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India were in a familiar situation at the Asian Games. Victory was taken for granted, defeat would have counted as a disgrace. This is the fate of top-ranked teams: damned if you do and doubly damned if you don’t. The repercussions would have been greater had India lost to Japan following the infamous ‘wide ball’…
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For nearly a quarter of a century, Joshna Chinappa has stood like a colossus on the squash court. At 40, Joshna doesn’t seem to have lost her fighting spirit and tenacity. She knows she is ageing, has tweaked her training module accordingly and has remained one of the finest players in the country a good…
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For more than a decade, Alvaro Robles has been a regular presence on the international table tennis circuit. The Spanish left-hander, who has reached a career-high No. 28 in the world, has spent nearly 10 years inside the top 100 and is now a familiar face in the Ultimate Table Tennis, having featured in six…
Tejaswin Shankar, the National record holder in high jump and decathlon, loves to break barriers, especially the tougher ones. When he ruled the high jump scene in India, he chose to switch to the much tougher decathlon and put himself through harder tests. After becoming the first Indian to cross 8,000 points (8,057) in decathlon…
Tejaswin Shankar, the National record holder in high jump and decathlon, loves to break barriers, especially the tougher ones. When he ruled the high jump scene in India, he chose to switch to the much tougher decathlon and put himself through harder tests. After becoming the first Indian to cross 8,000 points (8,057) in decathlon…
World 10K Bengaluru run event ambassador Blanka Vlasic, a double Olympic medalist and two-time World Champion in high jump, during a press conference ahead of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru run 2026, in Bengaluru on April 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The International Olympic Committee’s new policy, which mandates that eligibility for any female…
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A photograph taken on March 17, 2023 shows rubbish piled on a street in Paris’ 5th district, as rubbish collectors strike against pension reforms, leaving many streets in the capital piled with stinking waste. | Photo Credit: AFP Paris rubbish collectors could strike over the summer, a major French union said on May 2, raising…
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How are Olympic host cities selected? Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly declared India’s intention to host the Olympic Games, preferably in 2036, during the opening ceremony of the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai on October 14. Only three Asian countries have ever hosted the Olympics — China, South Korea and Japan, with…