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Commonwealth Games: Ajaya clinches silver, does one better than dad

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Commonwealth Games: Ajaya clinches silver, does one better than dad

Ajaya produced a Games record of 149kg in the snatch. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ajaya Babu grew up accompanying his father, Valluri Srinivasa Rao, to weightlifting competitions, learning the finer aspects of the sport from him. Inspired by Rao, who won a bronze medal in the men’s 56kg category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Ajaya arrived in Glasgow for…

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Geneva to host Gukesh-Sindarov World chess championship match

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Geneva to host Gukesh-Sindarov World chess championship match

It’s a date! Sindarov will contest Gukesh for the world crown from November 25 to December 15. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Geneva will host the World chess championship match between D. Gukesh and Javokhir Sindarov from November 25 to December 15. Chennai-based Gukesh had won the title by beating China’s Ding Liren in Singapore…

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Corinthian obliges in the feature event

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Corinthian obliges in the feature event

Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram-owned Corinthian, ridden by P. Trevor, won the Colonel B. Santosh Babu Memorial Trophy, the feature event of Tuesday’s (July 28) races here. The winner is trained by D. Netto. Jockeys Akshay Kumar and Trevor scored a treble each. Trainer Magan Singh Parmar saddled his 100th winner at the Hyderabad Race Course when his ward Ek won the fifth race. 1. SHAMIRPET TROPHY (Div. II) (1,200m): DARING SPIRIT (Suraj Narredu) 1,…

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Sooryavanshi has made a point — let us resolve to leave him alone

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Sooryavanshi has made a point — let us resolve to leave him alone

When Mahendra Singh Dhoni was starting out as an India player, he had a favour to ask of the media. Please don’t rush to my parents’ house every time I score some runs, he pleaded. It is difficult to say which comes first, the public’s obsessive interest in a player or the media’s creation of…

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From a delivery boy to a Kerala Cricket League star, the incredible rise of Krishna Devan

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From a delivery boy to a Kerala Cricket League star, the incredible rise of Krishna Devan

Bonanza: Krishna Devan was the second most expensive player in the KCL auction. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Along the winding road leading to the KCA cricket stadium in Mangalapuram, his face stares at you from the numerous flex boards. After all, the 27-year-old Krishna Devan is the toast of his hometown after he became…

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Lena, Royal Legacy and Monterio shine

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Lena, Royal Legacy and Monterio shine

Lena, Royal Legacy and Monterio shone when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (July 28). Inner sand: 600m: Moon Oracle (rb) 39. Extended. 1000m: Blazing Pearl (Girish) 1-7, 600/39. Strode out well. 1200m: Refreshment (rb) 1-23, 1,000/1-8, 600/38.5. Stretched out well. Redefined (rb) 1-22, 1,000/1-7, 600/40. Pleased. Outer sand: 600m: Absolute Force (Salman)…

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Football rules panel clarifies VAR process that World Cup red card for Switzerland’s Embolo was wrong

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Football rules panel clarifies VAR process that World Cup red card for Switzerland’s Embolo was wrong

Argentina won 3-1 in extra time with help from the red-card decision that fuelled complaints, including from previous opponent Egypt, referees were favouring Lionel Messi’s team with decisions. File | Photo Credit: AP Football’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the…

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France hires former soccer great Zinedine Zidane as men”s national team coach

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France hires former soccer great Zinedine Zidane as men”s national team coach

French Football Federation unveil Zinedine Zidane as new head coach. | Photo Credit: Reuters Zinedine Zidane is France’s new coach, replacing Didier Deschamps at the helm of the team he led to glory as arguably its greatest ever player. French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo announced Zidane’s appointment at the FFF headquarters in Paris on…

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