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Road to Paris Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra starts with a bang. Mirabai Chanu takes it easy, ticks a box
Neeraj Chopra won the Diamond League in Doha with a 88.67m javelin throw. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu didn't fare as well at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 - both could translate to good news for India at Paris Olympics 2024.
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Vinesh Phogat: Unfortunate that IOA, sports ministry protecting a criminal instead of protecting athletes
The Supreme Court will today hear an emergency petition by the legal counsel for the wrestlers that may open the path to a police investigation against former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
INDIA
WFI Sexual Harassment Case | Olympian Sakshi Malik: Still waiting to see investigation report
Supreme Court tells Delhi Police to file FIR, sets emergency hearing on wrestling federation sexual harassment allegations for April 28. Sports ministry cancels upcoming WFI elections.
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London Marathon 2023 winners Sifan Hassan and Kelvin Kiptum signal faster races, more surprises ahead
While Ethiopia-born Sifan Hassan won her debut marathon, Kelvin Kiptum set the second fastest men’s marathon time ever at London.
CRICKET
IPL 2023: Sixes account for 27 percent of all runs scored so far in this edition of the IPL
This IPL, the six-hitting is bordering on the ludicrous—Du Plessis has 23 sixes; Glen Maxwell; 19; and Venkatesh Iyer, Kyle Mayers, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran each have 15 sixes.
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Boston Marathon 2023: What went wrong for Eliud Kipchoge, the man who broke the 2-hour barrier?
Eliud Kipchoge, 38, finished sixth at the 2023 Boston Marathon.
CRICKET
IPL 2023: How KKR star Rinku Singh became Indian cricket’s new sixer king
If the Tata Indian Premier League’s selection changed the life and humble circumstances of the Kolkata Knight Riders’ player, Rinku Singh’s sixer shots will give a fillip to a weak KKR’s batting form in the coming days.
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The PSG problem and why Messi (and Mbappe) need to leave
Sources around Lionel Messi, 35, have made it clear that he wants to move—reports suggest he is likely to join Al-Hilal in the Saudi Arabian league, the city rivals of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr.
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Why boxer Lovlina Borgohain has a real shot at another medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics
On International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2023, a look at boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s achievements, and prep in the run-up to the Paris Olympics.
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How India’s Women’s World Boxing Champions are building on Mary Kom’s legacy
Women’s boxing in India found few takers despite Mary Kom’s five world titles. With Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain crowned world champions to make four gold medals for India at IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, here begins a new era.
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IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023: Four Indian boxers to fight for gold
Nitu Ghanghas (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) and Saweety Boora (81kg) are all through to the finals, to be held on March 26, 2023, at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi.
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IBA Women’s Boxing World Championship 2023: Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain and other Indian medal hopefuls
IBA Women’s Boxing World Championship 2023 is from March 15-26, 2023.
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Obituary: What would football be without Pele?
Like so many things in his life, “joga bonito” - "the beautiful game" - got stuck to Pele’s name, and through him, it became the very essence of what it meant to be a Brazilian football player.
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Karim Benzema and France part ways. They had had a turbulent relationship for years
Karim Benzema will continue to play for Real Madrid. But when he eventually looks back at his biggest victories, he might feel a pang of regret that they won't include a World Cup.
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FIFA World Cup 2022 | What now for Lionel Messi and Argentina?
The loss to Saudi Arabia could inspire Argentina to shrug off the disappointment and find even greater form. Or it could break them, stop them from playing freely and with joy. The second path is more likely.
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FIFA World Cup 2022 | Jamal Musiala, Alvarez, Gavi... top young talent to watch this World Cup
The discovery of young, new players who can send whole stadiums full of people into a frenzy is one of the great joys of the World Cup.
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FIFA World Cup 2022 | Does Brazil have the most attacking team at the World Cup?
Football Coach Tite’s attacking line-up is so strong that it does not depend on a single person—not even the most archetypal Brazilian flair player like Neymar—to make a difference.
SPORTS-TRENDS
FIFA World Cup 2022: Goodbye football's golden age, it's end of an era for Messi, Ronaldo, and many more
FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar is the swansong for not just the two giants but for a whole galaxy of players who defined a generation and with that it will bring to end one of football’s most gilded epochs.
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Why Lionel Messi's retirement announcement has the whiff of unfinished business
For Argentines, Lionel Messi is not his statistics. He is not the highest goal-scorer for his country (90 goals; the next best is 56 goals by Gabriel Batistuta). He is defined by what he has not done yet: win a World Cup.
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Chessgate: Grand Master Magnus Carlsen may have opened a can of worms when he refused to play with Hans Niemann
The incident has put a spotlight on cheating in chess, and how rampant it may be ever since the global pandemic and lockdowns around the world led to a Big Bang level explosion of interest in online chess.
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Book review: The whys have it
In seven quick chapters, scientist Justin Gregg unpacks how humans are 'why' specialists, and why we would do well not to consider our intelligence superior to other animals'.
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2022 BWF Badminton World Championships: Sat-Chi build a runway paved with bronze
Over the years, they have both worked on their weaknesses—Chirag Shetty has become more powerful in his game, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy more wristy, better-equipped to handle defensive situations.
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Take a bow, H.S. Prannoy
This season, H.S. Prannoy has come across as a person transformed. Not only has his game become sharper, more skillful, and more thoughtful, as a person, Prannoy has never looked calmer.
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The ongoing storm in Indian football has a clear centre—Praful Patel
Supreme Court judges on Monday said he was “trying to torpedo the tournament (U17 World Cup)”, following a petition from the CoA members that it was Praful Patel who instigated the ban by sending a letter to Fifa.
