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wrestler Vinesh Phogat after she was found to be overweight ahead of her 50kg category Olympic final, legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar said here on Wednesday. Vinesh was disqualified from taking part in the final for being overweight by 100 grams. Gavaskar said that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as well as the Indian government must do everything possible to address this. «I think it's (the) most unfortunate. I also think it's (the) most unfair. I do hope that the authorities will take notice of it, take a strong response to this because this is not just the initial round,» he told reporters on the sidelines of the Spartan racing event here.

World shares have advanced, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index closing 1.2% higher after a Bank of Japan official suggested the central bank would refrain from raising interest rates while markets are unstable

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qualification round made quite a statement but a tough challenge awaits defending champion Neeraj Chopra as he seeks another piece of history in the Paris Olympics men's javelin throw final round here on Thursday. Just like he did at the same stage in the Tokyo Olympics three years back, Chopra needed just a few seconds to top the qualification round with his opening throw but the similarity ends there. This time, the quality of the field is better than Tokyo with nine throwers crossing the automatic final round qualification mark of 84m in Paris as against six in Tokyo. Out of the nine, five made it to the final round with their first throws and thus will have a lot in their tanks for the medal round. The 26-year-old Chopra knows it too well, having been in the global circuit for more than eight years.

Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday was disqualified from Paris Olympics' 50 Kg wrestling category for being overwieght by 100 grams. A statement released by the Indian Olympic contingent revealed that 29-year-old Phogat's disqualification was triggered by a slight uptick in the body weight. «It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women's Wrestling 50 kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50 kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh's privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand,» the Indian Olympics contingent said.

Sam Watson, 18-year-old, set a speed climbing world record of 4.75 seconds at the Olympics. At a speed climbing event, spectators must be vigilant as athletes can scale the 15-meter wall in around five seconds. Climbing first appeared at the Tokyo Games in 2021, having been introduced to the Olympic radar at the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games in 2018. The sport, along with skateboarding and surfing, aimed to attract younger audiences. It will continue to be part of the program for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics.

Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on Wednesday from the 50kg freestyle wrestling for being overweight by a few grams, after she qualified for gold medal bout. Vinesh Phogat had beat World No.1 and Tokyo 2020 champion Yui Susaki of Japan to qualify for quarterfinals. Later in the quarter-finals, Vinesh took on Ukraine's Oksana Livach and beat her by 7-5 to secure a semi-final berth. In the penultimate bout she went on to beat Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez to secure a medal and become the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final at the Olympics.

Despite missing penalties, the team led by Harmanpreet Singh scored the first goal of the match in the first quarter against the German rival who failed to score a goal. After trailing in first quarter, however, Germany showed their dominance by turned things around and scoring two goals against India. In the third quarter, India was seen making a comeback by tying the score with Germany at 2-2. In the final quarter, however, Germany again won the field by scoring another goal against the Indian team which sealed the former's victory and road ahead to the finals against the Netherlands.

Nearly everything on Wall Street tumbled as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsened and set off another sell-off for financial markets around the world

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged more than 12% as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected and dumped a wide range of shares

SoftBank Group Corp. has cut $2.6 billion off the fortune of its founder Masayoshi Son, as the tech investor is buffeted by the Bank of Japan’s earlier-than-expected interest-rate hike. Shares were down 8% Friday in Tokyo. Over two days, the technology conglomerate is down roughly 14%. Even after the recent plunge, Son is up about $2.7 billion from the $11.3 billion he began the year with, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Bitcoin’s price has continued to dip dramatically on Monday morning as it fell below $50,000, registering a staggering 20% decrease in the last 24 hours on the heels of global markets meltdown.

The Tokyo stock market witnessed a sharp plunge on Monday, with the Topix and Nikkei 225 Stock Average sliding by 12%, casting a shadow of uncertainty over global financial markets.

MONTREAL – Soccer fans in Montreal were left heartbroken after the Canadian women’s soccer team lost to Germany in the quarterfinal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday. But fans said they still have plenty of reasons to cheer.

Olympic hockey quarter final match against Great Britain with 10 men. And, with nine for a few minutes in the crucial fourth quarter with scores tied at 1-1. That’s what India was reduced to while playing when Amit Rohidas, India’s best first rusher, was shown a red card for lifting his stick in the 17th minute. India, though, did not lose hope and took the lead through captain Harmanpreet Singh in the 22nd minute from a penalty corner before Britain drew level through Lee Morton from a field effort in the 27th minute.

PARIS – Canada’s team in Paris was on pace for a record Olympic Games at halftime after a mortifying soccer scandal that began before the eco-flame was even lit in Jardin des Tuileries.

Carolina Marin withdrew in tears from her badminton semi-final on Sunday after her right knee buckled in distressing scenes. Marin, who won women's singles gold at the Rio 2016 Games, was on track to reach the final but collapsed midway through the second game against China's He Bingjiao. Coaches and He rushed to her side as she lay on the ground for several minutes, clutching her leg.

Vinesh Phogat will have to shake off a tumultuous build-up to the Paris Games when she takes mat, aiming for an elusive Olympic medal, while five of her colleagues will also strive to write their own success stories at the biggest stage when the wrestling event begins here Monday. Vinesh is easily India's most accomplished woman wrestler, with two World Championships, three CWG and eight Asian Championships medals adorning her cabinet, but her previous two Olympic campaigns have ended in heartbreaks. She had returned from Rio (2016) with just a broken leg, but from Tokyo (2021), she came back with her soul scarred after a crushing defeat 'by fall' in the quarterfinals. She was accused of misconduct and suspended by the WFI for several alleged transgressions. She claimed to have endured bouts of depression, and she was not sure of returning to the mat but she did. Not only she returned but also waged a battle outside the mat when she accused the WFI chief of sexual misconduct.

South China Sea and aiming to counter Beijing's continuing violations of international treaty obligations, countries in the region are galvanising their defences. Two warships from the Philippines and Japan each, for the first time ever, conducted a joint exercise in the contested waters. This exercise followed a bilateral defence treaty, termed the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), signed between Manila and Tokyo to facilitate joint exercises for closer security cooperation, amid China's growing assertion in the regional resource-rich waters.

Manu Bhaker is set to be India's flagbearer in the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) sources stated that Bhaker will be India's women's flagbearer in the closing ceremony. India's men's flagbearer for the ceremony is yet to be confirmed. The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics will take place on August 11. Bhaker brought her A-game in Paris and broke numerous accolades to claim two bronze medals in the Summer Games.

Manu Bhaker and Jaspal Rana, the pupil and the teacher, are likely to agree given how their reunion has turned out to be. Bhaker, who had already won two bronze medals, narrowly missed out on a historic treble at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. In a high-quality final, Bhaker gave it her all and was placed No.1 among eight shooters for a brief period. However, she could not maintain her consistency and eventually finished fourth after losing a bronze medal shootoff against Hungarian Veronika Major in the women’s 25m sports pistol event. The 22-year-old shot 28 in the final to be tied at third place. In the tiebreaker, she missed two of the five shots to aggregate three points, while opponent got four shots on the target to clinch the third spot. All this seems like a dream after what happened in Tokyo three years ago.