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  Tokyo Paralympics: Discus thrower Vinod Kumar's classification in F52 category raises hopes of medal

  August 22, 2021 16:40 IST

  Para-athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows athletes to compete against others with a similar level of ability.

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  Manny Pacquiao loses to Yordenis Ugas by unanimous decision

  August 22, 2021 14:40 IST

  Ugas beat Pacquiao by unanimous decision in Las Vegas, putting on an impressive technical performance on 11 days' notice and retaining his WBA welterweight title.

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  Tokyo Paralympics: Indians look to make mark in TT, powerlifting and taekwondo

  August 22, 2021 14:18 IST

  Gujarat duo of Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel will lead India's charge in table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympic Games beginning August 25.

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  Golf round-up: Lahiri cards 71 in 3rd round of Northern Trust; Kapur drops down to T-54th in Czech

  August 22, 2021 12:37 IST

  A tired Anirban Lahiri endured a wild ride in the third round of The Northern Trust, compiling a level par 71 to drop to T-60th from overnight T-38th in New Jersey.

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  Aditi Ashok slips in tough weather conditions at Women's Open

  August 22, 2021 12:41 IST

  Aditi Ashok had an off-day at the Carnoustie Links as she carded a roller-coaster three-over 75 in tough and challenging weather conditions to slip to T-58.

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  Diamond League: Thompson-Herah wins 100m at Prefontaine Classic

  August 22, 2021 10:48 IST

  Clocking 10.54 seconds, the Jamaican topped her Olympic-record 10.61 in Tokyo as she edged closer to Florence Griffith Joyner's world record of 10.49 set in 1988.

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  Neeraj Chopra congratulates race walker Amit Khatri, tells him to continue with the good work

  August 21, 2021 23:05 IST

  Khatri won silver in the men's 10,000m race walk event at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi on Saturday.

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  World U20 Athletics: Priya Mohan finishes fourth in 400m final

  August 21, 2021 21:51 IST

  On a day Amit Kumar won a silver medal for India in the 10000m race walk, Priya, the 18-year-old from Bangalore, made a brave effort in the final 100 metres as she came close to the leading group.

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  Six Indians win on opening day of Asian Youth and Junior Boxing C'ships

  August 21, 2021 15:24 IST

  In the junior boys' category, Rohit (48kg), Ankush (66kg) and Gaurav (70kg) claimed confident victories against their respective opponents and confirmed medals for the country.

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  Two COVID-19 cases reported inside Tokyo Paralympics Athlete's Village

  August 21, 2021 13:54 IST

  No athlete has reported positive so far as the two cases from the Village are among the staff, though a large number of participants have reached Tokyo and some are still in quarantine.

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  World Athletics U20 C'ships: Amit Khatri wins historic silver medal in Men's 10,000m Race Walk

  August 21, 2021 13:02 IST

  Amit Khatri became the first Indian to secure a podium finish at the Men's 10,000m Race Walk event in World Athletics U20 Championships.

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  SAI hosts dinner for Tokyo-bound Indian Paralympians; gives warm send-off

  August 21, 2021 12:06 IST

  54 Indian para-athletes will be participating in the Tokyo Paralympics, which begin on August 24.

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  Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra likely to have stadium named after him in Pune

  August 20, 2021 22:18 IST

  A release from the Defence PRO said Rajnath Singh, during his visit to Army Sports Institute, is likely to name the stadium in the campus as 'Neeraj Chopra Army Sports Institute, Pune Cantonment'.

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  World junior wrestling: Silver for Sanju and Bhateri; Saneh endures painful end to campaign

  August 20, 2021 21:04 IST

  Sanju Devi had managed comeback wins in her previous bouts but Friday was not her day as Russia's Alina Kasabieva took the gold with a technical superiority win.

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  WTT Contender: Manika Batra, G Sathiyan win mixed doubles title in Budapest

  August 20, 2021 18:58 IST

  They beat the 94th-ranked Hungarian pairing 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6. It was a memorable win for Manika and Sathiyan, who don't play a lot of mixed doubles together.

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  Anju's protege Shaili Singh tops qualification, makes long jump final in U-20 World C'ships

  August 20, 2021 17:34 IST

  The 17-year-old Shaili, considered one of the brightest upcoming stars in Indian athletics, achieved her best of the day in her third and final jump.

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  Hoping to build on unprecedented gains made by javelin throw: Jhajharia

  August 20, 2021 13:35 IST

  His gold medal with a world record in the 2004 Athens Paralympics had almost gone unnoticed but Jhajharia is happy with the hype before the Tokyo Games.

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  Mizoram Govt appoints Olympic-returned Lalremsiami as hockey chief coach

  August 20, 2021 13:29 IST

  The Mizoram government on Thursday offered the Group-A post to Lalremsiami as an appreciation for her performance at the recently-concluded quadrennial event.

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  Aditi Ashok starts steady with 1-under at British Open

  August 20, 2021 12:21 IST

  The Indian is four shots behind the three co-leaders -- World No. 1 and Olympic gold medallist Nelly Korda, Korean Sei Young Kim and Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom.

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  India will win at least 15 medals including 5 golds at Tokyo Paralympics: Chef-de-Mission

  August 20, 2021 11:46 IST

  The first batch of the Indian team, led by PCI President Deepa Malik, have arrived in Tokyo.

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  Small draws at Asian youth and junior boxing championship guarantee big medal haul for India

  August 20, 2021 11:23 IST

  India would be represented by a contingent of 73 -- two squads for men (junior and youth) and two squads for women (junior and youth) -- in the tournament featuring over 250 boxers.

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  Anirban Lahiri shoots 69 for T-15 at The Northern Trust

  August 20, 2021 11:03 IST

  The 34-year-old, who qualified for the first of three Playoffs events in 121st position, needs to jump inside the top-70 this week and his cause was helped with a solid showing amidst swirly conditions at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey.

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  Hurdler Rohan Kamble books semifinal berth in U-20 world athletics championships

  August 19, 2021 23:14 IST

  He was the only Indian athlete who progressed to the next round a day after the country's 4x400m relay mixed team claimed bronze.

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  Bipasha wins silver at World junior wrestling, bronze for Simran and Sito; Sanju makes final

  August 19, 2021 23:08 IST

  Simran (50kg) and Sito (55kg) won bronze medals to add to India's tally but Arju forfeited her 68kg bronze play-off due to injury.

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  Meerut sports university to be named after Major Dhyan Chand: CM Yogi Adityanath

  August 19, 2021 21:45 IST

  He also said the Uttar Pradesh government will adopt two sports -- wrestling and one more -- and finance their promotion in the state for the next ten years.

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  Afghan footballer Zaki Anwari dies after falling from US plane at Kabul airport

  August 19, 2021 23:31 IST

  Young football player Zaki Anwari had climbed onto the USAF Boeing C-17 plane that took off from the Kabul International airport.

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  WTT Contender: Manika reaches semi-final in women's singles, in summit clash of mixed with Sathiyan

  August 19, 2021 20:31 IST

  In the women's singles quarter-final, Manika beat Sreeja 3-2 with the scoreline reading 7-11, 11-1 8-11 13-11 11-6 in favour of the two-time Olympian.

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  O.M Nambiar, who gave India PT Usha, dies

  August 19, 2021 20:26 IST

  Usha also won four gold medals in the 1986 Asian Games (in 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay) under the tutelage of Nambiar.