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  PV Sindhu eyes title defence at World Championships

  December 11, 2021 10:09 IST

  Sindhu has been in impressive form as she claimed her second silver medal at the season-ending World Tour Finals after three successive semifinals finish at the French Open, Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open.  

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  Cricket, 3 other Olympic sports excluded from provisional list of 2028 Los Angeles Games

  December 11, 2021 7:27 IST

  Cricket, which has featured at the Olympics just once in 1900 Paris Games, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have failed to make the cut for the LA Games.

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  Jeremy wins gold at Commonwealth Championships

  December 11, 2021 7:05 IST

  Lalrinnunga, the 2018 Youth Olympics gold medallist, finished with the best effort of 305kg (141kg+164kg) in the men's 67kg event. His personal best stands at 306kg (140kg+166kg) which came in 2019.

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  Carolina Marin pulls out of World Championships

  December 10, 2021 19:27 IST

  Marin, considered as one of the most dominating players in international badminton, said she might be back in February next year but wouldn't want to put a date on her return.  

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  Boxing among 3 Olympic sports in danger of losing 2028 spot

  December 10, 2021 12:41 IST

  Modern pentathlon has effectively been told by the IOC to remove equestrian jumping from the event, provoking a backlash from angry athletes.

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  Boxing among 3 Olympic sports in danger of losing 2028 spot

  December 10, 2021 12:38 IST

  Modern pentathlon has effectively been told by the IOC to remove equestrian jumping from the event, provoking a backlash from angry athletes.  

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  International Olympic Committee to IOA: Hold General Assembly on Dec 19, election by January, 2022

  December 10, 2021 11:04 IST

  In a letter to IOA president Narinder Batra, the IOC said the elections should nonetheless take place before the end of January next year after requisite amendments in the IOA constitution.

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  Commonwealth Weightlifting C'ship: Bidyarani wins silver in 55 kg

  December 10, 2021 8:15 IST

  Devi lifted a total of 198kg (84+114) to finish second behind Nigeria's Adijat Olarinoye who had an effort of 203kg (90+113) in the Commonwealth Championships.

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  Mary Kom, Amit Panghal among bigwigs missing from list of national campers

  December 09, 2021 15:38 IST

  Mary Kom, who is a former Olympic bronze-medallist, is also a serving Rajya Sabha MP. She is aiming to compete in the world championships and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year.

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  India's Jhilli Dalabehera wins silver in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

  December 09, 2021 13:16 IST

  The 22-year-old weightlifter came up with the best effort of 73kg in snatch and 94 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 167kg

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  Omicron impact: Indonesia badminton team pulls out of World Championships

  December 08, 2021 16:39 IST

  The All-Indonesian Badminton Federation (PBSI) said on Wednesday that the decision was prompted by the spike in cases due to the spread of the Omicron variant in European nations.  

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  Neeraj Chopra starts off-season training in USA

  December 08, 2021 14:00 IST

  The Olympic gold medallist will train at the world class facility in Chula Vista for 90 days along with coach Klaus Bartoneitz after the Sports Authority of India cleared a proposal in quick time.

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  ₹10.50 crore to para athletes and ₹32 crore to PCI allocated in last 4 years, says sports minister

  December 07, 2021 21:00 IST

  The Government of India has allocated more than Rs 32 crore to the Paralympic Committee of India during the four year period of 2017-18 to 2021-22, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said.

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  China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit

  December 07, 2021 15:53 IST

  The US is attempting to interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics “out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumours," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian.

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  China threatens retaliation if US boycotts Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

  December 07, 2021 15:41 IST

  China threatened to take 'firm countermeasures' if the US proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

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  PKL 2021- 22: UP Yoddha leave team base, enter bubble ahead of PKL-8

  December 05, 2021 19:20 IST

  The team that includes players, support staff and management boarded a flight at the Indira Gandhi International airport here for Bengaluru.  

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  Sindhu settles for silver in BWF World Tour Finals, loses to An Seyoung

  December 05, 2021 19:15 IST

  Sindhu, the reigning world champion and two-time Olympic medallist, could neither match the pace nor breach the defence of the world number six Korean, losing 16-21 12-21 in the 40-minute lop-sided clash.

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  BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu loses to Seyoung in straight sets; settles for silver medal

  December 05, 2021 22:07 IST

  The double Olympic medallist goes down meekly to South Korea's An Seyoung 16-21, 12-21 in the summit clash.

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  Manu Bhaker crowned women's air pistol national champion

  December 04, 2021 20:02 IST

  Bhaker has now won three of the last four nationals in the event, losing once to Esha Singh in the 62nd edition of the tournament.  

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  Asian team squash: Indian men's team lose to Malaysia in final

  December 04, 2021 18:57 IST

  Saurav Ghosal, the top player, went down to Ng Eain Yow 10-12 4-11 8-11 while Ramit Tandon stretched Ivan Yeun to four games but the Indians could not quite make a match of it.

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  World Tour Finals: Sindhu enters final, beats Yamaguchi in semis

  December 04, 2021 20:57 IST

  It will be Sindhu's third final appearance in the season-ending tournament. She had won the title in 2018 to become the only Indian to achieve the feat.

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  PKL 2021-22: UP Yoddha signs their first African origin player ahead of PKL-8

  December 03, 2021 18:34 IST

  Kamveti had been adjudged the best raider at the Bangabandhu Cup in March this year and is set to bolster the attack of the Yoddhas.

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  World Tour Finals: Sindhu loses final group match against Chochuwong

  December 03, 2021 22:28 IST

  Sindhu finished in the second position in group A, behind Chochuwong and her opponent of the semifinal stage will be decided in a draw later in the day.

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  Asian team squash: Indian men beat Hong Kong to enter final, women bow out in semifinals

  December 03, 2021 17:58 IST

  Ghosal beat Yip Tsz Fung in four games after losing the first game after Ramit Tandon had given India the lead with a defeat of Henry Leung to set up a summit clash on Saturday against second-seeded Malaysia, a 2-0 winner over Japan.  

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  Axelsen, Tzu Ying named BWF Male and Female Player of the Year

  December 03, 2021 17:49 IST

  Axelsen was rewarded for his extraordinary run starting from the Barcelona Spain Masters in February 2020. The Dane made 10 finals in 11 individual tournaments, winning seven of those, including gold at the Tokyo Games.  

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  World Tour Finals: Srikanth loses to Lee, bows out of tournament

  December 03, 2021 15:45 IST

  The former world no. 1 Indian was no match for Lee, the reigning All England champion, going down 19-21 14-21 in 37 minutes to end his campaign.

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  BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu qualifies for knockouts

  December 02, 2021 17:31 IST

  Double Olympic medallist Sindhu outplayed World No 23 Yvonne Li 21-10, 21-13 in 31 minutes.

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  Indian men, women book semifinal spots of Asian Squash Team Championships 2021

  December 02, 2021 17:10 IST

  The top-seeded Indian men's team routed Indonesia 3-0 to finish with an unbeaten record after five matches in Pool A, the women (seeded 3rd) put it across Iran 3-0 to end up second behind Malaysia in Pool B.