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Indian football team camp for Asian Cup qualifiers to begin on April 24, to play three international friendlies

Indian football team will have a six-week national camp from April 24 before the final round of Asian Cup qualifiers, to be held in Kolkata from June 8. India will play Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Cambodia from June 8 to 14 in Group D matches to be played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. The winners of the six groups and five best second-placed teams across groups will make it to the Asian Cup in China in 2023.

Olympic weightlifting champ stripped of 2016 gold medal, barred 8 years for doping

Olympic weightlifting champion Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan was stripped of his 2016 gold medal on Tuesday and banned eight years for doping.

Women skaters intrigue with triple Axel potential at World Championships

Will anyone land the triple Axel cleanly in women's competition at the World Figure Skating Championships this week?

China sticks to zero-Covid policy: Tens of millions endure new lockdown

Meanwhile, uncertainty over the war in Ukraine is raising prices everywhere, including in Japan, which has long been stuck in deflation. The price rise in Japan is still a lot smaller than in many other places though. The main reason for this is the country's slow economic recovery and even slower wage growth after two "lost decades", leaving Japan in a deflationary spiral. Our Tokyo correspondents Louis Belin, Justin McCurry, Constantin Simon and Yuko Sano report.

UK Sport Chair Katherine Grainger backing 'home' Italian snow to bolster British Paralympic medal hopes at Milan-Cortina 2026

British Paralympic bosses believe battling through the unpredictable challenges of the Beijing Winter Games has laid the foundations for a re-energised assault at a record medal haul on ‘home snow’ in 2026.

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Indian football team camp for Asian Cup qualifiers to begin on April 24, to play three international friendlies

Olympic weightlifting champ stripped of 2016 gold medal, barred 8 years for doping

Women skaters intrigue with triple Axel potential at World Championships

China sticks to zero-Covid policy: Tens of millions endure new lockdown

UK Sport Chair Katherine Grainger backing 'home' Italian snow to bolster British Paralympic medal hopes at Milan-Cortina 2026

Miami Open news: British trio fail to make it past qualifiers

Russia 'could retaliate' if EU imposes energy supply embargo

Badminton-China team pull out of Swiss Open due to COVID, injuries