Paris Olympics Day 7: Manu Bhaker on another medal hunt
Paris Olympics Day 7- Manu Bhaker on the verge of creating history as India had a productive day at the Olympics. Catch the latest updates and highlights. Though India's medal tally stands at three, yet there were plenty of medal hopes created by India on Paris Olympics Day 7. Bhaker qualified for the Women's 25m Pistol Final and kept her run...
Paris Olympics Day 6: Swapnil clinches 3rd medal for India
Paris Olympics Day 6: Swapnil Kusale's bronze medal was the only bright sport on a rather dull day for the Indians. On Paris Olympics Day 6, Swapnil Kusale added to India's medal tally with a bronze in Men's 50m 3 Positions Shooting. Kusale also became the first Indian shooter to win a medal in the men's 50m rifle 3P event. This...
“It’s unbelievable how Pickleball paddles have evolved in just six decades”…..Manish Rao
From wooden to fibre glass and carbon fibre- the six-decade evolution of Pickleball paddles has been massive. Manish Rao, the Director of Franklin India, shares his view on this huge change in Pickleball paddle market both at the national and international level. From Wooden to Composite Pickleball Paddles Manish Rao: Pickleball started in the 1960s at Bainbridge Island and till 1980s...
Paris Olympics Day 5: Swapnil qualifies for another shooting medal
Paris Olympics Day 5- Swapnil Kusale qualifies, Lovlina and Nishant one win away from securing a medal, HS Panoy and Lakshya Sen are in a face off. Swapnil Kusale became the first Indian to qualify for the final of Men's 50m Rifle 3Pevent on Paris Olympics Day 5. Kusale scored a total of 590. He shot 99 & 99 in...
Paris Olympics Day 4: Bhaker shines; Biles leads US to gymnastics gold
Paris Olympics Day 4: Catch the latest results as Manu Bhaker won her second medal with Sarabjot Singh. Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won bronze on Paris Olympics Day 4 in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Ream event. They defeated Oh Ye Jin and Wonho Lee of South Korea 16-10. This is Bhaker's second medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. Earlier...
Paris Olympics Day 3: Arjun Babuta missed out bronze
Paris Olympics Day 3: Catch the latest updates and highlights as India's Arjun Babuta finished fourth. Shooter Arjun Babuta had a heartbreak on Paris Olympics Day 3 as he finished fourth in the Men's 10m Air Rifle. Croatia’s Miran Maricic made the medal cutoff with a score of 209.8 while Babuta finished with a total of 208.4. Earlier, Ramita Jindal, bronze...
Paris Olympics Day 2: Bhaker opens India’s account; Australia on top
Paris Olympics Day 2- Catch Manu Bhaker's bronze win and other highlights. Manu Bhaker creates history for India Manu Bhaker opened India’s medal account by winning bronze in 10m Air Pistol event on Paris Olympics Day 2. The final began with eight shooters getting 20 shots each. Then with every set of two shots, one shooter started getting eliminated. The first...
Women’s Asia Cup Cricket- Sri Lanka win maiden title
Sri Lanka clinched the Women's Asia Cup by riding on Chamari Athapaththu's 61 and Harshitha Samarawickrama's 69*. Sri Lanka set up an upset at Dambulla by defeating India in the final of Women's Asia Cup Cricket. The island team won their their first Asia Cup title. Harmanpreet Kaur elected to bat after winning the toss. Contributions from Smriti Mandhana (60 from...
Paris Olympics Day 1: Manu Bhaker qualifies; China win first gold
Paris Olympics Day 1- Catch the scores, highlights and updates. India's Manu Bhaker qualified for 10m Air Pistol final on Paris Olympics Day 1. She finished 3rd in the qualifying event with an impressive score of 580-27x. Indian result- Paris Olympics Day 1 BOXING Women’s 54kg (Round of 32) - Preeti Pawar beats Thi Kim Ah Vo (Vietnam) 5-0. HOCKEY Men’s Pool B - India...
Purna Banerjee to PV Sindhu-India’s flag bearers at the Olympics
The flag bearers during the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games are the representative of their national values and Olympic ideals as well. Purma Banerjee was the first Indian to carry the national flag at the Opening Ceremony of an Olympic Games. The 400m sprinter from India, however, carried the pre-independent national flag at the...