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Bhowneesh Mendiratta Earns India's First 2024 Olympics Quota Place In Shooting

Bhowneesh Mendiratta earned India's first 2024 Paris Olympics quota place in shooting, after he finished a commendable fourth in the men's trap competition at the ongoing ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia. Bhowneesh missed a world championship medal narrowly in the process, being the first to bow out with 13 out of the first 15 hits in the 35-shot medal match. There were four quota places each up for grabs in both the men's and women's trap event on the day.

CRO Race 2022: Jonas Vingegaard secures first win since Tour de France triumph on punchy Stage Three finish

Jonas Vingegaard secured his first victory since his triumphant Tour de France with an impressive display on the first categorised finish of the 2022 CRO Race. Stage 3 of the race in Croatia brought two climbing tests inside the final 20 kilometres of a 156km route from Sinj to Primostein, finishing on a short but punchy ascent in Primostein. Ad Vingegaard returned to road racing action this week for the first time since sealing his maiden Grand Tour overall victory in Paris in July.

Daizen Maeda spotted in Celtic training return but Carter-Vickers and Giakoumakis nowhere to be seen

Daizen Maeda has provided a boost to Celtic by returning to training ahead of their match with Motherwell this weekend – but doubts are still surrounding Giorgos Giakoumakis and Cameron Carter-Vickers.

La Liga resumes with host of injuries after international break

La Liga sides as several key players reported back to their teams nursing injuries that will affect their availability for the weekend and beyond. Barcelona had arguably the worst of them with defender Ronald Araujo having surgery on his right thigh after suffering a tendon injury on Friday in Uruguay's 1-0 defeat by Iran in a friendly, leaving the pitch after only five minutes. Araujo will miss Barca's Saturday's visit to Mallorca as he is expected to be out for six to eight weeks, which means he would only come back to club duty after the World Cup, which starts in less than two months.