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Hard to digest but need to move on, says Indian hockey team's defender Harmanpreet on defeat in CWG final

In one of its worst performances in recent times, India suffered an embarrassing 0-7 drubbing at the hands of defending champions Australia to settle for a silver medal on Sunday. "It is hard to digest a loss by such a big margin," the India vice-captain said in a Hockey India (HI) release after returning to the country early on Wednesday morning. "Definitely the entire team is disappointed by the way we played but it's important we move on from this bitter outing. Like Chief Coach mentioned, we lacked the energy and tempo required to match-up to a team like Australia."

Ennis-Hill coach Minichiello gets life ban for sexual misconduct

Toni Minichiello, one of Britain's leading track and field coaches has been given a life ban after an investigation found he had engaged in "sexually physical behaviour" with athletes.

Ohtani homers, wins to match Ruth as Angels top A's

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani withstood another injury scare and pitched six scoreless innings to go with his team-leading 25th home run, reaching yet another monumental milestone as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Tuesday night.

On this day in 2013: Mo Farah adds 10,000m world gold to medal collection

Mo Farah roared to 10,000 metres gold at the World Championships in Moscow on this day in 2013, spurred on by the memory of having the title snatched from his grasp two years earlier in Daegu.

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani joins Babe Ruth as only players in MLB history to have at least 10 HRs and 10 wins in same season

OAKLAND, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani withstood another injury scare and pitched six scoreless innings to go with his team-leading 25th home run, reaching yet another monumental milestone as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Tuesday night.

‘If well nurtured, Nigeria’s athletes will sweep medals at Paris 2024 Olympics’

Last batch of athletes to leave Birmingham tomorrow Former athlete, Seigha Porbeni, has said that the performance of the country’s track and field stars at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in England is a pointer that Team Nigeria will ‘sweep’ medals at Paris 2024 Olympics Games.

CWG 2022: Neeraj Chopra's heroics inspired young athletes' medal rush

Young Indian athletes to the fore at CWGBENGALURU: A series of superb performances by the Indian jumpers, led by triple jumpers Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker and middle distance runner Avinash Sable, powered India to the 12th spot in the athletics medals table, sixth by total, and made sure that the absence of Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was not a big talking point. As an India team coach put it on the eve of the Games, Chopra's triumph in Tokyo galvanised a few Indian athletes and also broke the mental barrier of the legendary one hundredth of a second agony suffered by Milkha Singh and PT Usha. Instead, these athletes found that extra ounce of energy to peak at the right time and to produce their personal bests.

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's haul of fame in Birmingham

CWG medal rush is another step in the right direction after the high of Tokyo OlympicsBIRMINGHAM: After the Tokyo Olympics, where India won an unprecedented seven medals, expectations from the country's 2022 Commonwealth Games contingent were naturally high. Traditionally, India wins truckloads of medals at the CWG. Before Birmingham 2022, anticipation of medals was there, but not a deluge.

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Hard to digest but need to move on, says Indian hockey team's defender Harmanpreet on defeat in CWG final

Ennis-Hill coach Minichiello gets life ban for sexual misconduct

Ohtani homers, wins to match Ruth as Angels top A's

On this day in 2013: Mo Farah adds 10,000m world gold to medal collection

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani joins Babe Ruth as only players in MLB history to have at least 10 HRs and 10 wins in same season

‘If well nurtured, Nigeria’s athletes will sweep medals at Paris 2024 Olympics’

CWG 2022: Neeraj Chopra's heroics inspired young athletes' medal rush

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's haul of fame in Birmingham