Paris Olympics 2024: 100 boats to carry over 10,000 athletes for the ceremony
Ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian contingent will be led by two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu and table tennis great Sharath Kamal. The 2024 edition will make the fifth Olympic appearance for Kamal
26 July,2024 12:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentMotherhood could have cost Olympian Deepika, husband Atanu wouldn’t let it
PremiumNot even a decade ago, it was all but unthinkable that a mother who had put her body through childbirth could make waves again in the field of sports
26 July,2024 11:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Srijanee MajumdarClay queen Iga Swiatek eyes gold; Djoko, Rafa could meet in Rd 2
Swiatek, 23, has had plenty of time to prepare for the Paris Olympics after her early exit from Wimbledon, where she lost in the third round to Yulia Putintseva
26 July,2024 07:57 AM IST | Paris | AFPSumit Nagal to face France’s Moutet Corentin in Rd 1
In the men’s doubles, Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji have been drawn to meet the French team of Fabien Reboul and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
26 July,2024 07:55 AM IST | Paris | PTIPaula Radcliffe apologises for supporting Dutch convict
Radcliffe’s initial remarks, which appeared to extend support to van de Velde, have drawn widespread condemnation, prompting her to issue an apology and clarify her stance
26 July,2024 07:52 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS"Carrying the Olympic flame in Torch Relay was honour beyond words": Bindra
Bindra, who made history by simultaneously being the world and Olympic champion for the men’s 10-metre air rifle event, joined the Paris 2024 Torch Relay event on Wednesday and was thrilled to hold the spirit of the Games
26 July,2024 07:50 AM IST | New Delhi | IANSDina Asher-Smith can dash ’em all
British great Jessica Ennis-Hill says European sprint queen Asher-Smith could set Paris Games alight by winning individual gold in 100m or 200m dash
26 July,2024 07:46 AM IST | Paris | AFPIndian men’s TT team to face China first up
The women’s team, meanwhile, will face Romania in the round of 16. They could face , the Rio 2016 silver medallists Germany, in the second round
26 July,2024 07:43 AM IST | Paris | IANSPV Sindhu confident of hat-trick of medals
Sindhu’s form has been patchy of late, but she says the hat-trick of medals is very much possible because the last eight months spent with mentor Prakash Padukone has instilled confidence in her
26 July,2024 07:37 AM IST | Paris | PTIParis Olympics 2024: Padukone predicts India's chances of winning medals
India have sent a seven-member badminton squad including the high-flying men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and double Olympic medallist Sindhu
26 July,2024 07:32 AM IST | New Delhi | IANSParis Olympics 2024: Dhiraj, Ankita guide India to quarter-finals of archery
Bommadevara impresses with fourth place in ranking round, while Bhakat emerges as best-placed Indian woman at 11th in her first-ever Olympics; men’s and women’s archery teams secure quarter-final berths
26 July,2024 07:27 AM IST | Paris | PTIDjokovic vows to challenge for Olympic gold despite setbacks
The 24-time Grand Slam champion has not won a single title this season, losing in straight sets to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final
25 July,2024 06:28 PM IST | Paris | mid-day online correspondentParis Olympics 2024: Joyous reception for Palestinian athletes at airport; Watch
The athletes said they hoped their presence would serve as a symbol amid the Israel-Hamas war that has claimed more than 39,000 Palestinian lives
25 July,2024 05:45 PM IST | Paris | mid-day online correspondentFormer heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to make a comeback in the boxing ring
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 57, is preparing for his first professional fight since 2005 against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, 27. The heavyweight bout at the Arlington, Texas home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, will be contested over eight two-minute rounds with each fighter using 14-ounce gloves. The outcome will be included in both fighters' professional boxing records. Paul, a YouTube influencer-turned-boxer, has won nine of 10 boxing matches with six knockouts against a mix of celebrities and middling fighters. He suffered his sole career boxing loss in February 2023 when he lost a split decision to Tommy Fury, the half-brother of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Mike Tyson and Jake Paul took verbal jabs at each other on May 16) during a press conference to drum up interest for their July boxing match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. While Tyson called Paul "a young boy" and vowed to "finish him", Paul said we would "put Tyson to sleep for the last time."