India’s reigning Olympic champion in javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra will have a special supporter in the stands during his competition round at the Paris Games on August 8.Fayis Asraf Ali, an avid Neeraj fan, has pedalled more than 22,000 kms over two years crisscrossing 30 countries to reach Paris in his bid to watch the…
They were born and bred in Russia. But they are representing another country at Paris 2024Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a swarm of political and economic fallouts. One of them was Russia getting banned from the Paris Olympics. However, the International Olympic Committee invited 36 Russian sportspersons to participate in…
DEHRADUN: Paramjeet Singh Bisht, 23, resident of little-known Khalla village near Gopeshwar town of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, will represent the country in the men’s 20km race walk on Aug 1 at the ongoing Paris Olympics. However, his journey to be part of the Indian contingent was never easy.Speaking to TOI over phone just before…
The fiber optic networks of multiple telecommunications companies have been “sabotaged” in six regions of France, according to news agency AFP.Although Paris remains unaffected by these incidents.This comes in the wake of coordinated attacks that significantly disrupted France’s high-speed train network just days before the opening ceremony of the Olympics.The identity of those responsible for…
“This shirt represents the children who are martyred and die under the rubble,” said Palestinian boxer Waseem Abu Sal. Abu Sal, who is the first Palestinian boxer to ever compete at the Olympics, made a statement during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics by wearing a shirt depicting children being bombed. The embroidered images…
The 33rd Olympic Games commenced on Friday with a captivating opening ceremony in Paris which left the audience in awe. The ‘Parade of Nations‘, which usually features sportspersons walking on along the running track of a stadium, witnessed a break from tradition as athletes from 205 countries and one refugee team navigated the Seine on…
NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, who does not shy away from making her views public, weighed in on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic on Saturday and criticised the performance as “hyper-sexualized, blasphemous” acts, which she said were a result of “Leftists hijacking the Olympics.” The performance involved children apparently reimagining…
PV Sindhu, having won silver in Rio & bronze in Tokyo, is feeling good about her prospects in her third OlympicsPARIS: PV Sindhu had a late evening practice at the Porte de la Chapelle on Wednesday. It got extended beyond the planned time and her meeting with the media at the mixed zone was delayed….
Parisians are slowly waking up to the fact that the Olympics are home…PARIS: “This way, sir.” The tall, burly man flashed a huge smile outside the Main Press Centre at the Palais des Congrès in Porte Maillot. “Which country? Oh India. Viva India.” He kept smiling, shook hands and then suddenly turned serious. “We need…
An unnamed member of the Australian water polo team has been quarantined at the ongoing Paris Olympics following a positive COVID test result, as confirmed by Anna Meares, the head of the nation’s Olympic contingent, on Tuesday.Meares refrained from disclosing the identity of the athlete but mentioned that individuals who had been in close contact…
