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Manika Batra attains career best world no. 24 ranking after impressive Saudi Smash run
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Manika Batra attains career best world no. 24 ranking after impressive Saudi...

New Delhi, May 14: Indian table tennis star Manika Batra achieved a new career high ranking of World No. 24 in the latest ITTF Rankings released on Tuesday. Manika jumped 15 places from no. 39 to become world number 24. Moreover, she reclaimed her India number one place from Sreeja Akula. In...
Premier League: Arsenal beat Man Utd to take title race to final day
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Premier League: Arsenal beat Man Utd to take title race to final day

Manchester, May 13: Arsenal regained top spot from Manchester City heading into the final week of the Premier League season with a 1-0 win at Manchester United. It’s the first time in 25 years that Arsenal have been involved in the title race on the final day of the season. The Gunners...
Golf: India’s Pranavi finishes tied 7th in Aramco Series Korea
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Golf: India’s Pranavi finishes tied 7th in Aramco Series Korea

Seoul, May 12: Pranavi Urs, who began the week with a 69 that placed her T-2, ended the week with another 69 that saw her end up tied seventh at the Aramco Team Series Korea. This was the second Top-10 finish in six starts this season for Pranavi. Korea’s Hyo-Joo Kim, the home favourite, won by...
Injured Ramit Tandon bows out of Squash World Championships
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Injured Ramit Tandon bows out of Squash World Championships

New Delhi, May 13: India's Ramit Tandon was forced to retire due to an injury in his second round match against world No 7 Mohamed ElShorbagy at the Squash World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. World No 36 Tandon was trailing 3-4 in the second game when he sustained a calf injury following an...
R Praggnanandhaa beats Magnus Carlsen but remains third in Superbet chess
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R Praggnanandhaa beats Magnus Carlsen but remains third in Superbet chess

Warsaw, May 12: India's R Praggnanandhaa scored yet another victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway to keep himself afloat even as Wei Yi of China stretched his lead to a massive 2.5 points in the Superbet rapid and blitz chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour. With nine...
Jyothi Yarraji wins 100 hurdles gold in Holland, misses Olympic berth by 0.10 secs
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Jyothi Yarraji wins 100 hurdles gold in Holland, misses Olympic berth by 0.10...

Mumbai, May 10: Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji won the women's 100m hurdles event at the Harry Schulting Games 2024 athletics meet in Vught, Netherlands on Thursday. However, she was unlucky to miss the qualification mark for the Paris Olympic Games by one-tenth of a second. In her first event of...
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NZ's Colin Munro announces retirement from international cricket

Christchurch, May 10: New Zealand batter Colin Munro has decided to draw curtains on his international career that spanned 123 matches. A white-ball specialist, who featured at two previous T20 World Cups, was hoping to reignite his New Zealand career at next month's ICC Men's T20 World Cup, but...
Funding boosted for Australian Institute of Sport ahead of 2032 Brisbane Olympics
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Funding boosted for Australian Institute of Sport ahead of 2032 Brisbane...

Canberra, May 10: The Australian government has announced a funding boost for the nation's high performance sports institute ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that a 249.7 million Australian dollar (165 million U.S. dollar) upgrade for the...
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'If Dravid wants to re-apply, he can': BCCI to invite application for men's head...

Mumbai, May 10: The appointment process for the head coach of India’s men’s cricket team is set to begin in the coming week, confirmed Jay Shah, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary. Shah also said that current head coach Rahul Dravid can re-apply for the position if he...
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'Contributing to the team’s success gave immense satisfaction', says Haryana...

Ranchi, May 10: With four wins in regulation time and two wins in shootouts in their seven games, Haryana finished on top of the table in the National Women’s Hockey League 2024 (Phase 1) with 16 points. The league concluded on Thursday night at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey...
Zimbabwe Cricket confirm Madhevere, Mavuta
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Zimbabwe Cricket confirm Madhevere, Mavuta's return after drug ban

New Delhi, May 9: Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed the return of Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta to international circuit after the duo was suspended way back in December for drug use. Madhevere and Mavuta were given a four month ban for the use of recreational drugs, a fact that came to light...
Olympic flame lands at Marseille Old Port amid fiery atmosphere
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Olympic flame lands at Marseille Old Port amid fiery atmosphere

Marseille (France), May 9: The Olympic flame of Paris 2024 arrived at the renowned Old Port of Marseille amid the radiant hues of the sunset on Wednesday evening. More than 150,000 spectators gathered for the grand ceremony as France's Olympic swimming champion Florent Manaudou, carrying the...
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