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26Oct

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2 medals at Asian meet, 16-year-old from J&K is ‘first female archer without arms’

[ad_1] SHEETAL DEVI, a 16-year-old archer from Loidhar village in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, is the “first female archer without arms to compete internationally”, according to World Archery, the sport’s governing body. This week, she won two medals at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou. How she releases an arrow is a testament to Sheetal’s spirit. She holds and balances the 27.5 kilogram bow with her right leg, pulls the string back using a manual releaser attached to her right shoulder, and uses a device called the trigger, held in her mouth, to direct the arrow at a target 50 metres away. All the while, she holds herself upright on the seat with her left leg. Sheetal was born with Phocomelia, a rare congenital disorder that causes under-developed limbs. “Initially, I could not even lif...

14Oct

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Eager to host 2036 Olympics…dream of 140 cr Indians: PM Modi

[ad_1] Making a formal declaration of India’s interest in hosting the Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here Saturday that the country will “leave no stone unturned in our efforts” to host the Summer Games in 2036.Hosting the Olympics, Modi said, is the “age-old dream and aspiration of 140 crore Indians.” He was addressing a gathering of more than 100 of the who’s who of world sport – with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach seated on the dais – in Mumbai during the opening ceremony of the governing body’s annual summit, called the IOC Session. “India is eager to host the Olympics in the country. India will leave no stone unturned in the preparation for the successful organisation of the Olympics in 2036, this is the dream of 140 crore Indians. This drea...

13Oct

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Chicago Chacha, sound of garba, as Rohit and Babar dial down hype before Big Game today

[ad_1] ON THE gates of the Narendra Modi Stadium, the lone Pakistan fan, Mohammad Bashir aka Chicago Chacha, is surrounded by television reporters, fans and passers-by. Bashir is in high demand, he’s the rare voice from the opposition. It’s noon time and there are sweat beads on the 68-year-old’s forehead but the questions are unending. Chacha is being coaxed to say that India will win.“I can’t say that,” he says. “The best team should win.” An hour later, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is asked about the prospect of playing in a stadium with 1.3 lakh capacity that might have Chacha as the token Pakistani in the stands. He handles it well and says, “If the Pakistani fans were allowed, it would have been good … But when we arrived in Hyderabad, I felt there were a lot of supporters of the Pa...

10Oct

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IOC chief Thomas Bach: Serious considerations, interest in India on hosting Olympics

[ad_1] Ahead of the 141st session of the International Olympic Committee here, IOC president Thomas Bach said he has noted India’s “great interest” in hosting the Games, while adding that the T20 format, which is set to be included in the 2028 edition, was the perfect vehicle to re-introduce cricket into the quadrennial sporting extravaganza. There has been talk of India throwing its hat in the ring to stage the Olympics, possibly in 2036, and while the official bidding process hasn’t started yet, Bach said there are “serious considerations” about the possibility. “We have so far noted that there’s a great interest and there are apparently serious considerations here within India (to bid for the Games). We have to wait now how this will turn into a project and will be brought forward to ...

4Oct

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Cricket World Cup: Free tickets & coupons on offer, women to pack stands today for World Cup opener

[ad_1] The stage is being set for an estimated 30,000-40,000 women from across Ahmedabad to watch for free the opening match of the cricket World Cup between defending champions England and New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium Thursday. The BJP’s city ward-level network is mobilising women to pack the stands with local leaders distributing tickets and assuring complimentary coupons for tea and lunch. Lalit Wadhawan, BJP vice-president of Bodakdev area, said the idea to bring women to the stadium was inspired by the passage of the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament last month. All 10 captains pose with the trophy. (PTI) “Around 30,000 to 40,000 women from Ahmedabad will be watching the game in the stadium tomorrow. Our volunteers have been asked to send the names and tickets were...

3Oct

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Rohit puts to rest shadow of past: ‘Yes, we have not won; it is fine… It happens’

[ad_1] THE LAST time India won an ICC tournament was in 2013, when M S Dhoni lifted the Champions Trophy. A decade later, captain Rohit Sharma says he wouldn’t allow the decade-long futile Cup chase to pull down his team during the 50-over cricket carnival that starts on Thursday, when defending champions England take on New Zealand in Ahmedabad. “Yes, we have not won; it’s fine! I’m not a person who overthinks and puts myself in a tough place where I’m not able to make a decision. England started winning now; in 2019 they won the World Cup after so many years. It happens. Australia is the only consistent team who have won. After 2007, they won the ODI World Cup in 2015. They won the T20 World Cup in Dubai,” Sharma told The Indian Express. So who will win the Cup? “I don’t have an answer...

30Sep

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India win squash gold in thriller with Pak, stun China in table tennis doubles

[ad_1] “12-10 in the fifth, in the decider of the Asian Games gold medal match, India vs Pakistan, how do you write it!” gasped Abhay Singh. “How do you write it?”India’s man of the moment, who nearly quit the sport two years ago, captured the emotions best. Where to even begin to describe the relentless drama, the unbearable tension and the astonishing fightback that ultimately led to a squash gold medal with a 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 victory? With the bickering start to what turned out to be one of the all-time classic India-Pakistan matches? Or the cold-blooded, thoroughly professional exhibition by veteran Sourav Ghosal, which brought India back into the mix? Perhaps, it’s best to start at the end of this titanic clash that transformed from ugly to sublime to compelling. With ...

26Sep

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5 ICC World Cup matches in Ahmedabad, BnBs, hotels look to make a fortune

[ad_1] The hospitality industry might see its best boom post-Covid with Ahmedabad expected to be flooded with cricket fans, as it hosts five of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 matches beginning next month.While hotels have increased their room tariffs up to 10 fold, even the Airbnb website shows rates for properties as high as 20-fold for October 14 when India plays Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. For instance, an apartment hosted on the Airbnb website claiming to be “250 m” from the stadium is listed as “Motera cricket stadium home furnished 6 bed-2 BHK”, available for Rs 81,000 a night. Rishav Poddar, one of the hosts on the website offering a “weekend getaway living on the periphery of Ahmedabad”, told The Indian Express that he is...

20Sep

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Babysitter to Street Fighter: How this esports athlete juggled roles on way to Asian Games

[ad_1] A freelance interior designer, Mayank Prajapati spends most of his daytime looking after his two-year-old. It is only after wife Shweta, a business analyst at the American Express office nearby, is done with her shift that Prajapati embraces his alter ego. That is when the 33-year-old Gurgaon resident becomes a Street Fighter, who kicks, punches and beats others to a pulp. All within the confines of his PC room.Later this month, he will be among India’s first-ever contingent of 15 esports athletes vying for a medal at the Asian Games. Scheduled to fly to Hangzhou this week, Prajapati credits his wife for being his guardian angel in an expensive industry with increasing accessory demands for players to thrive in a highly competitive atmosphere. “Your family support means a lot if y...

16Sep

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In last year’s crisis, Lanka cricketers went all out to help; fans are returning the love

[ad_1] It’s almost 1:30 on Friday night and roughly 25 minutes since Charith Asalanka scored the winning runs against Pakistan, propelling Sri Lanka to the Asia Cup final against India. The presentation ceremony is over and the commentary crew are packing up.However, at the spectator stands inside R Premadasa Stadium, no one is ready to leave. As chants of ‘Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’ continue to reverberate around, for many, Sunday’s final against India can’t come any sooner.There is something unmistakable that swells in from the stands along with the ‘Papare’ soundtrack, grown from Sinhala Baila music: it’s the sound of people falling in love again with the national cricket team, the single unifying force in a country that suffered through an economic turmoil in 2022. India’s captain Rohit ...

1Sep

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An Island town stops to watch India and Pakistan clash today

[ad_1] PALLEKELE IS a small, quiet town, just a half-an-hour’s drive from Kandy, the second largest city in Sri Lanka dotted with tea plantations. The locale is so quiet that even the chirp of a bird could wake you up in the morning. Perched on the hillside, tourists flock here to unwind and soak in the greenery, with a cup of tea or a swig of arrack with ginger ale by their side. But since Friday morning, the town, with a population of only 1,11,701, has been buzzing, witnessing something new, with the inflow of cricket tourists from the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, bringing some parts of the town to a standstill. The occasion thus is set for the first of the five potential encounters in the next two months, from Asia Cup to the World Cup, between rivals India and Paki...

18Mar

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‘IPL franchises need to to be told to rest India players to keep them ready for WTC final and World Cup’ says Ravi Shastri

[ad_1] With the world Test championship just a week after the IPL and India already reeling with a few injury concerns, the former India coach Ravi Shastri believes the Indian board needs to talk to the IPL franchises to allow players a much-needed break. “Even during the IPL the board has to tell the franchise, listen we need him, India needs him, so for India’s sake, if he doesn’t play those games it will be good,” Shastri told The Indian Express on the sidelines of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) in Doha. Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer are undergoing rehabilitation for their injuries. With India playing the World Test Championship final just a week after IPL, the challenge for the board is to make sure a fit Indian team will board a flight to the UK. The ODI world cup too...