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Se-young celebrates her victory over Wang in the semifinal. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The men’s singles final will crown a new badminton World champion. The women’s title clash will pit the defending champion against a three-time victor. In men’s singles, 21-year-old Alex Lanier will face Japan’s Kodai Naraoka for a world title neither…

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Jaiveer Mahendru, with four points, emerged as the sole leader in the Open section after the fourth round of the Asian junior chess championship here. In the girls’ event, Pratitee Bordoli and Leyla Shohradova shared the lead with four points each. Five rounds remain. Important results (fourth round): Open: Jaiveer Mahendru 4 bt Aaditya Dhingra…

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Rohit won the gold with a personal best. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Rohit Yadav spectacularly pushed his personal best to 87.68m to take the men’s javelin gold while 19-year-old sprinter Abinaya Rajarajan gave a dazzling performance to clock 11.34s and win the women’s 100m with a National under-20 record in the $75,000 World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at…

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Kavyashree Baskar. | Photo Credit: File photo: S. MAHINSHA Sayali Wani and Taneesha Kotecha, seeded sixth and eighth respectively, suffered early exits while G. Sathiyan and H. Jeho also bowed out at the UTT National-ranking table tennis tournament at The Sportz Hub on Saturday. On a hectic penultimate day, five of the eight men’s main-draw…

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. | Photo Credit: X@FCJurong Singapore Premier League club FC Jurong, part-owned by Indian company SkaSports, announced the signing of former AC Milan and Japan player Keisuke Honda for the 2026-27 season on Saturday. “I am very happy to introduce Keisuke Honda as an FC Jurong player today. This season, we start a new chapter…

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East Bengal FC will seek to avenge its only defeat of the season so far when its faces traditional rival Mohun Bagan Super Giant in the final of the 135th Durand Cup at Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. The famed Kolkata Derby returns to the venue where this edition began four weeks ago, adding another…

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Mayank Yadav. | Photo Credit: File photo: AP Pace is Mayank Yadav’s foremost ally. That was established in the blink of an eye in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), where he went on to clock a top speed of 156.7 kmph for Lucknow Super Giants. With such a gift in his locker, he was…

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Treesa attempts a diving return while Gayatri looks on. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR On Friday, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand had credited their victory to being calm on court and staying patient. On Saturday, the two admitted they had slipped up on both fronts in their three-game defeat to defending champions Sheng Shu Liu…

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The 55th Annual General Meeting of the Hyderabad Race Club (HRC) was held on Saturday (Aug. 22) evening. Mr. Raghuram Reddy Ramasahayam, Mr. Manish Jaiswal, Mr. Krishna Rama Mohan Rao Veeramachaneni (V. Krishna Mohan) and Mr. Seshadri Reddy Pochana (P.S. Reddy) were elected as the Stewards of HRC. Published – August 22, 2026 07:33 pm…

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