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Jyothi Yarraji wins the 100m hurdles at the National inter-State athletics meet in Bhubaneswar. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT After successfully making a comeback by qualifying for the Asian Games, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji wants to improve her fitness and perform better at the continental event. Jyothi, who was out of action for a year due…
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Iron Mirage, who is in fine nick, may score an encore in the S.M. Cama Music and Production Pvt Ltd Juvenile Sprinters’ Million (1,200m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday (June 27). False rails (width about 5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1. SMART…
The challenge ahead: Zverev feels he is playing good tennis now and wants to show it on the grass court. | Photo Credit: AP One of the keys to success is to be at the right place at the right time. Alexander Zverev certainly was when he won his maiden Major at Roland-Garros earlier this…
Moonveil, Starzella, Pearl Star and Ravishing Queen pleased when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (June 26) Inner sand: 1200m: Elysium (Akshay) 1-20, 1,000/1-6, 600/38.5. Moved fluently. Redefined (Akshay) 1-21, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/40. Pleased. Outer sand: 600m: Kings Gambit (Yash) 45. Easy. Breathtaking (Suraj) 41.5. Strode out well. 1000m: Diesel (R. Pradeep), Starsinhereyes (Arul)…
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Shortly after his team beat Senegal, Norway star Erling Haaland said he didn’t care all that much about its next game against France. The rest of the soccer world sure does. One of the marquee matchups of the World Cup takes place in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Friday, when Haaland and the Norwegians face France and…
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Turkey’s forward Can Uzun and US midfielder Sebastian Berhalter fight for the ball during the 2026 World Cup Group D football match between Turkey and USA at the Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood on June 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Turkey beat a second-string United States side 3-2 with a last-gasp goal from Kaan…
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Jordan Bos of Australia celebrates after a 0-0 draw during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between Paraguay and Australia at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on June 25, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. | Photo Credit: AFP Australia booked their spot in the knockout rounds of the World Cup on Thursday after…
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Sweden’s Alexander Isak celebrates after Anthony Elanga scores their first goal past Japan’s Zion. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sweden salvaged a 1-1 draw with Japan as both sides confirmed their progress to the World Cup knockout rounds on Thursday (June 25, 2026) after Anthony Elanga curled in a 62nd-minute equaliser to earn Graham Potter’s team…
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Tunisia’s Hannibal Mejbri in action with Netherlands’ Teun Koopmeiners and Justin Kluivert. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Netherlands surged into the World Cup round of 32 as Group F winners with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Tunisia on a rain-soaked Thursday, setting up a first knockout-stage clash with Morocco in Monterrey on Monday (June 29,…
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Paraguay’s Omar Alderete (3) kicks the ball during the World Cup Group D soccer match between Paraguay and Australia in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Thursday, June 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Australia recalled Nestory Irankunda in one of six changes for Thursday’s World Cup Group D match against Paraguay, who are without…
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