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    Bencic battles past Vondrousova to win gold, racquet-smashing Djokovic leaves without medal

    31 Jul 2021

    Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win the Olympic singles title on Saturday with a battling victory over Czech Marketa Vondrousova, after an angry Novak Djokovic lost his cool and missed out on a medal.

    Tennis star Djokovic's temper flares up as he leaves Tokyo with nothing

    31 Jul 2021

    The top-ranked Djokovic lost his cool and abused his racket several times during a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 loss to Pablo Carreño Busta in the bronze-medal match. It was Djokovic’s third defeat in two days after Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated him in the semifinals.

    Barrera makes history, becomes first woman from Ecuador to win Olympic medal

    02 Aug 2021

    Ecuador ‘s Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera scripted history after becoming her country’s first woman to win an Olympic medal when she won gold in the 76 kg weightlifting event at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. Dominating Dajomes Barrera

    Britain’s Worthington bags inaugural Olympics BMX freestyle gold

    02 Aug 2021

    Tokyo: Britain’s Charlotte Worthington tried her luck by doing a trick never managed before in a female BMX competition. The trick paid off as Worthington won the inaugural BMX freestyle Olympic title on Sunday by landing

    Sheikh Sultan receives UAE team participating in Paralympic Games at Thiqah Club in Sharjah

    09 Sep 2021

    Dr Sheikh Sultan highlighted the importance of participating in the international tournaments as it grants the honour of carrying and raising the UAE’s flag among all participating countries.

    Dahiya bags silver as indias tally surge

    05 Aug 2021

    Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya fetched more glory to the country with another silver on Thursday. He fought a bravely but faiuled to beat the Russian Olympic
    Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev in the final of the men's freestyle 57 kg at the Tokyo Olympics.

    Nishikori advances to first ATP semis at Atlanta in two years

    07 Aug 2021

    Japan’s Kei Nishikori advanced to his first ATP semi-final in more than two years by defeating South Africa’s 50th-ranked Lloyd Harris 6-3, 7-5 on Friday at the Citi Open.

    US finish on top as Tokyo douses Olympic flame closing pandemic-defying Games

    08 Aug 2021

    In Tokyo, athletes got a surreal glimpse of everyday Tokyo life on Sunday when the closing ceremony was briefly transformed into a park with grass, buskers and BMX riders in a valediction after weeks spent under the regime of a pandemic Games.

    Syrian children hold tent Olympics of the displaced

    08 Aug 2021

    Hurling a javelin, leaping over hurdles and sprinting beyond rows of tents to win gold, displaced children in the northwest of war-torn Syria staged their very own Olympics. As the Tokyo Olympics wrapped up at the weekend, 120 boys from 12 different

    Of mental health

    03 Aug 2021

    It’s takes a very high degree of physical and mental training to make a cut at the Olympics. And that is why Olympians are kept in such high regard. For that matter any athlete participating in any sporting event needs to be in perfect health. Or else it could prove fatal (“Mental health

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