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Teen table tennis sensation Hursey looks ahead to second Commonwealth Games

For most teenagers, the summer after GCSEs is one of the most relaxing of their lives but Welsh table tennis sensation Anna Hursey is anything but a regular teenager. The 15-year-old was this week included in the Team Wales squad for Birmingham 2022, which will be her second Commonwealth Games, with Hursey holding the record as Wales' youngest-ever sportsperson at senior level. Ad/> She was just 11 when she helped the table tennis team reached the quarter-finals in Gold Coast in 2018 and is now setting her sights on going a step further this time around.

Sharpen your aerial skills to become force in hockey again: David John to Indian players

hockey again, the players need to focus more on aerial skills, a vital component of modern-day game, and avoid coming close to defenders in 'rival D', former national team High-Performance Director David John advised on Friday. Eight-time Olympic gold medal-winners in men's hockey, India have battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades but restored the pride to some extent by claiming a bronze at Tokyo Games. While the men's team won a medal after a 41-year long gap, the women's team finishing fourth, its best-ever display, at the Olympics.

Extended UCI and Warner Bros. Discovery partnership signals exciting new era for the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has selected Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to deliver a new vision for mountain biking which will see the leading global media and entertainment company combine all its assets and expertise to elevate the sport and reach a new global audience.

Manish Narwal-Rubina Francis Pair Win India's Third Gold In Para Shooting World Cup

Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis won the 10m P6 air pistol mixed team event to clinch India's third gold medal at the ongoing World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Chateauroux, France on Wednesday. Narwal and Francis, who aggregated a world record qualifying score of 565 to enter the final at the top position, defeated Chinese pair of Yang Chao and Min Li 17-11 in the title clash. The Indian pair totalled 274.3. Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Narwal scored 138.7 in the final six shots. He shot consistent scores of 10s and 9s, but Francis also matched her fancied partner with 9s, a few 8s and 10.

Shericka Jackson trumps Thompson-Herah for Rome 200m win

Shericka Jackson won the women's 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on Thursday, seeing off a star-studded field to claim an impressive victory. Jamaican Jackson clocked 21.91sec to cross well clear of double Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah and reigning world champion Dina Asher-Smith. The 27-year-old won bronze in the 100m in last year's Tokyo Olympics and was part of the 4x100m relay team, alongside Thompson-Herah, which won gold in the Japanese capital.

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Teen table tennis sensation Hursey looks ahead to second Commonwealth Games

Sharpen your aerial skills to become force in hockey again: David John to Indian players

Extended UCI and Warner Bros. Discovery partnership signals exciting new era for the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

Manish Narwal-Rubina Francis Pair Win India's Third Gold In Para Shooting World Cup

Shericka Jackson trumps Thompson-Herah for Rome 200m win

Jackson eyeing worlds 200m gold after trumping Thompson-Herah in Rome

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