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Wolves beat Bulls for title in inaugural Grand Prix Badminton League
With India's badminton icon and two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu watching the final from the sidelines, Gloria Vinayakumar gave the Wolves a perfect start by winning her singles match against Ananya Praveen. However, the pair of Ashith Surya and Sai Pratheek won their Trump match against the duo of Hemanth Gowda and Prakash Raj to help the Bulls nose ahead 2-1. Naren S Iyer restored parity with a win in the men's singles against Anirudh Deshpande. The pair of Suhas V. and Amurtha P. then strengthened the lead with a victory in the mixed doubles over the pair of Madhusudan M. and Ruth Misha Vinod.
Changwon 2022 World Cup: Singhraj adds medals to India's tally
According to information received here, Singhraj claimed the P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol individual bronze and teamed up with Rahul Jakhar and Deepender Singh to take the Team silver. Rifle shooter Sidhartha Babu claimed the bronze in R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 finals. Overall, India have one gold, two silver and three bronze medals to take third place in the medals table at the ongoing event that runs until August 24, 2022.
BWF World Championships 2022: Lakshya, Srikanth lead India's challenge in Sindhu's absence
According to information received here, Singhraj claimed the P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol individual bronze and teamed up with Rahul Jakhar and Deepender Singh to take the Team silver. Rifle shooter Sidhartha Babu claimed the bronze in R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 finals. Overall, India have one gold, two silver and three bronze medals to take third place in the medals table at the ongoing event that runs until August 24, 2022.
Durand Cup: ISL champs Hyderabad FC kick-off campaign against TRAU FC
HFC are drawn in Group C in the 131st edition of the prestigious competition, where they take on the local I-League side at the Khuman Lampak Stadium in Imphal, Manipur. Hyderabad FC, who reached the city on Saturday, have named a strong squad for their Durand Cup campaign, with all six overseas players gunning to make a mark.
Geoffrey Boycott issues ominous warning to England after loss to SA; says they don't stand a chance in Ashes
England could not stand up to the fiery pace of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje as the duo picked up match figures of 7/79 and 6/110 respectively, and Boycott felt that with the Australian seam attack boasting of the likes of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, it would be difficult for the hosts to regain the Ashes.
Real Madrid too strong for Celta Vigo, penalties decisive for Betis and Osasuna in La Liga
Both of Betis' goals in their 2-1 win away to Mallorca, and Osasuna's two goals in their 2-0 home win over Cadiz came from the penalty spot, Xinhua reports. Borja Iglesias put Betis ahead in the ninth minute, and Vedat Muriqi levelled for Mallorca early in the second half. A harsh penalty given for a supposed foul on Nabil Fekir allowed Iglesias to score from the spot to decide a match where the referee showed 15 yellow cards.
T20 World Cup: Tactical smartness, experience key to success in Australia
When teams travel to Australia in October-November for the T20 World Cup, they are expected to get few noticeable things there. Bigger grounds, lesser grip for spinners, truer bounce for pacers, more horizontal shots for batters and change in par scores are the specific things which teams will have to take care of.
Pandit as head coach of an IPL side marks a new beginning for Indian coaches
The women's IPL is finally happening. March 2023 will see the women take centre stage prior to the already established world-class product that is the men's Indian Premier League. While it will enhance the women's game with more competitive cricket, it will be in complete contrast to the men's game, which has had an overload of game time.
'Biggest Show on Earth' could be the last hurrah of superstars Messi, Ronaldo
Argentina's Messi is now 35, and the Portuguese striker is 37, and this could probably be the last World Cup for them. So far, Messi and Ronaldo have not won the World Cup and this time around both would be determined to add the only trophy missing from their stellar careers.
Qatar gets set to host 1.2 mn global fans as FIFA World Cup draws closer
The first football World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world will start on November 20, with about 1.2 million fans from across the world expected to congregate in the tiny Gulf nation, which has kicked up quite a bit of dust by trying a paradigm shift in the history of the game.
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