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Here are the latest medal results from the 2024 Paris Olympics
A close second was France with 16 medals in total but only five Gold. However, the host nation has eight Silver and three Bronze medals to their name so far.
By Tuesday evening, Japan was leading the medal table with the most wins at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris – with six Gold, two Silver and four Bronze.
A close second was France with 16 medals in total but only five Gold. However, the host nation has eight Silver and three Bronze medals to their name so far.
Behind them is China with a total of 12 medals. Five are Gold, another five are silver and two are Bronze.
In 4th place is Australia with a total of 5 Golds; in 5th place is South Korea also with 5 Golds; and in 6th place is the United States with 3 Gold medals.
Great Britain, Italy, Canada, Hong Kong and Germany each have 2 Gold medals and Kazakhstan, South Africa, Belgium and Azerbaijan have one Gold each.
FUN FACT:
The Number 1 All-Time Gold Medal Ranking to date is held by the United States which has won a total of 1,061 Gold medals across the history of the Games.
Second to them is the former Soviet Union which had 395 Gold medals before it was disbanded.
Great Britain is 3rd with an all-time tally of 284 and China is 4th with an all-time tally of 263.
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Afghanistan won two bronze medals in wushu at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with Mohammad Khalid Hotak and Hamid Ashrafi securing podium finishes.
Hotak won the bronze medal in the 70kg weight category, while Ashrafi claimed bronze in the 65kg category.
Hotak won his opening bout against a Yemeni opponent and defeated an Indonesian fighter in his second bout. He was then defeated by his Chinese opponent in the third round.
Ashrafi also won his first bout against an opponent from Macau, China, before defeating an Indonesian fighter in his second bout. He lost to a Chinese opponent in the third bout.
The 20th Asian Games began on Saturday in Nagoya, Japan, with athletes from 45 Asian countries competing across 43 sports.
Afghanistan is represented by athletes in nine sports at the Games.
Toofan Herat secured a 2–1 victory over Khurasan Faryab in the Afghanistan Champions League on Thursday, earning three points in the sixth season of the competition.
Enayatullah Kohi was named Man of the Match in Thursday’s game.
The result gives Toofan a second win of the campaign after the Herat side opened the season with a 3–1 victory over Istiqlal Kabul.
Toofan subsequently lost 2–0 to Ariana Khost and 3–1 to Sorkh Poshan Khafi before returning to winning ways against Khurasan.
The sixth season of the Afghanistan Champions League features 10 teams and is being played in a two-stage, home-and-away format, with the competition scheduled to run until November 21.
Ariana Radio and Television Network (ATN) is broadcasting all Afghanistan Champions League matches live and exclusively in Afghanistan. Fans can follow ATN’s social media platforms for schedules, results, updates and highlights.
Ariana Khost defeated Sarsabz Yashlar Faryab 2–1 in the 20th match of the sixth season of Afghanistan Champions League Roshan on Thursday in Kabul.
Neither side managed to find the net in the first half despite several attempts, with the opening 45 minutes ending goalless.
In the second half, Sarsabz Yashlar defender Feroz Rahmani accidentally headed the ball into his own net while attempting to clear it in the 74th minute, giving Ariana Khost the lead.
Three minutes later, Waris Shirzai doubled Ariana Khost’s advantage in the 77th minute.
Sarsabz Yashlar pulled one back in the 87th minute when Farid Ahmad Hussainzada scored a spectacular long-range goal, but Ariana Khost held on to secure a 2–1 victory.
Ariana Khost’s Alireza Rahimi was named Player of the Match after an impressive performance.
Ariana Khost will face Sorkh Poshan Khafi on September 28, while Sarsabz Yashlar will take on Arman FC on the same day.
The sixth season of the Roshan Afghanistan Champions League is being broadcast live on Ariana Television.
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