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Swiatek starts Olympics tennis event with win at French open truimph site

Swiatek, who won third consecutive championship at Court Philippe Chatrier just 7 weeks ago, got broken in same stadium to trail 5-3 in second set before getting back to her usual clay-court expertise

Olympics: Zhang hopes Chinese swimmers will be seen as clean after tests

Zhang said she and her teammates have tested three to four days a week in past couple of months leading up to Paris Games and in wake of a doping scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers including her

Olympic sailing ready to start with fast windsurfing, light winds, hot sun

For all events, points are earned over multiple regattas on multiple days making sailing a marathon where medals are won by strategy and concentration as much as by physical strength

Manu Bhaker enters her first Olympic final, saves India's day in shooting

Reduced to tears following her forgettable outing in her Games debut in Tokyo three years ago, Bhaker is seeking to add an Olympic medal to her very excellent resume

44-year-old Rohan Bopanna is the oldest Indian athlete in Paris Olympics

Rohan Bopanna, despite being the oldest Indian athlete, will be 17 years younger than the oldest athlete at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Meet the youngest Indian Olympian taking part in the Paris Olympics

India's teenage swimming star Dhinidhi Desinghu will participate in the women's 200m freestyle event at the Olympics in Paris. She has qualified for the event on a universality quota.

Know your Indian women athletes who are going to Paris Olympics 2024

The current contingent consists of 40% female athletes which is a good sign in terms of gender representation at a global level as well.

Olympic organisers apologise for calling South Korean athletes North Korean

South Korean Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism Vice Minister Jang Mi Ran requested a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach over the incident, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday

Ariana Grande to Serena Williams: Celebrities at Olympics opening ceremony

celebrities including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Kelly Clarkson, Vincent Cassel, Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White, Carl Lewis, and Prince Albert of Monaco and his wife Charlene also attended the event.

Paris Olympics 2024 declared open after Parade of Nations on Seine river

Despite the rain, the ceremony continued as athletes donned transparent raincoats over their team tracksuits.

Paris Olympics 2024 highlights, Day 1: IND def NZ 3-2 in hockey; Satwik-Chirag wins vs FRA

Olympics 2024 LIVE UPDATES: India defeated New Zealand in hockey 3-2 to start their campaign. In Badminton Satwik-Chirag secures comfortable win against France. Catch Paris 2024 highlights here

Paris Olympics 2024: India schedule on July 27, live time (IST), streaming

From Satwik-Chirag in Badminton to India vs New Zealand hockey match: Check India schedule, live match timings on Day 1 of Olympics 2024

Indian shooters eliminated in qualification of 10m air rifle mixed event

Ramita and Arjun Babuta finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh ended at 12th place with an aggregate score of 626.3.

Canada women's football coach suspended over drone scandal in Paris

The Canadian women defeated New Zealand 2-1 in the team's Olympic opener in Saint-Etienne on Thursday. Priestman had stepped aside for the match and interim coach Andy Spence led the team.

Paris Olympics 2024: India's rifle shooters in medal contention on July 27

In badminton, Lakshya Sen and the star doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will also begin their quest to finish on top of the podium

Chinese-Chilean TT player set to make Olympics debut at 58 in Paris

Zeng is currently the 151st-ranked table tennis player. She is part of Chile's national team, beating Dominican Eva Pea Brito in her debut

Taliban escapee turns break-dancer at Paris Olympics after 3 years

For Manizha Talash, all women in Afghanistan are role models for the suffering they are going through every day of their lives.

Arson, malicious attacks disrupt train lines in France ahead of Olympics

Around 250,000 travellers were affected by disruptions caused by the Paris train attack on the eve of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Indian hockey team take on NZ as they eye successive medals in Olympics

While of late India have gradually dropped from third to the seventh spot in the world, rankings are never never a fair measurement in modern day hockey.

Paris Olympics 2024: Do Olympics medals shine with a touch of real gold?

As world-class athletes compete for glory, one question may pop up about whether the coveted gold medals contain just gold. Check all you need to know about Paris Olympics 2024 medals here