Canada’s Andre de Grasse, the bronze medallist in 2016, was the fastest qualifier in the men’s 100m first round heats with 9.91 seconds. Trayvon Bromell, the fastest in the world this year and favourite to win the Olympic men’s 100 ...
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Olympics Tennis: Swiss Belinda Bencic wins women’s singles gold
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World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women’s singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold. The 24-year-old ...
Disruptions in Parliament have caused over Rs 133 cr losses
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Rocked by protests from opposition parties on Pegasus snooping and other issues since the start of the Monsoon session, Parliament has only functioned for 18 hours out of the scheduled time of 107 hours, resulting in a loss of more ...
Ladakh standoff: India-China end 12th Corps Commander-level talks after 9 hours
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The 12th round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China concluded at 7.30 pm today. Indian Army sources said during the meeting, which lasts for close to nine hours, the two sides discussed ways to resolve the ongoing military ...
Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold
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Poland scored an upset win in the inaugural Olympic 4×400 meters mixed relay on Saturday, with the Dominican Republic picking up silver and the United States taking bronze. The Polish team, comprised of Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Swiety-Ersetic and ...
India women’s hockey team qualifies for quarterfinals
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With Great Britain’s win against Ireland, India Women’s Hockey team has advanced to the quarter-final for the 1st time in the Olympics. The Indian women’s hockey team qualified for the quarterfinal after Great Britain beat Ireland 2-0 in the last ...
Satish Kumar to compete in boxing quarterfinals if cleared by doctors
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India’s first super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer to compete in the Olympics, Satish Kumar has seven stitches and will participate in the quarterfinals of his debut Games, only if the doctors clear him on Sunday, confirmed Boxing Federation of India (BFI) ...
Elon Musk: ‘I don’t want to be CEO of anything’
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Tesla doesn’t have a press office.Its CEO, Elon Musk, says the company doesn’t need one. Instead, in a similar way to Donald Trump, he uses Twitter rather than press releases to communicate. And on Friday, he was in full Elon ...
Australia Covid: Brisbane lockdown after Delta variant cases
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Millions more Australians are now in lockdown as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread. Authorities have imposed a snap three-day lockdown in south-eastern parts of Queensland, including Australia’s third largest city Brisbane, which began at 16:00 (06:00 GMT) ...
Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities
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Fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces. Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar. They have made rapid gains in rural ...