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Indian women’s blind cricket team earlier this week defeated Australia by 9 wickets to clinch the gold medal at the World Games, winning everyone’s hearts with their spectacular show in the tournament.The victory has ignited a flame of hope for aspiring blind female athletes across the nation, but to continue the momentum, they will require a little bit of backing.”Our girls’ hard work and determination have proved that nothing is impossible. I feel they have a bright future, seeing the response of the entire country for these girls. I just want that they now get the required support from the…

It was the first time in the history of the championships that India made it to the final of the event, which was eventually won by the US (2:57:31), while France (2:58:45) and Great Britain (2:58:71) finished second and third, respectively.A day before, the Indian quartet had set an Asian record by clocking 2:59.05 to finish second only behind the US and sprint into the final.A cramp-stricken Ramesh, who had to be carried on a stretcher after the race, was brilliant in the anchor leg, almost matching his US counterpart step by step.Buoyed by the impressive show at the Worlds,…

At the age of 14, Shaili Singh had to make major adjustments in her life as the aspiring long-jumper moved from her home town Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh to Bengaluru to train at the Anju Bobby George Sports Foundation.The move from North to South meant staying away from her single mother and two siblings, living alone in an unknown place that was totally different in terms of weather, food and culture.Shaili Singh took that decision so that she could train under the supervision of the legendary Anju Bobby George, the best woman long-jumper ever produced by the country, who won…

She won India’s first-ever individual compoundtitle and became the youngest Indian world champion at the age of 17, making history in the World Cup era (from 2006 on).The legacy of Deepika Kumari, Abhishek Verma, Jayant Talukdar and Limba Ram will continue to dominate on the international stage with Swami adding her name to the tally.Swami has already performed at the best level and is looking forward to major tournaments. The upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 will be the major challenge for her, which she would look to conquer before the Asian Games 2023, which will give her the platform to boost…

Genelia took to Instagram stories, where she posted a slew of pictures from her trip. The first image has her sitting in a flight and she captioned: “Leaving on a jet plane.”She then asked for restaurant recommendations in Bengaluru.Genelia then shared a picture with Sudeep and her husband Riteish Deshmukh. In the picture, the three are looking at the camera and smiling while striking a pose.Then the video comes of Siddharth singing on stage and Genelia screaming and cheering for him.Which she captioned as: “N when Munna met Harini 20 years later this happens #boys.”’Boys’ is a Tamil-language coming-of-age musical…

New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Last year’s finalist Ons Jabeur of Tunisia needed nearly three hours to post a 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3 comeback win over Czech player Marie Bouzkova at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Saturday’s win was the second straight three-set triumph for the 29-year-old from Tunisia. After her latest closely-contested win, Jabeur meets Zheng Qinwen, the rising 20-year-old from China, in the Round of 16 on Monday. Down 3-5, Jabeur had 15 errors to her opponent’s five, and looked as if she was on her way to conceding the set. The Tunisian rallied, but Bouzkova took the first frame, 7-5.…

Talking about her willingness to explore different platforms, Sumati said: “Being an artist, everyone desires to do new things other than TV. Honestly, I didn’t get time to explore more as when I started working on TV I had back-to-back projects. Still, I have thought about this a lot of times. I hope in the future I will do web films. After a certain period, I will start trying as I have still not tried for web and films.”About getting an offer of a movie, she said: “I was offered a South movie, but things didn’t work out in the…

Chamari slammed 55 off 40 balls as she led Sri Lanka’s charge of chasing down England’s below-par total of 104 with 6.4 overs to spare. With the ball, she took out Danni Wyatt in the opening over to set the tone for a superb bowling performance from Sri Lanka to square three-game series at 1-1.”I’m really happy about my team’s performance. We learned a lot of things from the last game and we executed all the right plans here. As a captain, as a team, this is huge for us. Huge for women’s cricket in Sri Lanka,” she said after…

The commission has already sent intimation to the JU authorities on this count and said that during the field visit the members of the anti-ragging cell of the commission will be interacting with the faculty members and students of the university separately.JU insiders said that main intention of commission, as intimated to the university authorities, is to conduct a thorough survey on how far the anti-ragging guidelines set by the commission have been implemented in JU as well as to get an explanation on the unanswered queries in the past three reports sent by the university on this count.Meanwhile, JU…

Securing a decisive victory over the party’s acting chief Seiji Maehara, Tamaki was re-elected as the party’s leader for a new three-year term in the leadership election on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.Tamaki, in his victory speech, expressed his commitment to hear the opinions of different relevant parties for improvements in terms of issues exposed during the leadership election, in preparation for the upcoming general elections.As per local media outlets, the five-term House of Representatives member also said he has no plans to become a Cabinet member, alluding to the potential reshuffle.In September 2020, Japan’s largest opposition party emerged following…