Bhowneesh Mendiratta earns India's first 2024 Paris Olympics quota place in shooting
Bhowneesh missed a world championship medal narrowly in the process, being the first to bow out with 13 out of the first 15 hits in the 35-shot medal match.
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‘All lights green’ for 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony: official
PARIS: Organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics intend to press ahead with an ambitious opening ceremony on the river Seine despite security concerns, a senior official said Wednesday. “All the lights are green to organize this ceremony in good security conditions,” an aide to President Emmanuel Macron told reporters ahead of a top-level meeting to discuss preparations.
Fund established to help sports clubs through winter
A new €35 million fund has been established to help Irish sports clubs with rising energy costs this winter.
Funding boost for sports clubs during energy crisis
A new €35 million fund has been established to help Irish sports clubs with rising energy costs this winter.
George hoping tough world lessons will propel him to Paris
Cheltenham rower Tom George wants the tough lessons brought by world bronze to propel him to the Paris Olympics. George and crewmate Ollie Wynne-Griffith overhauled Serbia in the final few strokes to claw their way onto the podium at the World Championships in RaÄice, Czech Republic. Ad But the 27-year-old was gunning for gold and rued a sluggish start for slipping behind Romania and Spain, consigned to the minor medals.
CWG silver is breakthrough of my career: Sreeshankar
Commonwealth Games silver medal as a "breakthrough" in his career, and says the podium finish in Birmingham has provided him the perfect impetus to lift his performance to the next level. Sreeshankar clinched the silver in men's long jump in this year's Birmingham CWG with an effort of 8.08m. He is representing Kerala at the National Games which started with the table tennis event in Gujarat on Tuesday.
Lovlina Borgohain, Shiva Thapa Headline India's Squad For Asian Boxing Championship
Veteran Shiva Thapa and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will spearhead the Indian men's and women's challenge respectively at the Asian Boxing Championship next month. The selection trials for the continental showpiece slated to take place in Amman, Jordan from October 30 to November 12, were held at NIS Patiala from Thursday to Saturday. The likes of reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen, three-time Asian Championship medallist Amit Panghal and Birmingham Commonwealth Games medallists Rohit Tokas and Sagar Ahlawat skipped the trials.
Shiva Thapa, Lovlina Borgohain in Indian boxing squad for Asian Championships
The selection trials for the continental showpiece slated to take place in Amman, Jordan from October 30 to November 12, were held at NIS Patiala from Thursday to Saturday. The likes of reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen, three-time Asian Championship medallist Amit Panghal and Birmingham Commonwealth Games medallists Rohit Tokas and Sagar Ahlawat skipped the trials. While Zareen has given the tournament a miss to get some much-needed rest, Panghal, Tokas and Ahlawat are nursing injuries, a Boxing Federation of India (BFI) source told PTI.