India captain Harmanpreet Singh scored twice to help India pull off a 2-1 comeback win over Spain in the men's bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics 2024 and then celebrated the win by lifting goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on his shoulders.
Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh played his last game for India and signed off in style as the team retained the bronze medal that it had won at the Tokyo Olympics. This is India's fourth bronze at the Olympics in addition to a silver and eight gold medals.
Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals in two different events and finished fourth in the 25m pistol event. All three medals for India so far have come in shooting with Swapnil Kusale being the other medal winner. Manu came back to India on Wednesday (August 7) and it was a grand return for her.
The ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from her gold medal match against the USA's Sarah Hildebrandt in the women's 50kg category after being found 100 gm overweight on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics 2024.
India vs Spain hockey: India suffered a heartbreaking 2-3 defeat against Germany in their semi-final clash but defeated Spain 2-1 after falling behind in the first quarter to clinch a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
India's Aman Sehrawat has made it to the semifinal of 57kg freestyle wrestling category beating Albania's Zelimkhan Abakarov in the quarterfinal. He had won the pre-quarter-final bout based on the technical superiority and won the same way in the round of 8 as well.
ICC has charged 25-year-old Sri Lankan spinner Praveen Jayawickrama for breach of the Anti-Corruption Code having been failed to report the approach from the bookies to fix certain matches. The said matches took place in 2021 and the bowler has gotten 14 days to respond to the charges.
India's final Gold medal hope, Neeraj Chopra will be in action at Stade de France on Thursday, August 8 in the men's javelin throw final at the Paris Olympics. The competition hasn't been a great one for the Indian contingent but Neeraj's qualification throw has raised everyone's hopes from him.
India's Aman Sehrawat has qualified for the quarterfinal of the 57kg freestyle wrestling beating Macedonia's Vladimir Egorov in the round of 16 clash.
Team India, led by Harmanpreet Singh, will face Spain today in the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics 2024. It will also be the last match for India's legendary goalkeeper PR Sreejesh who had confirmed earlier that he will retire after the Olympics this year.
IND vs ESP: Team India, led by Harmanpreet Singh, will fight to secure its second consecutive bronze medal at the Olympic Games. India had won the bronze medal beating Germany at the Tokyo Olympics and will face Spain this time. How is the IND vs SPA head-to-head record?
Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling following disqualification from the Paris Olympics due to that extra 100 grams weight while India's only Gold medal hope, Neeraj Chopra will be in action in the men's javelin throw final. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on August 8.
The whole of India slept on August 6, Tuesday night with hopes of a few medals on Wednesday but woke up to the most horrifying news from Paris Olympics. The hopes were shattered to pieces as let alone three, not a single medal was won on August 7 and Golden boy Neeraj Chopra remains the final one.
India's ace wrestler has decided to discontinue wrestling following her disqualification from the women's 50kg weight category at the Paris Olympics. Bajrang Punia and fans reacted to the same with 'you are a champion' posts as Vinesh missed a medal despite qualifying for the Gold medal bout.
India's ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her shock retirement a day after being disqualified from the Paris Olympics. Vinesh, a 15-time medal winner for India across Asian and World Championships and Commonwealth Games, was found to be 100 grams over her 50kg weight category before the final.
India lost nine wickets to the Sri Lanka spinners in the third ODI and was restricted to 138 in 26.1 overs. Dunith Wellalage bagged a five-for and was the wrecker-in-chief for the hosts in the third ODI.
After some heartbreaking events for Indian contingents on Wednesday, the Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu lifted 89 kg in snatch and 111 kg in Clean and Jerk to finish fourth in the women's 49kg category at the Paris Olympics 2024.
The young Indian wrestler Antim Panghal suffered an early elimination at the Paris Olympics 2024 after losing in the opening round in the women's 53kg category on Wednesday. She also missed out on a repechage after her opponent failed to reach the final.
Vinesh's shock and unexpected exit without a medal triggered a lot of commotion and public outcry in India. India women's national coach Virender Dahiya revealed that the Indian contingent was shocked after learning about Vinesh's disqualification.
"It sent a shockwave through the wrestling contingent. The girls were feeling pretty low after the news broke. We met Vinesh and tried to console her. She was brave," India's women's national coach Virender Dahiya said.
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