The weight category sports at the Olympics are wrestling, boxing, taekwondo, judo and weightlifting. Most of these are combat sports and weight categories are designed to match athletes with competitors of similar size.
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
The two players fought tooth and nail till 22 points before the Indian faltered to hand the first game to his opponent.
This victory marks a rollercoaster journey for RCB fans.
'INDIA will easily cross 50 seats out of 90 in Jammu and Kashmir.'
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden continued their impressive run at the French Open, booking their place in the semifinals with a hard-fought victory
Motivated India eye German scalp to script another historic chapter in Olympic men's hockey
The Delhi battlefield may not be a cakewalk for the Rhodes Scholar.
PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympic Games' women's singles competition
This is for the first time that two members of the influential Pawar family are fighting an election against each other. This is Sunetra Pawar's first Lok Sabha election.
With Vinesh Phogat's heartbreaking disqualification over discrepancies in weight at the Paris Olympics just when India was keeping its fingers crossed for a sure shot victory at the finals, spirits have hit an all-time low. Art mirrors life and it won't be a surprise if our sports biopic obsessed film-makers turn this dramatic change of events into a movie one day.
Amit Panghal's campaign at the Paris Olympics mirrored his experience at the Tokyo Games. The seasoned boxer once again made a pre-quarter-finals exit while debutant Jaismine Lamboria was also ousted on Tuesday.
H S Prannoy went down fighting in the men's singles quarter-finals against world championships bronze medallist Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, bringing down the curtains on India's campaign at the Japan Open in Osaka on Friday.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 11, Tuesday, August 6, 2024:
You'll be hard-pressed to find a fighter more dominant in ONE Championship today than Singapore's Angela Lee.
Describing her Republican rival Donald Trump as an unserious man, Kamala Harris warned Americans of the consequences of re-electing him for the second term.
Narender Berwal (+92kg) also put up a strong fight against Ecuador's Gerlon Gilmar Congo Chala but it wasn't enough to advance to the next round
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday
Unbeaten so far, Vijender is unfazed and said the height of his opponent -- who stands at 6 feet 4 inches.
'If I was running for a drop shot, I was limping there more than running.'
'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not good.'
IMAGES from Day 4 of the French Open played at Roland Garros on Wednesday
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 10, Monday, August 5, 2024:
Germany forward Deniz Undav scored two first-half goals in six minutes to guide them to a 2-1 victory over Bosnia on Friday and keep them top of their Nations League group.
'All the matches are going to be tough but I have to shrug it off and get ready for tomorrow's match.'
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty cruised into the quarter-finals of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris.
'The world is yet to watch him, show his prowess as a batter, but given the chance he will do a great job.'
'The strategy of frontal organisations of the Maoists is to create unrest and ensure that such unrest leads to a law and order problem.' 'To cover such acts it was necessary to bring in a different definition of unlawful activities which is different from the definition of unlawful activities in the UAPA.'
'The Indian Open team was extremely well prepared and motivated to win the gold medal.' 'With two players in the world top 10 club, and four players with over 2,700 ELO points (GMs Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, all below 20) and Vidit Gujrathi and P Harikrishna, it was a solid team.'
Nitesh Kumar outclassed Great Britain's Daniel Bethell 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 in the men's singles SL3 category final.
Dhanush deserves credit for imagining a visually rich, edgy action thriller which is enhanced by a fascinating background score from A R Rahman, observes Divya Nair.
Stumbling England and Netherlands get shot at redemption
France overcame a slow start to beat neighbours Belgium 2-0 for their first points of the Nations League campaign.
The Indian men's hockey team beat Ireland despite a few defense lapses to more or less secure its passage into the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics.
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has made it to the semi-finals on his Olympic Games debut.
On balance, RG contesting from Raebareli instead of Amethi isn't the masterstroke the party's adherents are touting it to be, but neither is it the blunder the BJP and its tame media is framing it as, points out Prem Panicker.
Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama smashed half-centuries as Sri Lanka stunned India by eight wickets in the final.
Novak Djokovic etched his name into Olympic history, capturing the gold medal in a thrilling victory over Carlos Alcaraz.
Gopi defeated Communist Party of India leader VS Sunilkumar in an exciting fight.
'The ceaseless process of privatisation is shrinking the space of reservation.' 'Where will reservation go if you keep privatising?'
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