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Jay Meena wins India’s first-ever soft tennis bronze medal at Asian Games

September 23, 2026 admin

Jay Meena had also participated in the 2018 and 2022 editions of the Asian Games. | Photo Credit: X/@ashishsood Jay Meena secured India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games, fetching a bronze after losing to Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka in the men’s singles semifinals in Nagoya on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). Playing in his…

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Between the deed and the redemption falls the shadow

September 23, 2026 admin

Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith address a press conference after the ball-tampering scandal in the 2018 Cape Town Test. | Photo Credit: File photo: AFP So Steve Smith was ‘traumatised’ at the reaction to his act of cheating in a Test match. Australia are in South Africa for their first Test series after the incident…

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Asian Games 2026 LIVE | Men’s soft tennis singles: Jay Meena in quarterfinal against Sherwin Nuguit

September 23, 2026 admin

When Manu Bhaker first walked into the Asian Games arena as a teenager in Jakarta back in 2018, she arrived as one of the bright young faces of an Indian shooting generation being moulded for the future. Saurabh Chaudhary was another teenager on that stage. Seven years later, Parth Mane is beginning to write the…

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La Liga president hits out at Real Madrid refereeing ‘conspiracy’ claims

September 22, 2026 admin

LaLiga president Javier Tebas. File | Photo Credit: Reuters La Liga president Javier Tebas hit out on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) at what he deemed accusations of a refereeing “conspiracy” by Real Madrid following their derby loss to Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho brought two printed screenshots of what he thought were red-card…

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La Liga president hits out at Real Madrid refereeing ‘conspiracy’ claims

September 22, 2026 admin

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Queens of Asia – The Hindu

September 22, 2026 admin

Smriti Mandhana’s smile was broader than Shafali Verma’s. But it was Shafali who scored a hundred — a sensational hundred it was, too — against Bangladesh in the semifinal of women’s cricket in the Asian Games at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Sunday. And Smriti wasn’t there in her usual place, the non-striker’s…

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Brazil Legends and Indian All Stars to rekindle football magic

September 22, 2026 admin

Bhaichung Bhutia. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN Memories will visit the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday night. Memories of Ronaldinho and Rivaldo from the World Cup. Of I.M. Vijayan and Jo Paul Ancheri scoring some great goals at the Indian football ground. The match between Brazil Legends and Indian All Stars could indeed make the football fans nostalgic. The game,…

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TNPL was a new experience as the crowd was different, says Vineeth

September 22, 2026 admin

Vineeth. | Photo Credit: Shayan Acharya V.K. Vineeth didn’t feature in Tamil Nadu’s under-14 or under-16 teams. But he made the Vinoo Mankad and Cooch Behar Trophy squads and, last season, emerged as the Vinoo Mankad Trophy’s top run-scorer with 488 runs. Then came the High Performance Camp at CoE, followed by a tour of…

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Kushagra, Kotian dig deep to revive India-A

September 22, 2026 admin

Kushagra and Kotian applied themselves well. | Photo Credit: CAP Kumar Kushagra (82 retired hurt, 160b, 10×4) and Tanush Kotian (68 batting, 134b, 4×4, 1×6) braved a rampant spin attack from Australia-A to salvage India-A’s innings on the opening day of the first ‘Test’ at the Siechem Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Their 138-run partnership…

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Yugan Sakthivel wins junior men’s trap event at ISSF Junior World Cup

September 22, 2026 admin

Yugan Sakthivel Muthukumar won gold in the junior men’s trap event at the ISSF Junior World Cup held in Porpetto, Italy, recently. The 15-year-old from Tamil Nadu finished with 27 hits out of 30 to finish on top of the podium. Published – September 22, 2026 08:05 pm IST Source link

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