🚣🚴🏇🏊 SPORTS
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1. *INDIA TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2024*
Wednesday, 07 Aug 2024
3rd ODI • Colombo, R.Premadasa Stadium
Sri-lanka
SL: 248-7 (50)
Vs
India
IND: 138 (26.1)
Sri Lanka won by 110 runs
2. *OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (26 JULY 2024 – 11 AUGUST 2024)*
Indian Olympic Association protests wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification at Paris Olympics; Centre is providing all sorts of help. Ms Phogat was playing in the 50 kg category and her weight was found 100 gram more than the stipulated criterion.
3. Indian Olympic Association President, P.T. Usha said, Wrestling Federation of India has filed an appeal to United World Wrestling to reconsider the decision of disqualification. She added, IOA is following the matter in strongest possible manner.
4. PM Modi has offered consolation to the wrestler after her disqualification.
5. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann suggested on Wednesday that wrestler Vinesh Phogat could have cut her hair to reach the desired weight. “Her hair alone may have weighed 200 grams,” he remarked.
6. Mirabai Chanu misses out on historic second medal after Vinesh’s heartbreak. She managed a best lift of 88kg in snatch, which had put her in the bronze medal position. However, she then managed to get a best lift of 111kg in ahead of the clean and jerk rounds and that left her with a total lift of 199kg. This meant that Mirabai finished fourth and she thus missed out on a historic second Olympic medal.
7. Double Olympic Medalist and Star Indian shooter Manu Bhaker returns to India. She received an overwhelming welcome by her fans and officials of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at Indira Gandhi International Airport in the National Capital.
8. In Paris Olympic, in the women’s 100 metres & hurdles, Jyothi Yarraji advanced to the repechage round after finishing seventh place.
9. Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement after being disqualified from the Olympics, sharing an emotional message on X. She expressed her heartbreak, saying, “Maa kushti jeet gayi, main haar gayi” (Wrestling has defeated me, I have lost).
10. Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is set to feature in the upcoming edition of the SA20, starting January 9. Thus, he will become the first-ever cricketer from India to take part in the South African T20 league which is now 2 seasons old. Karthik will join Paarl Royals as an overseas player ahead of the new season.
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