Paris Olympics: Men edge out women for prime time attention once again
After three weeks of Olympic competitions, the Paris 2024 schedule shows that more than 52% of the male sporting events were scheduled between 8 pm and 9 pm.
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Wrestling Rule 'Loophole' That Could Help Vinesh Phogat Win Case At CAS, Clinch Silver
Moments away from ultimate glory, Vinesh Phogat saw 'rules' denying her the opportunity to create history for India in the Paris Olympics 2024. The wrestler's disqualification from the Paris Games gold medal match in the 50kg freestyle wrestling bout sent shockwaves all across India, but the wrestler valiantly decided to challenge the result at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Ahead of the expected verdict announcement on Tuesday, it has been reported that the United World Wrestling (UWW) is opposing Vinesh's plea, citing rules.
'Cannot Wrap Your Athletes...': Abhinav Bindra's Big Take On Prakash Padukone's Criticism
Prakash Padukone has faced a lot of criticism for his comments on badminton star Lakshya Sen's loss against Lee Zii Jia in the men's singles bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics 2024. India did not win a single medal in badminton at the Olympics this year with Lakshya coming close but ending fourth in his category. Padukone, who was the coach and mentor of the badminton team at the Paris Olympics, was very disappointed with the results and said that it was "high time the players step up and win as expected". The comments garnered mixed reactions from both fans and players with Ashwini Ponnappa even coming up with a fiery reply. Olympic medallist Abhinav Bindra, who was present at the Paris Olympics 2024 as a part of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission, said that he does not completely disagree with Padukone but believes that "accountability has to be collective".
Sinner plays down hip issue ahead of Cincinnati
Word number one Jannik Sinner said he is not worried about a hip issue that had been troubling him over the last couple of months and that he is looking forward to getting back on court at the U.S. Open tune-up tournament in Cincinnati this week.
Who Is B-Girl India? Meet The 18-Year-Old Breakdancing Sensation At Paris Olympics 2024
One of the new sports introduced into the Paris Olympics 2024 roster was breaking or breakdancing. And through this, a name that has risen to popularity in the Olympics, known as B-Girl India. The 18-year-old breakdancing sensation is already a serial winner, having won gold at the 2022 European Breaking Championship and the 2023 European Games. However, B-Girl India, despite her name, does not have any correlation to India. In fact, she represents the Netherlands. So why is she known by that name?
Fans, sailing fraternity show up bright and early to welcome home Olympic medallist Max Maeder
SINGAPORE: Supporters and members of the sailing fraternity gathered at Changi Airport on Tuesday (Aug 13) to witness a rare sight – a Singaporean returning from an Olympic Games with a medal around his neck.
She won boxing gold. Now Imane Khelif has filed a harassment complaint over claims she's a man and transgender
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal in the women's welterweight division and was her country's flag bearer in the Olympics closing ceremony.
Topps unveils rare LeBron, Curry, Durant-signed Paris Olympics card - ESPN
As rare as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant to team up for a handful of games this summer, now there is a collectable commemorating their time together at the Paris Olympics that's even rarer.