Cycling-Kouame gives France second title at track world championships
PARIS : France picked up their second gold medal at the track cycling world championships on home soil when Marie-Divine Kouame claimed the 500 metres title on Saturday
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Udhayveer Sidhu's double gold sees India consolidate second place at Worlds
Udhayveer won both the junior men's 25m and standard pistol titles while Esha Singh clinched the junior women's 25m pistol crown as India ended the day with four gold and three bronze medals to lie behind China who have eight gold and a total of 16 medals. India has also picked up one Paris 2024 Olympics quota place after Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil stunned a high-quality field on Friday to become the 10 air rifle men's world champion. Udhayveer shot a combined score of 580 after the precision and rapid fire rounds in the junior men's sports pistol, to emerge on top of the 23-strong field.
Defending champ Mokoka shrugs off pressure of Cape Town Marathon title: 'It's about having fun'
Defending champion Stephen Mokoka is prepared for the challenge of Sunday's new-look Sanlam Cape Town Marathon.
Savannah Marshall: ‘We always mention Katie Taylor, we don’t mention Claressa Shields. Her ignorance will be her downfall’
Savannah Marshall has been living in Claressa Shields’ head for a decade. The American’s defeat to her rival in their now infamous amateur clash in 2012 serves as the only blemish on her otherwise perfect boxing record. No other woman, in the amateur or professional code, has beaten her.
Claressa Shields: Savannah Marshall is broken already, losing to me is going to play a lot in her head and in her heart
Claressa Shields has made a living on making history.
Following in Abhinav Bindra's footsteps, new world champion Rudrankksh Patil says 'it took time to sink in'
Cairo. In the process, Rudrankksh became only the second Indian world champion in the 10m air rifle category after Abhinav Bindra, who won gold in 2006. Rudrankksh is overall the sixth world champion shooter from India. Among them, only Bindra went on to win an Olympics medal. Rudrankksh’s gold has also resulted in him winning a quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Rudrankksh, lovingly known as Sai at home, is the eldest child of Balasaheb Patil, SP Palghar. His mother, Hemangini, is a regional transport officer at Vashi in Navi Mumbai. With that kind of background, rigour and discipline are qualities that have been imbibed well.
San Diego Open: Iga Świątek makes hilarious complaint about the weather
Tennis star Iga Świątek made a hilarious complaint about the weather in California after reaching the quarter-finals at the San Diego Open.
Iga Swiatek beats Zheng Qinwen to set up French Open rematch against Coco Gauff in San Diego
Iga Swiatek beat Zheng Qinwen to set up a French Open rematch against Coco Gauff in San Diego. The women's world No. 1, who has 61 victories to her name this year, has been almost unplayable.