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Novak Djokovic on ending things with coach Goran Ivanisevic: 'Our on-court chemistry had ups & downs'
World No. 1 for nearly eight years, tennis superstar Novak Djokovic hasn't had much success in 2024 so far. He lost the Australian Open semi-final against Jannick Sinner, and then lost a match to World No. 123 Luca Nardi. On Wednesday, Djokovic announced a split from Goran Ivanisevic - his tennis coach since 2018.
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Sports round-up, March 2024: Virat Kohli front-runner for IPL 2024 Orange Cap, Uttar Pradesh athlete Gulveer Singh got silver in 10,000 metre TEN meet race
India in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers, Akhil Sheoran and Lakshya Sen's chances to make the Summer Olympics cut in 2024, and more Olympic sports news and cricket news in March 2024.
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Meet Gulveer Singh, who broke his coach's 16-yr-old national record in 10,000m
The 22-year-old is a work in progress under Surendra Singh and still needs to shed 41 seconds off his time to meet the qualification mark for the Olympics.
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India v Afghanistan FIFA World Cup qualifier: Date, Venue and Time
Where Afghanistan is likely to benefit is through their English coach, Ashley Westwood, who is well aware of Indian players but the advantage is with India and failing to score a win may well be the end of the road for their campaign.
LIFESTYLE
In Women's Premier League season, a look at what it takes to become a sportswoman
While there have been the odd exceptions in MC Mary Kom and Sania Mirza, for the majority of Indian female athletes, recognition has been hard to come by.
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All England Open 2024: Lakshya Sen may have lost the semifinal, but is inching closer to Olympics qualification
2024 Olympics qualification: Lakshya Sen has made the semifinals of consecutive tournaments to take 15th position in the Paris Olympics qualification race. The top 16 badminton players qualify for the Summer Olympics.
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Should India host the Olympics, and other key questions in Indian sports
Book review: In Boundary Lab, Nandan Kamath delves into questions like "Should MS Dhoni own the 'helicopter' shot?", "Should we hold separate women’s chess events?", "Why is sports betting illegal in India?", "Why do we have a right to watch cricket for free?", and "Should India bid to host the Olympic Games?"
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Rohan Bopanna, the oldest Grand Slam winner, men’s doubles new World No. 1, shows how perseverance pays big time
Rohan Bopanna's fitness coach, sports physiotherapist and head of sports rehabilitation at Peak Performance in Bengaluru, Yash Pandey, and others, talk about rebuilding sportspeople's strength, and how the magic that Bopanna works on the court today is a result of the efforts that he’s put in off it over the years.
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Future with AI | Champions of sports analytics want to change how cricket, boxing, table tennis, football are played, and viewed
Over the last few years, the physical prowess of athletes has been complemented by the use of sports analytics and AI to make training and coaching more scientific.
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Year Ender 2023: First Mt Meru summit via the west face, and more Indian mountaineering feats
Goodbye 2023: Over 80 Indians reached the summit of various 8,000 metre mountains across Nepal this year. Smaller peaks in the Himalayas also saw a number of first ascents made by Indian teams.
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How Bengaluru swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu went from being afraid of the water to winning 7 gold medals at National Games 2023
Dhinidhi Desinghu's sports career is going swimmingly, thanks to her customised training by coach Madhukumar BM and a steady stream of national and international events - from the National Games 2022-23 to Senior National Aquatic Championships and Asian Games 2023
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National Games 2023: 10 players to watch across sports from javelin throw to swimming and table tennis
Inaugurating the 37th National Games in Goa on October 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Games are a "mazboot launchpad" for young sportspeople. Here's a look at 10 strongly emerging athletes from India participating in the National Games.
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Ultra-running: Meet world record-breakers Sufiya ‘Sufi Runner’ & Ashish Kasodekar
The two are driven by an unconditional love for running, a dash of madness and the desire to inspire people to wake up in time to see glorious sunrises.
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Women in the Wild book review: A celebration of the journeys of Indian women wildlife biologists
Anita Mani’s Women in the Wild unpacks the life and work of a few stalwart women wildlife biologists, united by a gritty resolve to chase their calling despite the odds.
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Asian Games 2023: The making of Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, who won a silver in men's skeet
Until the miss, 25-year-old Naruka had been level with Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrashidi — the 60-year-old Is a legend in this world of shooting, a three-time world champion with two Olympic bronze medals to his name. Next up for Naruka is the Asian Championships in Changwon, South Korea in October.
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Asian Games 2023 | India's eSports contingent begin their play for medals
Mayank Prajapati on Street Fighter V; Shubham Goli on Dota 2; Charanjot Singh on Fifa Online 4, and Samarth Trivedi and Akshaj Shenoy for League of Legends tell us about their prep for Asian Games 2023
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Asian Games 2023 | Srihari Nataraj: 'I’ve never been this fast, never felt this strong'
Srihari Nataraj on preparing for the 2023 Asian Games, why we'll see a different Hari at Hangzhou compared with the 2018 Asian Games when he was 17, and why he's confident of winning a medal this year.
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Asian Games 2023 vs Indian Super League: How country vs club is affecting Indian football
Once the national team was cleared to play the Asian Games, head coach Igor Stimac looked for the best squad. But with the ISL kicking off on September 21, most names on the list had to be scrapped.
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Asian Games 2023: What keeps badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa going
After winning both their matches at the trials for the Asian Games in May, Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto's team is the second women’s doubles pair, alongside Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, to play at the 19th Asian Games 2023, slated to take place from September 23 to October 8, 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
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2023 ISSF World Championship gold medallist Esha Singh: 'I enjoy the pressure because it tells me that I care about the competition'
Shiva Narwal: 17; Esha Singh: 18; Rhythm Sangwan: 19; and Manu Bhaker: 21. India has a young and winning talent pipeline in shooting right now.
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How India’s sport climber Deepu Mallesh keeps scaling heights against all odds
Since April, Mallesh has broken the national record thrice. In May, he became the first Indian sport climber to go below the six second mark in Jakarta. Last month, he clocked his fastest time of 5.94 seconds in Chamonix. Next up, the World Cup in Wujiang next month and the Olympic qualifiers in November.
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How India's Anshuman Jhingran became the youngest person to cross North Channel
On July 17, Jhingran became the youngest in the world (18 years, 125 days) to cross the North Channel — a distance of 35 km between Northern Ireland and Scotland. This was also his first swim as part of the Oceans Seven challenge that features seven of the toughest open water crossings.
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How World No. 47 Harinderpal Singh Sandhu bounced back from a career-threatening back injury to bag gold with squash partner
Harinderpal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal Karthik, who too made a stunning comeback to the game last year after the birth of her twin boys, bagged gold at last month's Asian Mixed Doubles Championship.
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The long and high flights of paraglider Sunith Rao
Sunith Rao grew up around paragliding, his father started the flying school Nirvana Adventures in Kamshet in 1997. Earlier this year, he's logged 259.84 km from Bir, climbing to a maximum altitude of 4,595 m; Austrian paraglider Philipp Zellner holds the record for the longest flight in the region at 272 km.
