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World Badminton Championship: Satwik-Chirag, Gayatri-Treesa in cruise mode on day of doubles pairs
India's top men's doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag marched into the Round of 16 with a comfortable win over Australia's Zhe Hooi Choo and Ming Chuen Lim at Court in the Royal Arena in Denmark's capital. Seeded second in men's doubles, Satwik and Chirag, defeated their world No. 156 opponents 21-16, 21-9 in the Round of 32 match.
3rd T20I: Been a lot of fun captaining and it was an honour captaining them, says Jasprit Bumrah
"It's been a lot of fun (captaining) and it was an honour captaining them. They were enthusiastic and eager even when rain was around. Makes my job easier when players are so confident, and they tell me what to do," said Bumrah, who also took the Player of the Series award.
World Para Powerlifting Championships: Parmjeet wins historic, maiden gold at senior level in Dubai
Parmjeet’s historic milestone, which also meant his elevation from bronze to gold at the World Championships, came a day after Honey Dabas clinched the first-ever gold at the Junior level for India at the Hilton Dubai, Al Habtoor City.
The whole debate really is about how your 4, 5, 6 are going to look, says Sanjay Manjrekar
Right-handed middle-order batters K.L. Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have been selected in India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, happening from August 30 to September 17, after recovering in time from a right thigh and back injury respectively.
World Athletics Championship: Jeswin Aldrin qualifies for long jump final, Sreeshankar fails
Jeswin Aldrin leapt to 8.00 metres in Qualifying B Group to finish among the 12 best participants to qualify for the final, which will be held on Thursday evening.
ISSF World Championship: Amanpreet stars as India pick up gold and bronze in Baku
The Women’s Standard Pistol trio picked up a bronze in the team competition, to swell the country’s tally to five gold and four bronze medals.
Chess World Cup: Praggnanandhaa holds Magnus Carlsen to another draw to take final to tiebreaks
Praggnanandhaa, who had played out a draw with white pieces on Tuesday, held the Norwegian five-time World Champion in Classical Chess to another draw, this time with black pieces.
World Athletics Championships: Tamberi wins high jump gold; El Bakkali clinch 3,000m steeplechase title
The joint Olympic gold medallist made a first-time clearance at 2.36m, a world lead to take the gold on Tuesday. Olympic finalist JuVaughan Harrison, who failed at his first attempt, got the nod at his second to win the silver, his first global medal while the bronze medal went to Qatar's Mutaz Barshim.
'I just heard from him': Henry Olonga confirms Zimbabwe cricket Heath Streak great is 'very much alive'
Olonga in his new post said that rumours of Streak's death were greatly exaggerated and that he had heard from him.
'He is someone who likes other batters to go...', says Shubman Gill on his successful partnership with Rohit Sharma
The pair compiled 685 runs at 76.11 in the nine instances batting together in the format. Taking out their only partnership together while not opening the batting, their average partnership jumps to 85.37.
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