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Manu Bhaker, Trolled For Wearing Paris Olympic Medals, Gives Fiery Reply

Shooter Manu Bhaker scripted history last month as she became the first athlete of Independent India to win multiple medals at a single edition of the Olympic games. The 22-year-old claimed bronze medal in the women's 10-metre air pistol event and the 10-metre air pistol mixed team events at the Paris Olympics 2024. Despite winning laurels for the country, Manu, however, was recently targetted by social media trolls for carrying her Paris Olympic medals to events. However, Manu has silenced the trollers with her sharp retort.

PV Sindhu Prepares Comeback, Adds This Badminton Great To Coaching Staff

Double Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu will have South Korean great Lee Hyun Il as her consulting coach on interim basis as she bolstered her coaching team ahead of her anticipated return to action next month. The move came after the recent appointment of Anup Sridhar as Sindhu's interim coach. The duo will be in Sindhu's coaching team till December 2024. A decision on a permanent coaching team is expected by that time.

England test captain Stokes open to white-ball return under McCullum

England test captain Ben Stokes said he would be willing to return to the white-ball setup under new coach Brendon McCullum if he was asked but added that there had been no conversations about him coming back into the limited overs squads.

"Sir, Do Hi Haath Hain": Virat Kohli's Awkward Encounter With Hotel Staff In Kanpur. Watch

Indian cricket team stalwart Virat Kohli reached Kanpur ahead of the 2nd Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday. As expected, a huge gathering of people welcomed him to the hotel, with the staff members also queuing up to meet and greet the cricketing icon. Seeing so many people gather to glimpse top cricketers like Virat Kohli isn't new, but players get uncomfortable seeing hoards of people at times. Virat encountered a similar situation at the Kanpur hotel upon his arrival.

"Great Example": KL Rahul Compared To Australia Great Despite Form Issues. This Is The Reason

Former Australia cricketer Mark Waugh is considered by many to be one of the best slip fielders in modern cricket. Waugh played a major role in Australia's dominance in the 1990s and his fielding was considered to be a major asset for the team. Indian cricket team fielding coach T Dilip compared KL Rahul to Waugh while analysing his catch during the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai. Rahul missed out on scoring a lot of runs but he took a sharp catch at second slip to dismiss the dangerous Mushfiqur Rahim.

Alcaraz joins Sinner, Zverev in ATP Finals field

Carlos Alcaraz has secured his place in the season-ending ATP Finals to be held in Turin in November, joining world number one Jannik Sinner and twice champion Alexander Zverev.

"For The Last 100 Years...": India Chess Star Vantika Agarwal To NDTV On Rare Olympiad Double Gold

India scripted history by claiming double gold at the Chess Olympiad 2024 with both the men's and women's teams winning their maiden gold medals. The men's team defeated Slovenia after D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanadhaa won their respective matches in their final round match. The women's team won their final match against Azerbaijan to secure the top prize. Vantika Agrawal was one of the members who impressed as part of the Indian team and she told NDTV that both the men's and women's team players were extremely proud to end India's wait for the Olympiad gold medal.

"I'm Out": How A Dropped Catch Of VVS Laxman Led To Australia Great's Shock Retirement

Legendary Australian cricket team wicket-keeper batter Adam Gilchrist opened up about the exact moment when he decided to retire from international cricket. Gilchrist shocked the world by announcing his retirement midway into the Adelaide Test against India in 2008. He was four matches away from completing 100 Tests - which would have only the second wicketkeeper in history to complete the milestone - but he recently said that it was after dropping an easy catch of India batter VVS Laxman that he decided to retire and he instantly told Matthew Hayden about his decision.

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Manu Bhaker, Trolled For Wearing Paris Olympic Medals, Gives Fiery Reply

PV Sindhu Prepares Comeback, Adds This Badminton Great To Coaching Staff

England test captain Stokes open to white-ball return under McCullum

"Sir, Do Hi Haath Hain": Virat Kohli's Awkward Encounter With Hotel Staff In Kanpur. Watch

"Great Example": KL Rahul Compared To Australia Great Despite Form Issues. This Is The Reason

Alcaraz joins Sinner, Zverev in ATP Finals field

"For The Last 100 Years...": India Chess Star Vantika Agarwal To NDTV On Rare Olympiad Double Gold

"I'm Out": How A Dropped Catch Of VVS Laxman Led To Australia Great's Shock Retirement