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Why Did Abhinav Bindra Retire Early? Fan Asks. Shooting Legend Replies
Abhinav Bindra started a revolution for Olympic sport in India by winning a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. The shooting great became the first individual gold medallist from the country in Olympics. However, at the age of 34, Bindra announced retirement from the sport in 2016. Since then, he has been a great motivator of Olympic sport in the country. The shooter has also started an organisation that helps athletes achieve peak physical fitness. Though he has been working in helping the athletes, many believe that he could have continued beyond the 2016 Olympics as an active sportsperson too, where he finished fourth in the 10m air rifle shooting event.
Leona Maguire and Georgia Hall well placed after first round of ISPS Handa World Invitational
Leona Maguire and Georgia Hall are one shot off the lead at the ISPS Handa World Invitational. Maguire and Hall are two of the star attractions at what is a co-sanctioned event between the LPGA Tour and the LET. Ad The opening two rounds are played over two courses, the Galgorm Castle Golf Club and Massereene Golf Club.
'One of my best wins' – Ng On Yee stuns Ken Doherty in British Open qualifying, Liang Wenbo loses on return
Ng On Yee – the three-time women's world champion – completed a 4-3 win over 1997 world champion Ken Doherty in British Open qualifying boosted by a timely fluke in the final frame. Doherty produced the highest break of a fairly forgettable contest with a 52 in the fourth frame enough to level at 2-2 from 2-0 behind at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan. Ad The Irishman moved 3-2 clear in a scrappy battle only for Ng to edge the final two frames to take her place in the random draw for the last 64 in Milton Keynes (26 September-2 October) next month.
Fans point out problem with Real Housewives star Tanya Bardsley's new perfume as she's forced to explain
Tanya Bardsley was thrilled as she announced her latest venture eight months after quitting the Real Housewives of Cheshire. The reality star, who left the ITVBe show after six years, took to Instagram on Wednesday (August 10) to share the big reveal - but it wasn't all as it seems.
Nurse who took NHS leased Mercedes to car wash after her son shot rival in the back seat is struck off
A registered mental health nurse with well over 25-years experience has been struck off after she received a prison sentence last year. Patricia Dean was convicted of assisting an offender, namely her son Vincenzo De Falco, who shot a love rival with a shotgun from point blank range in January 2019, and sentenced to 18 months in jail.
Vanessa Bryant's attorney argues photos of Kobe Bryant's remains shared 'for a laugh'
LOS ANGELES — An institutional «culture of callousness» led Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters to shoot and share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others, a lawyer for Bryant's widow told a jury on Wednesday.