South Sudan, Japan grab Olympic spots at Basketball World Cup
MANILA: South Sudan and Japan both qualified for the Paris Olympics at the Basketball World Cup on Saturday (Sep 2) as the tournament's highest-placed finishers from Africa and Asia.
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South Sudan to represent Africa, Japan to represent Asia in Paris Olympic basketball field
MANILA, Philippines: It was a chant that Luol Deng waited years to lead. He stood along the side of the South Sudan locker room after their run in the World Cup was over, cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled the same thing, over and over.
Elias replaces Sundhage as Brazil women's coach
Arthur Elias has been appointed as the new coach of the Brazil women's soccer team, the country's FA (CBF) said, after Pia Sundhage stepped down from her role following an early exit at the World Cup.
Neeraj Chopra's Preparatory Camp In Switzerland Gets Ministry Approval
Reigning Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra's preparatory camp in Switzerland on Friday got the nod from the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), which also announced other approvals. Chopra will undergo a 12-day training camp in Magglingen, Switzerland ahead of the Diamond League final to be organised in Eugene, USA, later this month. A total of INR 5.89 lakh have been sanctioned for the camp to be held from September 1-12, a release said. Chopra finished second in the Diamond League event in Zurich on Thursday after recording his best throw of 85.71m.
Neeraj Chopra's Preparatory Camp In Switzerland Gets Ministry Approval
Reigning Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra's preparatory camp in Switzerland on Friday got the nod from the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), which also announced other approvals. Chopra will undergo a 12-day training camp in Magglingen, Switzerland ahead of the Diamond League final to be organised in Eugene, USA, later this month. A total of INR 5.89 lakh have been sanctioned for the camp to be held from September 1-12, a release said. Chopra finished second in the Diamond League event in Zurich on Thursday after recording his best throw of 85.71m.
Canada's LePage sets sights on Olympic gold after historic world decathlon title win
Pierce LePage has one more mountain to climb, one more goal to reach.
Simmons wants to play for Australia at Paris Olympics
SYDNEY : All Star forward Ben Simmons says he wants to play for Australia at the Paris Olympics next year, ending a decade-long absence from the Boomers team.
"Even In The Past...": Neeraj Chopra's Father On Athlete's Bond With Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem
A World Athletics Championships gold medal is no more a dream for India's javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. The star athlete fouled in his first attempt in the final at Budapest, Hungary on Sunday night, but made a solid comeback and threw the javelin to a distance of 88.17m in his second attempt. It eventually helped Neeraj secure the top honour in the final as the second-best was 87.82m from his Pakistan opponent Arshad Nadeem. The latter won the silver medal at the event, while Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic ended the tournament with a bronze, thanks to his throw of 86.67m.