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3 months, 3 weeks ago

ParalympicsGB flagbearer Lucy Shuker eager to emulate Tom Daley as LGBTQ+ beacon

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4 months, 1 week ago

Honour of my life: Manu Bhaker on being India flagbearer in closing ceremony

India Today

Paris Olympics star Manu Bhaker has said that it is her life's honour to be India's flagbearer at the closing ceremony of the Games. Paris Olympics 2024: Full Coverage | Medal Tally Bhaker opened India’s account at the Paris Olympics by winning a bronze medal in the 10 am air pistol event and ended India’s 12-year-long wait for a shooting …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mystery as controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif appears to be dropped as her country's flagbearer for the Paris Olympics closing ceremony - but is all smiles as she flashes her gold medal to the

Daily Mail

Controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was apparently switched out at the last moment from carrying her nation's flag at Sunday night's Olympics closing ceremony. 😅 He can swim, cycle and run to triathlon gold, but carrying the flag in the closing ceremony is a different kind of pressure for Alex Yee 😉#BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/TORJcMc2lc — BBC Sport August 11, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 closing ceremony including Alex Yee and Katie Ledecky

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Bhutan’s marathon runner, Lhamo gets standing ovation for last-place finish

The Hindu

The last athlete to finish Sunday’s marathon, an hour and a half after the winner, did so to a standing ovation in a display of Olympic spirit on the last day of the Paris Games. Bhutan’s Kinzang Lhamo finished the hilly and hot course in three hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds, encouraged over the last kilometres by spectators cycling …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Arshad Nadeem, the athlete from Pakistan who beat Neeraj Chopra to win gold at Paris 2024 Olympics?

The Hindu

Pakistan’s Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem shocked the world when he threw a record 92.97 metres in the final of the Paris 2024 Olympics, at the State de France in Paris, on Thursday. With the throw, he assured himself the gold medal while defending champion Neeraj Chopra finished second-best, with his season-best throw of 89.45 metres. Deemed as Pakistan’s best chance …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian envoy to France gifts Bhagawad Gita to Olympic bronze medallist Manu Bhaker: ‘Mature, wise, grounded’

Hindustan Times

Indian ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf on Tuesday hosted Olympic bronze medallist Manu Bhaker and her coach Jaspal Rana at his residence in Paris. Manu Bhaker with Indian ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf at his residence in Paris. During the interaction, Ashraf gifted an English translation of the Bhagwad Gita to Bhaker, who scripted history at the Paris Olympics by …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Manu Bhaker reacts after becoming India's flag bearer for closing ceremony at Paris Olympics: ‘I look forward to…’

Hindustan Times

Star shooter Manu Bhaker has been confirmed as India's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Bhaker doubled India's tally when she joined forces with shooter Sarabjot Singh to bag the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze. India's Manu Bhaker celebrates after winning bronze in the 10m air pistol women's final A day after being …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Double-medal winner Manu Bhaker to be India's flag bearer at Paris Olympics closing ceremony: Report – India TV

India TV News

India's shining star at the Paris Olympics, Manu Bhaker, will be the country's flag bearer at the closing ceremony, as per reports. The news agency ANI reported that IOC sources confirmed that Bhaker, who won two bronze medals at the Paris Games, will be India's female flagbearer at the closing ceremony on August 11 while her male counterpart is yet …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Coco Gauff loses to Donna Vekic at Olympics after line call controversy

New York Times

PARIS — The top American tennis player Coco Gauff is out of the Olympic women’s singles under controversial circumstances after a 6-7, 2-6 defeat to Croatia’s Donna Vekic on Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland Garros. A high-quality contest was overshadowed by a disputed line call at a crucial juncture in the second set, prompting Gauff to say, “I feel like I’m …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 (July 28) India Full Schedule: Manu Bhaker, archers in focus — What's India's schedule today?

Hindustan Times

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 India Full Schedule: Manu Bhaker will be in focus early on Day 2 of India's campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics as the Indian pistol shooter will be gunning for the elusive gold, let alone the first medal for the country at the Games. India's Manu Bhaker takes aim during the 10m Air Pistol Women …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Florent Manaudou is wrong about France and Paris Olympics will prove it

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

An Indigenous sailor who has never owned a boat is the flagbearer for Fiji for Paris Games

Associated Press

MARSEILLE, France — Growing up in Fiji in the South Pacific, Viliame Ratulu saw sailing as a “rich man’s sport.” The 24-year-old Ratulu has never owned a boat, but he is primed to become the first I-Taukei Indigenous sailor to compete at the Olympics. “Whenever I’m on the water, it’s my home,” Ratulu said Thursday as he prepared for training …

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5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: LeBron James to PV Sindhu - Who are respective flagbearers of their respective nations at the Games

Hindustan Times

The Paris Olympics is around the corner, and nations have started announcing the flag bearers of the mega sporting event. For India, Two-time Olympic medallist and 2019 World Champion in badminton PV Sindhu will be India's female flag-bearer alongside veteran Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal in the opening ceremony of Paris Olympics. The silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics …

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5 months ago

What's next for Team USA after LeBron James' Sat. game-winning point? Exhibition finale schedule, flag bearer revealed

Hindustan Times

After saving Team USA from a historic upset on Saturday, beating South Sudan with his game-winning layup in the final eight seconds, LeBron James is on a roll. Team USA’s 4/5 winning trail so far is expected to welcome another golden star today as the roster ready to take on the 2024 Olympics faces Germany in its final exhibition game …

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5 months ago

LeBron James to be Team USA Flagbearer for Paris Olympics

News 18

LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading points scorer, will be the male flagbearer for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, the USOPC announced on Monday. “It’s an incredible honor to represent the United States on this global stage, especially in a moment that can bring the whole world together,” Los Angeles Lakers power forward James said in a statement from …

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5 months ago

LeBron James selected as Team USA male flagbearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Associated Press

LeBron James wasn’t totally sure what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004. James has been picked by his fellow U.S. Olympians to serve as the male flagbearer for the Americans in Friday night’s opening ceremony for the Paris Games. Sports have the power to bring us all together, and I’m …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal | Didi-Bhatija show Sangh Parivar their place

India Today

In the end, it was Didi who had the last laugh. On the evening of June 4, a little after the clock struck six, Mamata Banerjee climbed the stage erected on the backyard of her residence in Kalighat in Kolkata. The joyous mood—with hundreds of slogan-raising Trinamool Congress supporters caked in trademark green gulal—was well-deserved: under her, the TMC had …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kajal Aggarwal fails to draw in crowds?

Deccan Chronicle

Despite going all out to promote her maiden female centric film ‘Satyabhama’, Kajal Aggarwal has reportedly failed to draw big openings in the last two days. “It has just managed to collect Rs 90 lakhs plus in the last two days in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and it has to pick up faster,” says a distributor, who adds, “Kajal was …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Surprised' to be India's flagbearer at Paris Olympics: Sharath Kamal

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Veteran table tennis player A Sharath Kamal, preparing to participate in his fifth Olympics in Paris, said he was "pretty surprised" at being named India's flagbearer at the Games ahead of the likes of Neeraj Chopra. The Indian Olympic Association's decision to honor the Commonwealth and Asian Games medalist in March 2023 had met with criticism from the Tamil …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Largest democracy India’s NHRC should be a flagbearer for human rights. Is it?

Hindustan Times

National human rights institutions worldwide have evolved as key actors in promoting and protecting human rights. India’s national human rights institution Until the late 1990s, India lacked an instrumental mechanism for safeguarding human rights. Arguably, a face-saving gesture against concerns donor countries’ apprehensions regarding human rights abuses in various regions of the country during the economic crisis of 1990. The …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Ahead of Paris Olympics, IOA standing still due to infighting

Hindustan Times

The administrative mess within the Indian Olympic Association has stalled preparations towards the Paris Olympics. With IOA president PT Usha and the executive board members unable to resolve their differences over appointment of CEO Raghuram Iyer, no financial approvals are coming through. IOA president PT Usha As per the IOA constitution, bank accounts shall be operated by the CEO in …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Sumit Nagal takes a set off World No. 7 Holger Rune before exiting Monte Carlo Masters

Hindustan Times

Putting up a brave fight, India's Sumit Nagal took a set off world number seven Holger Rune before losing his rain-hit second round match of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday. India's Sumit Nagal in action during his round of 32 match against Denmark's Holger Rune In an impressive show of grit and gumption, Nagal threatened to spoil Rune's party …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern

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Honour of my life: Manu Bhaker on being India flagbearer in closing ceremony

Mystery as controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif appears to be dropped as her country's flagbearer for the Paris Olympics closing ceremony - but is all smiles as she flashes her gold medal to the

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Who is Arshad Nadeem, the athlete from Pakistan who beat Neeraj Chopra to win gold at Paris 2024 Olympics?

Indian envoy to France gifts Bhagawad Gita to Olympic bronze medallist Manu Bhaker: ‘Mature, wise, grounded’

Manu Bhaker reacts after becoming India's flag bearer for closing ceremony at Paris Olympics: ‘I look forward to…’

Double-medal winner Manu Bhaker to be India's flag bearer at Paris Olympics closing ceremony: Report – India TV

Coco Gauff loses to Donna Vekic at Olympics after line call controversy

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 (July 28) India Full Schedule: Manu Bhaker, archers in focus — What's India's schedule today?

Florent Manaudou is wrong about France and Paris Olympics will prove it

An Indigenous sailor who has never owned a boat is the flagbearer for Fiji for Paris Games

Paris Olympics 2024: LeBron James to PV Sindhu - Who are respective flagbearers of their respective nations at the Games

What's next for Team USA after LeBron James' Sat. game-winning point? Exhibition finale schedule, flag bearer revealed

LeBron James to be Team USA Flagbearer for Paris Olympics

LeBron James selected as Team USA male flagbearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony

West Bengal | Didi-Bhatija show Sangh Parivar their place

Kajal Aggarwal fails to draw in crowds?

'Surprised' to be India's flagbearer at Paris Olympics: Sharath Kamal

Largest democracy India’s NHRC should be a flagbearer for human rights. Is it?

Ahead of Paris Olympics, IOA standing still due to infighting

Sumit Nagal takes a set off World No. 7 Holger Rune before exiting Monte Carlo Masters

New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern