WORLD RECORD 👀

🇱🇹’s Mykolas Alekna breaks the oldest men’s world record* as he produces a monster discus throw of 74.35m in Ramona.

Jürgen Schult’s record stood for almost 38 years 🤯

*subject to the usual ratification procedures

Two iconic pictures both at Wankhede. The Sachin one is by Atul Kamble of Mid Day from his retirement in 2013.

Asian Games champion Palak Guliya seals India's 20th overall Olympic shooting quota. The 18-year-old wins India's second quota in the women's 10m air pistol event while winning bronze at the ISSF World Olympic qualification tournament.

Muskan was an ace shooter, and now you see her as a topper of MBBS Final year, securing 1st place in 2 categories! She is sister of Anish Bhanwala Top Indian Pistol shooter, #Paris2024 quota winner. I imagine the pride and happiness of their parents! Must be singing ‘Mere Do…

A former Indian Asian Games gold medallist has tested positive for doping, reports Y.B. Sarangi
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🚨 Press Statement 🚨

In a recent news article it was published that 3 Indian athletes will not be able to compete in the 'Meeting de Limoges'.

We are happy to inform that with the intervention of Athletics Federation of India , the three athletes will be participating in the said tournament.…

2023 Asian Junior🥇 Udit loses 5-4 to Japans Kento Yumiya in the final of the men's 57kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships. First time 🇮🇳 hasn't won gold at this weight at the Asian championships since 2019. Ravi Dahiya won in 2020,2021 and 2022. Aman won in 2023.

After World Athletics' intervention, the French Athletics meet accepts entries of Indians, who were previously barred for high doping numbers from the country

jonathan selvaraj reports
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The last time a striker scored from open play for the #Indianfootball team was in June 2023 against Nepal.

With Sunil Chhetri at the final stages of his career, is there a replacement in sight?

A statistical deep dive of the Indian strikers in the top division, ISL, points…

There's just Sumit about Nagal on clay 🧱

History for Sumit Nagal as he becomes the first-ever male Indian singles player to win a Masters 1000 match on clay!

#RolexMonteCarloMasters

#IPL2024 : Dhruva Prasad and Anish Pathiyil scrape through data that suggests bouncers are a double-edged sword. Their efficacy will more often than not depend on the craft and deceit of the bowler.

#FromTheMagazine 📚

READ: bit.ly/3PUW3MK

Tag someone you’ve seen do this move before. Don’t lie!

🚨 Live Update from the NEROCA vs Sreenidi Deccan I-League game

As the floodlights are not working, neither team has come out for the second half.

The first half ended at 5:20 PM. It has been more than 30 minutes.

This is our professional #IndianFootball league.

🏓 Table tennis star Sharath Kamal OLY, in a conversation with Nihit and Keerthivasan, opens up about the controversy surrounding him being named #TeamIndia 's flagbearer at the #Paris2024 opening ceremony.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of the podcast here 👉…

One wonders what all the extortionately paid PR professionals employed by the #IOC were doing while their boss #ThomasBach was being pranked…@olympics

Two-time Olympic champion #2 (97) Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS) banned from competing at the European Olympic Games Qualifier by the IOC. Going in his place will be #5 (97) Alikhan Zhabrailov (RUS).

All I ask for is just credit via tagging. If you go and use my image in a different colour, it doesn't make it yours. What do you lose by not crediting someone else's work?

Bindyarani Sorokhaibam takes bronze in the women's 55kg category at the Weightlifting World Cup in Thailand with a total lift of 196kg (83kg snatch + 113kg clean and jerk). Keep an eye out on Mihaela Cambei (ROU) who will compete in 49kg at Paris. She hits a new PB of 201kg.

Prakash Padukone beat Liem Swie King in the final of the 1980 All England badminton. A kutti story.

A bit like what would happen for Kapil Dev's 175*, BBC chose not to cover this match. Apparently because it was not important enough.

Devinder Singh, the Cultural Attache .. 1/n

Mirabai Chanu finishes 3rd in Group B of women's 49kg at the Weightlifting WC in Thailand with a total of 184kg (81kg snatch + 103kg Clean and jerk). Modest numbers at a return to international competition for the Olympic🥈following a hip injury six months ago at the Asian Games.