Paris passes Olympic baton to LA as 2024 Games declared closed

Paris (IANS) 'Au revoir' Paris 2024! After 16 days of world-class competition across 32 sports and 329 events, the 33rd Summer Olympics came to a close on Sunday. 

Paris passed the baton to Los Angeles after delivering its share of…

The firsts, near misses & a debacle: India conclude Paris Olympics campaign with 6 medals

Paris (IANS) India's Paris Olympics campaign concluded as Reetika Hooda fell short in the wrestling quarterfinals, and golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finished out of medal contention. 

A total of 117 Indian athletes participated across…

Paris Olympics: It's gut-wrenching for Vinesh, entire nation, says Bindra as CAS to give verdict on Aug 13

Paris (IANS) Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual gold medallist in the Olympics, on Saturday, said it's 'gut-wrenching' for Vinesh Phogat as she waits for a verdict in her case against her disqualification from the final of the…

Paris Olympics: 'True spirit of dedication', Tendulkar, Dhawan congratulate Aman Sehrawat on winning bronze

New Delhi (IANS) Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar and veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday extended their congratulatory wishes for wrestler Aman Sehrawat who won the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics, adding sixth medal to the country's…

Paris Olympics: Bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team receives rousing welcome at IGI airport

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian men’s hockey team returned from the Paris Olympics campaign filled with new records, with a bronze medal on Saturday. The 16-member squad, which boasted 11 members from the bronze-winning team in the Tokyo Olympics, created…

PM Modi dials Neeraj Chopra, hails sportsman spirit of Olympian’s family

New Delhia (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to the Paris Olympics silver medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and hailed the sportsman spirit of his family.

PM Modi congratulated the Olympian on bagging a silver medal…

Paris Olympics: Neeraj bags silver as Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem sets new Olympic Record

Paris (IANS) Neeraj Chopra's hopes of winning a second successive gold medal to add to his first from Tokyo failed to materialise and the Indian had to be satisfied with a silver medal in the men's javelin throw final in the Paris Olympics…

Paris Olympics: Harman's double, Sreejesh's saves help India bag bronze, second in a row after 52 years

Paris (IANS) Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace of goals as the Indian men's hockey team fought back from a goal down to prevail 2-1 over Spain in the third-place match and bagged a second successive bronze medal in the Olympic Games here…

Vinesh Phogat announces retirement after Olympics disqualification

New Delhi (IANS) India's ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced her retirement from wrestling hours after her disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024. 

She made the announcement in an early morning post on social platform X on Thursday.

Heartbreak in Paris: What UWW rules say on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification

New Delhi (IANS) In a shocking turn of events at the Paris Olympics, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from her gold medal bout in the women's 50 kg category after failing her second weigh-in on Wednesday. 

The disqualification…