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Surat: The semi-finals of the Badminton singles turmed out to be one sided affairs as former national champion B Sai Praneeth (Telangana) and Karnataka’s Mithun Manjunath chalked out easy victories over their rivals to set up a title clash in the event of the 36th National Games here on Thursday.

New Delhi: CT Higher Secondaray School, Mayang, Imphal, Manipur; Pilgrim Higher Secondaray School, Dimapur, Nagaland & Gurukul Kurukshetra, Haryana recorded high scoring victories in their respective group stage matches of the 61st Subroto Cup Juniour Boys (U 17) Football Tournament played here at different venues.

Panchkula: Bangladesh's Jamal Hossain dominated the first round carding seven-under 65 to lead the opening round of the of the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula Golf Club here on Tuesday.

Gandhinagar: Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo, hogged spotlight by creating new national record in 35km Race Walk clocking 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds and in the process he also beat the record holder Juned Khan of Haryana in the 36th National Games here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Playing to a plan Christie’s Golf team won 5 of their 7 matches against team ‘B I Luxury’ and with a total of 23 points from two outings virtually assured themselves a place in the knockout stage of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League here on Tuesday.

Gandhinagar: On a day when nine new Games records were setup in athletics and swimming, Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo hogged the limelight winning 35 KM Race Walk with record timing in the 36th National Games here Tuesday.

New Delhi: India's Mumtaz Khan and Timothée Clément of France have been named the FIH Rising Stars of the Year 2021-22 in the women’s and men’s category.

At the end of the fourth round of the triple jump finals at 2022 Commonwealth Games, Abdullah Aboobacker found himself in fourth position. A medal seemed unlikely at the moment. But Coach M. Harikrishnan, who couldn’t travel to Birmingham due to visa issue, knew exactly what his word needed to hear then. He realized there was no point in suggesting technical corrections at that moment. Harikrishnan dialed up long jumper Mohammed Anees in the stands and asked him to put the phone on loudspeakers as Aboobacker leaned across to listen.

One opinion poll places the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Congress and AAP in the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, slated for December 2022, with the BJP reportedly all set to beat both anti-, and pro-incumbency; perhaps, even another altogether different strain of incumbency if there’s one, in the state where Narendra Modi’s ‘Gujarat Model’ still models for top pick!

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s comments on rising poverty, unemployment and inequality is virtually of the nature of censoring the Modi government for its utter failure to provide a people oriented governance.