Mon, Aug 02, 2021
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Tokyo Olympics: American star Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals
Published On: Aug, 02, 202102:45 PM
Simone Biles is returning to competition in Tokyo.
The 2016 Olympic champion will compete in the balance beam finals on Tuesday, a little over a week after stepping away from the meet to focus on her mental health. ''We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow — Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can't wait to watch you both!'' USA Gymnastics said in a statement. The 24-year-old Biles won bronze on beam in Rio de Janeiro five years ago and qualified for the eight-woman final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on the first weekend of the Games. She removed herself from the team final on July 27 after a shaky performance on vault during the first rotation. She watched from the sidelines as her three American teammates completed the meet without her the U.S. took silver behind the team known as the Russian Olympic Committee. Biles later said she... -
I was blank for few seconds, didn't know what to do: Sindhu on second Olympic medal
Published On: Aug, 02, 202101:40 PMReigning world champion P V Sindhu on Monday said she was completely blank after winning a second successive Olympic medal and it took her a while to realise the enormity of her historic achievement...
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Rain wipes out third West Indies-Pak T20I, visitors lead series 1-0
Published On: Aug, 02, 202112:27 PM
Heavy rain played spoilsport in the third T20I between West Indies and Pakistan, leaving the hosts needing a victory in the final match of the series to draw the campaign.
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Tokyo Olympics: Shooters Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput eliminated in the qualifiers
Published On: Aug, 02, 202111:36 AM
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput fails to make the cut to the 50 m rifle 3 positions.
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Brave Indian women create history, enter maiden Olympic hockey semifinals
Published On: Aug, 02, 202110:31 AM
A brave and determined Indian women's hockey team etched its name in the history books by entering the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, stunning three-time champions and world no.2...
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Chinese shuttler Chen Yufei wins Olympic women's singles gold
Published On: Aug, 02, 202110:15 AM
China's top seed Chen Yufei defeated Chinese Taipei's world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying 2-1 in the badminton women's singles final at the Tokyo Olympics here.
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Matthew Wade to captain Australia for 5 T20s in Bangladesh
Published On: Aug, 02, 202109:30 AM
Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade will captain Australia for the five-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh which begins Tuesday in Dhaka.
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Tokyo Olympics: World champ Hassan falls, gets up and wins 1,500 heat
Published On: Aug, 02, 202109:23 AM
World champion Sifan Hassan made an incredible recovery from a fall at the final bell to win her 1,500-meter heat at the Olympics on Monday.
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Sindhu's sincere encouragement left me in tears, reveals Olympic silver-medallist shuttler Tai Tzu
Published On: Aug, 02, 202109:02 AM
Shattered after going down in the Olympics women's singles final, world number one badminton player Tai Tzu Ying has revealed that Indian ace P V Sindhu's words of encouragement after the medal...
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Tokyo Olympics: Schauffele wins Olympic title, beating Sabbatini by stroke
Published On: Aug, 02, 202108:18 AM
Xander Schauffele won an Olympic gold medal he badly wanted by overcoming more pressure than he could have imagined.
