Messi has 'invitation' to play for Argentina at Mascherano
The door is open for Lionel Messi to play at this year's Paris Olympics, Argentina's under-23 manager Javier Mascherano said.
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Focus On Men's Team, PV Sindhu As India Chase Glory At BATC
Thomas Cup champions India will look to recreate magic when they chase the elusive crown at the Badminton Asia Team Championships, which will mark the return of double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu from injury. The Indian men's team, which lifted the Thomas Cup in 2022 and secured a first-ever silver medal at last year's Asian Games, will look to go all the way in the continental event this week after finishing with bronze medals in the 2016 and 2018 editions. It won't be a walk in the park for the Indian men's team, who will face formidable China and Hong Kong in its group A league matches.
Rohan Bopanna Sets Sight On Paris Olympics After Australian Open Triumph
The reigning Australian Open men's doubles champion Rohan Bopanna has set his sight on the Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26 after winning his maiden men's doubles grand slam. "I think Olympics is very much in the pipeline. It is going to be amazing that we will be having a tennis team participating at Olympics but before that I have a lot of Masters series like Indian Wells, Miami then the clay court season begins. We have the French Open and Wimbledon. So, we have so many events before the Olympics. You know for tennis calendar it is pretty busy. Every week there is a tournament. So, a lot of wonderful things to look forward to and excited for the seaosn coming up," said Rohan Bopanna while speaking to ANI.
'The main goal remains the Olympic Games': Record-setting Arop has priorities in place
Five months from the Paris Olympics, reigning world champion Marco Arop is "feeling as healthy as ever" while continuing to set Canadian records.
Focus On Men's Team, PV Sindhu As India Chase Glory At BATC
Thomas Cup champions India will look to recreate magic when they chase the elusive crown at the Badminton Asia Team Championships, which will mark the return of double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu from injury. The Indian men's team, which lifted the Thomas Cup in 2022 and secured a first-ever silver medal at last year's Asian Games, will look to go all the way in the continental event this week after finishing with bronze medals in the 2016 and 2018 editions. It won't be a walk in the park for the Indian men's team, who will face formidable China and Hong Kong in its group A league matches.
High Jumper Tejaswin Shankar Wins Season-Opening Meet In Belgium
National record holder in high jump Tejaswin Shankar won the top prize in the International High Jump Gala Elmos 2024 athletics meet in Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium with a leap of 2.23 metres. Shankar, competing for the first time since October last year, finished ahead of Greece's Antonios Merlos (2.20 metres) in the World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger event on Saturday. The 25-year-old, who holds both the men's high jump and decathlon national records, however, could not better his personal best of 2.29m. Shankar is also focusing on decathlon and had won bronze and silver in the discipline in the Asian Championships and Asian Games last year.
Mona McSharry and Conor Ferguson secure semi-final spots in Doha
Mona McSharry and Conor Ferguson have booked semi-final spots at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha following comfortable Monday morning heat swims.
China's Pan sets 100 metres freestyle world record
DOHA: China's teen sensation Pan Zhanle set the men's 100 metres freestyle world record at the swimming World Championships in Doha on Sunday (Feb 11) with a stunning leadoff swim in the 4x100m relay to power his nation to the title.