The Italian and Japanese battled shoulder-to-shoulder as the leading pair in the final 4km, but the Italian coped well with the pressure and accelerated in the final 300m to seal the gold medal.
Carlos Alcaraz ended the Italian's winning streak this season at 16 matches.
Ugandan smashed Bekele's 16-year-old record at Monaco Diamond League on Friday.
'When you are scoring runs and taking wickets, everyone is standing with you.' 'But the real test is to realise who is with you during your tough times.'
The Americans last won gold in the men's 200m in the 2004 Olympics, when Shawn Crawford led home a US clean sweep, and they look capable of repeating that.
The rule in question states 'no communication with the crew is permitted from outside the boat using electric or electronic equipment'.
India's Simran cruised into the women's T12 100 metres semi-finals with a season's best effort of 12.17 seconds at the Paralympics in Paris on Wednesday.
This is her second medal of Paris Paralympics and India's sixth medal in total.
A summary of India's athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will make a final ruling this week on "selective" doping bans handed out to six Russian athletes, including four Olympic champions.
World Cup 2023 Qualifiers: West Indies, Sri Lanka in separate groups
He will surpass Roger Federer's record as the oldest No. 1 in ATP Rankings history on Sunday when he will be 36 years and 321 days old.
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has pulled out of the prestigious Paavo Nurmi Games to be held on June 13 at Turku in Finland.
Yelena Isinbayeva is to run for president of the Russian athletics federation (ARAF), the double Olympic pole vault champion said.
Men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet, under whose leadership India won a second successive bronze medal at the Olympics, said the honour is a recognition of his "fascinating" journey in which he still has plenty more to achieve.
With 55,000 of his home fans roaring their support at the London Stadium, the 34-year-old Briton sprinted away with his 10th consecutive gold medal in a global track final, a dazzling sequence that ranks among the greatest feats in sport.
India's Swapna Barman on Thursday tendered an "unconditional apology" for her sensational allegations that she lost out on a bronze medal in the women's heptathlon competition of the ongoing Asian Games to a "transgender" athlete.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics in Paris on Saturday.
Hima Das scripted history on Thursday by becoming the first Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships. The 18-year-old, a pre-event favourite, won the women's 400 metres final on the third day of competition in Tempere, Finland, clocking 51.46 seconds.
India's Navdeep Singh claimed gold medal in a dramatic men's javelin throw F41 final while Simran won the bronze medal in the women's 200m T12 final at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Saturday.
Pahal had made direct qualification to Paris Olympics after clocking her personal best of 50.92 seconds in the National Inter-State Championships in June.
Former India skipper Virat Kohli, four-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka of Japan and decorated gymnast Simon Biles of the USA, are some of the star athletes who have been candid about their struggles with mental health.
2024 delivered unforgettable moments that epitomised triumph, passion, and sheer brilliance across the globe.
India would be looking for at least half a dozen medals in the July 28 to August 8 Games.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Sunday, September 1.
It will be the end of an era for athletics on Saturday when Usain Bolt races for the last time in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the World Championships.
Iga Swiatek tested positive in an out-of-competition sample in August but the ITIA accepted that it was caused by contamination of her medication melatonin.
Sachin Khilari's silver is the 11th medal from athletics at the Paralympics.
Desai, a former gold medallist at the Fazza Championships, led from start to finish to end the race in 24.42 seconds, ahead of Thailand's Denpoom Kotcharang (25.78 sec) and Kenneth Jenssen Heggdal of Norway (27.08 sec).
A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, August 3.
Toor had qualified for Olympics with a personal best of 21.49m in the Indian Grand Prix 4 in June. Had he repeated that performance, he would have been an automatic qualifier to the final round.
A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Monday, August 2.
The Tokyo Games, from July 23 to Aug. 8, coincide with the year's hottest weather in Tokyo where the temperature can rise to 35 degree Celsius (95F) or more. The 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics were held in October.
The IOC launched the first Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) in India in May 2022, with the Olympism-themed curriculum being integrated into the school education system in Odisha.
Emiliano Martinez said he had always wanted to come to India.
Legendary Indian men's hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh believes that Vinesh Phogat deserves a medal after reaching the final of the women's 50kg wrestling competition in Paris
India's Simran, accompanied by her guide Abhay Singh, finished fourth and last in the sprint race clocking 12.31 seconds.
A low-down on the eight runners -- four men and four women -- who finished second in their qualifying heats to make the Olympic cut.
This threat from UWW comes days after the Delhi High Court was considering an application filed by four wrestlers including Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia after the IOA dissolved the ad hoc committee on March 18 saying that there was "no further need" for it to run.
'Earlier we had set some limitations for us. But now, Indians are capable of doing something magical'
