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Udhayveer Sidhu's double gold sees India consolidate second place at Worlds

Udhayveer won both the junior men's 25m and standard pistol titles while Esha Singh clinched the junior women's 25m pistol crown as India ended the day with four gold and three bronze medals to lie behind China who have eight gold and a total of 16 medals. India has also picked up one Paris 2024 Olympics quota place after Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil stunned a high-quality field on Friday to become the 10 air rifle men's world champion. Udhayveer shot a combined score of 580 after the precision and rapid fire rounds in the junior men's sports pistol, to emerge on top of the 23-strong field.

Cardiff City 0-1 Coventry City: Viktor Gyokeres condemns Bluebirds to first defeat of Mark Hudson era

Viktor Gyokeres condemned Cardiff City to their first defeat of the Mark Hudson era, netting the only goal of a closely-fought contest at the Cardiff City Stadium

‘He deserves it’ – Real Madrid great Ronaldo backs Karim Benzema for Ballon d’Or

Real Madrid legend Ronaldo believes Karim Benzema deserves to win the 2022 Ballon d’Or after a “decisive” year in front of goal for the Spanish and European champions. The France international is the favourite to win the coveted annual award, which will be handed out on Monday. Ad Benzema scored a career-best 44 goals in 46 appearances for Real Madrid last season as they won La Liga and the Champions League.

Stanford vs Notre Dame: Time, TV, Preview & Prediction for primetime

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Let’s make one thing clear: At 1-4 and having lost 11 straight games against FBS opponents by an average of more than 18 points per defeat, this is not as bad as the Stanford Cardinal has been. In 2003, Notre Dame beat Stanford 57-7.

Liverpool suffer Ibrahima Konate injury blow ahead of Manchester City showdown

Liverpool are sweating on the fitness of Ibrahima Konate ahead of Sunday’s heavyweight Premier League showdown against Manchester City.

Rosy Meena Paulraj rewrites women's pole vault national record, again

Rosy, who turns 25 in a fortnight, lit up the opening day with another sensational performance, exactly 15 days after clearing 4.20m to set up a new national record at the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar. She had then gone past V S Surekha's earlier national mark of 4.15m set in 2014. Railways' Ravina found redemption after some disappointing performances as she won the women's 20km Race Walk with a new meet record time to boot.

A boxing champion's most important advantage? The rematch clause -- Devin Haney vs. George Kambosos Jr. 2

LAS VEGAS — Devin Haney pressed forward and threw shots with bad intentions, pinning his sparring partner along the ropes.

SA Paralympic legend Van Dyk hopes to inspire at groundbreaking Cape Town Marathon

Decorated South African Paralympian Ernst van Dyk hopes that the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon can put wheelchair racing on the map.

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Udhayveer Sidhu's double gold sees India consolidate second place at Worlds

Cardiff City 0-1 Coventry City: Viktor Gyokeres condemns Bluebirds to first defeat of Mark Hudson era

‘He deserves it’ – Real Madrid great Ronaldo backs Karim Benzema for Ballon d’Or

Stanford vs Notre Dame: Time, TV, Preview & Prediction for primetime

Liverpool suffer Ibrahima Konate injury blow ahead of Manchester City showdown

Rosy Meena Paulraj rewrites women's pole vault national record, again

A boxing champion's most important advantage? The rematch clause -- Devin Haney vs. George Kambosos Jr. 2

SA Paralympic legend Van Dyk hopes to inspire at groundbreaking Cape Town Marathon