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Sports Top 10: The events have started in Paris Olympics from 24th July in which India’s archery team will participate in the ranking round on 25th July. All eyes will be on India’s star archery player Deepika Kumari. India has sent a team of 6 archers including male and female players in archery in Paris Olympics. Apart from this, the draw for the table tennis event has been announced in which Manika Batra will face 18-year-old player Anna Hersey of Great Britain. At the same time, the Indian men’s team will face the Chinese team in the table tennis event.
Indian archery team will start its campaign
The Olympic Games have started in Paris, the capital of France, in which football and rugby sevens matches were played on 24 July. Apart from these two events, on 25 July i.e. today, there will be women and men’s events of handball and archery in which Indian athletes will also be seen in action. Archery ranking round will be held in Les Invalides. Apart from Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat, Tarundeep Rai, Praveen Jadhav and Dheeraj Bommadevara are included in this ranking event of archery from India.
Manika Batra will compete with Anna Hersi in table tennis
Before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the draw of the table tennis event has been announced. In this, star Indian female player Manika Batra will face Anna Hersi. While Sreeja Akula will play against Sweden’s player Christina Kalberg in the round of 64. Apart from this, experienced Indian player Sharath Kamal in the men’s category will face 27-year-old Slovenia’s player Dani Kozul in the first round. In the team event, the Indian men’s team will play against China while the women’s team will get a chance to play against Romania’s team.
There was chaos in the football match between Argentina and Morocco
In the football match between Argentina and Morocco in Paris Olympics 2024, a lot of uproar was seen from the fans. In this match, the Argentine team had to face defeat in which Morocco defeated them 2-1. At one time, Argentina had brought the match to a 2-2 draw, after which the fans of the Morocco team suddenly started creating a ruckus. Later, the match was completed after the stadium was evacuated, but the referee declared the goal scored by Argentine player Christian Medina in injury time as offside and canceled it.
Sharath Kamal, who became the flag bearer at the Paris Olympics, said this is a great honour for me
117 Indian athletes are participating in Paris Olympics 2024. Indian badminton player PV Sindhu will be the women’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony of Paris Olympics to be held on 26 July. Table tennis player A Sharath Kamal will be the flag bearer of the Indian men’s team. In a special conversation with India TV’s Sports Editor Sameep Rajguru, Sharath Kamal said that for the first time a table tennis player is becoming the flag bearer. This is a great honor for me and my family. If I go back with a medal in the fifth Olympics, it will be a big thing.
Tennis number 1 player Yannick Sinner withdraws from Paris Olympics
World number one tennis player Yannick Sinner withdrew from the Paris Olympics due to throat infection (tonsils). This 22-year-old Italian player wrote on social media that the doctor has advised him not to participate in the Olympic Games. Sinner wrote that I am very sad and disappointed. I hope that I will be able to play in the Olympics in the future. I wish the whole Italian team all the best. I hope that I will come back stronger in the future.
The names of the cities hosting the Winter Olympics 2030 and 2034 have been announced
The International Olympic Committee decided to hand over the hosting rights of the Winter Olympic Games in 2030 to the French Alps and the hosting rights of 2034 to Salt Lake City in the US. France has been given the hosting rights on the basis of certain conditions. France has previously hosted the Winter Olympic Games three times in 1924, 1968 and 1992. Salt Lake City will host the Winter Olympic Games after a gap of 32 years. Earlier, it hosted the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 2002.
8 students of Delhi University will show their talent in Paris Olympics
This time a team of 117 Indian athletes has left for the Olympics, which also includes 8 students of Delhi University. Out of these, 2 are currently students of DU, while 6 are alumni. Out of the 8 students of Delhi University participating in the Paris Olympics, 6 are participating in shooting events, while one player is participating in table tennis and one in athletics events. The 2 current students studying in Delhi University who have reached Paris Olympics 2024 include Ramita Jindal and Rhythm Sangwan, who will participate in shooting events.
Indian team will face Bangladesh in the semi-finals of Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024
The group stage matches of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup being played in Sri Lanka have ended, after which both the semi-final matches of the tournament will be played on 26 July. In this, the Indian team will face Bangladesh, while the Sri Lankan women’s team will play against Pakistan in the semi-final. Team India has shown a great performance in this tournament so far, in which they have won all their group matches.
Sri Lankan team suffered a setback before the series against India
Team India is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, where it will play a three-match T20 series against the host team from July 27. Both the teams have been announced for this. At the same time, before the start of the series, the Sri Lankan team has suffered a major setback in which fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of the entire series. However, till now the Sri Lanka Cricket Board has not announced any replacement for him.
Harry Brooke makes big jump in Test batting rankings
After the second Test match played between England and West Indies, the new Test rankings have been released by the ICC. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is still the number one batsman in the ICC Test batting rankings. His rating is currently 859. England’s Joe Root has come very close to him. Joe Root is currently at number two, but his rating has increased. Now his rating has increased to 852. Apart from this, Harry Brook has taken a big leap and has occupied the number three position, in which his rating has increased to 771.