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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.

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  Tokyo Olympics medallist Maria Andrejczyk auctions her silver medal to help sick child

  August 19, 2021 19:26 IST

  The money is for Milosz Malysa, an infant with a heart defect whose family has been raising funds for him to be operated on in the United States.

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  Yogi govt presents Rs 42 crore monetary award to Olympians

  August 19, 2021 19:08 IST

  Chief Minister Adityanath also handed an additional cash reward of Rs 25 lakh each to 10 athletes from the state who participated in Tokyo Olympics.

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  Three-year Olympic cycle will be tricky: Abhinav Bindra

  August 19, 2021 14:46 IST

  Bindra believes that the road to 2024 Paris Olympics will be tricky due to a three-year cycle.

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  Sanju, Saneh and Bhateri move to semis of world junior wrestling

  August 19, 2021 14:44 IST

  A tenacious Sanju Devi (62kg) and a confident Saneh (72kg) entered the semifinals of the junior wrestling world championships while Bhateri also joined them in the last-four stage.

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  Coe congratulates relay bronze in Jr World C'ship, says India is making great progress in athletics

  August 19, 2021 12:09 IST

  In a video tweeted by Coe, the 64-year-old was seen interacting with the Indian athletes, including the medallists.

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  Yogi Adityanath to felicitate Olympians today

  August 19, 2021 10:20 IST

  Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will felicitate Tokyo Olympians at a function in Lucknow.

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  Thomas Bach to return to Tokyo after creating controversy

  August 19, 2021 9:06 IST

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach is set to return to Tokyo to attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games.

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  Neeraj Chopra's gold removed huge mental block, says AFI chief Adille Sumariwalla

  August 18, 2021 22:37 IST

  Chopra had created history by becoming the first Indian track and field athlete to win a medal at the Olympics, that too a gold, in the Tokyo Games earlier this month.

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  Have you learnt Punjabi, PM Modi asked Sreejesh; praised Mirabai for remembering people who helped

  August 18, 2021 22:38 IST

  Modi had some light moments with the athletes, their coaches and family members over a breakfast meeting on Monday.

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  Bipasha confirms medal at World junior wrestling; reaches final

  August 18, 2021 21:54 IST

  Bipasha emerged as a surprise finalist in the women's 76kg to keep India's gold medal hopes alive at the junior world wrestling championship.

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  India win 4X400m mixed team Bronze medal at World U-20 Athletics Championships

  August 18, 2021 23:52 IST

  Indian runners -- Priya Mohan, Barath Sridhar, Summy and Kapil -- clocked season-best of 3:20.60 seconds to finish third behind Nigeria (gold at 3:19.70 seconds) and Poland (3:19.80 secs).

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  Golf: Aditi Ashok set for 19th Major start at the Open

  August 18, 2021 17:47 IST

  Set to compete in her 19th Major, The Indian golfer will play alongside American Brittany Altomare and Korea's Sung Hyun Park when she tees up at the AIG Women's Open at Carnoustie.

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  I am an army man and we don't surrender: Boxer Satish Kumar

  August 18, 2021 17:06 IST

  Satish is now planning to start training for the World Championship scheduled to take place in October.