Martin McDonagh moves on to last 16 at Olympic qualifiers in Italy
Martin McDonagh is into the last 16 of Olympic qualifiers in Italy after an impressive win over Turkish fighter Yusuf Acik on Wednesday.
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Aidan Walsh produces strong performance in Italy
Ireland's Aidan Walsh produced a commanding performance to beat UAE's Husain Alkandari in his Olympic qualifiers first-round bout in Italy on Tuesday.
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Will Be The Ones To Beat In Paris Olympics: Pullela Gopichand
Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Monday singled out world number one doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as favourites for an Olympic medal and said two-time medallist PV Sindhu too is on the right path and can deliver once again at the Paris Games. Returning after a long injury layoff, double Olympic medalist Sindhu led India's women's team to a historic gold at the Badminton Asia Team Championships. Satwik and Chirag, on the other hand, have been on a dream run with successive runner-up finishes in 2023 China Open and Malaysia Open Super 1000 and India Open Super 750 this season to emerge as the world No 1 doubles pair.
Australia's Kerr to stand trial over alleged racial harassment of police officer
Australia captain Sam Kerr will face trial in the UK accused of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Will Be The Ones To Beat In Paris Olympics: Pullela Gopichand
Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Monday singled out world number one doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as favourites for an Olympic medal and said two-time medallist PV Sindhu too is on the right path and can deliver once again at the Paris Games. Returning after a long injury layoff, double Olympic medalist Sindhu led India's women's team to a historic gold at the Badminton Asia Team Championships. Satwik and Chirag, on the other hand, have been on a dream run with successive runner-up finishes in 2023 China Open and Malaysia Open Super 1000 and India Open Super 750 this season to emerge as the world No 1 doubles pair.
Paris Olympic Village Ready On Time As Confidence Grows
The organisers of the Paris Olympics are set to take the keys for the athletes' village on Thursday a day ahead of schedule, reinforcing growing confidence that they will be ready for the Games. An inauguration ceremony at the sprawling site in northern Paris will see President Emmanuel Macron attend as guest of honour, alongside chief organiser Tony Estanguet and a smattering of French athletes. The roughly 40 low-rise tower blocks will house around 14,000 people over the course of the Olympics, which kick off on July 26, and another 9,000 during the Paralympics afterwards.
Canadians look to use World Athletics Indoor Championships as launch pad to Paris
GLASGOW — With the bright lights shining down on the infield of Emirates Arena, Canadian athletes got in one last training session on Thursday morning ahead of Friday's start of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.