fine start at the Paris Olympics with two medals already in the first few days of competition. On Jul 30th (Tuesday), as India won its second medal, Indian athletes received a rousing welcome at the inaugural India House in the presence of fans and administrators at Parc de la Villette.

2024-07-31T10:19:49.339747+00:00 IST

Paris Olympics: Lakshya Sen marches to pre-quarters

Ace India shuttler Lakshya Sen defeated Indonesia's Jonatan Christie 21-18, 21-12 in the badminton men's singles Group L match and secured a place in the pre-quarters at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

2024-07-31T09:52:46.224551+00:00 IST

Paris 2024: Kusale qualifies for final in men's 50m 3P shooting

Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale finished seventh in the qualification round of men's 50m 3P to qualify for the final at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

2024-07-31T09:25:07.163342+00:00 IST

Paris Olympics: Sindhu moves to R16 after beating Kristin Kuuba

India shuttler PV Sindhu marched into the Round of 16 of badminton women's singles event after beating Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in the final Group M match at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

2024-07-31T08:49:58.343488+00:00 IST

She will deliver a strong performance: Lovlina Borgohain's father

Ahead of Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain's opening match against Sunniva Hofstad in the women's 75kg category at the Paris Olympics, locals of her native village in Assam's Golaghat performed prayers and rituals at a temple on Wednesday, wishing for her success.

2024-07-31T08:10:13.042040+00:00 IST

Ashwini Ponnappa retires from her Olympic career

Star India shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa announced her retirement from the Olympics after a disappointing loss in their Group C badminton women's team match against Australia's Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu at the multi-sport event.

2024-07-31T07:11:17.474371+00:00 IST

16-year-old girl swims across The English Channel

A 16-year-old girl, Jiya Rai, with autism spectrum disorder, successfully swam across the English Channel, a distance of 34 km, in 17 hours and 25 minutes and became the youngest and fastest para swimmer in the world to achieve this feat in solo swimming.

2024-07-30T21:51:41.048721+00:00 IST

Olympics: Colombia boxer Castaneda cuts short Preeti's campaign

India boxer Preeti Pawar's hopes of bringing a medal back to the nation ended on a bitter note after Colombia's pugilist Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda inflicted a defeat on her in the women's 54 kg round of 16.

2024-07-30T20:46:11.687484+00:00 IST

IOC member Nita Ambani felicitates shooter Sarabjot Singh

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani felicitated Sarabjot Singh following his heroics with Manu Bhaker saw them claim India's second bronze medal in the ongoing Paris Olympics.

2024-07-30T20:04:11.958678+00:00 IST

Paris Olympics: Dhiraj endures heartbreak after losing to Peters

The series of upsets in archery for India continued to unfold in the Paris Olympics after young archer Dhiraj Bommadevara suffered heartbreak in the men's individual 1/16.

2024-07-30T19:30:24.305691+00:00 IST

Paris Olympics: Nesthy Petecio ends India boxer Jasmine's hopes

Philippines' Nesthy Petecio knocked India boxer Jasmine Lamboria out of the women's 57 kg round of 32 match in the ongoing Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

2024-07-30T17:05:06.167641+00:00 IST

Rashid Khan becomes fastest player to reach 600 T20 wickets

Rashid accomplished this milestone during his 438th inning, becoming the fastest bowler to reach the milestone. Now in 441 matches, Rashid has taken 600 wickets at an average of 18.25, with the best bowling figures of 6/17. He is the second-highest wicket-taker in the history of T20 cricket.

2024-07-30T16:21:37.567903+00:00 IST

Rohit Sharma practices in nets ahead of Sri Lanka series

Rohit took to X and posted some pictures of him sweating it out in the nets.

2024-07-30T16:03:29.063203+00:00 IST

Manu Bhaker dedicates her success at Paris Olympics to coach

India's record scripting shooter Manu Bhaker dedicated the majority of her success to her coach, Jaspal Rana, and revealed the mantra that allowed her to effortlessly rewrite history books in the ongoing Paris Olympics.

2024-07-30T15:55:51.158395+00:00 IST

Nita Ambani congratulates Manu-Sarabjot following historic bronze

India's shooting ace Manu Bhaker made history on Tuesday when she became the first Indian women's athlete to win a second medal at the same Olympics. Bhaker and her partner Sarabjot Singh secured bronze in the 10 m air pistol mixed team event. Earlier, Bhaker had won bronze in the women's individual 10 m air pistol event.

2024-07-30T15:48:00.076738+00:00 IST

Bhajan tastes success, Anikta bows out in recurve archery

India's ace archer Bhajan Kaur stormed into the Round of 16 after defeating Poland's veteran Wioleta Myzsor in the women's individual recurve archery on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics.

2024-07-30T15:00:40.302225+00:00 IST