Zheng makes China history by reaching Olympic tennis final
PARIS: Zheng Qinwen stunned women's world number one Iga Swiatek on Thursday (Aug 1) to become the first Chinese player to reach an Olympic Games tennis singles final.
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China’s Yang wins women’s 20km walk Olympic gold
China’s Yang Jiayu produced a dominant performance to win the women’s 20-kilometre walk Olympic title in Paris on Thursday.
Indians Disappoint In 20km Race Walk At Paris Olympics 2024
National record holder Priyanka Goswami finished a poor 41st in the women's 20km competition while Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh ended at lowly 30th and 37th positions respectively in the men's event as Indian race walkers produced a disappointing performance at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Priyanka, an Asian silver medallist, clocked 1 hour, 39 minutes and 55 seconds, more than a whopping 10 minutes outside her season's best of 1:29:48, to bring up the rear. Only two race walkers finished behind her.
Australia's coach Gustavsson leaves by mutual consent after Olympics exit
PARIS : Australia women's football head coach Tony Gustavsson four-year contract ended by mutual agreement following the team's group stage exit at the Olympics, the Australian FA said on Thursday.
Pedigree and preparation set Marchand up for greatness
PARIS : Being the child of swimming Olympians and dubbed the "French Michael Phelps", living up to the hype has been the biggest test for Leon Marchand when diving into the Paris pool.
Olympic champion Pan Zhanle's 100m freestyle record should not be questioned, says Proud
PARIS: China's Pan Zhanle has no questions to answer about his sensational 100m freestyle swimming world record at the Paris Olympics, British sprint specialist Ben Proud said on Thursday (Aug 1).
Rowing-Zeidler sets Olympic record en route to sculls final
PARIS : Reigning world champion Oliver Zeidler of Germany set an Olympic record as he blazed into the men's single sculls Olympic final on Thursday in a time of 6:35.77, eclipsing the previous mark of 6:40.45 set by Stefanos Ntouskos of Greece at the Tokyo Games.
Paris Olympics 2024: India Suffer First Loss In Hockey, Lose 1-2 Against Belgium
The Indian hockey team suffered its first loss of the Olympic Games, going down 1-2 to defending champions Belgium after letting slip a one goal lead in a pool match on Thursday. Abhishek gave India the lead in the 18th minute before Belgium made a strong comeback after half-time to score through Thibeau Stockbroekx (33rd) and John-John Dohmen (44th) to seal the win and remain unbeaten in the tournament so far. Both India and Belgium have already qualified for the quarterfinals from Pool B. India had defeated New Zealand 3-2 before drawing 1-1 against Argentina. In their last match, the Harmanpreet-led side beat Ireland 2-0. They will next play Australia in their final pool match on Friday.