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[ad_1] PARIS: The transport system in Paris will not be ready in time for the 2024 Olympic Games in the French capital, its mayor said, sparking anger Thursday from political opponents. With less than a year before the event kicks off, the transport infrastructure in Paris is already under huge pressure, with commuters and tourists alike complaining of poor frequency, overcrowding and uncleanliness. Speaking on the Quotidien talk show on TMC TV, Hidalgo said that while the Games infrastructure will be ready "there are two things for which we will not be ready" namely transport and also the problem of homelessness. On transport, "we still have problems in daily transport issues and we are still not reaching the comfort and punctuality needed for Parisians." "There are places where the transport will not be ready and there will not be enough trains." Political opponents lashed out at the Socialist mayor, who has been under pressure this month a...

[ad_1] Neeraj Chopra, the Olympic gold medallist, is most of the most renowned sportsperson from India, who made India proud by winning the country's first and only gold medal in a track and field event at Olympics. Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal in men's javelin throw, and became not only the first India, but first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in the javelin throw. Later, he scored a World Championships silver medal and won the Diamond League champion in the javelin throw, which makes him the number 1 javelin thrower in the world. The sporting icon has now bought a brand new black-coloured Range Rover Velar SUV, adding yet another Range Rover to his garage and second most expensive car till date, priced at Rs 93 lakh (ex-showroom). The picture of the Olympic gold medalist with his new Range Rover Velar was recently shared online by Land Rover Malwa Automotives, an authorized dealership of Jaguar - Land Rover. Land Rover – Malwa Automotives on their Facebo...

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong is one of the smaller Asian Games teams by population, but when it comes to fencing the city is a regional heavyweight with ambitious medal hopes. Edgar Cheung won gold at the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games two years ago – Hong Kong's first Olympic fencing title and first Olympic gold in any sport in a quarter of a century. It turned Cheung into a celebrity overnight and prompted parents across the Chinese territory of 7.5 million people to rush and sign their children up for fencing classes. Cheung's historic win in the foil competition was a much-needed dose of good news for a city mired in social unrest and pandemic gloom at the time. With more funding and public attention as a result, Cheung and his team-mates now hope to stamp their mark on the Asian Games in Hangzhou when they open on Saturday. Despite a strong record at recent editions, including eight medals in the sport in 2018, Hong Kong is yet to win fencing gold at the Asian Game...

[ad_1] TOKYO: The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence Friday along with two others, in the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the event. Corruption allegations have mushroomed in the aftermath of the pandemic-delayed Games, implicating major companies and damaging Japan's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Hironori Aoki, the 84-year-old ex-head of high-street business suit retailer Aoki Holdings, received a suspended prison term of two and a half years, a Tokyo District Court spokesman told AFP. Aoki pleaded guilty in December to accusations that he and two colleagues bribed a Tokyo 2020 board member to secure sponsorship rights, according to Japanese media. "These criminal acts damaged social trust in the fair operation of the Games, which attracted world attention and were important for the country," judge Kenji Yasunaga said Friday in comments reported by Jiji Pres...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Top Indian female wrestler Sakshi Malik announced on Thursday she was quitting in protest after the country’s wrestling federation elected a new president backed by his predecessor, who has been accused of sexually harassing women athletes. Sakshi had led protests earlier this year against Brij Bhushan Singh, the former chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) , in a case that drew international headlines and cast a spotlight on the safety of women athletes in India. Malik, 31, announced her decision to retire from the sport immediately after Sanjay Singh was elected as the WFI’s new president. Brij Bhushan Singh , who is also a federal lawmaker, was charged in June with sexually harassing six fem­ale wrestlers. He has reje­cted all the charges against him. His case is pending before the trial court. “If Brij Bhushan Singh’s business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI, I quit wrestling”, Sakshi told a news conference in New Del...

[ad_1] PARIS: Former triple jump world champion Teddy Tamgho on Friday said he would return to athletics to compete at his home Olympics next year in Paris. The 33-year-old, who won the world title in 2013 in Moscow, has been retired for four years. "I think it's time, high time to put the spikes back on," France's Tamgho wrote on Instagram. "High time to prepare for Paris 2024. I've trained... and by testing myself for some time, I realised that the legs were still ready, ready to jump far, ready to win THE medal (the only one I'm looking for)." Tamgho became only the third man to break the 18-metre mark when he leapt 18.04m to win world gold. He also set the world indoor record with 17.92m in Paris in 2011. But Tamgho has never competed at the Olympics, missing the London Games 11 years ago due to a right ankle operation. He also served a ban imposed by the French athletics federation for assaulting a female amateur athlete in 2011....

[ad_1] CNN  —  American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has equaled Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 World Cup wins with victory in the giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday. The two-time Olympic gold medalist is now the joint record holder for the most World Cup wins by a female skier, and by an American. After taking a 0.24-second lead in the first run, Shiffrin finished 0.20-second ahead of Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami, who finished third overall, and Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova in her second run. Italy’s Federica Brignone placed second overall. “I was so nervous this run,” Shiffrin said after the victory. “I don’t know why maybe a little bit was because of 82. I really wanted to ski it well and I did, can’t believe it.” Shiffrin is now four wins away from tying the overall record for World Cup wins, cur...