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BWF World Junior Championships: Sankar Muthusamy reaches semis, assures India of medal
Subramanian, India's highest-ranked junior men's singles player at world No.4, held his nerves despite losing the second game rather easily, to beat his Chinese opponent 21-18, 8-21, 21-16 in an hour and 31 minutes in the men's singles quarterfinals to guarantee himself a podium finish. Notably, both the losing semifinalists win bronze medals at the junior world championships.
French Open badminton: Satwik-Chirag beat Takuro-Kobayashi to reach semis
The seventh-seeded men's doubles pairing beat world No.1 Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 23-21, 21-18 here at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin on Friday. Up against Japanese top seeds Takuro and Yugo, the 2021 men's doubles world champions and the seventh-seeded Chirag and Satwiksairaj put up a masterful display to win 23-21, 21-18 in 49 minutes.
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey: India, Great Britain play out entertaining 5-5 draw
With this draw, India moved to eight points from five matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss), behind Australia who have 10 from four (3 wins and 1 draw). Great Britain are third with seven points (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses). South Africa and Japan have six points each from four matches while Malaysia have zero points from four games in this six-team competition.
T20 World Cup: Disney+ Hotstar launches Follow On, a special feed for freemium users of the app
The company will make Follow On available for all users -- subscribers as well as freemium users. Freemium users on the app will be switched to Follow On after the free live cricket timer (free sampling of live cricket offered to freemium users) expires, to be able to follow the game seamlessly.
ISL 2022-23: Hyderabad FC host FC Goa, look to reclaim top spot in points table
Hyderabad currently have seven points from three games and can go top of the league table with a win in this tie. The Gaurs, who have won both their games so far, can also do the same if they can get a positive result in this game. Carlos Pena's side beat Chennaiyin FC and East Bengal FC in their two games so far, with Edu Bedia and Noah Sadaoui both scoring stoppage-time goals.
T20 World Cup: Australia-England Group 1 clash washed out due to rain in Melbourne
Earlier in the day, another Group 1 match between Ireland and Afghanistan was also abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. Now, just like Afghanistan and Ireland split points, England and Australia will now share points from Friday's washout. The toss for the clash, which was supposed to be at 6:30pm Melbourne time, was delayed ahead of an inspection at 7.30pm local time.
Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra pumps up 'Wakanda Forever' fever
Neeraj Chopra journey from humble beginnings to achieving the coveted Olympic gold medal and becoming the reigning champion has truly been inspiring and extraordinary in equal measures. Marvel Studios released a new promotional video asset featuring Chopra on Friday on their social media handles.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores on return as Manchester United qualify for Europa League knockout stage
In a match dominated by the Manchester United, headed goals from Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford in each half were added to by a late Cristiano Ronaldo strike to settle the victory. The result, our fourth win of the group stage, means there will be a showdown at Real Sociedad next week to decide who takes top spot and avoids having to play off against a third-placed side from the Champions League.
Akanksha Vyavahare creates Weightlifting National records in 40kg category at Khelo India tournament
The weightlifter, also a part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, has created the NRs in all 3 scores - Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total. Akanksha bettered her existing Snatch national record, by lifting 60kg. She recorded 71kg in the Clean & Jerk, and on the process, registering a total lift of 131kg. She competed in the 40kg Youth Girls' category.
T20 World Cup: Group 1 clash between Afghanistan, Ireland abandoned due to persistent rain
Both teams will now receive a point each. Friday's match takes the tally of games being abandoned due to rain this week to three. In Afghanistan's case, it is their second straight no-result after the washout against New Zealand at the same venue on Wednesday.
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