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Tonsilitis forces top-ranked Jannik Sinner out of Olympic tennis tournament
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday because of tonsillitis.
Paris Olympics: Coco Gauff To Make History As Youngest US Flag Bearer At Opening Ceremony
Women tennis player Coco Gauff will carry the U.S. flag at the Paris Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday, becoming the youngest American to get this honour. Gauff, 20, was selected by her fellow U.S. Olympic team members, making her the first tennis player to serve as a U.S. flag-bearer at either an opening or closing ceremony. Joining her will be NBA star LeBron James, named the male flag-bearer on Monday. Gauff, born in March 2004, will surpass the record previously held by Cindy Nelson, an Alpine skier who served as flag-bearer for the U.S. at the Opening Ceremony of the 1976 Winter Games.
Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu's Unique Training With Eyes On 3rd Medal, Takes On HS Prannoy And Lakshya Sen. Watch
PV Sindhu has been India's most consistent athlete in the last two Olympics. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sindhu won silver in badminton (women's singles) and then won a bronze in Tokyo 2020. While her form suffered ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, hopes are high that Sindhu will once again shine bright at the biggest stage to win her third Olympics medal. Ahead of the campaign, a video has gone viral where PV Sindhu can be seen playing simultaneously with Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, two of the best men's badminton players in India.
Charlotte Dujardin dumped as ambassador for charity after horse whipping storm
Charlotte Dujardin has been dropped as an ambassador for horse welfare charity Brooke amid a horse whipping controversy engulfing the British Olympian.
Paris Olympics 2024: What is on and where to watch over the next five days?
While the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics will take place on Friday evening, there are plenty of events which kick-off ahead of it.
Andrew Nembhard agrees to 3-year, $59M extension with Pacers - ESPN
Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard has agreed to a three-year, $59 million contract extension that will take him through the 2027-28 season, Todd Ramasar and Jaafar Choufani of Life Sports Agency told ESPN on Wednesday morning.
Dhinidhi Desinghu" Meet India's Youngest Olympian At Paris Games: A 14-Year-Old Swimmer
India's teenage swimming sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu will make her Olympics debut at the upcoming Summer Games in Paris, France. Ahead of the Paris Olympics, Dhinidhi shed light on her initial struggles, and recalled how she didn't like to get inside a swimming pool. Fast forward to 2024, the 14-year-old made it in women's 200m freestyle on a universality quota. Dhinidhi also revealed that her parents to involve her in a sport and swimming was an obvious choice as they had a pool right next to their home.