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The top 15 players in the OWGR are eligible for the Olympics with a maximum limit of four golfers allowed from a single country

p Lovlina Borgohain is aware that fierce competition awaits her at the Paris Olympics but the ace Indian boxer is quietly confident of snaring a second successive Games medal, having found considerable success in her new category, which is also closer to her natural body weight. Following her bronze medal-winning feat at the Tokyo Olympics, Borgohain endured a tumultuous period when she made ear

p The 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is eyeing a significant achievement, the last big career milestone he has yet to achieve in his already legendary tennis career, an Olympic gold medal. Djokovic was named the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for his outstanding exploits last year, which included titles at the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open. He also won the Weste

p Two of Indias champion wrestlers Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalakal will miss the Asia Olympic Qualifiers in Kyrgyzstan as the duo failed to report for their respective weigh-ins on time after their flight arrived late in Bishkek due to bad weather in Dubai. /p p Both Punia and Sujeet were left stranded at the Dubai International Airport as torrential rain in the city led to flooding and the

The last chance to qualify for Paris will be World Qualifiers in Turkey in May.

p The Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics 2024 suffered a big blow with ace athlete Murali Sreeshankar ruling himself out of the upcoming tournament due to an injury on Thursday, April 18. Ace long jumper revealed a knee injury he suffered while training and confirmed his decision to pull back from the Summer Olympic Games starting on July 26. /p p The 25-year-old athlete from Kerala se

Feels like a nightmare, says the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games silver medallist

The duo, accompanied by Russian coach Kamal Malikov and physio Shubham Gupta, has been forced to sleep on the floor and has no access to proper food due to the rain-induced crisis.

WRESTLING | The biggest hurdle for India is that Deepak and Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), on their way from their training base in Dagestan to Bishkek, have been stranded at the Dubai airport since Tuesday due to the massive flooding there

p The spotlight will be on two-time Olympian Vinesh Phogat as she along with 16 other Indian wrestlers begin their chase for Paris Games quota places at the Asia Olympic qualifiers beginning in Bishkek on Friday. As many as 36 quotas will be up for grabs in 18 weight categories across three disciplines -- freestyle, women and greco-roman -- during the event, with India representing in all but on

p Two-time world champion Kento Momota said Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, admitting he had never been the same since a serious car crash four years ago. Japans Momota was once badmintons undisputed king, winning 11 titles in 2019 and losing just six of the 73 matches he played that year. But in January 2020 the vehicle taking him to Kuala Lumpur airport crashed ho

p Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalakal's chances of qualifying for the Paris Olympics hit a roadblock as the two Kyrgyzstan-bound Indian wrestlers were left stranded at the Dubai international airport due to unprecedented rains in the gulf nation. Deepak (86kg), who had come close to winning a medal at the Tokyo Games, and Sujeet (65kg), were on their way to Bishkek to participate in the Asia Olympic