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Congress' Vinesh Phogat, the sports icon who became the fierce face of an anti-sexual harassment protest and retired from wrestling after a shock end to her medal campaign at the Paris Olympics, AAP's Kavita Dalal, the first Indian woman wrestler to compete in the WWE, and BJP's Yogesh Bairagi, a commercial pilot. While Phogat enters the political arena with this election, Dalal, popularly known as Lady Khali, joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2022 and Bairagi has been part of the BJP for about four years. It's the first election for all three, all of whom are in their 30s.

Tom Cruise's exciting performance during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, but his reward may have come as even more of a surprise. The chairman of the LA2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Casey Wasserman, stated that Cruise was thrilled to take part in the historic occasion. As part of his act, he leaped from the Stade de France to receive the official Olympic flag from Olympian Simone Biles and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. After that, Cruise looked amazing. In a pre-recorded section, he was seen riding a motorcycle around Paris, boarding an aircraft close to the Eiffel Tower, and then performing a skydive close to the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, as reported by Yahoo entertainment.

Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as defending champions India beat Korea 3-1 to register their fourth consecutive win at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy here on Thursday. Paris Olympics bronze medallist India had defeated China 3-0, Japan 5-0 before thrashing last year's runner-up Malaysia 8-1. Already assured of a semifinal berth, India will play arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday in their last league match in the six-team competition. The top four teams from the league stages will qualify for the semifinals scheduled on Monday, while the final will be played next Tuesday.

Vinesh Phogat, who recently transitioned into politics after her disqualification from the Paris Olympics, has filed her nomination for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. Contesting from the Julana constituency in Jind, Vinesh provided a detailed declaration of her assets and income in her nomination affidavit. Vinesh, a multi-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, revealed that she owns three vehicles: a Volvo XC 60 worth Rs 35 lakh, a Hyundai Creta valued at Rs 12 lakh, and a Toyota Innova priced at Rs 17 lakh. She is currently repaying a loan of Rs 13 lakh taken to purchase the Innova. Additionally, her husband, Somvir Rathee, owns a Mahindra Scorpio, which is valued at Rs 19 lakh. In terms of property, Vinesh owns a plot in Sonipat, which has a valuation of Rs 2 crore. Her income declaration for the last financial year, as per her IT return, amounted to Rs 13,85,000. Alongside these assets, she reported having Rs 1,95,000 in cash on hand.

PARIS—For 17 days this summer, the Paris Olympics turned into a factory of indelible images: Stephen Curry raining 3-pointers, Simone Biles soaring to gymnastics gold, and Celine Dion belting out hits on the Eiffel Tower. But nothing went more viral than a brief clip of an Australian woman who went by the name Raygun twisting around on the floor. Rachael Gunn, as it says on her passport, was the break dancer whose performance launched a thousand memes and earned her exactly zero votes from the judges the whole time she was in Paris.

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Bajrang Punia on Friday joined the Congress party ahead of Haryana Assembly elections. «I will always be with the congress. I will fight for women, farmers and athletes. BJP does not support them,» said Punia upon joining the party. He said that the Congress was the only party who stood by the wrestlers during the protests in December 2023. He said that the BJP IT cell had alleged that the wrestler's objective was political, but added that it was not the case. «We sent BJP a letter to stand by is, but they did not come. We sent a letter to all the women leaders of BJP but we got no support. Congress came forward without even us asking for their help,» said Punia.

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A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75 per cent of her body, police said.

ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024, winning a bronze. Devi's video clip, showcasing her precision by the use just her right foot, jaw support, and shoulder movement, went viral. Her moves were aptly summed up by Erik Solheim, Norway's environment minister, who wrote on X: "This is beyond possible! Sheetal Devi is poetry in motion..." Devi is one of 84 Indian athletes at the Paralympics.

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Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's political future continues to build, especially after the recent meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC). Following the meeting, AICC Haryana in-charge Deepak Babaria announced that the party's list of candidates for the upcoming Haryana polls will be released within two days. Babaria also stated that the party would confirm on Tuesday whether Vinesh Phogat will contest the Haryana election on a Congress ticket. Vinesh Phogat made headlines recently after her disqualification from the 50 kg gold medal bout at the Paris Olympics for being 100 grams overweight. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) also rejected her petition to be awarded a joint silver.

Coco Gauff's 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Emma Navarro in the U.S. Open's fourth round: Gauff wound up with more double-faults, 19, than winners, 14. It was the latest in a series of early-for-her exits in recent weeks, including bowing out in the third round at the Paris Olympics, then going 1-2 at hard-court tuneup events before arriving in New York. «I feel like there's 70 other players in the draw that would love to have the summer that I had, even though it's (the) least, probably, (I've) done well during this time of the year,» said the No. 3-seeded Gauff, who went 18-1 during the North American swing on hard courts 12 months ago, including the run to her first Grand Slam title. «So many people want to be in the fourth round. So many people want to make the Olympics. So many people want to be flag bearer. It's perspective.» The 20-year-old from Florida did fight her way back into the match with a four-game run in which she claimed 14 of 17 points and grabbed the second set.

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Tanvi Patri from Odisha has cemented her status as one of India's most promising badminton prodigies by clinching the girls' singles title at the U-15 Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, China, the country where she first honed her skills in the sport. Patri capped off a phenomenal week with a superlative performance, defeating Vietnam's second seed Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen 22-20, 21-11 in a 34-minute final, offering a glimmer of hope after Indian badminton's recent struggles at the Paris Olympics. «I'm feeling good after winning the title,» Patri told PTI from Chengdu. «I had expected to win, and I'm happy I could do that. I've been training at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bangalore for the last two years.»

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya inched ever so close to the men's 800 metres world record on Thursday, missing the global mark by two tenths of a second in winning the Lausanne Diamond League with the second fastest time in history. Wanyonyi, who turned 20 during the Paris Olympics, clocked one minute 41.11 seconds to narrowly miss the world mark of 1:40.91 set by Kenya's David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics. The young Kenyan ferociously chased the green lights in the inner lane that keep pace with the world record in ideal 25 C conditions, just missing Rudisha's record but matching Wilson Kipketer's 1997 time as second fastest ever run.

Euro zone business activity showed surprising strength in August despite firms raising prices, a survey showed, potentially weakening expectations for two more rate cuts from the European Central Bank this year. However there were signs the upswing may be temporary, with readings flattered by a sharp rise in French services activity due to the Olympic Games. German business activity contracted for a second consecutive month and by more than expected.

Sumit Antil, left for the Paris Paralympics in advance to get acclimatised to the conditions. The 16 para athletes will stay at hotels in Paris for a few days before entering the Games Village on August 25, three days before the Opening Ceremony. The likes of Antil, who is bidding to become the first Indian to defend his Paralympics gold, will train at facilities near the French capital to acclimatise with the weather conditions there. Para athletics events will be held from August 30 to September 8, the closing day of the Paralympics, at Stade de France, the same venue where the able-bodied athletes competed during the Paris Olympics.

CAS) rejected wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her disqualification, emphasizing that it is an athlete's responsibility to stay within the weight limit, and no exceptions can be made on that basis, it said in its full verdict. However, CAS acknowledged the «draconian» consequences of failing the weigh-in on the second day. Vinesh was disqualified from the Paris Olympics after being found overweight by 100g on August 8, just before competing in the gold medal bout in the women's 50kg category.

Jordan Chiles, a two-time Olympian and Olympic gold medalist, finds herself at the center of a heated controversy following the women's floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that led to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu being awarded the bronze medal, Chiles has made it clear that she has no intention of returning her own bronze medal, which she still holds, as per a report by Fox News.

Vinesh Phogat returned to India on Saturday after her Paris Olympics 2024 journey, greeted by an overwhelming crowd of supporters. Hundreds of fans gathered outside the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi to welcome her back, despite the disappointment of her disqualification from the Olympics for being overweight after reaching the 50kg final. Vinesh’s appeal against this disqualification was also rejected by the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), adding to the emotional weight of her return. Vinesh's arrival at her home village Balali was marked by a deeply emotional reunion with her uncle and mentor, Mahavir Singh Phogat. The embrace they shared resonated with many, capturing the emotional toll of her Olympic journey and the support she received from her family, particularly during her most challenging moments. This reunion, which was widely shared on social media, moved many of her supporters and fans, highlighting the strong bond between Vinesh and Mahavir. Throughout Vinesh’s struggles during the Olympics, Mahavir had been a steadfast pillar of support, offering encouragement even as the weight of her disqualification weighed heavily on her.