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Long jumper Shaili Singh wins gold on final day of National Open Athletics Championships

Her final jump, her second longest leap ever, provided a golden touch to the final day's proceedings. The 18-year-old Uttar Pradesh athlete's opening effort of 6.25m was better than the 6.22m that Kerala jumpers Sruthi Lekshmi and Nayana James managed across their six tries each. In the men's 200m, Tamil Nadu's Ragul Kumar ran his first sub-21 second race as he won in 20.87 seconds, the third fastest time by an Indian this year behind the 20.52 and 20.55 clocked by Amlan Borgohain in the Federation Cup in April and the National Games earlier this month.

New Taco Bell drive-thru gets green light to open in Wigan

An American food chain has been given the green light to build a drive-thru in Wigan ’s Robin Park. Taco Bell will join Pizza Hut, Empire Cinemas, Club 3000 Bingo and JD Gym among others at the retail park known for being home to the town’s two major sports teams: Wigan Warriors and Wigan Athletic.

Northwest College wrestlers hospitalized following bear attack

A college wrestler from a small Wyoming school helped his teammate survive a grizzly mauling over the weekend by trying to wrestle the massive bear off his friend, eventually drawing a more brutal attack to himself.

Sports Ministry approves special grant for SAI training centres

The decision to give grassroots level athletes access to modern equipment was taken during the Sports Authority of India's 56th General Body meeting, which was attended by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and his deputy in the ministry, Nisith Pramanik, among others. Besides, it was also decided to ensure that the unutilized infrastructure at SAI centres are used for sports related activities.