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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the citizens to cheer for the athletes who have gone to Paris to represent the country in the Olympics and also extended his best wishes to them.
The Indian contingent in the Paris Games has begun its quest for medals, with multiple athletes moving into medal rounds, with the aim being to fetch nothing less than the elusive gold. However, a few off-the-field issues struck the Indian athletes, with reports emerging of there being disappointment over the quality of dresses, and attires arranged for athletes. Jwala Gutta, a former Indian badminton star, wrote a lengthy post on social media, slamming those who were responsible for the uniform, and attires arranged for the Indian contingent.
PARIS : The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics drew 28.6 million U.S. viewers, according to preliminary data from Comcast's NBCUniversal on Saturday, which the company said was the most-watched start to a summer Games since London in 2012.
The first training session for triathletes at the Paris Olympics was scrapped Sunday due to pollution in the River Seine, organisers said. Following a meeting "on the water quality" and tests, "a joint decision was taken to cancel the swimming part of the triathlon orientation," a Paris 2024 and World Triathlon statement said. The River Seine was declared clean enough for swimming in tests from mid-July, but doubts remained as to whether the waters would be fit for competition.
Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has been suspended from the Paris Olympics for violating an anti-doping rule, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. A sample collected from the boxer "has returned an adverse analytical finding for the specified prohibited substance furosemide," the ITA said in a statement. Furosemide is classified under "diuretics and masking agents" by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the ITA added. The sample was collected in Paris on Thursday, a day before the Olympics opening ceremony, and reported by a WADA-accredited laboratory on Saturday.
Despite facing some very tough competition over the coming days, the members of Canada's national women's baseball team are feeling good about their chances.
Carissa Norsten only started playing rugby in Warman, Sask., about five years ago.
MARSEILLE, France — Canada women's soccer coach Bev Priestman has been suspended from coaching for one year and the Canadian team has been penalized six points during the Olympics, FIFA announced Saturday after investigating charges that Canada staff members used a drone to spy on an opponent's closed practice session last week.