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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Pair Ensures Men's Doubles Medal After 52 Years In Badminton Asia Championships

India's top men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured a men's doubles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after 52 years after outplaying Indonesia's experienced duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals on Friday. The Indian pair won by 21-11 21-12. Rankireddy and Shetty now face Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the last four encounter. Earlier, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea in the women's singles quarterfinals.

Boxer Kaur Singh Dies, Punjab Chief Minister Condoles

Asian Games gold medallist Indian boxer Kaur Singh, who once fought the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exhibition bout, died on Thursday at a hospital in Kurukshetra, Haryana. He was 74 and was undergoing treatment for multiple health problems. The former Army man had been living at his native village Khanal Khurd in Punjab's Sangrur district.

"As A Woman...": Sania Mirza's Emotional Post On Wrestlers' #MeToo Row

India's ace tennis player Sania Mirza too has come out in support of wrestlers who are protesting at Jantar Mantar here in the national capital against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment. Sania said in a tweet that as an athlete as well as a woman, it is too "difficult" to watch the ongoing protest and now it's time to stand with the wrestlers in this difficult time. "As an athlete but more as a woman this is too difficult to watch .. they've brought laurels to our country and we have all celebrated them, with them .. if you have done that then it's time to now stand with them in this difficult time too .. this is a highly sensitive matter and serious allegations. I hope whatever the truth is justice is served.. sooner rather than later," said Sania Mirza in her tweet.

"Even MS Dhoni Has Spoken...": Ex India Star On Ajinkya Rahane's Resurrection At CSK

The revival of veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane in T20 cricket has been a surprise to many. Bought by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for his base price of INR 50 lakh, Rahane has done wonders with the bat for the franchise, emerging as one of the top run-getters in the competition. His heroics with the bat also seems to have played a role in his return to the national team for the ICC World Test Championship final. While Rahane has been the talk of the two for a few weeks now, former India batter Pravin Amre revealed that even MS Dhoni has been talking about the technique that the veteran India star has shown this campaign.

Russia has to 'find a way out of' its own mess, Portugal's foreign minister says

On Lula's pitch for a negotiated solution, Cravinho says: "Unfortunately, this is not a moment when we can be optimistic about any negotiations. But it is important that countries such as Brazil, such as China, such as India, that have an ongoing dialogue with Russia, engage with Russia in order to explain that Russia is going to have to find a way out of the mess it has created. This was very much part of our conversation with President Lula (of Brazil) when he was in Portugal."

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Pair Ensures Men's Doubles Medal After 52 Years In Badminton Asia Championships

Boxer Kaur Singh Dies, Punjab Chief Minister Condoles

"As A Woman...": Sania Mirza's Emotional Post On Wrestlers' #MeToo Row

"Even MS Dhoni Has Spoken...": Ex India Star On Ajinkya Rahane's Resurrection At CSK

Russia has to 'find a way out of' its own mess, Portugal's foreign minister says

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