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NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday urged the Lok Sabha Speaker to “initiate urgent action and dismiss” Congress leader Shashi Tharoor from the parliamentary standing committee on information technology’s chairmanship, saying otherwise he will continue to raise “irrelevant issues”. Dubey is a member […]
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PATNA: JD(U) is going to hold its national executive meeting in Delhi on Saturday amidst speculation that its president RCP Singh, now a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government, may be asked to step down from the party post to make way for another […]
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged citizens to share their inputs for his Independence Day speech on August 15, saying their thoughts will reverberate from the ramparts of the Red Fort. In a tweet, he asked people to provide their inputs on […]
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LONDON: Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken an indefinite break from the game to “prioritise his mental wellbeing” and withdrawn from the home Test series against India beginning August 4. In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also said that […]
Tata Motors Ltd, the country’s largest automaker by revenue, will stick to its plan to turn debt-free by FY24 despite its businesses being adversely impacted by the pandemic, chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said on Friday. Addressing the company’s annual general meeting, Chandrasekaran said the Tata Motors […]
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Tata Motors Ltd, the country’s largest automaker by revenue, will stick to its plan to turn debt-free by FY24 despite its businesses being adversely impacted by the pandemic, chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said on Friday.
Addressing the company’s annual general meeting, Chandrasekaran said the Tata Motors management is confident of reducing debt due to improved free cash generated by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and the growing domestic passenger and commercial vehicle businesses.
Tata Motors, announced at last year’s annual general meeting, its aim to become a debt-free company within three years. The automaker now has three “fundamentally strong”businesses—the India passenger vehicles business, the commercial vehicles business, and the JLR business, Chandrasekaran said at Friday’s AGM.
The Mumbai-based automaker earlier reported an improved operating performance in the fiscal third and the fourth quarter following improved sales of JLR vehicles in key markets such as China and the US. Besides, a sharp recovery in passenger vehicle sales and gradual improvement in demand for commercial vehicles helped improve financials of the India business.
Stringent cost-cutting measures in all three verticals helped reduce the minimum volumes required to break even. JLR now needs to sell around 400,000 units to maintain profitability compared to more than 600,000 units in FY19. “Structurally, the businesses have achieved a lot of efficiency through various transformation initiatives in such a way that the break-even volumes have come down in each of these businesses,” he said.
“The company declared a goal to become a zero-debt company by FY24. Last year, because of internal cash flows and tight management, we were able to reduce the debt by more than ₹7,500 crore and are very much on our path and stay committed to meeting our target of FY24,” Chandrasekaran said in the virtual meeting with shareholders.
The turnaround in financials will, however, be short-lived as an acute shortage of semiconductors will impact JLR’s production in the fiscal first half. The domestic business has also been hit by the pandemic’s second wave during April and May.
JLR had already guided for a negative operating margin, or earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit), and an operating cash outflow of £1 billion in the second quarter as a consequence.
“The supply situation, however, is expected to be adversely impacted for the next few months because of disruptions from Covid-19 lockdowns in India and semi-conductor shortages worldwide for the auto industry globally, which will take time to work through. This will impact production volumes, sales, cash flows, and margins,” Chandrasekaran said.
Recently, Tata Motors announced plans to launch 10 battery electric vehicles across its commercial and passenger vehicle range in India by 2025 in its quest to lead the domestic electric vehicle market. Tata Sons, the parent of Tata Motors, is also exploring opportunities to invest in lithium-ion cell manufacturing in India and Europe to establish a proper supply chain for its zero emission vehicles in the coming decade.
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LONDON: Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken an indefinite break from the game to “prioritise his mental wellbeing” and withdrawn from the home Test series against India beginning August 4. In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also said that […]
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LONDON: Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken an indefinite break from the game to “prioritise his mental wellbeing” and withdrawn from the home Test series against India beginning August 4.
In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also said that Stokes has taken the break to also rest his left index finger, “which has not fully healed since his return to competitive cricket earlier this month”.
Mental health of cricketers in COVID times has become a topic of constant discussion with the players having to play in bio-bubbles for months.
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Managing Director of England men’s cricket, Ashley Giles, said the ECB supports Stokes’ decision.
“Ben has shown tremendous courage to open up about his feelings and wellbeing. Our primary focus has always been and will continue to be the mental health and welfare of all of our people,” said Giles, also a former England spinner.
Being in a protected environment for months has taken a toll on the players, he said.
“The demands on our athletes to prepare and play elite sport are relentless in a typical environment, but the ongoing pandemic has acutely compounded this.”
“Spending significant amounts of time away from family, with minimal freedoms, is extremely challenging.
“The cumulative effect of operating almost continuously in these environments over the last 16 months has had a major impact on everyone’s wellbeing.”
Giles added that Stokes will be given all the time he needs to get back to his best shape both physically and mentally.
“Ben will be given as long as he needs, and we look forward to seeing him playing cricket for England in the future,” he said.
Craig Overton has replaced Stokes in the England squad for the India series. Stokes’ withdrawal is a major blow to England, who lost to New Zealand at home last month after losing the away series in India in February-March.
Mental health of cricketers in COVID times has become a topic of constant discussion with the players having to play in bio-bubbles for months.
Ahead of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand last month, India skipper Virat Kohli had made it clear that mental health management will become a norm if cricket is continued to be played in bio-bubbles with players requiring breaks to “disconnect from the game”.
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is another notable name who has spoken extensively about the need to address mental health issues, having taken a break himself from the game in 2019.
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday urged the Lok Sabha Speaker to “initiate urgent action and dismiss” Congress leader Shashi Tharoor from the parliamentary standing committee on information technology’s chairmanship, saying otherwise he will continue to raise “irrelevant issues”. Dubey is a member […]
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NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday urged the Lok Sabha Speaker to “initiate urgent action and dismiss” Congress leader Shashi Tharoor from the parliamentary standing committee on information technology’s chairmanship, saying otherwise he will continue to raise “irrelevant issues”.
Dubey is a member of the panel.
The demand for Tharoor’s removal comes days after the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology was set to question government officials on the Pegasus spyware issue.
However, the meeting which was scheduled for Wednesday could not take place as the panel’s BJP members did not sign the attendance register, even though they were present in the meeting room along with members from the opposition, leading to a lack of quorum.
In a letter to Speaker Om Birla, Dubey said that a majority of members have exhibited their ‘No Confidence’ on the continuance of Tharoor as chairperson of the committee.
Demanding Congress leader’s removal from the chairmanship of the parliamentary panel, he alleged that Tharoor is involved in questionable activities, inside the House as well as in the committee to tarnish the image of the democracy.
“I once again request your good self to initiate urgent action against Dr Shashi Tharoor and dismiss him from the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology as otherwise he would continue raising irrelevant issues before you and the media…,” the BJP MP said in his letter.
Terming Tharoor’s demand for action against government officials for not attending the last meeting of the panel, Dubey said it is against the conventions followed by the parliamentary committees.
“It is also a matter of record that till date, no Parliamentary Committee – either serviced by Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha – has ever initiated any privilege proceedings against the officials of the Government of India who expressed their inability to appear before any Committee due to administrative exigencies,” Dubey said.
“But, Dr. Tharoor, who is known for his ‘eccentric nature’ as well as ‘acute psychological disorder and disorientation’ has not honoured this tacit ‘concept of mutual respect’ between the two organs of the governance i.e., the ‘Executive’ and the ‘Legislature’, purely due to his parochial objective of loosening the noose of his ‘sacking’ from the chairmanship of the committee on information technology,” he alleged in his letter.
Without naming anyone, Tharoor tweeted a quote from Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.
“To the journalists asking for my response to certain uncouth & obnoxious comments, this is why I have no intention of replying!” he said on Twitter with Shaw’s quote – “I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.”
The Congress MP in a letter to Birla has demanded action against ministry officials for their “last-minute refusal” to attend a panel meeting on Wednesday, saying that it is “contempt of the House”.
The committee was expected to discuss the Pegasus snooping case in its last meeting.
PATNA: JD(U) is going to hold its national executive meeting in Delhi on Saturday amidst speculation that its president RCP Singh, now a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government, may be asked to step down from the party post to make way for another […]
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PATNA: JD(U) is going to hold its national executive meeting in Delhi on Saturday amidst speculation that its president RCP Singh, now a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government, may be asked to step down from the party post to make way for another leader.
Sources said, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who reached Delhi on Friday evening to participate in the party’s crucial meeting on Saturday, has given enough hints to the senior leaders for “selecting” a new party president.
JD(U)’s leader in the LoK Sabha and Munger MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and the party parliamentary board chairman and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha have emerged as the front-runners for the party’s top post.
Name of former Bihar unit party chief and Rajya Sabha member Bashishtha Narain Singh, who is known as a few most trusted men of Nitish, also doing the rounds in the party circles as one of the probable for the JD(U)’s top post. Sources said, Bashishtha might be made national working president and asked to lead the party till a new president is formally elected at the party’s next national council meeting.
In an official statement issued two days ago, the JD(U) national leadership said that organisational issues, membership drive, current political issues and forthcoming assembly elections in different states were the main items on the agenda for the meeting. However, insiders said the meeting has been called mainly to replace RCP with a new leader.
Asked about the agenda, the JD(U) parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha on Friday said, “It is a routine meeting. The national executive meeting is usually held once a year. This year’s meeting has so far not been held. Hence this meeting has been called.”
To a question, Kushwaha further said, “When top leaders (of the party) will sit together, any other issue can also come up for discussion. But what will be ‘the other issue’, it is difficult to say.” Thus, Kushwaha gave enough hints about the likely “selection” of a new president.
Contacted, JD(U) national general secretary Afaque Ahmad Khan told TOI on Friday, “The party’s national executive body meeting will begin around 4 pm at party’s central office at 7, Jantar Mantar Road in New Delhi on Saturday.”
Khan said around 75 members of the national executive body including all MPs, all state presidents, all national office-bearers, have been formally invited to attend the meeting.
Sources said, RCP, who was chosen the party president just seven months back precisely on December 27 last year, is under pressure for quitting the party’s top post ever since he took oath as a cabinet minister in the Modi government on July 7 this year. Voices are being raised within the party that RCP Singh should not continue to hold two key posts simultaneously in the party and the government, and he should sacrifice one of the two posts on the principle of ‘one man-one post.’
Pooja Hegde is the latest Bollywood actress to come out in support of Kareena Kapoor Khan’s alleged fee hike. According to media reports, Kareena Kapoor Khan had hiked her fee to INR 12 Crores for the role of Sita in a Ramayana adaptation. This had […]
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“Like the song goes, ‘Kuch toh log kahenge, logo ka kaam hai kehna (People will always have an opinion because that’s what they do)’. That’s a part and parcel of the job and I am sure even Kareena herself was unfazed by it. More power to her! She is asking for what she thinks she is worth and it is the producer’s call at the end of the day on what he thinks he can pay. So more power to her. The more women realise their worth, the more they will even get what they deserve,” Pooja Hegde told a leading daily.
Earlier, Taapsee Pannu and Priyamani had come out in support of Kareena. “Regarding the pay parity I would definitely say that if a woman is asking for what she deserves I think it is because she deserves it. That is her market thing and she deserves it what she is asking for. So I don’t think you should question that…These ladies have reached a point where they can say what they want to… You can’t make a comment on that person just because you think that it’s wrong that doesn’t mean that the person doesn’t deserve it,” Priyamani had told an entertainment portal while Taapsee had said: “If it would have been a man in that position, who would have asked for a particular amount, it would have been looked upon like, ‘iski market badh gayi hai (his worth has improved)’. Like that guy has really achieved big success in life. But because a woman is asking for it, she’s called ‘difficult’, ‘too demanding’. It’s always like that.”
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The hero of the masses, Sonu Sood, celebrates his birthday today. It was naturally expected that fans would throng his residence on his big day but this video definitely makes one realise just how big of a star Sonu Sood has become in the past […]
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At the very start of the pandemic and national lockdown, Sonu Sood arranged for transport for migrant labourers so they could go home. Since then, Sonu Sood and his team have fielded thousands of panicked calls, arranged hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, arranged plasma and medicines and so much more. Every day since the lockdown began to ease, people have been arriving at his residence and asking for his help. While at first, the requests were for medicine and hospital beds, he has also started getting requests from parents who cannot pay their children’s school fees and from people who’ve become unemployed due to the pandemic.
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12:29 PM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team is in the semifinals of the 2020 Olympic Games after beating the Netherlands in a thrilling back-and-forth affair that eventually went to penalty kicks. – Report: USWNT reach Olympic semifinals with shootout win– Lavelle: Naeher […]
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11:40 AM ET More Tokyo Olympics, more life. After what felt like a million offside calls, the USWNT defeated the Netherlands on penalty kicks to advance to the Olympic semifinals. Elsewhere in Tokyo, world No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has lost in his bid […]
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More Tokyo Olympics, more life. After what felt like a million offside calls, the USWNT defeated the Netherlands on penalty kicks to advance to the Olympic semifinals. Elsewhere in Tokyo, world No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has lost in his bid for the “Golden Slam,” and the USA baseball team started its tournament with a big win.
Following the action, the U.S. has the most medals, with 41, but China is closing in. The Chinese have won 40 medals, with 19 golds. The Americans have 14 gold medals.
Late Thursday, the Americans resumed their regularly scheduled hardware chasing in the pool as two-time gold medalist Lilly King, who won a bronze medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke earlier this week, got silver in the 200-meter breaststroke behind the world-record effort of South Africa’s Tatjana Schoemaker. American Annie Lazor took bronze.
Three-time gold medalist Ryan Murphy, who won bronze earlier this week in the men’s 100-meter backstroke, did one better in the 200 back, winning silver.
Then, for the late-night crowd, we got to watch A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart & Co. earn the U.S. women’s basketball team’s 51st straight Olympic win, overcoming a Japan squad that led after the first quarter.
If you’re looking for updates on all the Olympic action, you’ve come to the right place.
Facing the Netherlands in the knockout round of the Olympic soccer tournament, the Americans fell behind by a goal before quickly answering with goals from Sam Mewis and Lynn Williams. The Dutch would tie and get a late penalty kick. U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher made a huge save to send the match to extra time.
The two sides would eventually head to penalty kicks, where Naeher was brilliant in goal and Megan Rapinoe sent the United States to the next round.
.@sammymewy using her head! 1️⃣ – 1️⃣@USWNT x @TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics
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📱 NBC Sports App pic.twitter.com/qL1jxZdQ3N— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
On her first start, @lynnraenie adds another one for @TeamUSA! 2️⃣ – 1️⃣@USWNT x #TokyoOlympics
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THANK YOU, ALYSSA NAEHER! 🙌pic.twitter.com/bwDg9YEDtq
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2021
Naeher DID IT AGAIN in penalties to help the @USWNT reach the #TokyoOlympics semifinals! #OlympicHERstory pic.twitter.com/9RDaFMKrVx
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
Whatever a healthy heart rate is…. we’re not close to that right now
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 30, 2021
Win or go home AND WE’RE NOT GOING HOME YET 😤 pic.twitter.com/qdK7Aa7c4s
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 30, 2021
MOVING ON!@USWNT advances on penalties. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/gZ6W99aLDv
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
FREAKING FRAME IT 😤 @AlyssaNaeher pic.twitter.com/wl0MFCPSTC
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 30, 2021
“That one was crushed, @T1721Austin.”
ⓘ Official sources have determined that this claim is true.@USABaseball x #TokyoOlympicspic.twitter.com/BcuWtOIDBS
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2021
Hey 🌎, we here 😤#ForGlory🇺🇸 #TeamUSA #Olympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/HluzpUwy9E
— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) July 30, 2021
Team USA got off to a big start in the Olympic tournament, cruising past Israel, 8-1. Starting pitcher Joe Ryan went six innings and gave up five hits with five strikeouts. Tyler Austin hit a home run to start the game and Eddy Alvarez, the speed skater-turned-infielder, had two RBI doubles.
Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the Olympics, lost to Alexander Zverev of Germany 1-6, 3-6, 6-1 Friday in the semifinals.
Djokovic was attempting to become the first man to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic gold in the same year. He won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon this year and needed the Olympic and US Open titles to complete the collection.
STUNNER! 🤯
Germany’s @AlexZverev beats @DjokerNole to advance to the gold-medal match at the #TokyoOlympics. pic.twitter.com/5JipsVzKOv
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A POWERHOUSE start leads Caeleb to first in his 50m free heat ⚡️@usaswimming x @teamusa x #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/03dFswuFwh
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The second round of the Olympic men’s golf tournament has seen American Xander Schauffele climb to the top spot on the leaderboard. At 11 under, Schauffele sits 1 stroke better than Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz. Austrian Sepp Straka, the first-round leader, is currently in third place with the round suspended.
Schauffele has hit some impressive shots in the round.
11-under 🔥@TeamUSA‘s @XSchauffele birdies his last hole to take the solo lead! 🇺🇸 #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/L3oKsi2B3Q
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
XANDER SCHAUFFELE movin’ up after this eagle! 🦅@XSchauffele is currently tied for second.🇺🇸@TeamUSA // #TokyoOlympicspic.twitter.com/igcWQMbmcv
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
“I just got in a nice flow there at the end,” Schauffele said. “Kind of one of those situations where I wish I could play some more holes.”
The United States women’s basketball team won its 51st Olympic game in a row with an 86-69 victory over Japan. It didn’t come easy, as Japan led 30-28 after the first quarter, but the Americans pulled away. A’ja Wilson led the way with 20 points and added this big blocked shot in a second period in which the Americans took the lead.
“NOT TODAY!!!!” – @_ajawilson22
Team USA battles back for the lead 🙌#OlympicHERstory | #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/fdr4O9Yy8k
— On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) July 30, 2021
Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart each had 15 points for Team USA, which next plays France in pool play Monday. Stewart also had another big block for the Americans.
THAT HUSTLE. THAT BLOCK. ( 👀 @UConnWBB @seattlestorm )@breannastewart says NOPE. #TokyoOlympics x @TeamUSA
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Athing Mu, the 19-year-old phenom from Trenton, New Jersey, did her thing in the first heat of the women’s 800 meters, as she won her heat and showed she’s a true factor for the gold.
.@athiiing did her thing and won her heat in the women’s 800m!@TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics
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Reigning BMX racing gold medalist Connor Fields of the United States was carried off on a stretcher after crashing in the third semifinal heat at the Tokyo Olympics. Fields was fourth after his opening two heats and landed hard off a jump heading into the first turn in the third run. The 28-year-old from Las Vegas slammed into the turn and lay on the track as medical personnel rushed out to help him. Fields was attended to for several minutes before being carried away. He qualified for the finals but will not be able to race.
Team USA got to take the track for the first time, and Rai Benjamin served notice in his first 400-meter hurdles heat that he’s ready to play.
.@_Kingben_ wins his heat and advances straight through to the men’s 400m hurdles semis!@TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics
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United States gymnast Suni Lee overcame less-than-ideal circumstances to become the fifth straight American women’s all-around gymnastics gold medalist. It has been quite a ride for the 18-year-old Minnesota native.
When you realize you are an Olympic champion 🥇@sunisalee_ x #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/RRZmZ69C3j
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
FIVE IN A ROW! 🇺🇸
From Athens to Tokyo, America’s dominance continues. @sunisalee_ wins GOLD in the women’s all-around! #TokyoOlympics x @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/45eG4rRYBc
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
Suni, you did it! Olympic. All. Around. Champion. 🥇
WELCOME TO THE CLUB. You earned this and it will change your life forever. @sunisalee_ pic.twitter.com/ix6FoZuEDC
— Nastia Liukin (@NastiaLiukin) July 29, 2021
How it started vs. How it’s going 🥇 #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/vFeCcJDxIw
— Peacock (@peacockTV) July 30, 2021
China’s Wang Shun took the gold in the 200-meter individual medley in 1:55, followed by Great Britain’s Duncan Scott and Switzerland’s Jérémy Desplanches. The United States’ Michael Andrew, who led for most of the race, dropped off in the last lap and finished fifth. Michael Phelps was the four-time defending Olympic champion in the event. — Aishwarya Kumar
Despite not getting the medal, Andrew did get some face time with Phelps back in 2008 and mean-mugged in a way that suggested he knew he’d be in the Olympic pool in the future.
Michael and Michael. Serious swagger. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/u8MlLEBWJI
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
The 100-meter freestyle was an Australian affair. Emma McKeon won her first individual gold medal, while teammate Cate Campbell won bronze. Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey, who won silver in the 200-meter freestyle, picked up another silver in this race. — Aishwarya Kumar
And the records just keep on breaking!
Australia’s Emma McKeon breaks the Olympic record to win gold in the women’s 100m free final. #TokyoOlympics
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Defending champion Ryan Murphy picked up a silver in the 200-meter backstroke. Murphy, who also won bronze in the 100-meter backstroke, trailed only Russian Olympic Committee’s Evgeny Rylov, who finished at 1:54.27, an Olympic record. It is the first time since 1992 that an American man has not won gold in either backstroke event. — Kumar
Another Olympic record is broken!
ROC’s Evgeny Rylov wins gold and breaks the Olympic record in the men’s 200m backstroke final and @TeamUSA‘s @ryan_f_murphy surges to silver. #TokyoOlympics
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📱 NBC Sports App pic.twitter.com/H2sxywUp74— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
After training together every day for the past three months, America’s Lilly King and Annie Lazor finished second and third in the 200-meter breaststroke for silver and bronze, respectively. South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker took the gold medal with a world-record time of 2:18:95. — Aishwarya Kumar
Kumar: How Annie Lazor overcame grief to win an Olympic medal
South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker BREAKS the world record to win the gold in the women’s 200m breaststroke and her reaction is priceless.@_king_lil and @lazorlaze win the silver and bronze for @TeamUSA. #TokyoOlympics
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📱 NBC Sports App pic.twitter.com/etlxBwXJG9— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
tfw you realize you just set a world record #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/8hO0IHOgKs
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.@_king_lil and @lazorlaze, supporting each other all the way to the podium.@TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics
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THIS IS WHAT THE OLYMPICS ARE ALL ABOUT ❤️#TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/ucgIh3P9zA
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
After picking up his first individual Olympic gold in the 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday, Caeleb Dressel punched his spot in the finals of the 100-meter butterfly, finishing first in his semifinal heat with an Olympic-record time of 49.71. He’ll race in the final on Friday. — Aishwarya Kumar
Caeleb Dressel just keeps SWIMMING.
He wins his 100m fly semifinal heat AND breaks the Olympic record!@TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics
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The United States’ women’s beach volleyball duo of April Ross and Alix Klineman were given a run for their money for a while by the Netherlands duo of Madelein Meppelink and Sanne Keizer, who won a game against Team USA’s No. 1 pairing. But Ross and Kleinman rose to the occasion, rolling 15-5 in Game 3 to end pool play undefeated.
The A-Team pulls out a win on the sand today 🏐#OlympicHERstory | #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/1IKZ4PK5Vf
— On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) July 30, 2021
Olympic men’s golf is deep in Day 2 action, and Chile’s Mito Pereira is feeling pretty good. He’s off to a hot start, shooting 3-under through six holes after this nifty chip from the bunker.
Mito Pereira! 😱
The Chilean chips in for 🦅 on the par-4 6th – he’s three under through six. pic.twitter.com/myiNgZCIP9
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2021
Diving isn’t the only thing Great Britain’s Tom Daley does at a world-class level. The gold medalist, who won the men’s 10-meter synchronized diving event alongside teammate Marty Lee, broke out his knitting skills to create the ultimate medal keepsake.
What did @TeamGB‘s @TomDaley1994 do after winning an Olympic gold medal?
He knitted a little pouch for it 😍#TokyoOlympics (via IG/madewithlovebytomdaley) pic.twitter.com/SCg3lV3KIk
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 29, 2021
No word on whether these will be available to the general public, but let’s be real — you’d buy one.
Our health correspondent James Gallagher considers how a flurry of data on the spread of Covid has not resolved debates about the state of the pandemic in the UK. The dramatic drop in daily cases, reported widely over the past week, has not yet been […]
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Our health correspondent James Gallagher considers how a flurry of data on the spread of Covid has not resolved debates about the state of the pandemic in the UK. The dramatic drop in daily cases, reported widely over the past week, has not yet been backed up by other key methods that track the virus. But equally, there is no sign of a resurgence in cases linked to the lifting of restrictions on 19 July. It will still take more time to get a clear picture of exactly what is going on. Read more of his analysis here.
A fierce cold snap prompted snowfall in southern Brazil, with snow accumulating on streets of cities where the wintry phenomenon is rarely seen. At least 43 cities registered either snow or freezing rain late Wednesday, according to information from Climatempo, a weather service. Ice blankets […]
Main WorldA fierce cold snap prompted snowfall in southern Brazil, with snow accumulating on streets of cities where the wintry phenomenon is rarely seen.
At least 43 cities registered either snow or freezing rain late Wednesday, according to information from Climatempo, a weather service.
Ice blankets trees at dawn during a cold snap in Sao Joaquim, Brazil, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. A fierce cold snap on Wednesday night prompted snowfall in southern Brazil where such weather is a phenomenon. (AP Photo/Mycchel Legnaghi)
Local television footage showed Brazilians building a snowman in a plaza and having a snowball fight in Bom Jesus, a city in Rio Grande do Sul state. In Sao Joaquim in Santa Catarina state, trees were weighing heavy with frost and icicles.
Snow is uncommon in Brazil, even in its southern region, during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. Brazil’s last blizzard was in 1957, when 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) of snow was recorded in a city in Santa Catarina state.
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Temperatures are expected to keep dropping, with more snow possible.
The Brazilian government’s meteorological institute says low temperatures should endure until the start of August. There may be frost in Mato Grosso do Sul, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goias states by Friday.
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