Sunday, July 31, 2022

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli bags India's third gold

Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli (73kg) lived up to his top billing as he clinched India's third gold in the Commonwealth Games. Favourite to win the event, debutant Sheuli heaved 313kg (143kg+170kg) to grab the gold at NEC Hall on Sunday.

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CWG 2022: Ghosal, Chinappa enter singles squash quarterfinals

Leading India squash player Saurav Ghosal on Sunday joined Joshna Chinappa in the singles quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.

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England women beat Germany to end major tournament wait at Euro 2022

England won a major women's tournament for the first time as Chloe Kelly's extra-time goal secured a 2-1 victory over Germany at a sold out Wembley on Sunday. In front of a record crowd of 87,192 for any match in the history of the European Championships, Kelly prodded home a loose ball from close range to end English football's 56-year wait for a World Cup or Euro victory.

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Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule on August 1

The weightlifters will continue to carry India's medal hopes at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with two more weightlifting events lined up on Monday. The judokas will also be in fray for the first time in the Games.

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CWG 2022: India rout lowly Ghana 11-0 in men's hockey

The Indian men's hockey team decimated lowly Ghana 11-0 in its opening Pool B match of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. As expected, the Indians were relentless in their attacks and completely controlled the proceedings from start to finish.

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Badminton at CWG: Defending champions India enter semis of mixed team event

Defending champion India cruised to a 3-0 win over minnows South Africa to progress to the semifinals of the mixed team competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. India expectedly didn't put a foot wrong as they dished out yet another professional performance against South Africa to set up a likely clash with Singapore in the last four.

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Tabraiz Shamsi bowls South Africa to T20I series victory over England

South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took five wickets to help his team bowl out England for 101 to win their decisive Twenty20 international by 90 runs at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday and take the three-match series 2-1. South Africa were put into bat and scored 191-5 off their 20 overs to set England an imposing target and then skittled out the home team for a one-sided victory.

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

CWG 2022: Indian women's TT team goes down 2-3 against Malaysia in quarters

India women's table tennis team was knocked out of the Commonwealth Games 2022 after suffering a 2-3 defeat against Malaysia in the quarterfinals on Saturday. The Indian duo of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula fought hard against Malaysia's Karen Lyne and Li Sian Alice Chang in the first match of the women's quarterfinal tie to give India an opening group lead.

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CWG 2022: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain cruises to quarterfinals

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) cruised to the quarterfinals of the women's light middleweight category with an easy 5-0 win against Ariana Nicholson at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

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KL Rahul to miss Zimbabwe tour due to delayed recovery

Senior opener KL Rahul has been left out of the India squad which will travel to Zimbabwe for an ODI series next month after aggravating his hamstring injury, a development which could potentially jeopardise his T20 World Cup chances. It is understood that Rahul hasn't yet recovered despite undergoing a successful sports hernia surgery for lower abdominal injury. His hamstring also remains sore.

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Friday, July 29, 2022

CWG 2022: Australia bounce back to win opener vs India

In the end, having let go of a golden opportunity to beat mighty Australia, the Indian women’s team was left heartbroken. For a while, fired by a sensational opening spell by seamer Renuka Singh Thakur, who took a T20I career-best 4/18, India seemed to be on top of the Southern Stars in the opening clash at Edgbaston on Friday, having reduced them to 49/5 in the eighth over in pursuit of 155.

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CWG 2022: India waste chances but trounce Ghana

If the measure of success was not the win but performance, then the Indian women’s hockey team fell short on Friday. Against a spirited Ghana, Savita Punia and Co. emerged 5-0 victors to get their campaign off to a good start but the aftermath will be assessment of their shortcomings, which were glaring.

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CWG 2022: Clinical Shiva outpunches Suleman in one-sided contest

There wasn’t quite the high-octane India-Pakistan vibe a hockey or cricket fan would relate to, but the flurry of punches exchanged between former Asian championship gold medallist Shiva Thapa and seven-time Pakistan national champion Suleman Baloch lit up the boxing ring at the National Exhibition Centre Hall 4 in Birmingham on Friday.

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CWG 2022: India's schedule on July 30

India will have a chance to open their account in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will be in action in the 49kg weightlifting final on Saturday.

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

Iga Swiatek powers past Gabriela Lee into Warsaw quarter-finals

Iga Swiatek's victorious homecoming continued with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of lucky loser Gabriela Lee to reach the Poland Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

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'Good luck, Team India': President Droupadi Murmu to India's CWG 2022 contingent

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conveyed her best wishes to the Indian contingent of the Commonwealth Games 2022, and expressed confidence that the athletes will put up their best performance and make the country proud.

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Hetmyer recalled by West Indies to face India in T20I series

Shimron Hetmyer was recalled by the West Indies on Thursday for back-to-back Twenty20 series against India and New Zealand as the batsman seeks to secure a place at the World Cup.

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A carnival in the making, should SA and UAE get it right

A total of 11 Indian Premier League (IPL) trophies, three Champions League T20 trophies, followers in excess of 50 million on social media platforms across Twitter and Instagram, mass following across the world's largest cricket fanbase that's India, a healthy global diaspora to look at and television numbers crashing through the roof every single time these teams have walked out on the field.

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Rossouw, Shamsi star as SA level T20I series against England

Rilee Rossouw's unbeaten 96 laid the foundation for South Africa's commanding 58-run win in the second Twenty20 international against England in Cardiff on Thursday as the Proteas bounced back to level a three-match series at 1-1.

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Birmingham CWG begins with a spectacular opening ceremony

The region's rich musical heritage and inclusivity were at the heart of the 22nd Birmingham Commonwealth Games opening ceremony here as a joyful evening offered a stupendous cornucopia of colour, light and dance. It was refreshing as the Birmingham Games is the first multi-discipline event since the start of the pandemic to be held without major COVID-19 restrictions.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

1st T20I: Allen, Sodhi star as New Zealand rout Scotland

Finn Allen and Ish Sodhi both produced format-best displays as New Zealand overwhelmed Scotland by 68 runs in the 1st Twenty20 international at Edinburgh on Wednesday.

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Countries need to balance domestic leagues and international schedule: ICC

As the debate over the relevance of the ODI format rages, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is putting up a brave front to defend the only format of the game that has world champions every four years.

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Alexandra Popp double sends Germany into Euro 2022 final

Alexandra Popp scored twice as Germany beat France 2-1 in their Euro 2022 semi-final on Wednesday to set up a clash with hosts England in Sunday's final at Wembley.

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CWG 2022: Covid scare for PV Sindhu upon arrival in Birmingham

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu had a Covid-19 scare upon her arrival in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), when her RT-PCR test results showed some deviations, which resulted in the authorities forcing her into isolation for some time, TOI has reliably learnt.

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3rd ODI: Gill comes of age as India thrash West Indies by 119 runs to complete clean sweep

Shubman Gill was unlucky to miss out on a maiden century but India rode on his sublime 98 not out to outclass West Indies by 119 runs and complete a 3-0 rout in the ODI series. In a rain-affected final ODI, India scored 225 for 3 in 36 overs. The revised DLS target of 257 from 35 overs was a tricky one and Mohammed Siraj's near-perfect first over with the new ball set the tone as West Indies could finally manage only 137 in 26 overs.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Real Madrid held by Club America in US friendly

Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard were on target as Spanish giants Real Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw by Mexican side Club America in their pre-season friendly on Tuesday.

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With some changes, I don't rule out a return to WC cycle: Magnus Carlsen

Almost nine years after winning his maiden World title in Chennai --Magnus Carlsen will be arriving in the city to represent Norway at the 44th chess Olympiad which starts on July 28. A few days ago Carlsen announced that he would not contest the World Championship final, where he was supposed to play Ian Nepomniachtchi.

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Business of T20 leagues: Cricket all set to change again forever

This week marks the beginning of yet another global whirl that could alter the course of cricket once again for the fourth time in 45 years.

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Formula 1 targeting fully sustainable fuel by 2026

Formula 1 is on schedule to use 100 percent sustainable fuel in its race cars by 2026, according to managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn.

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CWG 2022: Neeraj Chopra and javelin's throw of the dice

In a country obsessed with the divine, Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra stands a beacon of human potential. Adulation, however, is not a cure for fallibility. No one knows this better than Neeraj, who is acutely aware of the limitations of his own body.

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Luis Suarez in pre-contract agreement to join Nacional

Luis Suarez has entered a pre-contract agreement to join Uruguayan club Nacional as a free agent, the former Liverpool and Barcelona striker said on Tuesday.

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Monday, July 25, 2022

Navdeep Saini dazzles for Kent with 3/45

India pacer Navdeep Saini returned with figures of 3/45 to put his county side Kent in a commanding position against Lancashire on the rain-affected first day.

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Bajrang Punia yearns for the top spot again after injury and rehabilitation

Try and reminisce the days before the Tokyo Olympics with wrestler Bajrang Punia as the central figure. There was a sense of anticipation in the air. He was touted to be India's biggest hope for an Olympic gold. Fans, the wrestling federation and certain sections of media thought it was a foregone conclusion.

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CWG 2022: Ravi Dahiya yearns for gold medal

To say Ravi Dahiya is shy will be an understatement. It is an onerous task to get words out of his mouth. At times, he stops midway through his sentences and then you've to prompt him. But on the mat he doesn't require any prompting, and seldom does he stop.

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Axar Patel stakes claim for regular Team India berth

"Signed, sealed and delivered by Axar Patel." Former West Indies fast bowler-turned commentator Ian Bishop couldn't have chosen better words, soon after Axar smashed a full toss from Kyle Mayers down the ground - when six was needed off three balls - to pull off a thrilling two-wicket win for India in the second ODI against West Indies at Port-of-Spain.

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Nick Kyrgios handed wildcard for US Open tune-up in Cincinnati

Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios has been handed a wildcard into next month's U.S. Open tune-up event in Cincinnati, Ohio, organisers of the Western & Southern Open said on Monday.

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Boxer Lovlina Borgohain says ‘mentally harassed’ ahead of CWG

Lovlina Borgohain took to twitter to vent her frustration, complaining that her training had been hampered since one of her personal coaches (strength and conditioning expert Amey Kolekar) was sent back to India while her other coach, Sandhya Gurung, hadn’t been able to enter the athletes village in Birmingham.

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Sunday, July 24, 2022

I too won from fourth position: Anju Bobby George on Neeraj Chopra's silver

As the Tricolour went up at the World Athletics Championships at Oregon after nearly two decades with Neeraj Chopra bagging a historic silver, path-breaker Anju Bobby George, who opened India's account back in 2003 by winning the bronze in women's long jump, travelled down the memory lane on Sunday morning.

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'Incredible' Jonas Vingegaard wins Tour de France

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France on Sunday, ending the reign of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar after a gruelling three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle.

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De Kock warns multi-format cricketers could be on way out

Quinton de Kock believes it will become increasingly difficult for leading cricketers to play all three main formats, although he remains confident about the future for one-day internationals.

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2nd ODI: Hope to score a ton in next game, says Shreyas after India's win

Chasing a mammoth 312 to win, half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel helped India win the second ODI of the three-match series against West Indies by two wickets at Queens Park Oval stadium in Port of Spain on Sunday.

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Fire for world title will continue to burn bright: Neeraj Chopra

Tokyo 2020 Olympics javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra scripted yet another history, becoming only the second Indian to bag a podium finish to win a silver medal in the World Athletics Championships 2022. He is the first male track and field Indian athlete to win a medal at the World Championships, ending 19-year-long wait for a medal at the Worlds.

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2nd ODI: Axar Patel fires India to series-clinching win over West Indies

Axar Patel smashed a whirlwind unbeaten 35-ball 64, his maiden ODI fifty, as India scripted a sensational series-clinching two-wicket win over the West Indies in the second game. Set a stiff target of 312, the visitors were down to 205 for five in 38.4 overs but Patel revived India's chase with his six-hitting prowess to take the visitors home with two balls to spare on Sunday.

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Masterful Emmanuel Korir wins 800m gold in style

Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir ran a textbook tactical race to win the world 800 metres title on Saturday as he peaked at just the right time after a wretched season.

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Saturday, July 23, 2022

Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian ever to win silver at World C'ships

Neeraj Chopra created history after becoming the first Indian athlete to win a silver at the World athletics championships with his best effort of 88.13m to etch his name in the record books. He, however, failed in his endeavour to become the first javelin thrower after Norwegian track and field great Andreas Thorkildsen to hold both the Olympics and World Championships titles at the same time.

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Canada stun US to win men's 4x100 relay gold

A flubbed final handover cost the United States gold in the men's 4x100 metres relay on Saturday as Canada surged down the final straight to take the world title.

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Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay holds on to win 5,000m gold

Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay held off late challengers to win the women's 5,000 metres at the World Championships on Saturday as world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey faded down the straight to miss the podium.

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World C'ships: Neeraj Chopra wins silver, scripts history again

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra scripted yet another history as he became only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships by clinching silver in the javelin throw final. The 24-year-old Chopra, who had come into the showpiece as a hot medal favourite, produced a best throw of 88.13m to finish second.

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World Athletics C'ships Live: Neeraj Chopra in javelin throw final



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Friday, July 22, 2022

Sydney McLaughlin smashes world record to win world 400m hurdles

Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin wrote another astonishing chapter in her track and field career on Friday, obliterating her own world record as she powered to a jaw-dropping victory in the women's 400m hurdles at the World Championships in Oregon. The 22-year-old American prodigy left rivals trailing in her wake at Hayward Field as she took gold in a stunning time of 50.68sec -- the first time any woman has ducked under the 51-second barrier.

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