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cricket team batter Jemimah Rodrigues expressed her excitement about representing the country at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Cricket is brought to the marquee event for the first time since 1900 and the decision to bring it back came last year. A two-day match took place between teams from Great Britain and France. Great Britain won the match by 158 runs. Cricket will return to the Olympic programme at LA 2028 after 128 years in the T20 format. In a post on Instagram, Jemimah wrote, «Loved wearing the current Indian Olympic jersey. Can't wait to play cricket for India at the Olympics soon! Man, what a feeling that'd be.»

A few grams of gold can elevate or depress a nation’s morale and stature. But first; why should any nation spend money on sports, especially one whose population substantially relies on subsidies? Nations invest in sports for three strategic reasons. The first is global positioning.

AFTER A FORTNIGHT featuring 329 competitions, the battle for Olympic supremacy came down to the last event on the final day of the Paris games. When America’s women’s basketball team beat France’s in the final on August 11th, they also helped their country equal China’s tally of 40 golds at these games. As a result, America retained its position at the summit of the official medal table—which ranks countries based on the number of golds they win—thanks to a greater haul of silvers (44 compared with China’s 27).

BBC series 'Call the Midwife' will have its thirteenth season available on Netflix US in September 2024. This release continues the show's established tradition of streaming availability.

Olympics reading the US, China, Japan, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Britain, South Korea, Italy and Germany, one is bound to ask: why do some countries fare better than others? Discussions usually attribute wins and losses to individual abilities, training and dedication. These factors are undoubtedly crucial. But there could be other determinants like economic prosperity. In each of the last three Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the top 10 medal-winning countries have been high-income countries based on World Bank's income-level classifications, with the exception of China (upper-middle income) in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia — upper-middle income) in PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. However, research has found a range of determinants beyond economic prosperity — team size, growth rate, expenditure on health, population, etc — to have a significant impact. We investigated the association between the total medal count for each country at the Beijing 2022 Olympics and their GDP per capita (PPP). A moderate positive relationship is observed with a correlation coefficient of 0.62.

Paris 2024 Olympics witnessed a historic showdown between two of the world’s leading javelin throwers, Arshad Nadeem from Pakistan and Neeraj Chopra from India. The intense rivalry between these athletes, both hailing from South Asia, has been closely followed in recent years, and their latest encounter did not disappoint. Arshad Nadeem made history by winning Pakistan's first-ever individual Olympic gold with a record-breaking throw of 92.97 meters. Neeraj Chopra, the defending Olympic champion from Tokyo 2020, put up a strong fight with a season-best throw of 89.45 meters, earning him the silver medal. Nadeem’s final throw in the competition was also an impressive 91 meters, further solidifying his victory. Neeraj Chopra's Rise to Stardom

release date for The Accountant 2 has been confirmed for April 25, 2025. The sequel, which will debut exclusively in cinemas, is generating considerable anticipation, especially given that it will be the only film slated for that particular release date. The sequel follows the success of the original film, which, despite a modest budget of $44 million, proved to be a hit. With a strategic release date that previously saw success for the film Challengers, there are high hopes that The Accountant 2 will replicate this success. The following weekend will see the debut of the MCU’s highly anticipated film, Thunderbolts, setting up a competitive release window, as per a report by Movieweb.

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Olympic gold medals are worth more than ever at this year’s Paris games, with the raw materials that go into them having the potential to fetch about $900 each.

Britannia, JioCinema are flocking to advertise with them. Ace Shooter Manu Bhaker’s Instagram following has skyrocketed from 1,67,000 a week back to 1.3 million now. Indian Hockey team captain and top scorer in Paris 2024 Olympics Harmanpreet Singh, is among the top trending names whose followers have reached 3,00,000 from low-double digits. Boxer Vinesh Phogat’s socials are also touching upto a million. No wonder, brands both big and small are queuing up to associate with them. Visa, the official global sponsor of the Paris 2024 Olympics, chose badminton star PV Sindhu (3.8million) and javelin lion Neeraj Chopra (9 million) as its brand ambassadors in India.

PARIS – Canada’s record performance at the Olympic Games in Paris did not happen without thorns, but athletes provided unforgettable sporting moments.

The Olympic Games are causing a surge in prices, but French consumers aren't likely to feel its pinch.

Wrestlers of various age groups are arriving at the Chhatrasal Akhada for nighttime training. They stay in the adjacent sports hostel. Coaches Jaibir Dahiya, Anil Mann, and Pradeep Dahiya are waiting for them.

China won the women's team event in table tennis at the Paris Games on Saturday for the country's 300th gold medal in Olympic history. China beat Japan 3-0 in the final for its fifth consecutive gold in the women's team event, a feat that the men had also achieved on Friday. «Each of us went all out today and played every position well,» No. 1-ranked Sun Yingsha said. South Korea took the bronze with a 3-0 win over Germany, its first medal in the team event since the Beijing Games in 2008.

PARIS – Phil Kim was the first, and for the foreseeable future, the only Olympic champion in men’s breaking.The 27-year-old from Vancouver, known in his breaking circles as B-Boy Phil Wizard, captured gold at Place de la Concorde on Saturday.The Canadian dominated his final battle with host-country favourite Danis Civil (Dany Dann) of France by winning all three rounds and taking 23 of a possible 27 votes from the judges.The 2022 world champion and reigning Pan American Games champion Kim was a favourite in the performance sport making its Olympic debut in Paris.It isn’t on the menu in Los Angeles in 2028 nor is it certain to return in Brisbane, Australia, in 2032.The sunny, charismatic Kim was that throughout his bouts Saturday, but he shed tears both on the podium during O Canada, in interviews afterward and when he embraced his mother Gilsoo, father Byung Tae and brothers Daniel and John.“I was stressed out of my mind,” Kim said. “Yesterday, I cried my eyes out because I was so scared to do this.“There’s been a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations.

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Canada’s Brooke Henderson stood by the side of the 14th green at Le Golf National on Saturday and practised her putting motion several times before walking to the next hole.She never did regain her touch on the greens after a 67 a day earlier gave her an outside shot at a medal.Henderson threatened midway through the final round after reeling off three straight birdies, but her putter didn’t co-operate when she needed it.“I gave myself a lot of good opportunities,” Henderson said. “I feel like if I had made two or three different putts throughout the round then I feel like the momentum would have been more in my favour.“It might be a different story standing here.

Paris 2024 Olympics promises an action-packed schedule as 13 gold medals are up for grabs before the Closing Ceremony concludes the Games on Sunday, August 11. With numerous high-stakes events scheduled, fans will have plenty to watch as the Olympics reach its thrilling climax.

Canadian beach volleyball players Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson will settle for silver at the Paris Games.

athletes with awe, to catch a glimpse of citius, altius, forties and all that stuffius. We follow the Olympics to do INDIAAAA-INDIA! And in the process if we catch something that is sportingly wonderful, well, we get lucky, whether we know it or not. Let's face it, despite the once-in-four years suppressed supply-heightened demand coverage, the Olympics as a spectator sporting event isn't as popular in this day and age of multiple fan loyalty as 'viewership' would suggest. In football, for instance, there was a time when the Indian football fan was content following the national team — and his local club, if he was Malayali, Bengali or Punjabi. Other sports that Indian fans followed were hockey and cricket — the former represented almost solely by the national squad, the latter overwhelmingly by the Indian team, and for more serious enthusiasts of the game, by national tournaments like the Ranji Trophy. The nation was pretty much the only side we had to follow.

Vinesh Phogat's appeal to award her a joint silver medal. «The ad hoc division of CAS has extended time till 6:00 p.m. on August 11, 2024, for the Sole Arbitrator Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett in the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling & the International Olympic Committee to issue a decision. The reasoned order will be issued at a later date,» said IOA in a statement. Phogat had filed an appeal on August 7 challenging the Olympics disqualification she faced for weighing more than 50 Kg by 100 grams, leading to the Olympics committee revoking her silver medal win.