DELHI: Vinesh Phogat has claimed, defeating her BJP rival Yogesh Kumar by 6,015 votes just months after facing disappointment at the Paris Olympics. Vinesh Phogat joined the Congress party and successfully contested the elections in Julana, Haryana securing victory with a margin of 5,761 votes. This win marks Congress’s first triumph in this seat in 19 years. The … Read more
Philippines’ EJ Obiena competes in the men’s pole vault city event part of the “Athletissima” Diamond League athletics meeting in Lausanne on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) MANILA, Philippines — EJ Obiena secured a joint third place in the Lausanne Diamond League in his first competition weeks after the Paris Olympics … Read more
Philippines’ EJ Obiena competes in the men’s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris Olympics 2024 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP) MANILA, Philippines—Filipino pole vault EJ Obiena had a brief but “special” homecoming in the Philippines after his … Read more
EJ Obiena, of the Philippines, competes in the men’s pole vault qualification at Paris Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) MANILA, Philippines — EJ Obiena slipped down to world No. 3 in the pole vault rankings after the Paris Olympics 2024 where he finished outside the podium. From being … Read more
Paris Olympics gold medalists from Southeast Asia: Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo, Philippines’ Carlos Yulo and Thailand’s Panipak Wongpattanakit. –AFP FILE PHOTOS PARIS – While not quite a global sporting powerhouse region, Southeast Asia equaled its best gold-medal haul at a single Olympics with five golds, three silvers and eight bronzes in a creditable Paris 2024 outing, … Read more
Australia’s Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin) PARIS — The breaking community wants the world to give b-girl Raygun a break as the Paris Olympics … Read more
Tom Cruise greets Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) LOS ANGELES — It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday, before handing … Read more
Fireworks explode during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) SAINT-DENIS, France — Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday … Read more
After 16 days of spectacular competition, the 2024 Olympic Games came to an end on Sunday with the traditional closing ceremony. The Olympic flame will be extinguished at Paris’s Stade de France during a ceremony called “Records,” directed by Thomas Jolly, who was also the artistic director of the much-discussed opening ceremony. The ceremony will feature … Read more
The U.S., which became the first country to top 3,000 Olympic medals during the 2024 Summer Games, earned more medals in Paris than it did in Tokyo. Athletes from the U.S. took home 126 total medals this year, topping China (91), Britain (65) and France (64). China had been ahead in the race for gold … Read more