Tag: #olympics
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Nadeem brings Gold for Pakistan
Arshad Nadeem, a 27-year-old Pakistani athlete, etched his name in history by becoming the country’s first-ever individual Olympic champion. His remarkable javelin throw of 92.97m at the Stade de France shattered the previous Olympic record and secured his place as one of the all-time greats. This monumental achievement not only earned Pakistan its first Olympic…
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KSA’s Donia Abu Taleb first female to qualify for the Olympics
Saudi Arabian female taekwondo player, Donia Abu Taleb, becomes the first woman player to qualify for the Olympics. On Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the US confirmed, that Donia Abu Taleb is the first Saudi female athlete to qualify for this year’s Paris Olympics. In a post on X, Princess Reema bint Bandar said: “Saudi…
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China lights Olympic flame ahead of 2022 Beijing Games
The olympics flame travelled to the Chinese capital in a red lantern designed in the likeness of a Han Dynasty tomb artefact
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How to End Our Olympic Woes – Practical Solutions
We often hear that the government should revive sporting culture in Pakistan. This statement does not represent our past accurately because we never really had a world-beating sporting culture other than for Cricket, Hockey, Kabaddi, Squash (limited to a tiny region, though) and Volleyball (mostly played in villages and lacks required professionalism). Since the article…
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PCB, POA Haven for the Corrupt, Incompetent?
Lahore: “The PCB and Pakistan Olympic Association are a haven for corrupt and incompetent people. Why is NAB not taking any notice?” asks senior Pakistani Analytical Journalist Mubasher Lucman. The journalist has a wealth of experience in analyzing and observing the political, social, defense, and economic fields of the nation, and as such cannot remain…
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Tokyo Olympics: Pakistani shooter Ghulam Mustafa qualifies for the medal round
Lahore, 1st August: Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, Pakistan’s top shooter and national champion bagged the sixth position by performing brilliantly in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. According to details, top shooter Ghulam Mustafa Bashir has qualified for the medal round at the end of stage one of the 25 m rapid fire pistol shooting competition at the Tokyo…
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Olympics 2020: Pakistan’s Dry Run in sporting events
There’s nothing sports fanatics love more than the Olympics. Featuring a wide array of sports, from gymnastics to swimming to volleyball, the Olympics has it all. The first Olympic Games were held in Greece at the end of the 6th century BCE. After that, it took almost 1500 years to return. On 6th April 1896,…
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Pakistan hockey’s slide from world-beaters to Olympic absentees
Pakistan has won a record four hockey World Cups but its absence from Tokyo 2020 is the second time the team has missed the Olympics
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Olympics opening ceremony director fired on eve of event
Organisers say Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed because of past comments that made fun of the Holocaust
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Troubling news for Olympic fans as pandemic continues
Troubling news surfaces from Tokyo’s Olympic village, as COVID-19 continues to spread. Amidst the spread of COVID-19, the Olympic village has confirmed the presence of a delta variant of coronavirus in one of the members of Uganda’s Olympic team. The Life & Death of the Abraaj Group Meanwhile, the athlete has been detained with an…