Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch relay that will end with the opening ceremony on July 26. The flame arrived at the central Athens' Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Olympics in 1896, after an 11-day relay across Greece and following the lighting in ancient Olympia last week. Several thousand fans and tourists sat in the stands of

Nethra Kumanan secures Indias second Paris Olympics quota in sailing

Nethra Kumanan Secures India's First Paris Olympics Quota in Sailing Nethra Kumanan on Friday secured India's second Paris Olympics quota in sailing, claiming it under the Emerging Nations Program banner at the Last Chance Regatta, an Olympic qualifier, in Hyeres, France. Nethra, who has competed in the Tokyo Games three years ago, was competing in the women's dinghy (ILCA 6). Nethra managed 67 net points to finish fifth on the overall leaderboard. However, she secured the Olympic quota as the t

The Last Chance Regatta is the final qualifying event in sailing for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

French singer dedicates top prizes at Les Flammes to all the blacks after backlash over rumoured Paris show The French pop star Aya Nakamura, who found herself at the centre of a racist row after rumours she was going to sing at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, has thanked fans for their support after winning three big prizes at Frances Les Flammes awards for rap, R&B and pop. Im very honoured because being a black artist and coming from the banlieue is very difficult, Nakamura told the audi

Top chefs say the Games will rebrand French gastronomy as a showcase for plant-based food It will boast the worlds biggest salad bar, offer fans vegetarian hotdogs and bring in up to half a million bananas by boat to meet athletes insatiable demand for the fruit while avoiding the carbon footprint of air travel. As part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions , the Paris Olympics will make history by offering more vegetarian cuisine than in any Games. Continue reading...

Para-athlete K Kalaiselvan is aiming to do well in the upcoming Paralympic Games in Paris this year with the help of a new Olympics-standard running blade

The womens 76 kg, once one of the weaker categories for India, has now got some good wrestlers, also including Priya Malik, Kiran Bishnoi and Bipasha

INSIGHT-Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its capacity. Villepinte is a grey, concrete detention centre in the suburb of Seine-Saint Denis. It lies 2.5 km from the Paris Arena Nord, set to host boxing and fencing competitions during the Games beginning on July 26. It is amon

Ashwini Ponnappa, alongside Tanisha Crasto, prepares for Paris Olympics after a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta. Their goal is to excel at the Games and contribute to India's medal hopes.

Olympics-Paris to face major disruption ahead of Games opening ceremony, says police chief Paris will face major disruption ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony along the Seine on July 26, as organisers ramp up security measures to safeguard the event, the city's police chief said on Thursday. Organisers hope the opening ceremony, in which 160 boats carrying athletes from around the world will travel a 6 kilometre route along the Seine river towards the Eiffel tower, will deliver a jaw-droppin

Olympics-bound Yuki Bhambri rejoins childhood coach Aditya Sachdev at Roundglass To make sure that he is ready for the Paris Olympics if an opportunity comes knocking, India's top player Yuki Bhambri has rejoined forces with childhood coach Aditya Sachdeva. World number two Rohan Bopanna, being a top-10 player, will have the choice of choosing his partner at the Paris Games and Yuki, who is the next best Indian on the ATP ranking chart at number 56, wants to be ready for the Games in best possib

**Decorated Olympian Sodhi Announces Bid for Chef-de-Mission Role at Paris Olympics** Khel Ratna awardee shooter Ronjan Sodhi has thrown his hat into the ring for the post of chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent at the Olympic Games in Paris later this year. The multiple World Cup, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medallist's decision to send his candidature for the prestigious post comes after six-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom recently stepped down as the chef-de-mission due to p

In anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport have revealed a state-of-the-art security baggage system along with a specialised baggage handling area. The introduction of these enhancements aims to streamline operations and ensure heightened security measures during the upcoming global event. The newly-implemented equipment features an upgraded scanner... The post Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport unveils advanced baggage handling system ahead of Oly

PARIS: No fencers from Russia or Belarus will take part in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter for European qualifiers, according to the European Fencing Confederation. There are unfortunately no Russian or Belarusian athletes, EFC president Giorgio Scarso told reporters on Tuesday. The date for enrolment has passed. []

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Olympics-Parisians warm up for Olympics with workouts in Louvre museum Parisians warmed up for the coming Olympics with a series of workouts inside the renowned Louvre Museum on Wednesday, part of a programme to meld sports and culture as the French capital girds to host the Summer Games. Participants took part in four 10-minute sessions of various disciplines dubbed Run in the Louvre in four emblematic rooms of the world's most visited museum. The project is one aspect of the Cultural Olympiad

The Serbian will head into the upcoming Paris Olympics with an aim of adding the gold medal to his illustrious trophy cabinet

Sreeshankar undergoes knee surgery after being ruled out of Paris Olympics

Indian golfers Aditi Diksha set to participate in Paris Olympics

Olympics-'Just put me in there': Aussie triathlete shrugs off Seine concerns There have been concerns that the Olympic triathlon might be postponed or even reduced to a duathlon due to water quality problems in the Seine but Australia's Matt Hauser says he will gladly take the plunge at the Paris Games. Paris has been working on cleaning up the river so that people can swim in it again, as was the case during the 1900 Olympics. But a sewer problem last summer led to the cancellation of a pre-Oly

Dance, yoga and work-out sessions to be held inside museum Move aimed at whipping up enthusiasm before Games begin The Louvre museum in Paris is planning to organise yoga and sport sessions in its famed galleries as part of a city-wide cultural programme ahead of the Olympics. The worlds biggest museum is to offer visitors the chance to take part in dance, yoga and work-out sessions with instructors and coaches while gazing upon its world-renowned paintings and sculptures. Continue reading...

Soccer-Canadian women to host Mexico twice before title defence at Paris Olympics The Canadian women's soccer team will play two matches against CONCACAF rivals Mexico on home soil in June before turning their focus to the Paris Olympics where they will look to successfully defend their gold medal. Billed as the Summer Send-Off Series, Canada Soccer said on Tuesday the two games will be played June 1 in Montreal and June 4 in Toronto. The tremendous love and support for this team was felt coast

Olympics-Construction work in Versailles halted due to safety risks, reports L'Equipe Safety inspectors have halted the building of temporary stands in Versailles for the equestrian events during this year's Olympics in Paris as there is a risk of employees falling, sports daily L'Equipe reported on Tuesday. The newspaper quoted those inspectors saying there was a serious and imminent danger of workers tumbling from a height of up to 20 metres due to a lack of necessary safety devices. Organiser

The world's biggest museum is to offer visitors the chance to take part in dance, yoga and work-out sessions with instructors and coaches while gazing upon its world-renowned paintings and sculptures.

Novak Djokovic was named the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for his outstanding exploits last year, which included titles at the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open.

Who knows if I will get another chance to play: Novak Djokovic on Paris Olympics The 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is eyeing a significant achievement, the last big career milestone he has yet to achieve in his already legendary tennis career, an Olympic gold medal. Djokovic was named the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for his outstanding exploits last year, which included titles at the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open. He also won the Western & Southern Open, the

WADA said it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that the swimmers' samples had been contaminated

WADA upholds decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, despite contaminated samples The world's top anti-doping regulator said after reviewing a television documentary and newspaper reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication. The World Anti-Doping Agency issued a statement following the release Sunday of a documentary on the cases by German broadcaster ARD. In an ear

One thing common to a lot of these places is that they have made it much easier for Indians to travel either by providing visa-free travel or making it much-much easier for Indians to obtain visas so that is becoming a big spur in demand.

Olympics-Australia's Horton says anti-doping system failed athletes amid China furore Sport has been compromised and athletes have been let down by a failed anti-doping system, former Olympic champion Mack Horton said on Monday following revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared after failing drug tests before the Tokyo Games. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed on Saturday that the swimmers tested positive for a banned drug but were cleared by a Chinese investigation that foun

Olympics-Australian coach defends Chinese swimming amid doping furore Australian swimming coach Denis Cotterell has rejected allegations of orchestrated doping in Chinese swimming, saying the east Asian nation is adamant about clean sport. Cotterell is working with China's top swimmers in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics and previously coached 1,500 metres freestyle world record holder Sun Yang, who is now suspended for a doping offence. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports ove

Indian walkers Akshdeep, Priyanka qualify for Paris Olympics in mixed-relay event India's mixed relay team comprising Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami qualified for Paris Olympics by virtue of their 18th place finish at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships here on Sunday. The top-22 teams automatically qualify for the quadrennial extravaganza and the Indian duo clocked a personal best time of 3:05.03 across the 42.195 km distance that they covered. The format of mixed team rela

Chungju (S Korea): National champion Balraj Panwar secured a Paris 2024 Olympic Games quota place for India after finishing third in the mens single scull final at the World Rowing Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifying Regatta on Sunday. With quotas on offer to the top five finishers, the 25-year-old Indian clocked 7:01.27 to finish third in 2000m []

The Indonesian rowing team is poised to face the final qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Luzern, Switzerland, ...

After this camp, the team will travel to Belgium and London for their next two legs of the FIH Pro League, where they will be up against Argentina, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain

NEW DELHI, Apr 21: Balraj Panwar secured Indias first Paris Olympics quota in rowing by finishing third in the mens single scull event of the 2024 World Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regetta in Chungju, South Korea on Sunday. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The 25-year-old Indian Army rower, who narrowly missed out on a bronze in his maiden appearance at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year, clocked 7:01.27 minutes to finish [] The post Balraj P

Balraj Panwar secures India's first quota in rowing for Paris Olympics Balraj Panwar secured India's first Paris Olympics quota in rowing by finishing third in the men's single scull event of the 2024 World Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regetta in Chungju, South Korea on Sunday. The 25-year-old Indian Army rower, who narrowly missed out on a bronze in his maiden appearance at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year, clocked 7:01.27 minutes to finish third in the 20

Olympics-WADA says 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive before Tokyo Games but it accepted contamination finding The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports on Saturday that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but it accepted the country's findings that this was due to substance contamination. Multiple media reports said the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is found in heart medication, months before the COVID-delay

Their partnership evolved in quick time. We travelled together because we did not have a support team at that point. We would help each other with our games. We stayed in the same hotel room and bonded at every level. Our off - court chemistry actually helped our on-court chemistry immensely, said Tanisha. There is no better validation than success. For Ashwin and Tanisha, it was the quarterfinal appearance at the 2023 Hong Kong Open.

This is India's second quota place for the Paris Games as Antim Panghal had earned a quota in the 53 kg category.

Vinesh Phogat secures Paris Olympics quota in the 50kg category at the Asian Olympic Qualifier with a dominating performance, joined by other Indian wrestlers progressing towards securing quota places for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The 29-year-old Vinesh has now secured her third straight Olympic quota, having featured in Rio Games (2016) and in Tokyo (2020) earlier.

Krishan Niranjan Singh aka K.N Singh ruled Bollywood for 30 years as the most dreaded villain. But before joining films he was selected to represent India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The 29-year-old wrestler has now secured her third consecutive Olympic quota, having previously represented India in the Rio Games (2016) and Tokyo (2020). Despite facing challenges, Vinesh showcased her strength and experience throughout the tournament, swiftly defeating her opponents. This achievement marks India's second quota place for the Paris Games, following Antim Panghal's bronze medal-winning performance in the 53kg category at the World Championships last year.

Vinesh Phogat secures Paris Olympics quota in womens kg event

In a stunning return to her near-best, wrestler Vinesh Phogat has earned a 2024 Paris Olympics quota.

Top Chinese swimmers competed, won medals in Tokyo Olympics despite failing drug tests As many as 23 top Chinese swimmers tested positive for a prohibited substance seven months before their participation in the Tokyo Olympics and were allowed to escape scrutiny and compete at the top sporting event following a secret clearance from top Chinese officials, The New York Times claimed in a report, adding that the global authority given responsibility for policing drugs in sports chose not to interv

The last chance to win Paris Games quota will be at World Qualifiers in Turkey from May 9.

My main focus is on 2028 Summer Olympics: India women's hockey team forward Preeti India women's hockey team's dynamic forward, Preeti Dubey, opened up about her experience of playing in the national setup and is focusing on the 2028 Summer Olympics after the Indian team failed to qualify in the Paris edition. Preeti was named in the 33-member Indian women's hockey team that is currently training at SAI Bangalore. The 60-member assessment squad that reported to camp on April 1 was spruced up aft

The Paris Olympic Games that will be held from July 26 to Aug 11, 2024, will usher in some innovativenew methods which may set a trend for future Olympic Games wherever they are held. Since India wants to bid for a chance to hostthe Games in 2036, Indias sports ministry should pay close attention to Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app fo

Jaspal Rana concerned over delay in naming shooting contingent for Olympics

French athletes at the Paris Olympics will be offered better protection for their mental health with priority given to curbing online harassment and cyberbullying

Olympics-ASOIF express concerns over athletics Olympic prize money The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) have expressed their concern over the decision by World Athletics to introduce prize money for Olympic gold medallists, and said on Friday that they were not consulted. On April 10, athletics became the first sport to offer prize money for Olympic champions, beginning in Paris this year, but the announcement by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has been met

The Paris Olympics menu: more French, more local, less meat Athletes at this year's Olympics will be eating fresh produce mostly made in France, with a focus on local and organic products and more vegetarian options. French supermarket giant Carrefour, the official provider of fresh produce to athletes at the Olympic Village, hosted on Thursday a visit to a farm in Villeron, north of Paris, one of its suppliers for the Games. Lionel Plasmans, who owns the farm, said it was an honour to be provid

Feels like a nightmare, says the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games silver medallist

After two-year wait, Danone gears up for Olympics health-kick ahead of Paris Games Danone, whose CEO first reached out to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in mid-2022 to get involved, is betting on the Paris Games' focus on health and nutrition to boost summer sales of its yoghurts and plant-based products. Dozens of major French companies have emerged as first-time partners of the Olympic Games this year, hoping to take advantage of the sales opportunities and marketing exposure the ev

New Delhi: With less than 100 days to go for Paris 2024, ace Indian long jumper Sreeshankar Murali has unfortunately been sidelined from the Olympics due to a knee injury, he sustained during training, which requires surgery. The Asian Games and Commonwealth Games silver medallist shared the heartbreaking news with a social media post, All []

Down with knee injury, Sreeshankar ruled out of Olympics, to undergo surgery Ace Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar has been ruled out of Paris Olympics after sustaining a knee injury during training that would require a surgery, which will also see him miss the entire 2024 season. Sreeshankar, an Asian Games and Commonwealth Games silver medallist, had made the cut for the Paris Olympics after recording an 8.37m jump en route to a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships. The 2

Siwach confident in India men's hockey team's pursuit of Paris Olympics gold Former Indian women's hockey captain Pritam Rani Siwach is confident that the men's team will pass the Paris Olympics test will change their colour of their last edition's medal to gold. Eight-time champions India had ended a 41-year wait to win an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Olympics when they defeated Germany 5-4 to return with a bronze. ''The team has some really talented players who have the capabilities of winning m

Feels like a nightmare Long jumper Sreeshankar ruled out of Olympics

The move to empty a migrant camp is the latest effort to get migrants out of public view before the global spotlight is trained upon Paris this summer. Rights groups fear the evicted will be left even more vulnerable.

The Olympic Torch is lit and the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is 100 days away. The countdown clock in Paris hit the 100-day mark Tuesday. That came on the same day the torch was lit at the birthplace of the sporting competition in Ancient Olympia, Greece. A relay...

Olympics-World Athletics prize money move creates problem, says BOA chief World Athletics has created a problem by announcing that gold medallists at the Paris Olympics will receive cash prizes, according to British Olympic Association chief Andy Anson. Criticism has followed World Athletics President Sebastian Coe's pledge to pay gold medal winners in Paris $50,000 with Anson the latest to question the end of a 128-year tradition. I think what wasn't great about the announcement last week is wh

The Olympic flame that will be burning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games started its journey after being ignited at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece on Tuesday during a traditional ceremony.

Olympics-US forecast to top medals table for fourth straight Games The United States will top the medals table for the fourth straight Summer Games in Paris, while France will get a major host-nation bump from eighth to third, according to a forecast 100 days out from the opening ceremony. The Gracenote virtual medals table, which is compiled using results data from key global and continental competitions since the Tokyo Olympics, has the U.S. on top both on gold medal count (39) and total medal

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the stand of the Centre and the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on a petition by shooter Manini Kaushik to allow her to participate in the trials for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked authorities to seek instructions by next week on the aspect of allowing the 50m Rifle 3 Positions shooter, who had questioned the eligibility criteria, to compete in the trials which were [] The post HC seeks NRAIs stand

RRU to set up Indias first Olympics study centre The Times of India

Torches from past Olympics on display in ancient Olympia In the town hall of ancient Olympia, where the flame for the Paris 2024 Games was lit in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, visitors got a chance to admire 41 torches of past winter, summer and Paralympic Games. Stratos Klimou, 65, has been collecting them for 40 years. His earliest torch dates back to the 1936 Berlin Games, Klimou said, but his favourites are the torches of the 1948 London Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Klimou, a civ

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Paris Olympics torch lit in ancient Olympia relay underway

Olympics-Paris 2024 torch lit in ancient Olympia, relay under way The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of high priestess, lit the torch using a backup flame instead of a parabolic mirror that is normally used, due to cloudy skies, for the start of a relay in Greece and France. It will culminate w

Cloudy skies frustrated Tuesday's efforts to produce the flame in the customary fashion, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch. Instead, a backup flame was used that had been lit on the same spot Monday, during the final rehearsal.

Here's a look at the workings and meaning of the elaborate ceremony held among the ruins of Ancient Olympia ahead of each modern Olympiad.

Special Olympics Bharat organises grand send-off ceremony for Indian contingent ahead of Unified Football Tournament 2024 Dhaka Special Olympics Bharat on Monday organised a grand send-off ceremony for their Indian contingent that will be travelling to Dhaka for the Special Olympics South Asia 7-a-side Unified Football Tournament 2024. The event is scheduled to take place in Dhaka from April 16 to April 20. The ceremony was graced by Guest of Honour Taranjeet, and Dean of MRIIRS, NC Wadhwa, IAS

Olympics bid in BJP manifesto What will it take for India to host the games

Strong shot of changing colour of medal at Olympics: India shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa Shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa believes that the Indian contingent has a strong shot changing the colour of the medal in the upcoming Paris Olympics. Ashwini recently qualified for the women's doubles event with Tanisha Crasto. The women's duo are India's highest-ranked pair at world No. 20. For the upcoming Paris Olympics, which are slated to kick off on July 26, Ashwini feels India has a strong contingent, which ra

Olympics-Long jumper Mitrevski gives Australian athletics boost ahead of Paris Australian athletics hailed the prospect of another Olympic medal contender after long jumper Chris Mitrevski smashed his personal best at national championships over the weekend. The 27-year-old's winning jump of 8.32m in Adelaide earned him a ticket to Paris and marked him as a solid chance for a spot on the Games podium. The jump would have earned bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, where Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou took g

Olympics-Purple track for Paris should be very, very good, say organisers The purple athletics track being laid in Paris's Stade de France for the summer Olympics does not guarantee records but adjustments brought in by the manufacturer seem promising, said Alain Blondel, the sports manager for athletics events at Paris 2024. It's the same track, the same base as in Tokyo (where the last Summer Olympics were held), with small changes introduced, Blondel said, adding that he couldn't say if the t

BJP' manifesto faces backlash from the opposition. Congress criticises the manifesto's ambitious objectives.

Before the 18th Lok Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the largest party in the ruling alliance, unveiled its highly anticipated manifesto, known as Sankalp Patra, on April 14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and party President JP Nadda were present for the release. Among its pledges, the party commits to hosting the Olympics in India officially by 2036.

Naomi Osaka may need to go through an appeals process to claim a place after failing to make a mandatory two appearances for Japan in the Billie Jean King Cup during the current Olympic cycle

Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran failed to secure a Paris Olympics 2024 quota from the World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualification tournament in Havirov, Czechia on Friday. The Indian table tennis players, ranked 18th in the latest ITTF mixed doubles world rankings, went down 4-1 which is 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11,11-8 against Malaysia's Javen Choong and Karen Lyne, ranked 153rd, in the quarter-finals. The eighth-seeded Batra-Sathiyan received a bye in the round of 16 of their knoc

Manipur: Mary Kom steps down as chef-de-mission for 2024 Paris OlympicsNortheast Now

The celebrated boxer, who is also a bronze-medallist from the 2012 London Olympics, was to be the logistical in-charge of the country's contingent at the July 26-August 11 Games. I consider it an honour to serve my country in every way possible, and I was mentally prepared for it. However, I regret that I will not be able to uphold the prestigious responsibility and would like to resign, owing to personal reasons, the 41-year-old stated in a letter to Usha.