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Asian Games 2023: Nandini Agasara Claims Bronze In Women's Heptathlon

Indian athlete Nandini Agasara won a bronze medal in the women's Heptathlon 800m in the ongoing Asian Games on Sunday. The 20-year-old finished third in her first Asian Games with a points tally of 5712. She finished above her national compatriot Swapna Barman by a four-point margin. Swapna finished 4th with 5708 points. Earlier in the day, the flurry of medals continued for India as Tajinderpal Singh Toor won the country's second gold in athletics. With a throw of 20.36m, Tajinderpal topped the chart, surpassing Saudi Arabia's Mohamed Daouda, who, till then, was leading the race for the gold medal with a throw of 20.18m in his fourth attempt.

Asian Games, Athletics: Tajinderpal Singh Toor Defends Shot Put Gold

Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival in Hangzhou on Sunday while Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win the gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games. Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist, came up with a mighty throw of 20.36 metres on his sixth and last attempt to overhaul his Saudi rival Mohamed Daouda Tolo's distance of 20.18 metres.

Watch: Tajinderpal Singh Toor's 20.36m Throw That Clinched Shot Put Gold At Asian Games 2023

Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival at the Asian Games 2023 on Sunday. Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist, came up with a mighty throw of 20.36 metres on his sixth and last attempt to overhaul his Saudi rival Mohamed Daouda Tolo's distance of 20.18 metres. Toor, however, could not break his own Asian Games record of 20.75m set in 2018 Jakarta. But the 28-year-old's final throw was way too good for his Saudi rival to overhaul in his final attempt.

Team Abu Dhabi battle to keep F1 powerboating title hopes alive

SARDINIA: Team Abu Dhabi’s powerboating cousins Thani and Rashed Al-Qemzi were on Sunday aiming to keep their team’s title hopes alive in the 2023 UIM F1H2O World Championship, taking place in Sardinia.

UAE Pro League review: Al-Ain and champions Shabab Al-Ahli maintain perfect starts

Holders Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Club and Al-Ain maintained 100-percent starts to the season after heavyweight clashes, while Al-Wasl blew up theirs in unfathomable fashion against nine men, throughout ADNOC Pro League’s engrossing Matchweek 4.

Al-Ahli and Ettifaq goalless depite ex-Liverpool legends

RIYADH: While nine-man Liverpool were unlucky to lose to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in the English Premier League, in the big game of the Roshn Saudi League, there were a number of ex-Liverpool legends in action as Al-Ahli drew 0–0 at home to Ettifaq.

Athlete Yousef Masrahi claims Saudi Arabia’s 1st gold at 19th Asian Games

HANGZHOU, China: Saudi athlete Yousef Masrahi has claimed the Kingdom’s first gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou with victory in the 400-meters final on Saturday. The Asian record holder won with a time of 45.55 seconds, repeating his victory in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon in 2014 when he won Saudi Arabia’s first gold medal in the same race. Saturday’s victory marks Masrahi’s third medal in Asian Games. He won his first bronze in the 400-meters in Guangzhou in 2010 before winning gold in Incheon in 2014. “The support of the Saudi audience was a great incentive for me to achieve the gold medal.

Mohamed Salah’s £1m-a-week deal and an insight into how top footballers are rewarded

When news broke in the summer that Saudi football side Al Ittihad were chasing Mohamed Salah, but had been turned down, there was considerable sympathy for the player.

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Asian Games 2023: Nandini Agasara Claims Bronze In Women's Heptathlon

Asian Games, Athletics: Tajinderpal Singh Toor Defends Shot Put Gold

Watch: Tajinderpal Singh Toor's 20.36m Throw That Clinched Shot Put Gold At Asian Games 2023

Team Abu Dhabi battle to keep F1 powerboating title hopes alive

UAE Pro League review: Al-Ain and champions Shabab Al-Ahli maintain perfect starts

Al-Ahli and Ettifaq goalless depite ex-Liverpool legends

Athlete Yousef Masrahi claims Saudi Arabia’s 1st gold at 19th Asian Games

Mohamed Salah’s £1m-a-week deal and an insight into how top footballers are rewarded