River Seine pollution stops triathlon swim training
Pollution in the River Seine has forced the cancellation of Monday's swimming training for Olympic triathletes in Paris.
Pollution in the River Seine has forced the cancellation of Monday's swimming training for Olympic triathletes in Paris.
Sri Lanka created history on Sunday, dethroning India to clinch their maiden Women's T20 Asia Cup. Openers Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama's fighting half-centuries and Kavisha Dilhari's all-round heroics stood out as Sri Lanka cruised to an eight-wicket victory in front of a packed crowd in Dambulla.
India's new T20I era under Suryakumar Yadav began on a winning note, even if it was jittery at various points in their defence of a big score.
Sri Lanka created history on Sunday, dethroning India to clinch their maiden Women's T20 Asia Cup. Openers Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama's fighting half-centuries and Kavisha Dilhari's all-round heroics stood out as Sri Lanka cruised to an eight-wicket victory in front of a packed crowd in Dambulla.
Tens of thousands of passengers and commuters struggled to reach their destinations on Saturday, on the second day of train disruptions due to acts of sabotage which targeted French trains on the opening day of the Olympics.
To be in Paris to raise the Palestinian flag and to say the word "Palestine" is already a win, Palestinian Olympic swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab has told Xinhua during a recent video interview.
Ukraine launched a new postage stamp to support its Olympic athletes as it sent its smallest-ever national team to the Paris Games amid the war with Russia which is nearing the 29-month mark.
To the casual observer one athletics track probably looks much like another.
The Sri Lanka Women’s team easily defeated Thailand by 10 wickets to enter the semi-finals in their Asia Cup T20 match at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium yesterday (24).