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21-member shooting contingent aim to end India’s 12-year medal drought

Among the male participants, only Tomar has been part of the Olympics before. Tomar, will be seen in the men’s 50m rifle three positions alongside Swapnil Kusale

27 July,2024 08:47 AM IST | PTI
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‘Silver or gold’

Olympic medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh hopes India women do well at Paris Games and get a medal or two, out of which one of them could be…

27 July,2024 08:46 AM IST | PTI
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Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz in action today

Serbia’s Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only and Alcaraz in both

27 July,2024 08:45 AM IST | AP | PTI
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Can Bops create ‘special’ memory in Paris again?

India’s first and only tennis medal in Olympics came back in 1996, when Leander Paes created history with a singles bronze at the Atlanta Games

27 July,2024 08:41 AM IST | PTI
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Iraqi judoka Sajjad Sehen first to test positive

Sajjad Sehen, a 28-year-old first-time Olympian, tested positive for metandienone and boldenone in a sample taken in Paris on Tuesday. He was due to compete next Tuesday

27 July,2024 08:38 AM IST | AP | PTI
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'We’re not cheats': Canada after spying scandal

Assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi were sent home from the Games in Paris on Wednesday

27 July,2024 08:37 AM IST | AFP
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‘Can’t drop momentum vs New Zealand, it’s important to start well’

“We had some really good practice matches before we arrived in Paris and the experience as a unit in Switzerland was something unique. We are in a good place mentally and physically to begin our campaign,” added the captain

27 July,2024 08:36 AM IST | IANS
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Mid-Day Premium Hat-trick of medals will be tough for Sindhu

Tokyo Games bronze and Rio Olympics silver-winner PV has an easy first round, but thereafter faces China’s No. 6 seed He Bing Jiao in the round of 16 followed by No. 2 Chen Yu Fei in the quarters

27 July,2024 07:17 AM IST | Shirish Nadkarni
Cricket News

Surya, Gambhir take charge as India face Sri Lanka in 1st T20I

India are coming off a 4-1 defeat of Zimbabwe away in Shubman Gill’s first outing as skipper, and several in that squad have been rewarded with national recalls into a full side

27 July,2024 08:50 AM IST | R Kaushik
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SKY to follow Rohit’s aggressive template

“The same train will go ahead; only the engine has changed and the bogies remain unchanged. Nothing changes; the brand of cricket remains the same,” Suryakumar said

27 July,2024 08:50 AM IST | PTI
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‘Happy to contribute in winning cause’

Pacer Renuka Singh ecstatic after claiming 3-10 as India restrict Bangladesh to 80-8 before openers help team win by 10 wickets to enter Asia Cup final

27 July,2024 08:52 AM IST | PTI
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Holder helps West Indies fight back after early collapse

But former captain Holder and wicketkeeper Da Silva kept England at bay with a 109-run stand

27 July,2024 08:53 AM IST | AFP

"Gambhir is contemporary, will come up with fresh ideas": Ravi Shastri

Ahead of his new role, Ravi Shastri feels that managing the workload of bowlers will be Gautam Gambhir's biggest challenge. The former India cricketer feels there will be a problem of plenty for Gambhir

26 July,2024 06:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mid-Day 45th Anniversary Special: Sports' questions and answers

Mid-Day 45th Anniversary Special: Sports' questions and answers

The Internet can tickle you no end when it comes to sporting trivia. But can AI-based ChatGPT provide you all the right answers? Well, not quite. From a total of 10 questions we posed to ChatGPT, only four turned out to be right

26 July,2024 05:54 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
IND W vs BAN W highlights: India wins the match by 10 wickets

IND W vs BAN W highlights: India wins the match by 10 wickets

The Women's Asia Cup 2024 match, IND W vs BAN W is underway at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

26 July,2024 04:26 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mid-Day 45th Anniversary Special: AI-yo, cricket too!

Mid-Day 45th Anniversary Special: AI-yo, cricket too!

Artificial Intelligence has made only a small entry into the analysis sphere of the willow game, but those steps will turn bigger soon, writes Devraj Raut, who has worked with India U-19 teams since 2015

26 July,2024 11:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Devraj Raut
Mid-Day 45th Anniversary Special: Team India's iconic T20 World Cup 2024 triumph

Mid-Day 45th Anniversary Special: Team India's iconic T20 World Cup 2024 triumph

AI reports, while serving the purpose in the main, can be inaccurate like he found out…

26 July,2024 11:29 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent

"He knows how I work, what my mindset is": Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav led India in seven T20Is last year during the home T20I series against Australia and an away series against South Africa, winning five matches and losing two. Gambhir was one of Suryakumar's biggest early support systems and it was evident in the fact that the batter was once even the vice-captain of KKR

26 July,2024 11:18 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

"Need to improve against B’desh": Shafali Verma

Shafali is the second highest run-getter in the tournament with 158. India emerged winners by seven wickets against Pakistan, 78 runs against UAE and by an 82-run margin v Nepal

26 July,2024 08:05 AM IST | Dambulla | PTI
England unchanged for Edgbaston Test

England unchanged for Edgbaston Test

Ben Stokes’s men won the second Testat at Trent Bridge by a crushing 241 runs after the West Indies collapsed against the spin of Shoaib Bashir

26 July,2024 07:34 AM IST | Birmingham | AFP
IND vs SL: Dilshan Madushanka replaces Nuwan Thushara following an injury

IND vs SL: Dilshan Madushanka replaces Nuwan Thushara following an injury

Thushara is the second SL fast bowler to be ruled out in as many days, after Dushmantha Chameera was sidelined from the series due to him still recovering from a bronchitis and respiratory infection, with Asitha Fernando named as his replacement

26 July,2024 07:21 AM IST | Colombo | IANS
Contrasting wins help St Lawrence, Don Bosco enter playoffs

Contrasting wins help St Lawrence, Don Bosco enter playoffs

Meanwhile, Bombay Scottish (Mahim) returned to winning ways as they handed Cathedral & John Connon (Fort) a 1-0 defeat

27 July,2024 08:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Gordon D’Costa

Radhika fires as champions AVM rally to beat St Xavier’s

Undeterred by the heavy ground conditions caused by the incessant rains over the last few days, the defending champions did well to come from behind and score thrice

26 July,2024 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Neeraj Anand

Organisers to probe chaos during Argentina-Morocco tie

“The football match between Argentina and Morocco at the Saint-Etienne Stadium was suspended due to a pitch invasion by a small number of spectators,” said Paris 2024 organisers in a statement

26 July,2024 07:59 AM IST | Saint-Etienne (France) | AFP
Paris Olympics 2024: 100 boats to carry over 10,000 athletes for the ceremony

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 correspondent
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