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Pakistan’s Olympic javelin gold medallist, Arshad Nadeem, carried the trophy to the centre ahead of the second semifinal between South Africa and New Zealand in Lahore on Wednesday. Arshad made history as Pakistan’s first individual Olympic gold medallist and the country’s first athletics medallist at the Summer Games. The 6’3” javelin thrower dominated the Paris…
After the International Boxing Association (IBA) said it would file criminal complaints against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing women boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, Khelif released a statement on her social media saying her team will “pursue all available legal avenues” against the…
In 2024, India’s sporting fortunes were more of a dim flicker, with a few stray fireworks thrown in. While the year was headlined by the high of the ICC T20 World Cup in the USA and the Caribbean, the form and reputation of our cricketers and the national team took a beating as the year…
Pistol shooter Manu Bhaker, who scripted history at the Olympic Games in 2024 by winning two bronze medals, has decided to get them replaced with ‘identical models’. This development comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told AFP on Monday that the Paris 2024 Organising Committee is working closely with Monnaie de Paris (the French…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics took place in Paris from July 26 to August 11 this year. The Paris 2024 Olympics featured 32 sports, including the 28 “core” disciplines, that include breaking, skateboarding, surfing and sports climbing. A total of 117 Indian athletes, comprising 70 males and 47 females, competed at the Summer Games this year….
Indian para archers Sheetal Devi and Sarita finished second and ninth, respectively in women’s individual compound open ranking round at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday. The 17-year-old Sheetal, who shoots with her legs as she was born without arms, recorded a new personal best score of 703, finishing a point behind Turkiye’s Oznur Cure Girdi,…
There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. Mondo Duplantis was regularly in the headlines, after improving his pole vault world record thrice this year. For Indian athletics, Gulveer Singh brought in a flurry of records, in long-distance running. The biggest event of the year from the Indian…
The year 2024 was a year filled with several controversial moments across multiple sports. Here are some of the biggest sporting controversies that happened in 2024: Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic disqualification **EDS: FILE IMAGE** Paris: In this file image wrestler Vinesh Phogat reacts after the round of 16 of the women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling match against…
