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1. India tour of Sri Lanka, 2024
3 T20s 3 ODIs
Jul 27 – Aug 07
Wed, 07 Aug 2024
3rd ODI • Colombo, R.Premadasa Stadium
Sri Lanka Vs India
Today @ 2:30 PM
2. OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (26 JULY 2024 – 11 AUGUST 2024)
(a) In Paris Olympics 2024, Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Javelin final with with a monstrous throw of 89.34 meters;
(b) The other Indian in action, Kishore Jena, a silver medalist at the Asian Games, failed to make the cut after a below-par throw.
(c) Wrestler Vinesh Phogat advances to semi-finals in 50kg freestyle.
(d) HOCKEY
Heartbreak for men’s team. The team, which was eyeing a maiden final spot in 44 years, went down 2-3 to Germany and will now take on Spain in the bronze medal play-off.
(e) TABLE TENNIS
India’s campaign in the men’s table tennis team event came to an end after a 0-3 defeat to China. The pair of Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar lost the opening doubles match 2-11, 3-11, 7-11 to the Chinese pair of the legendary Ma Long and Chuqin Wang.
3. The medals tally at the Paris 2024 Olympics:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 22 19 14 55
2 United States 21 30 28 79
3 Australia 14 12 8 34
4 France 13 16 19 48
5 Great Britain 12 13 18 43
India ranks 60th position with 3 Bronze medals
4. All eyes will be on Mirabai Chanu on Wednesday as she attempts to become India’s first weightlifter to win two Olympic medals.
5. Gender row boxers Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after a sex chromosome test ruled both of them ineligible.
The boxing competition at Paris 2024 is taking place under International Olympic Committee rules after the IOC stripped the IBA of its status as the global governing body for the boxing.
Boxer Imane Khelif advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s welterweight division at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday night, moving one win away from what she calls the best response to the worldwide scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender.
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