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Rohit Mahajan Tribune News Service Paris, August 1 Nikhat Zareen, beaten by Yu Wu, world champion, in the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s 50kg boxing competition, speaks brave words suggesting she’s got boundless strength of the mind — “I’m tough! I’m...

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar, who is due to take part in the Olympics next week, has escaped unhurt from a car accident and will compete in her event as scheduled. Diksha was involved in an accident late on Tuesday night....

Archery Mixed team 1/8 elimination Dhiraj Bommadevara & Ankita Bhakat vs Indonesia 1:20pm Athletics Women’s 5,000m heats Ankita Dhyani, Parul Chaudhary 9:30pm Men’s shot put qualification Tajinderpal Singh Toor 11:40pm Babminton Men’s singles quarterfinals Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen...

Rohit Mahajan in Paris Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, India’s strongest bet in badminton, crashed out in the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles event, beaten 21-13 14-21 16-21 by Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. It would be fair...

Paris, August 1 PV Sindhu's hopes of winning a third Olympic medal lay in tatters as she made a shock exit from the Paris Games with a straight-game loss against China's world number six He Bingjiao in the women's singles...

Paris, August 1 Indian golfer Diksha Dagar, who is due to take part in the Olympics next week, has escaped unhurt from a car accident involving her and will compete in her event as scheduled. Diksha, who will not be...

Villepinte (France), August 1 Imane Khelif of Algeria won her opening Olympic boxing bout Thursday when opponent Angela Carini of Italy quit after just 46 seconds. Kheli was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility...

Chandigarh, August 1 A video of Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk dancing to Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk during her quarterfinal match at the Paris Olympics 2024 has gone viral. She was contesting against Croatia’s Donna Vekic when she grooved on...

Paris, August 1 In one of the biggest upsets of the Olympic Games boxing competition, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) bowed out after a 0-5 loss to Asian Games gold-medallist Wu Yu, completely outmaneuvered by the Chinese in a...

Chateauroux (France), August 1 Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale kept his composure to stage a remarkable comeback and help the country claim its first ever Olympic bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions event of the ongoing Games here on Thursday....

New Delhi, July 31 Former India cricketer Anshuman Gaekwad, who served the game in different capacities after his retirement as a player, died today after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs...

Manika Batra’s splendid run came to an end following a meek surrender against higher-ranked Japanese Miu Hirano. The seasoned Manika had become the first Indian to progress to the Round of 16 at the Olympic Games on Monday. Up against...

Archery Men’s individual 1/32 elimination round Pravin Jadhav vs Kao Wenchao (China) 2:30pm Boxing Women’s 50kg Round of 16 Nikhat Zareen vs Yu Wu (China) 2:30pm Golf Men’s individual Round 1 Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubhankar Sharma 12:30pm Hockey Men’s Pool B...

A famous German seems to have asked this question of his commander during World War II in 1944. The question may have been slightly premature — 80 years, it can be said that Paris is burning, for it’s been oppressively...

Tribune News Service Paris, July 31 PV Sindhu, two-time Olympics medallist, handed a lesson to Estonia’s Kristin Kuuba in their round-robin pool match to top Group M and sail into the pre-quarterfinals. Though she didn’t quite need it, Sindhu was...

Rohit Mahajan in Paris The Netherlands’ Quinty Roeffen, 18 years old but looking like 16, can’t stop gushing over her conqueror from India. “Oh, Kumari! She’s a great archer,” says Quinty. “I know about her! She’s competing in her fourth...

Paris, July 31 Tokyo Olympics bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) began her quest for a second successive Games medal confidently as she out-punched Norway's Sunniva Hofstad in her opening bout here on Wednesday. Borgohain prevailed 5-0 in the contest and she...

Paris, July 31 Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympic Games’ women’s singles competition after beating Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in straight games here on Wednesday. The two-time Olympic medallist won 21-5 21-10 in her...

Rohit Mahajan Paris, July 30 Paris — sweaty, sweltering Paris — is oppressively hot, surprisingly so. The Indian hockey team felt the heat when it played Ireland today, and seemed relieved to get three points from the 2-0 win. With...

Medal contenders Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty notched up a dominating straight-game win against Indonesian duo of Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian to top Group C in men’s doubles badminton competition. The third-seeded Indian duo won 21-13 21-13. Ashwini...

Vinayak Padmadeo New Delhi, July 30 The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) cannot get its act together. When the country is celebrating two bronze medals in shooting, the IOA officials cannot seem to think beyond their egos. ‘Unilateral decisions’ I must...

Rohit Mahajan in Paris Success has gone to Manu Bhaker’s heart — she’s more serene than ever before. “Shooting is a sport where your heart races very fast, you got to control that,” said Manu today after winning her second...

Nitish Sharma Ambala, July 30 Family and coach are elated at the achievement of Sarabjot Singh, who belongs to Dheen village here. Present at the shooting range where Sarabjot practises, his father Jatinder Singh says: “He has done the country...

Ravinder Saini Jhajjar, July 30 The mood has been nothing less than festive at Universal Public School in Manu Bhaker’s native Goriya village, where she studied and charted a course in shooting. The big screen, put up on the school...

Rohit Mahajan in Paris Shortly after 10 in the morning today, the stoicism that’s central to shooting was shed by Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh. The torrent of emotion washed away the shooters’ mandatory impassiveness at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre,...