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Paris: The United States pipped China for the top spot in the battle of medals on Sunday as Paris prepared to bring the curtain down on one of the most successful Olympic Games in history. In a thrilling finale that capped 17 days of spellbinding action, the United States women’s basketball team squeezed past France 67-66 to clinch the last gold of the Games. The win — the eighth consecutive Olympic women’s basketball won by the USA — ensured the Americans finished level with China on 40 golds each as the games drew to a close. The USA however finished…

New Delhi: Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin criticised the Right to Match (RTM) rule, which could make its return during the auctions this year for the next year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The auction for the IPL 2025 will be taking place at the end of this year. Earlier in August, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised a “constructive dialogue” with the owners of the ten league franchises on various subjects before formulating the IPL player regulations. Before the meeting, ESPNcricinfo reported that the significant points of discussion: Having mega auction every five years instead of three,…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Police narrowly defeated Cortalim Villagers SWSC 2-1 in the 2nd edition Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy at Chowgule Ground, Margao. Saeesh Halarnkar scored from the penalty spot for Goa Police in the 30th minute of play and were leading 1-0 at half-time Ronaldo Oliveira of Goa Police netted the decisive goal in the 90th minute. Cortalim managed to pull one back through Sidney Lucas, who also converted a penalty in the 71st minute of play.

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said that as Goa cannot source Power from other States/Grid, the Tamnar Project will help to draw additional power to meet the increasing demand and will also improve the reliability of the interstate lines. “As Goa cannot source Power from other States/Grid, the Tamnar Project will help to draw additional power to meet the increasing demand and will also improve the reliability of the interstate lines,” said Sudin He further informed that although the work on NarendraXeldem 400 KV Double Circuit line is halted in the Karnataka region due to pending forest and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister for Archaeology Subhash Phal Dessai informed that department has not initiated the process for geo-referencing cadastral survey maps for locating protected monuments / sites. “Department has not initiated the process for geo-referencing cadastral survey maps for locating protected monuments / sites,” said Phal Dessai He further said that department has not identified any site on the basis of geo-referencing cadastral survey maps. This department does not have information about the number of other such sites that exist in Goa. “However there are 21 protected, monuments / sites listed under Archaeological Survey of India.” he added Minister…

Goemkarponn Desk BAINA: A 51-year-old man from Mumbai was arrested with ganja worth Rs 78,000 during late night raid at Bain, Vasco. The accused identified as Varun Punjabi from Chembur, Maharashtra was found in possession of 780 gram ganja.

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Three Bangladeshi nationals fled from the foreigner detention center at Mapusa in the wee hours today. The accused are identified as Mohammad Hawalader, Mohammad Hilal and Mohammad Marida. They escaped from the center at around 3 am today morning by removing the roof sheets. The trio were housed at the detention center since December 2023. The foreigners who are found staying illegally in the State are kept at the Mapusa detention centre till the procedure to deport them is completed.