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India athletes will get sports-specific help from support staff: IOA chief

The Chateauroux Shooting Centre is about two hours outside Paris, while the Le Golf National is an hour's drive from the Olympic hub

Gymnast Simone Biles wants to turn her post-Olympic tour into celebration

Biles described the show as a celebration' of gymnastics, though a celebration with decidedly personal elements

Too many functions comes in way of training ,competing in India: Chopra

The 26-year-old superstar, who is the reigning world and Asian Games champion as well, is set to begin his season with the first leg of Diamond League here on Friday

Chopra to start Olympic buildup at Diamond league along with Kishore Jena

European champion Julian Weber of Germany, fourth in the Olympic Games and World Championships, will also compete in the 10-man field. The league will then move to Morocco on May 19

OMEGA ropes in Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra as sporting ambassador

The star Indian athlete was invited to the OMEGA boutique in Doha, ahead of his participation at the first leg of Diamond League on Friday

Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra says belief key to success in Paris Games

The 26-year-old will defend his crown at the July 26-Aug. 11 Games and will be joined by compatriot Kishore Jena, while DP Manu also has a chance of qualifying for Paris

Olympic torch arrives in France's Marseille amid fanfare, high security

Paris Games organizers have promised fantastic' celebrations in the city, where the Old Port has been placed under high security

Paris Olympics 2024: Stories of India's Olympic-bound relay teams

Redemption, fulfilment of a father's dream, a big step in a nascent career and justification of choices made early in life -- Olympic qualification meant different things to the different members

Indian women's and men's 4x400m relay teams qualify for Paris Olympics 2024

In the women's competition, the quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes and 29.35 seconds to finish second

Olympics 2024: Big blow for India medal hopes! Nada suspends Bajrang Punia

According to reports, Punia failed to provide his urine sample for the selection trials at Sonepat on March 10, prompting NADA to issue the order suspending him from participation in any future events

NADA suspends Bajrang Punia indefinitely for not giving dope sample

Punia failed to provide his urine sample for the selection trials at Sonepat on March 10, prompting NADA to issue the order suspending him from participation in any future events

A city scarred by terrorism prepares an Olympic opening without walls

Since the 2015 deadly Islamist attacks, France has become sadly accustomed to terrorist threats and to soldiers patrolling its crowded squares and train stations

Paris will become no-fly zone to safeguard 2024 Olympic opening ceremony

The no-fly zone will extend for a radius of 150 kilometers (93 miles) around Paris, the civil aviation authority and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin have said

Vinesh Phogat secures women's 50kg category Paris Olympics quota for India

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

Indian wrestlers to miss Asian Olympics qualifiers due to Dubai rains

Punia and Kalkal eventually managed to reach Bishkek after being stranded at Dubai international airport due to incessant rain and flooding, but they could not report for mandatory weigh-in on time

Paris Olympics opening ceremony on river Seine will last nearly 4 hours

A total of 205 delegations will parade on more than 80 boats on the Seine. The ceremony will drift slowly from east to west, bridge to bridge, snaking six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Pont d'Austerlitz

Olympics 2024: Uncertainty stares Russian athletes despite qualifying

The IOC expects that 36 Russian athletes and possibly as many as 54 will do well enough at qualifying events to compete in Paris

Paris 2024: Things to know about the flame-lighting ceremony in Greece

It will then be carried through Greece for more than 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles) before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896

Mary Kom steps down as Chef-de-Mission for upcoming Paris Olympics

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha announced that Mary Kom had asked to be relieved from her position in a letter addressed to her

Paris 2024: Neeraj Chopra to compete in Finland's Paavo Nurmi Games

The 26-year-old Chopra, who will begin his season in the Doha Diamond League Meeting on May 10, won a silver in the 2022 edition of the Paavo Nurmi Games with a throw of 89.30m