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July 25, 2024 12:33 PM

Canadian Olympic Committee says soccer coach Priestman had no knowledge of drone incident

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is confident women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman had no knowledge of the spying incident that has engulfed her squad in scandal ahead of their gold medal title defence at the Paris Olympics. The COC said on W...

July 25, 2024 1:21 PM

India’s Olympic quest begins with Deepika and Tarundeep leading in archery ranking rounds

India will kickstart its Paris Olympics journey on Thursday, with archers Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai leading the charge in the ranking rounds at Les Invalides. For the first time since the London 2012 Olympics, India will field a full team of ...

July 25, 2024 10:18 AM

Paris Olympics: Argentina match against Morocco suspended as fans invade pitch

A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday (July 24) caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2....

July 24, 2024 5:55 PM

Record allocation for sports with major boost to Khelo India and anti-doping efforts

By: Aditya Ahuja While presenting the Union Budget 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reaffirmed the Modi 3.0 government's dedication to elevating India to an elite sporting nation. This year, the sports sector has been allocated a recor...

July 24, 2024 7:28 PM

Macron confirms Olympics opening ceremony will be on River Seine

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (July 23) confirmed in a TV interview with France 2 that the Paris Olympics opening ceremony would be held on the River Seine. Doubts remained on weather the event could be held on the river on Friday (Jul...

July 23, 2024 4:15 PM

India to kickstart Paris Olympics journey on Thursday across 16 disciplines

A 117-member Indian contingent will kickstart its Paris Olympics campaign on July 25, competing in 69 medal events across 16 sports. A 29-member athletics team, led by Neeraj Chopra, will represent a large portion of the contingent traveling to Fran...

July 23, 2024 9:59 AM

Abhinav Bindra awarded Olympic Order by IOC for outstanding services to Olympic Movement

By: Aditya Ahuja Abhinav Bindra, the first Indian to win an individual gold at the Olympics, has been honoured with the Olympic Order for his outstanding contributions to the Olympic movement. The Olympic Order is the highest accolade bestowed by ...

July 22, 2024 3:28 PM

From Suryakumar’s captaincy to relationship with Virat; key highlights from Gambhir’s first presser as head coach

By: Aditya Ahuja Newly appointed India head coach Gautam Gambhir addressed his first press conference in Mumbai since taking over the job earlier this month, with BCCI selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar beside him. This comes ahead of his firs...

July 22, 2024 9:56 AM

Yuki Bhambri, Albano Olivetti rally to win doubles title in Swiss Open

Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti won the Swiss Open 2024 doubles event after a come-from-behind victory against the French pair of Fabrice Martin and Ugo Humbert in the final. This is the second ATP Tour title...

July 21, 2024 3:46 PM

Olympics-India not content with just qualifying for team events at Paris Games, says coach

India will compete in the men's and women's table tennis team event at the Olympics for the first time at the Paris Games after climbing into the top 16 in the rankings, but coach Massimo Costantini is still not satisfied. India's table tennis team ...

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