Top stories of the week: India's win vs Afghanistan, Djokovic to play at Paris Olympics, Chopra wins gold

Here are all the top stories of the week you need to know (Pic: File Pic)

Updated On: 2024-06-22 07:42 PM IST

Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar

Novak Djokovic, Team India, Neeraj Chopra, David Johnson (Pic: File Pic)

Team India begin their Super 8 campaign of the T20 World Cup 2024 with a dominant win against Afghanistan. Suryakumar Yadav smashed fifty, followed by Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep Singh bagged three wickets each to their names. Kuldeep Yadav featuring in the first T20 World Cup 2024 match claimed two wickets against the Afghans

Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will play at the Summer Olympics Games in Paris, said the Olympic Committee of Serbia. Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will play at the Summer Olympics Games in Paris, the Olympic Committee of Serbia

India's Olympic and world champion javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra claimed his maiden gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games, dominating a stellar field on his return to competitive action following a month-long break. Chopra, who claimed the silver here in 2022, produced the winning effort of 85.97m in his third attempt to lead the field for a major part of the Paavo Nurmi Games

Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal confirmed that he has officially qualified for the men's singles event of the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. This year's Paris Games will be his second stint in the Olympics, having also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Games, where he made it to the second round

According to Geo News, Pakistan captain Babar Azam is likely to take strict action against YouTubers and former cricketers who accused him of his poor run in the T20 World Cup 2024

In the Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup 2024 between the hosts, the USA and West Indies, the record of the highest number of sixes in a single World Cup edition was registered. Both teams struck a total of 14 sixes during the match which took the tally to 412

Following their exit from the T20 World Cup 2024, Kane Williamson stepped down from the captaincy of New Zealand in white-ball formats. The veteran also declined the central contract of the national team to feature more in the T20 leagues across the globe

Former Indian pacer David Johnson passed away. According to a PTI report, fell off the balcony of his fourth-floor apartment in Bangalore on Thursday morning

Spectacular hundreds from Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur helped Indian Women's cricket team to take a lead by 2-0 in the three-match ODI series against South Africa

Indian compound women's archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur continued their imperious form this season, securing a hattrick of Archery World Cup Stage 3 gold medals with a win over Estonia in the third stage of the event

Team India will tour South Africa to play the four-match T20I series in November 2024. Cricket South Africa and the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced in a joint statement

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