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Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the women’s 50kg freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after failing to make weight, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said. Phogat had been set to lock horns with Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States for the gold medal. “It is with …

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and PVF were the last teams to qualify for the quarters of the National U21 Football Championship. Football Phạm Văn Sơn of PFV (left) runs a ball through Hoàng Anh Gia Lai’s players during their Group A match of the National U21 Football Championship on August …

All players of the Thanh Hóa senior team simultaneously shared a post on their personal pages, speaking out about the unpaid salaries, along with a written complaint to the Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF). Players of Thanh Hóa Club went on strike on Monday due to not being paid their …

Markswoman Trịnh Thu Vinh eyes titles at the sixth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 6) which will be held in November in Thailand after returning home from the Paris Olympics. Shooting Trịnh Thu Vinh (right) talks with her coach Park Chung Gun during her 10m air pistol event at …

Shortly after winning the 2024 Olympic gold medal, An Se-young hinted that she might retire from the South Korea badminton national team, due to their lack of attention to her knee injury. An defeated Chinese player He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-16 in the women’s singles final on Sunday night. She said …

After defeating Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous victory in front of a booming, near capacity crowd on Tuesday, controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif will fight China’s Yang Liu for a chance at gold at the Paris Olympics. The Algerian boxer embroiled in a major gender controversy at the Paris Olympics …

Canoeist Nguyễn Thị Hương will be the last Vietnamese athlete to compete at the Paris Olympics. Although she is not a medal favourite, she wants to set a new personal best. Olympics Canoeist Nguyễn Thị Hương aims to set personal record at the Paris Olympics. — Photo nhandan.vn PARIS — …

Algeria’s Olympic Committee accused the International Boxing Association of “baseless claims” after the IBA alleged on Monday that an Algerian boxer in the semi-finals of the Paris women’s competition was “a male”. Imane Khelif of Algeria reacts after her fight against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary on Aug. 3, 2024. …

Taiwanese sports officials threatened the International Boxing Association with legal action on Tuesday after the organization claimed a Taiwanese fighter in the Paris Olympics women’s competition was “a man”. Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan reacts during her fight against Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria on Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Reuters …

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh stunned spectators at the 2024 Paris Olympics by bringing a sleeping bag into the stadium to relax between jumps, before clinching the gold medal. Mahuchikh was the top contender for the women’s high jump gold medal after breaking the 37-year-old world record at the Diamond …