Mihir Vasavda

Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra tells Mihir Vasavda that India's performance in Paris has been a 'mixed bag', but says 'but that doesn't mean that you have to stop spending on athletes'

India's Paris Olympics campaign ended with six medals. There were also six agonising fourth-place finishes, more than ever, to mark the bitter-sweet campaign that ebbed as the Games progressed.

A journalist's Paris diary from trains missed and laptops fried to watching adults cry and an unanswerable question that began as a taunt and ended in pity.

Paris 2024: These weren't just one of the best Olympics ever, Paris may have also rescued the brand Olympics. After the financial and infrastructural issues at Rio 2016 and the pandemic-hit Games of Tokyo 2020, the Games were fighting for relevance.

The verdict from CAS signed by Sole Arbitrator Annabelle Bennett stated: “The application filed by Vinesh Phogat on 7 August 2024 is dismissed.”

‘Suraj is more like Krishan Pathak; more relaxed, more on the line. Pawan is like Sreejesh, a lot of energy, always talking,' says Dennis van de Pol, goalkeeping expert. .

Indian hockey's engine room Manpreet Singh talks about the team's revival, culminating in back-to-back medals, and what is in store for him and the game in the country.

India's para-athletes won four medals in 30 minutes early on Wednesday (IST) to take the overall tally at the Paris Paralympics to 20 – one more than the country won in Tokyo three years ago; men's shot-putter Sachin Khilari then won a silver medal to make it 21.

Ahead of the Diamond League Final, Neeraj Chopra's long-time physiotherapist Ishaan Marwaha details how an adductor muscle strain and a bent blocking leg are affecting technique and robbing the javelin star of two to three additional metres.

Harmanpreet Singh's two goals were the difference as both teams took turns to have a go at one another's goal. In these times when structure is the buzzword, this shapeless hockey provided joy.