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I Almost Decided To Quit Wrestling After Tokyo Olympics, Says Vinesh Phogat

Vinesh Phogat on Saturday said she nearly quit wrestling after failing a second time to win a medal at the Olympics in Tokyo before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pep talk rejuvenated her to continue. While a knee injury in the quarterfinals dashed her hopes in 2016 Rio Olympics, Vinesh again crashed out in the last eight stage in Tokyo, despite entering her weight category as the world No.1. Vinesh admitted that the two disappointments pushed her to the brink of quitting wrestling, long before she reinvented herself with a gold medal at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Steve Morison ‘pleased as punch’ with performance as Cardiff edge Birmingham

Cardiff manager Steve Morison was “pleased as punch” with his team’s performance as they dominated Birmingham to record a 1-0 Championship win in the south Wales sunshine.

IOA felicitates CWG medal winners with cash awards

Commonwealth Games medallists and presented them with cash awards at a function. While the gold medallists were awarded a cash reward of Rs 20 lakh each, the silver and bronze winners got richer by Rs 10 lakh and Rs 7.5 lakh, respectively.

Fired-up Villa squeeze out 2-1 home win over Everton

BIRMINGHAM, England : Aston Villa striker Danny Ings and substitute Emiliano Buendia secured a 2-1 win over Everton as the hosts claimed their first three points of the new Premier League season in a physical encounter at a sweltering Villa Park on Saturday.

Peacock hails Commonwealth Games impact as runners out in force at parkrun

Paralympic sprint champion Jonnie Peacock paid tribute to Heaton Park's parkrun attendees as he witnessed how National Lottery funding is helping the country get active after the success of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Peacock, a four-time Paralympic medallist — two of them gold — joined an all-star roster of former British Olympians and Paralympians at one of 700-free events taking place across the country this morning.

'Talking with PM Modi gives us motivation to do better': Para Table Tennis star Bhavina Patel

Commonwealth Games 2022, Para Table Tennis star and Tokyo Paralympics medallist Bhavina Patel said that interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi motivates them to do better. India's para table tennis player Bhavina won the gold medal after defeating Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi of Nigeria in the women's singles - Classes 4-5 here at The NEC Hall 3 at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Patel dominated Ikpeoyi in straight sets by 3-0 ( 12-10, 11-2, 11-9).

On-loan Jaden Philogene scores the winner as dominant Cardiff take narrow win

Aston Villa loanee Jaden Philogene scored the only goal of the game to condemn Birmingham to a 1-0 defeat in the Sky Bet Championship at Cardiff.

Cardiff City 1-0 Birmingham City: Jaden Philogene bags first goal to get Bluebirds back to winning ways

Cardiff City got back to winning ways courtesy of a maiden Bluebirds goal from Jaden Philogene which downed Birmingham City 1-0 in the Welsh capital.

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I Almost Decided To Quit Wrestling After Tokyo Olympics, Says Vinesh Phogat

Steve Morison ‘pleased as punch’ with performance as Cardiff edge Birmingham

IOA felicitates CWG medal winners with cash awards

Fired-up Villa squeeze out 2-1 home win over Everton

Peacock hails Commonwealth Games impact as runners out in force at parkrun

'Talking with PM Modi gives us motivation to do better': Para Table Tennis star Bhavina Patel

On-loan Jaden Philogene scores the winner as dominant Cardiff take narrow win

Cardiff City 1-0 Birmingham City: Jaden Philogene bags first goal to get Bluebirds back to winning ways