PARIS OLYMPICS: What you need to know right now
PARIS : Chaos descended on Argentina's opening men's soccer match and a spying scandal engulfed the women's soccer tournament in an inauspicious opening day of sport at the Paris Olympics.
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Olympics 2024: Indian Men's Table Tennis Team To Face China In Opener, Manika Batra To Play Teenager
Indian men's table tennis team is set to face a formidable challenge as they compete against four-time gold medalists China in the opening round of the Paris Olympics. The women's team, meanwhile, will face Romania in the round of 16. They could face, the Rio 2016 silver medallists Germany, in the second round. Notably, India have qualified for team events in table tennis for the first time. On the other hand, China have won the gold medal in the men's event at all the editions, since the introduction of team events at the Olympics in 2008.
Who Is Ankita Bhakat: Indian Archer Who Impressed Early At Paris Olympics 2024
Ankita Bhakat started India's campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 on a positive note as the 26-year-old helped her team qualify directly to the quarterfinals of women's archery. Bhakat was the top performer among the three Indian archers in the event as she finished 11th with 666 points. The tally was much better than Bhajan Kaur (22nd with 659 points) and former World No.1 Deepika Kumari (23rd with 658 points). India finished fourth with 1983 points behind South Korea (2046), China (1996) and Mexico (1986) to secure their spot directly in the quarterfinals of the competition at the Olympics 2024. Ankita grabbed the headlines on Day 1 as she was able to produce her season's best performance.
Paris 2024: China will livestream the Olympics on the big screen for the first time, but not everyone is game
SINGAPORE: In a first, China will be bringing the Olympics to the big screen, carving out an added channel for people in the country who want to catch the sporting action at Paris 2024 - although local media reports suggest muted demand so far.
Olympics 2024: India Qualify For Women's Team Quarters, Ankita Bhakat Best-Placed Archer In 11th
Debutant Ankita Bhakat left behind seasoned campaigners like Deepika Kumar to emerge as the best-placed Indian archer at 11th in the Paris Olympics' women's individual recurve qualifications as the country secured a quarterfinal spot in the team event by finishing fourth here on Thursday. The 26-year-old Ankita was the top-ranked Indian woman with 666 points, followed by Bhajan Kaur (22nd with 559 points) and Deepika Kumari (23rd with 658 points). In the team event, India grabbed the fourth spot by scoring 1983 points. South Korea topped the standings with 2046 points. China finished runners-up while Mexico grabbed the third spot.
Paris Olympics 2024: Team USA stars to know as the Games begin
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ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open
Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci outlasted No. 2 seed Adrian Mannarino of France for a 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3 victory on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Atlanta Open.
Katie Ledecky speaks out on China swimming doping scandal, hopes for 'clean' Olympics
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