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24 Indian Armed Forces Personnel At Paris Games, Maiden Participation Of Female Service Athletes

Twenty-four personnel from the armed forces, including ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and two women participants, are among the 117 Indian athletes who are set to test their mettle at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The presence of these two women athletes in the contingent, marks the maiden participation of female service athletes at the Olympics, the ministry of defence in a statement on Saturday. Chopra, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, is a subedar in the Indian Army. Twenty-four personnel from the armed forces are among the 117 Indian athletes who are all set to make the nation proud at the Paris Olympics, beginning July 26, it said.

Kevin De Bruyne 'replacement' release clause to be triggered as Guardiola forces Man City's hand

Kevin De Bruyne's reported replacement at Manchester City Dani Olmo is expected to see his release clause triggered before it expires on Monday, July 15.

Euro exit forces Portugal to face the difficult question of Ronaldo's future

STUTTGART, Germany : Portugal are facing a tough question as they head home from Euro 24: do they still need Cristiano Ronaldo?

Injury Forces Seventh Seed Hubert Hurkacz To Quit Wimbledon Match

Poland's Hubert Hurkacz, seen as an outside tip for the Wimbledon title, was forced to quit his second-round match against Arthur Fils with a knee injury on Thursday. Seventh-seeded Hurkacz, who made the semi-finals in 2021 after ending the Wimbledon career of eight-time champion Roger Federer, hurt himself as he dived for a ball during the fourth set tie-break. After limping back to his chair on Court Two, he then continued for two more points but eventually called it quits to hand 20-year-old Fils a place in the last 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time.

Spain and Portugal join forces in the fight against natural disasters

Climate change is making natural disasters across the European Union more frequent and intense. In the last five years, wildfires in Spain and Portugal have devastated nearly one million hectares of land.

"Salary Negotiation" Forces BCCI Delay In Gautam Gambhir Head Coach Announcement: Report

The Indian cricket team remains without a designated head coach, as Rahul Dravid's tenure in charge of the team ended with the conclusion of the T20 World Cup 2024. A second-string Indian team has travelled to Zimbabwe for a 5-match T20I series, but with the head of National Cricket Academy (NCA), VVS Laxman, filling in the vacant head coach role temporarily. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already interviewed two candidates for the job - Gautam Gambhir and WV Raman-with the former expected to take up the role.

Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as Hamas warns escalation threatens ceasefire talks

Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip's largest city on Monday in pursuit of militants it says have regrouped there, sending thousands of Palestinians fleeing from an area that was ravaged in the early weeks of the nine-month-long war.

Team India Stuck In Barbados, Hurricane Threat Forces Airport Shutdown: Report

The victorious Indian cricket team's return home has been delayed significantly as a hurricane-like situation in Barbados has forced the authorities to shut down air travel, forcing the players to remain indoors in their hotels. Rohit Sharma and his men defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final on Saturday and were expected to fly out on Sunday. But, even on Monday, there's no clarity over their return schedule, with adverse weather conditions forcing them to remain inside the team hotel.

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24 Indian Armed Forces Personnel At Paris Games, Maiden Participation Of Female Service Athletes

Kevin De Bruyne 'replacement' release clause to be triggered as Guardiola forces Man City's hand

Euro exit forces Portugal to face the difficult question of Ronaldo's future

Injury Forces Seventh Seed Hubert Hurkacz To Quit Wimbledon Match

Spain and Portugal join forces in the fight against natural disasters

"Salary Negotiation" Forces BCCI Delay In Gautam Gambhir Head Coach Announcement: Report

Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as Hamas warns escalation threatens ceasefire talks

Team India Stuck In Barbados, Hurricane Threat Forces Airport Shutdown: Report