Shooting-South Korea's Yang wins women's 25m pistol gold
CHATEAUROUX, France : South Korea's Yang Ji-in won the gold in the women's 25 metres pistol event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
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Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE Updates, Day 8: Shooter Manu Bhaker Misses Out On Medal; Archer Deepika Kumari Wins 1st Set
Paris Olympics 2024 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Indian shooter Manu Bhaker missed out on a medal after finishing 4th in the Women's 25m Pistol final at the Paris Olympics 2024. Manu lost the 3rd/4th place elimination playoff to miss out on what would've been his third medal of the ongoing Olympics in the French capital. In archery, Deepika Kumari will be action against her German opponent in the women's individual Round of 16 tie. Bhajan Kaur will also be in action in the women's individual Round of 16.Later in the day, Boxer Nishant Dev will also fight in men's 71kg quarterfinal. He is one win away from confirming a medal for India.(India's Day 8 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Match officials announced for Bok Rugby Championship fixtures
Six different referees will take charge of Springbok matches during this year's Rugby Championship, with Luke Pearce of England set to take charge of their opening clash against Australia at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane next Saturday.
It’s not over for D’Tigress in Paris
Nigeria female basketball team, D’Tigress, must be in their best element on Sunday, when they face Canada in a make or break tie.
Despite athletes’ free fall in Paris, Sports Minister still hopeful of ‘last magic’
The free fall by Nigerian athletes at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics notwithstanding, Sports Minister, John Owen Enoh, is still hopeful the nation will not return home empty handed.
USA Set New World Record In Mixed 4x400m Relay
The United States set a new world record in the heats of the mixed 4x400m relay at the Paris Olympics on Friday. The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown timed 3min 07.41sec, smashing the previous best of 3:08.80 set when the US won world gold in Budapest last year. "We wanted to come out here and execute good hand-offs," said Norwood. "We set the tone for the rest of the United States with that world record."
Julian Alvarez hijack eyed as Manchester City make transfer decision
The future of Manchester City star Julian Alvarez continues to be subject of speculation after hinting he was unhappy for missing out in big games.
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz To Clash In Dream Paris Olympics 2024 Gold Medal Clash
A fired-up Novak Djokovic on Friday reached his first Olympic final, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz in a dream showdown for gold, describing his achievement as "a big deal". Top seed Djokovic, still seeking an elusive Olympic title to sit along his 24 Grand Slams, defeated Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in a tense semi-final. Alcaraz earlier became the youngest men's finalist since tennis returned to the Games in 1988 when he swept aside Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1. Sunday's title match at Roland Garros will be the pair's seventh meeting and follows on the heels of Alcaraz's recent victory against Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. "It's a huge relief," said Djokovic, whose only success at the Olympics was a bronze medal at Beijing in 2008.