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Sania Mirza Set For Sacred Journey To Hajj, Seeks Forgiveness For 'Wrongdoings'

Indian tennis icon Sania Mirza is set to embark upon a sacred journey to Hajj, about 5 months after she announced he split with cricketer husband Shoaib Malik. Sania, who has also retired from professional tennis, was most-recently working as a pundit for the prestigious French Open 2024. Taking to social media on Sunday, the Indian sporting icon revealed that she is now gearing up for a 'transformative experience', from which she hopes to return as a better human being.

Kids stopped from bringing poster in support of Lions against South Korea as it was larger than allowed

SINGAPORE: Two children were stopped by security personnel from bringing a poster in support of Singapore's national football team into the National Stadium on Thursday (Jun 6), where the Lions were thumped 7-0 by South Korea in a sold-out World Cup qualifier.

Boxer Nikhat Zareen Recounts Her Journey Of Being A World Champion

Nikhat Zareen, the Gold medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 World Championships, spoke to Dinesh Karthik on JioCinema's 'Get Set Gold.' She discussed her struggles to earn a trial for the 2019 World Championships and shared her excitement for Paris 2024, which will be her first appearance at the Olympics. In the episode, Zareen discussed her journey as a professional boxer and how she found out that there were no trials for the 51kg division for the 2019 World Championships after being told that the same will be held across all categories. "They were supposed to have trials for all the weight categories in the (2019) World Championships. One day before, I even messaged in the group, 'If I have a bout tomorrow, can you tell me if I have to give my weight tomorrow?' but, no one replied.

MMA Fighter Puja Tomar Makes History, Becomes First Indian To Win In UFC

India's Puja Tomar scripted history as she became the first mixed martial arts fighter from the country to win a bout at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in UFC Louisville here. Debutant Tomar eked out a 30-27, 27-30, 29-28 split-decision win over Brazil's Rayanne dos Santos in the straw-weight (52kg) bout on Saturday. "This win is not my win. This win is for all Indian fans and all Indian fighters. before everyone thought that Indian fighters did not stand anywhere. I only thought I have to win and show the world that Indian fighters are not losers," Tomar told Sony Sport Network after her win.

Hardship affecting our feeding, athletes lament

Not ready to ‘die’ in silence, some Nigerian athletes have cried out saying that are negatively feeling the dastardly effect of the hardship in the country. They described the situation as career ending development. Majority of the athletes, who spoke on condition of anonymity expressed dismay over not being able eat a square meal daily these days unlike in the past. Some of them expressed fears as the prevalent adverse situation in the country could force majority of them to end their athletics career abruptly.

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Sania Mirza Set For Sacred Journey To Hajj, Seeks Forgiveness For 'Wrongdoings'

Kids stopped from bringing poster in support of Lions against South Korea as it was larger than allowed

Boxer Nikhat Zareen Recounts Her Journey Of Being A World Champion

MMA Fighter Puja Tomar Makes History, Becomes First Indian To Win In UFC

Hardship affecting our feeding, athletes lament

Bruno Fernandes stance made clear with Man United 'confident' of completing £75m transfer

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