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Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat in final, Sarkar to play for bronze in SL3 badminton
In the final, Bhagat will meet World No. 2 Daniel Bathell, the man he beat in the final of the World Championship in Basel in 2019. Bathell defeated India's Manoj Sarkar 21-8, 21-8 in the second semifinal, surging ahead from 9-9 in the second game to win in 38 minutes.
Fourth Test: India stay at England's heels (Day 2 report)
The day began well for the Indians as pacer Umesh Yadav, who had removed Joe Root on Thursday evening, picking the wickets of overnight batsmen, the nightwatchman Craig Overton and Dawid Malan to reduce England to 62 for five early in the first session.
Paralympics: Harvinder wins historic bronze in archery
South Korea's Kim Min Su took aim first and managed to shoot an 8 and Harvinder responded with a perfect 10 to win a historic bronze medal -- the first-ever medal for India in either Olympic or Paralympic Games. It was also India's third medal in the Paralympics on Friday and the 13th overall in Tokyo.
4th Test: Pope, Bairstow lead England's fightback
Resuming on 53/3, the first hour of the session belonged to India as they picked up wickets of overnight batsmen while conceding only 25 runs. Nightwatchman Craig Overton didn't last long as he edged the 10th ball of the day to Virat Kohli at first slip, becoming Umesh Yadav's 150th scalp in Test cricket.
Virat Kohli becomes 1st Indian to reach 150mn followers on Instagram
In the overall list, Kohli is the fourth sporting celebrity to reach the 150 million mark on the photo-blogging platform. Ronaldo tops the chart with 337 million followers, while Lionel Messi -- 260 million and Brazil's Neymar stand second and third in the list with 260 million, 160 million followers respectively.
Google was the first coach of Paralympics silver medallist Praveen Kumar
"I would watch videos of high jump on Google and try and learn from it. There was nobody to teach me. Later, during a district-level meeting, I was told about coach Dr. Satyapal and met him and he agreed to train me," said Praveen Kumar, who won silver in Men's High Jump T44 at the Paralympic Games on Friday.
Paralympics: Avani clinches bronze in women's 50m rifle three positions
Avani finished with a total score of 445.9 to finish at third place and take the bronze medal. This is India's 12th medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. She also became the first woman and second Indian after Joginder Singh Bedi to win more than one medal in the same edition of the Paralympics.
Kohli addressed an area of concern and tried to overcome it
"It's the sign of a champion cricketer that they're always looking at their game, and trying to improve -- even in a series where the matches come and go at such a rate. So, when Virat Kohli came out to bat on Thursday, it was noticeable how much thought he'd put into the difficulties he's been facing in that channel outside off stump.
Paralympics: Shooter Avani qualifies for final in 50m 3-positions
Avani, who won India's first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 on August 30, stood second in the qualifying stage, finishing with a score of 1176 to make it to the final to be held later in the day.
US Open: Osaka advances to third round after opponent withdraws
Said Serbian qualifier Danilovic on Instagram, "I have been feeling unwell these past few days dealing with a non-COVID-related viral illness." "I am so sad to have to withdraw from my match this morning. I was really looking forward to playing against Naomi on Arthur Ashe Stadium today, but not to be this time." the 20-year-old was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
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