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Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu conceded a defeat in the final match of the Malaysia Masters competition against China's Wang Zhiyi on Sunday. The Indian shuttler lost to her Chinese opponent 21-16, 5-21, and 16-21 in the final match of the women's singles. Sindhu started the final game on a good note and dominated the first set as she won it by 21-16. In the second set, the Chinese made a comeback in the game and didn't give Sindhu a chance to clinch points. Zhiyi won the second set by 5-21. In the final set, Zhiyi had the last laugh of the game as she beat Sindhu by 16-21.

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Lounge. Ponnappa shot into fame as a rookie shuttler when she won the women’s doubles at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010. Since then, she has made advancements in her career including making it to the London (2012) and Rio Olympics (2016) and picking up several medals along the way.

Rupa Bayor and her being a path-breaking Taekwondo player is just one of the reasons. After all, the youngster from Arunachal Pradesh has spent a better part of her life punching back after being punched hard by life. The most recent demonstration of it was an unprecedented bronze medal in the 8th Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Danang, Vietnam earlier this month, less than a year after being forced to skip the Asian Games because of denial of visa by China. «I was always a very unyielding and combative person. I could get into a fight at the drop of a hat,» the 23-year-old told PTI in an interview as she talked about what drove her to Taekwondo given that Sippi village in Daporijo circle of Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh isn't exactly the cradle of the sport.

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Sujeet Kalkal and Jaideep Ahlawat resisted their respective rivals well at the World Qualifiers on Sunday but could not add more quotas to India's kitty for the Paris Olympic Games, where the country will have only one male wrestler in Aman presenting his challenge. In his crucial 65kg bronze medal contest, Sujeet matched USA's Zain Allen Retherford in terms of skills but conceded a takedown on counter attack to lose 2-2 on criteria. It was Sujeet who got on board first with a tremendous counter-attack move. He was about to concede points on takedown but surprised the American with his quick counter and led the bout for considerable period. Looking for another take-down, he went after Retherford but it was now turn of the American to pull off a counter move as he got the take-down near the end of circle.

India have never won an Olympic medal in archery, but celebrated coach Kim Hyung Tak will not be surprised if they break the duck in Paris. Between 2004 and 2020, India's men's, women's and mixed teams made the quarter-finals six times but could not secure a podium finish. Only Dhiraj Bommadevara has won a quota place for India in archery for the Paris Games, while the recurve archers are chasing a team quota in a qualification tournament in Turkey next month.

T20 World Cup will spread much-needed cricket awareness in the USA but eventually, it is the lure of competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics that will attract local Americans to the game that is mainly played by expats, feels USA Cricket chairman Venu Pisike. USA is co-hosting the event alongside West Indies and the US team will also be making its World Cup debut when it faces neighbours Canada in the tournament-opener on June 1. The team is mainly made up of semi-professional cricketers of South Asian heritage with former New Zealand star Corey Anderson also switching allegiance to his adopted homeland of USA. Former Indian first-class cricketer Milind Kumar and former India U-19 player Harmeet Singh are also part of the squad. Speaking to PTI, Pisike agreed it is a major challenge to take cricket to the masses in USA.

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Bajrang Punia has been handed provisional suspension for refusing to give his sample for dope test during recent trials and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is furious that NADA kept it «in dark» on the development and is planning to write to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the matter. Bajrang was handed provisional suspension on April 23 by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) and asked to send his reply by May 7 to avoid further disciplinary action. The trials to pick the men's national team for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek were held in Sonepat on March 10 and Bajrang had walked off the venue without providing his urine sample after losing his bout. Reacting to his suspension, Bajrang said he never refused to provide his sample to NADA officials.

reward every Paris Olympics Gold medallist with a cash award of $50,000. While many athletes, including Neeraj Chopra, welcomed the move, it has now sparked a global debate, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach expressing his concerns during an online media briefing recently. “The role of the international federations (IFs)…is they have to make every effort to try and close the gap between the athletes coming from privileged countries and those coming from less privileged countries. This is where the discussion is coming from (on the WA decision)”, said Bach. With the Olympic Games being the pinnacle of sports competitions globally, it is fair to reward athletes for their extraordinary feats. Considering the short career span of athletes, their financial well-being should be a priority. However, should the IOC follow the WA model? Is this the way forward for the Olympic movement? That’s where the disconnect arises. Unlike other sports competitions, the Olympics is a movement for global solidarity. It aims to unite the world through sport and bridge the gap between privilege and under-privilege. That’s why 90 percent of the IOC’s revenues are ploughed back to the member nations, with the hosts receiving $2.8 billion (Summer and Winter Games combined).

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India secured one of their biggest wins in archery as men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav stunned reigning Olympic champions South Korea to win the gold medal at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 here on Sunday. In a battle between the top-two seeds of the competition, Indians showed ice-cool composure to get the better of the mighty Koreans without dropping a set. India won 5-1 (57-57, 57-55, 55-53), taking their gold medal count to five in the season-opening global showpiece. Indian compound archers had swept the team events winning men's, women's and mixed team gold medals on Saturday.

Wrestling Federation of India's Athletes' Commission here on Wednesday, completing a process that was mandated by the sport's world governing body. A total of eight candidates were in fray for the seven positions and after polling, conducted on ballot paper, seven members got elected. They then chose Narsingh as chairman of the commission. Ahead of the 2016 Olympics, the Games-bound Narsingh had grabbed headlines when two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, who missed the qualification event due to an injury, requested for a trial bout against him. Sushil moved the Delhi High Court and only after his appeal was rejected, it was confirmed that Narsingh would go to Rio Olympics.

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Aman Sehrawat missed out on securing a berth for the Paris Games after losing his semifinal at the Asian Olympic Qualifier while Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalkal were not allowed to compete after they reported late for weigh-in, here on Friday. Competing in 57kg category, Aman began in tremendous fashion, trampling his first two rivals — Yerassyl Mukhtaruly and Sunggwon Kim — by technical superiority but was pinned by Uzbekistan's Gulomjon Abdullaev after falling behind by 10 points.

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sexual harassment case. The BJP MP reached the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi for the case hearing on Thursday morning and submitted the plea for further probe. The court reserved an order on Brij Bhushan's application for April 26.

Paris, while France will get a major host-nation bump from eighth to third, according to a forecast 100 days out from the opening ceremony. The Gracenote virtual medals table, which is compiled using results data from key global and continental competitions since the Tokyo Olympics, has the U.S. on top both on gold medal count (39) and total medal count (123). The U.S. will host the next Olympics after Paris in Los Angeles in 2028.