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Archery World Cup Final: Silver for India’s Prathamesh Jawkar

Prathamesh Jawkar narrowly lost in the compound men's individual title clash to take silver at the Archery World Cup Final. He beat local favourite Miguel Becerra and World No.1 Dutchman Mike Schloesser in the quarters and semis, respectively. In the gold medal match, Jawkar and Mathias Fullerton tied 148-148, but…

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Gianmarco Tamberi: the high-flying showman battling long jump’s superheroes

After his World Championships triumph, the flamboyant Italian now has a full collection of major high jump golds in an extremely competitive era often headlined by the phenomenal Mutaz Essa Barshim. Their showdown at Paris 2024 will be one for the ages

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Meet the reigning queen of chess — Ju Wenjun

The Chinese Grandmaster, who has held the women’s World title since 2018, talks about her inspiration, her championship matches, her country’s growing reputation in international chess, and the Indian players who have caught her eye

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Equal pay will help women’s chess, says World champion Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun, reigning World champion, wins blitz title of Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. She also claims runner-up spot in rapid section. China's Xie Jun played key role in progress of chess in China, now Ding Liren is male World champion. Ju won World rapid championships in 2017…

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India fencer Bhavani Devi’s Parisian dream

Bhavani Devi, India's first Olympic fencer, turns 30. She is training in France under Christian Bauer, a world-renowned coach. She has won gold at the Commonwealth championships and bronze at the Asian championships. She is motivated by her peers and is determined to do better at the Paris Olympics. She…

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Divya Deshmukh stays on top, Vantika Agarwal slips

KOLKATA: Divya Deshmukh is growing from strength to strength. Overnight joint leader, the 17-year-old Women’s Grandmaster, established her position on the top as the sole leader in the women’s rapid section of Tata Steel Chess India tournament by winning all the three round matches at the Bhasha Bhawan in the…

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Getting past Vishy sir is very special: Gukesh

D. Gukesh is India's youngest Grandmaster, taking over the No. 1 spot from mentor Viswanathan Anand. He reflects on his progress, World Cup performance, and Magnus Carlsen match. Gukesh is thrilled to have surpassed Anand's rating, but is focused on his own career. He enjoyed his World Cup performance and…

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Neeraj reveals battling sickness en route to winning World title

Neeraj Chopra, World champion, apologizes for not being able to answer more questions despite being physically exhausted. He had a sore throat and cough before the Budapest World Championships, but pushed through. He participated in the Zurich Diamond League to get a feel of the competition and is now aiming…

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Daily Quiz | On World Athletics Championships 2023

The Hindu’s daily quiz on World Athletics Championships 2023

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Explained | Why was the WFI suspended by United World Wrestling?

UWW suspends WFI for not conducting elections on time. Wrestlers can compete in UWW events, but not under Indian flag. Protest by wrestlers over sexual harassment, intimidation, financial irregularities & administrative lapse. Election process delayed due to court stays & factions of WFI. To restore athletes' right to compete under…

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Noah Lyles — a worthy heir to Bolt who can get the crowd and pull in the crowd and rally the masses

Noah Lyles has taken the first step to fill Usain Bolt's shoes, winning a sprint treble at the 2023 World Athletics Championship. Lyles' gold rush began with the 100m, followed by the 200m and 4x100m. He is also a polarising figure, bringing much-needed attention to track and field, and is…

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Gold winner: On Neeraj Chopra and his golden arm

Neeraj Chopra scripting a glorious chapter at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest is in contrast to the mediocre performance of several other Indian athletes

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Was under pressure for the first time, says Javelin world champion Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra is an outlier in his rootedness & quest to be better than himself. He won gold at the World Championships, is an inspiration to Indians on the track & field, & is already looking ahead to the Paris Olympics.

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Who said what on Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal at World Athletics Championships

NEW DELHI: The whole nation erupted in joy as its golden boy in Athletics, Neeraj Chopra, once again came forth to save India's face while competing among the world's best athletes.

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Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh in Asian Games camp from August 30

NEW DELHI: The Indian men's chess team, which includes World Cup silver medalist GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and three other quarter-finalists, will have a four-day tactical camp beginning on August 30.

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Unchecked run: On the Chess World Cup, Magnus Carlsen and his challengers

Whoever wins the World title cannot claim to be the planet’s best player as long as Magnus Carlsen is around

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World Athletics Championships: Parul Chaudhary advances to steeplechase final

Neeraj Chopra to figure in javelin prelims today

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UWW suspends WFI for not holding elections on time

UWW suspends WFI for not holding elections on time; Indian athletes may compete as individuals in upcoming events. Indian wrestlers' names listed under 'IND' in Worlds entries; selection trials for World championships to be held at Patiala. IOA appointed Justice (retd.) M.M. Kumar as returning officer; polls stayed twice by…

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Archery World Cup Stage-4: Indian teams claim men and women’s compound team golds

Indian compound archers win 3 medals, incl. men & women team gold, at Archery World Cup Stage-4 in Paris. Men's team (Ojas Deotale, Prathamesh Jawkar & Abhishek Verma) beat USA 236-232 in final. Women's team (V. Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swami & Parneet Kaur) beat Mexico 234-233. Jyothi Surekha also won…

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World Athletics Championships: Jakub Vadlejch poses biggest threat to Neeraj Chopra's quest for gold

After tracking Vikram’s Lunar mission, the flight of the javelin in the men’s event — the final of which is around midnight on August 27 — will be the next focus of the Indian fans as the World Athletics Championships begins at the Hungarian city of Budapest on Saturday.

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Can Fabiano Caruana stop R Praggnanandhaa's rapid strides?

Fabiano Caruana is the only World Chess Championship challenger and losing finalist in history who did not lose a single classical game in the title match. He himself could not win a classical game in that 2018 match with Magnus Carlsen and lost in rapid tiebreaks. The American failed to…

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Fruitful day for India at the Archery World Cup Stage-4

Indian recurve teams win bronze, Jyothi Surekha in semis at Archery World Cup. Indian recurve men & women teams win bronze & compound archer Jyothi Surekha reaches women's individual semis at Archery World Cup Stage-4 in Paris.

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Matildas v England: the match that launched a thousand memes

Social media comes alight with tributes to Australia’s Women’s World Cup heroes ahead of their semi-final

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From a fringe player to India’s big medal hope — the Prannoy journey

From a fringe player to India’s big medal hope — the Prannoy journey. For someone who was talented and untiring, H.S. Prannoy remained a fringe player for too long before emerging out of the shadows of the lead performers. He is now India’s biggest medal hope at the World championships…

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Annemiek van Vleuten takes a bow at last World Championships

'I'm glad I could still be at the front and entertain' says outgoing champion

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