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Paralympics: Yathiraj loses final, wins silver in SL4 badminton
Yathiraj stunned the Frenchman, the three-time World Champion, in the first game and had handy leads in the second and third games but Mazur is too experienced and too skilled and fought back from a game down to win 15-21, 21-17, 21-15 in just over an hour to win the gold medal.
IND vs ENG Fourth Test: Rohit Sharma's ton puts India in control
Sharma, who had scored seven Test centuries before and all of which came in India, added 83 for the first wicket with Rahul (46) and 153 with Pujara (61) to take India into a position from where they can hope to take 2-1 lead in the series which is level at 1-1. When bad light stopped play, India skipper Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 22 and Ravindra Jadeja was not out on nine.
Top class, series defining knock: Ex-cricketers laud Rohit's ton
Sharma scored 127 off 256 deliveries as he batted patiently contrary to his natural instincts on the third day of the fourth Test between India and England. In fact, he managed to reach his half century only in 145 deliveries before he raced to his century in 204 balls as he switched gears once England were ahead of India. "A top class innings from a high class player. Take a bow #RohitSharma. Could well be a series defining innings. "
Rohit breaks hoodoo with aplomb
After promising to do so in more than one of his previous innings on the tour, he finally accomplished the distinction on the third day of the ongoing fourth India-England Test match in a series of five engagements. And with the feat he broke the hoodoo of not having recorded a three-figure knock in Tests outside India.
IND vs ENG 4th Test: Pujara, Sharma curb natural instincts to drive India ahead
Thanks to Sharma's gritty and circumspect eighth Test century -- his first overseas -- and Pujara's uncharacteristic attacking display at the start, India had already taken a 100-run lead by tea on the third day to overturn a 99-run first innings deficit and move into a place from where they can dictate terms to the tiring England side.
IND vs ENG Fourth Test: Ball swerves, deceives fielders as Sharma gets lives
The right-handed batsman, who batted grittily to see India go past England's deficit without being conquered, had got a life late on Friday evening when slip fieldsman Rory Burns misjudged a catch in a strange manner. As the edge from a James Anderson delivery flew off Sharma's bat, Burns looked to his right at the fielder next to him. The ball, however, came to Burns and hit his right foot.
IND Vs ENG 4th Test: India move into lead despite losing Rahul
Resuming at 43/0, India had an ideal first hour, scoring 36 runs for no loss in 13 overs. Sharma and KL Rahul made the most of the good batting conditions with some exquisite boundaries. Rahul reluctantly reviewed an lbw decision off Chris Woakes in the 24th over. The decision was reversed as the ball was missing the leg-stump.
Narwal proves why he is feted as brightest young para-shooting star
Just like Bindra, Narwal is a shooter. But he competes with a pistol unlike Bindra, who won a gold medal in 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Like Bindra, Narwal comes from a family that is ready to invest in his abilities. Like Bindra, Narwal taciturn and brooding, and very focused on his sport.
TTFI questions Manika's timing of bringing up serious allegations against national coach
In a controversy that has been festering for some time now, Manika had refused national coach Roy's help during her singles matches in Tokyo after her personal coach Sanmay Paranjape was not given FOP 'field of play' access due to limited accreditations handed out by the Tokyo Games Organisers. On her return from Tokyo, TTFI served Manika a show-cause notice for indiscipline and asked her to explain her refusal to allow Roy to sit courtside and help her during her matches.
Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat wins first gold for India in badminton
Bhagat, the 33-year-old from Bhubaneswar who contracted polio at age four, defeated the Briton 21-14, 21-17, coming back from 4-9 deficit in the second game to claim his first gold medal as badminton made its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo.
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