Olympic Games News

Mbappe not part of France Squad for Paris Olympics

Kylian Mbappé was left out of France’s provisional squad for the Paris Olympics on Monday, though coach Thierry Henry said the list “can evolve.” The World Cup winner, who is widely expected to join Real Madrid after leaving Paris Saint-Germain…

Neeraj Chopra secured 2024 Olympics berth with 88.77m throw at World Athletics Championships

Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra began his World Athletics Championships campaign in style as he qualified for men’s javelin throw final with a season best of 88.77m and sealed qualification for 2024 Paris Olympics, here on Friday. The season-best distance…

Paris 2024 Olympics: Repechage format introduced in Athletics

The World Athletics Council on Monday introduced a repechage round to all individual track events from 200m to 1500m in distance, including the hurdles events, for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In an innovation to the regular competition format, the…

Paris Olympics 2024: Organizers hopeful of selling 13.4 million tickets

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics are hoping to sell a record 10 million tickets for the sporting extravaganza with an additional 3.4 million available for the Paralympic Games, the boss of the organising committee said. London 2012 put just…

Kamila Valieva fourth in Olympic skating as doping scandal takes toll

Kamila Valieva finished fourth in the Olympic women’s figure skating final on Thursday after her error-strewn performance handed Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova gold, as a doping scandal took its toll on the 15-year-old. Shcherbakova scored 255.95 to seal the title,…

Greece hands over Olympic flame to Beijing 2022 Winter Games host

Greece on Tuesday handed over the Olympic flame to organisers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, a day after the lighting ceremony was disrupted by activists calling for the event to be postponed. Hellenic Olympic Committee chief Spyros Kapralos gave…

Tokyo Olympics 2020 hockey: Belgium beat Indian Men’s 5-2 to reach final

Belgium national men’s hockey team have beaten up India in the semifinal of Tokyo Olympics to qualify for the final match. Drag flicker Alexander Hendrickx was the hero for Belgium in the crucial knockout match as he scored hat-trick of…

Alexander Zverev wins Olympic gold in straight sets

Alexander Zverev produced a comeback win over top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Then a dominant performance against Karan Khachanov in the final. The fifth-ranked German earned Olympic gold in style. Zverev overwhelmed Russian opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 at…

Golden slam bid is over for Djokovic as he lost to Zverev in Tokyo 2020

With his Golden Slam bid over for at least another three years, Novak Djokovic rested his head on Alexander Zverev’s shoulder as his German opponent and friend consoled him. “I told him that he’s the greatest of all time,” Zverev…

US swimmer Caeleb Dressel gets second gold at Tokyo Olympics in men’s 100m freestyle

US star Caeleb Dressel blazed to victory in the men’s 100m freestyle final on Thursday, adding the Olympic gold to his back-to-back world titles. The 24-year-old powered to the wall in a new Olympic record time of 47.02sec to dethrone…