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Indian shooters aim to break nation's 12-year medal drought in Paris

A squad full of debutants free from past baggage will aim to ace the ultimate test of their lives when the shooting competition of the Paris Olympics begins in the sleepy French town of Chateauroux on Friday. India has won four Olympic medals in shooting out of its overall tally of 35 but none in the last two editions of the Summer Games, putting the additional pressure of expectations on the record 21-member Indian contingent based in central France. The national shooting federation NRAI chose current form over pedigree to pick the squad for the mega event and it will be hoping they hit the bullseye at the National Shooting Centre here. Even the quota winners were made to battle out in the trials with the inexperienced Sandeep Singh pipping 2022 world champion Rudranksh Patil, who had secured India's quota in the 10m air rifle. Patil wrote to NRAI proposing his selection in the team despite finishing behind Sandeep in the trials but the federation stuck to its guns. The athletes

Sai Ashok set to become youngest Indian to officiate boxing events in Paris

India's former international boxer Kabilan Sai Ashok will become the youngest from the country to officiate in the Paris Olympics after he was appointed as Referee Judge for the sporting showpiece beginning on Friday. The 32 year-old is only the fourth Indian since 1904 to officiate at the Olympics and the first to have represented the country as a player and an official at a World Championship event. Sai Ashok, who works as a boxing administrator at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, is also the first Indian to become the president of World Military Boxing Council. He also holds the record of being the only Indian referee to have been fast-tracked from two-star to three-star status. The last Indian to officiate at the Olympics was in 2012 London.

Paris Olympics 2024 India shooting contingent, full Schedule Live Streaming

Manu Bhaker will be looking to make amends after a timid outing in the Tokyo 2020 Games. Check Olympics 2024 India's shooting full schedule, live timings (IST), live streaming and telecast details

Olympics 2024: 78-member Indian contingent to take part in opening ceremony

The Indian contingent taking part in the Athletes' Parade during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday, to be led by PV Sindhu and Achanta Sharath Kamal, will have 78 athletes and officials from 12 sports disciplines. All the athletes who made themselves available for the ceremony will be part of the Parade, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said. "IOA President PT Usha and Chef-de-Mission Gagan Narang have given top priority to athletes in the composition of the contingent in the Athletes' Parade." the IOA said. "Many have competitions on Saturday and IOA has been respectful of their decision to prioritise preparation and to not take part in the Opening Ceremony." Besides Sindhu and Sharath Kamal, who will be the flag-bearers, other prominent athletes include archer Deepika Kumari, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, table tennis player Manika Batra and tennis player Rohan Bopanna. Rower Balraj Panwar has his race on Saturday morning and so, he is not taking part in the ..

Vegan Tuna to Daal-roti: Indian athletes' diet at Paris Olympics 2024

There will be separate stalls available in Paris with classic Indian dishes along with new-age dishes for all Indian athletes and travelling fans during the 15-day period of the tournament.

Olympic bans: A list of countries that were excluded from past Games

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Russia and Belarus have been banned from participating in the games due to the Ukraine war. But they are not the first to face such a ban.

Olympics: India contingent full list, schedule date-wise (IST), streaming

Check Everything you need to know about India at Olympics (schedule, live match timings - IST) here

Paris Olympics 2024: Rain threat looms over grand opening ceremony

According to the Weather Channel, there is 35 per cent chance of rainfall, staring 7 PM Paris time (10:30 PM IST). Check Paris weather hourly rain forecast here

Why is Paris 2024 Olympics set to be the greenest Olympics in history

Paris Olympics 2024 will largely depend on renewable energy sources, including geothermal and solar power; France has put in place several environmentally friendly initiatives

Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony live timings (IST), streaming in India

The Olympics 2024 opening ceremony will begin at 7:30 PM local time (11 PM IST) today and conclude at 11:15 PM local time (3 AM IST on Saturday).

Olympics 2024 opening ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal, PV Sindhu fly the IND flag in the parade

This will be the first time when a parade of nations will not take place in a stadium but on the Seine River. Check Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony live updates and live streaming details here.

Paris trains hit by sabotage hours before Olympics opening ceremony

Nearly 800,000 passengers are said to be affected due to cancellations

'Hardik Pandya needs more consistency', Scott Styris on Indian all-rounder

Hardik Pandya's skill sets are equivalent to premier England all-rounder and captain Ben Stokes but the mercurial Indian needs to show more consistency, reckoned former New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris. Recently, Suryakumar Yadav was preferred over Pandya as India's captain in T20Is for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka, as chief selector Ajit Agarkar wanted someone who was likely to be available more often. This champion all-rounder (Pandya) has got as many skills as anyone. He's probably in a similar ability-zone as someone like Ben Stokes. He's got much more talent than that (his recent performances), Styris told PTI Videos in an interview. Styris did not have any doubt over Pandya's talent but the Kiwi wanted him to infuse more consistency into his performances. He is a phenomenally skilled cricketer. But he hasn't quite shown it yet as consistently enough for my liking. So, just let him get out there and just say, you've got to lead us now by your performance, he said.

Paris Olympics 2024: What’s so special about the opening ceremony?

The Paris Olympics is all set to begin today, on July 26th, and among other things its opening ceremony is much talked about. What's so special this time? Watch the video to find out.

Google Doodle celebrates Paris 2024 Olympics with unique illustration

Google launched a vibrant Olympic-themed Doodle that begins with the Paris 2024 games featuring playful animations and sharing real-time updates on events and schedules

With Paris Olympics set to open, organisers brace for hacker onslaught

A collection of government, private-sector and Olympic cybersecurity specialists have spent months preparing

Paris Olympics 2024: France to kick off games under tight security

Some 45,000 police, 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 private security staff will ensure the safety of the parade along the river Seine, its banks and surrounding monuments

Athletes fit and ready to deliver India's best haul in Paris Olympics

The upcoming Games can provide much-needed joie de vivre to France, which has been upended in recent times by political turmoil

Olympics 2024: Cybercriminals eye 'gold' as millions flock to Paris

Cybersecurity experts say that Indian travellers going to the Olympic event are equally vulnerable to the threats

Paris Olympics 2024 fever sets in, 9.7 million tickets sold so far

After getting off to a rocky start last year, Olympics 2024 organizers said the Paris Games broke the record for the most number of tickets sold or allocated in the event's history. And yet, tickets are still available. Organizers say 9.7 million tickets were sold or allocated for this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, with 8.7 million sold for the former and a million for the latter. For Paris, a total of 10 million tickets were put on sale for the Olympics meaning that despite the historic popularity of the sporting events and unprecedented scale of this year's competitions, there will still be many empty seats remaining. However, the total ticketing figure will likely rise because tickets are still on sale for some of the 45 sports. "There's a real buzz in the city, and it's the first Games I've been to, said Carmen Rivera, 29, from Madrid. I'm not surprised it's the most popular one ever, as there has been the pandemic and other things that impacted the other recent ones.