Salt Lake City celebrates announcement that it will host 2034 Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a Wednesday vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, which gives Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002. A watch party was planned at 3 a.m. Local time - 11 a.M. In Paris - to celebrate the announcement....
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Indian men finish 6th, women 7th in World Junior Squash Championships
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Noah looks to be star of Olympics, and bring all of track along for ride
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It’s a now-or-never situation for me: Tarundeep
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Women’s boxing fights its way to parity with men’s game
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Neeraj’s advice boosting high jumper Kushare’s confidence in Paris
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New Zealand Olympic soccer team complains after Canadian team drone flown over its training session
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Ollie Pope reckons England can make 600 Test runs in a day’s play
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For TT great Sharath Kamal, running into Roger Federer tops favourite Olympic memories
From lunching alongside tennis icon Roger Federer to taking a set off Chinese legend Ma Long, India’s flag-bearer for Paris Olympics, Achanta Sharath Kamal, on Wednesday recalled the most memorable moments from his five appearances at the Games so far. The 42-year-old table tennis legend helped the Indian men’s team qualify...
Mind Games: The psychological challenge of being Olympian
Human excellence is often closely linked to human fortitude and Olympics is the prime example of it. The Paris Games, starting on Friday, will be a gathering of 10,500 athletes, 117 of them from India, competing for a mere 329 medals. Needless to say, talent alone won’t decide who finishes on the...
Indian women team’s mantra has been to take one game at a time: Deepti
Senior player Deepti Sharma said India’s mantra in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup has been to take one game at a time as conditions haven’t really changed from the last time the team played here. India marched into the semifinals with a thumping 82-run win over Nepal on Tuesday after fireworks...
Zubin Bharucha helping us, Lankans should take advantage of Indian retirements: Jayasuriya
Sri lanka’s interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya on Wednesday revealed that IPL side Rajasthan Royal’s high performance director Zubin Bharucha has helped his batters prepare for the upcoming T20 series against India where he expects them to take advantage of the recent retirements by stars like Rohit Sharma and Virat...
India at Olympics: Archers aim to break medal jinx, aim for first Games medal in Paris
A different year and another Olympics, but for Indian archers, the target will be the same -- fetching their first ever medal at the Games. More or less regular at the Olympics since debuting back in 1988, the archers will kick off the nation's Paris campaign here on Thursday with the...
Ollie Pope reckons England can make 600 Test runs in a day's play
Ollie Pope reckons England can breach the 600-run mark inside a day's play in Test cricket while ruling out any let up to their ultra aggressive 'Bazball' approach with the bat. England hold the record for the most runs scored in a day when they piled up 588 for 6 on...
Asalanka to lead Sri Lanka in T20I series against India
Charith Asalanka was on Tuesday named captain of the Sri Lankan T20 team for the three-match series against India, starting here on July 27, replacing spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, who stepped down after the team's early exit from last month's T20 World Cup. The 27-year-old comes with considerable captaincy experience. In...
