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The Blitzboks will have to summon a similar type of resolve to what they showed in Dubai last week after being handed another mouthwatering if challenging pool for this weekend's Cape Town Sevens.
PV Sindhu is one name that needs no introduction. The ace badminton player has brought India several laurels which includes two Olympic medals, one World Championship gold apart from medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. At 28, PV Sindhu has many more years of game-time in front of her. Her next aim is the 2024 Paris Olympics and ahead of the mega event she has teamed up with badminton legend Prakash Padukone as her 'mentor'. PV Sindhu, of late, has struggled on court but is confident of making a strong comeback.
PV Sindhu is one name that needs no introduction. The ace badminton player has brought India several laurels which includes two Olympic medals, one World Championship gold apart from medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. At 28, PV Sindhu has many more years of game-time in front of her. Her next aim is the 2024 Paris Olympics and ahead of the mega event she has teamed up with badminton legend Prakash Padukone as her 'mentor'. PV Sindhu, of late, has struggled on court but is confident of making a strong comeback.
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There is no "plan B" for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Summer Games, the French sports minister said, after a man armed with a knife and hammer killed a German tourist and left two people wounded near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
In a significant development, the Athletics Federation of India on Sunday decided to stop running national camps for elite athletes after the Paris Olympics, leaving the door open for public and private entities to take care of the top players. "We have decided to wind up national senior training camps after Paris (next year). We have communicated this to the sports ministry, which has appreciated our move," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said on the concluding day of the federation's AGM."There are so many good facilities at SAI NCOEs (National Centres of Excellence). Reliance, JSW, Tata and other private entities also have good facilities. They have made huge investments and appointed foreign coaches.
In a significant development, the Athletics Federation of India on Sunday decided to stop running national camps for elite athletes after the Paris Olympics, leaving the door open for public and private entities to take care of the top players. "We have decided to wind up national senior training camps after Paris (next year). We have communicated this to the sports ministry, which has appreciated our move," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said on the concluding day of the federation's AGM."There are so many good facilities at SAI NCOEs (National Centres of Excellence). Reliance, JSW, Tata and other private entities also have good facilities. They have made huge investments and appointed foreign coaches.
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said he was "very satisfied" with the state of preparations for the Olympic Village of the Paris 2024 Summer Games after a visit to the new build north of the French capital on Friday. "As an Olympian it's always a great moment to be in an Olympic Village," said Bach, who won Olympic fencing team gold for West Germany in the 1976 Games and now heads the International Olympic Committee (IOC). "Every Olympian will tell you that once the Games are over and he's meeting other Olympic athletes, after one minute at the latest, they will both will speak about the Olympic Village and the experience they made there. This is where the heart of the Olympic Games will beat."