[ad_1] On Thursday (August 1), Italy’s 66kg boxer Angela Carini withdrew from her bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif after just 46 seconds. Carini’s reason for pulling out: She had never been punched so hard. Her withdrawal made news because Khelif is one of the two boxers allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics despite failing […]
Djokovic beats Nadal to reach Paris Olympics third round with straight-sets win | Sport-others News
[ad_1] Top seed Novak Djokovic outplayed long-time rival Rafael Nadal in their 60th all-time meeting to progress into the third round of the Paris Olympics men’s singles on Monday. Djokovic, the 24-time Grand Slam champion, obliterated Nadal from the start, asserting complete dominance over serve and return to find the early breaks. While the Serb […]
Same old collapse story for Lanka, India wrap series | Cricket News
[ad_1] SYNOPSIS: In a rain-curtailed fixture at Pallekele, Sri Lanka’s batting collapses for a second successive night as India make full use of it to wrap up the series with a match to go. Walk in the park Three balls into India’s chase of 162 – which was definitely below par on the flat deck […]
Paris Olympics: French athlete Sounkamba Sylla might miss opening ceremony because of hijab | Sport-others News
[ad_1] France’s 400-meter women’s and mixed relay teams athlete Sounkamba Sylla claimed that she has been banned from the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Friday because she wears a hijab. “You are selected for the Olympics, organized in your country, but you can’t participate in the opening ceremony because you wear a […]
2024 Paris Olympics: Football – the world’s most popular sport, but plagued by indecision and lack of identity at the Games | Football News
[ad_1] The grandest sporting exhibition in Paris, the Olympics, would unfold without the country’s most famous sportsperson, Kylian Mbappe. The French superstar footballer had, in the past, expressed his desire to compete in the event and win the “holy grail”, but his transfer to Real Madrid, which prohibits those that had competed in the Euros […]
On the dance floor: How will scoring work, what do the judges look for | Sport-others News
[ad_1] Breaking will be the only sport at Paris Olympics where calling a dancer’s set a “dope move” will not be frowned upon. In B-Girl and B-Boy lingo, ‘Dope’ is superlative degree for crazy, awesome, wowsie, mental, brill and sh*t super cool. But the sport at the urban venue at Concorde, has its own thorough […]
How Global Chess League convinced players: Open houses, over-communication, Russian translator and presentation decks in Mandarin | Chess News
[ad_1] After introducing a desi tadka to the way elite chess tournaments are organised with its first season, the Global Chess League will be back for another season in October this year. In the first edition, the GCL managed a coup of sorts by getting some of the biggest names in the sport to sign […]
Women’s Asia Cup: India stroll to a comfortable win against Pakistan to kick off their title defence | Cricket News
[ad_1] The ‘Greatest Rivalry’ is now a familiar refrain from Indian cricket broadcasters when it comes to building up a match against Pakistan. Often though, the action on the field doesn’t live up to the hype. It was one of those occasions on Friday in Dambulla, as Harmanpreet Kaur’s India breezed to a comfortable 7-wicket […]
How a timely phone call from Sushil Kumar cured Aman Sehrawat’s indecisive nature on the mat | Sport-others News
[ad_1] Not much has changed for wrestler Aman Sehrawat, but at the same time everything has. Sehrawat, India’s only male wrestler at the Paris Olympics, still shares a small room nestled below the seating gallery of the Chhatrasal Stadium with two other wrestlers. The 20-year-old points to the wall on which he has pasted the […]
Washington Sundar reveals what Riyan Parag said ahead of Jonathan Campbell’s wicket: ‘Would be great if I could get a catch’ | Cricket News
[ad_1] Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar picked up three wickets in the third T20I between India and Zimbabwe on Wednesday. After the game 24-year-old revealed his conversation with Riyan Parag before Sundar scalped his second wicket, Johnathan Campbell. “Just before the ball, Riyan Parag told me that it would be great if he could get a […]