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Real Madrid Edge Chelsea While AC Milan Win On Penalties

Reigning Champions League and La Liga champion Real Madrid concluded a pre-season US tour on Tuesday with a 2-1 triumph over Chelsea while AC Milan won on penalties after playing Barcelona to a 2-2 draw. There were 62,617 spectators at the home stadium of the NFL's Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina to watch Vinicius Junior make his first start in the warm-up matches for Real Madrid's La Liga opener in 12 days. Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos knocked a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner in the 19th minute to give Real a 1-0 lead.

"Not In Practice": Ex-Pakistan Star's Harsh Assessment After Virat Kohli Fails vs Sri Lanka

India loss against Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI of the three-match series left everyone utterly shocked. The 2024 T20 World Cup champions had a horrible outing with the bat as they failed to chase the target of 241 and got bundled out for 208. As the first match ended in a tie, India trail 0-1 in the three-match series. Talking about the overall performance, apart from skipper Rohit Sharma, no other Indian batter was able to deliver to his full strength.

Manu Bhaker, India's Double Bronze Medallist At Paris Olympics, Returns Home

Star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker landed back in the country on Wednesday after her historic feat of winning two medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games and was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and her family, who braved a steady drizzle to give her a memorable reception in New Delhi.

Manu Bhaker Receives Grand Reception As She Returns Home From Olympics

Star pistol shooter Manu Bhaker arrived home on Wednesday after her historic feat at the ongoing Paris Games where she became the first Indian in post Independence era to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics. The Air India direct flight (AI 142) which brought Bhaker from Paris to Delhi landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 9:20am, delayed by one hour from the earlier scheduled time.

"Gold Laana Hai": Vinesh Phogat Tells Teary-Eyed Mother After Reaching Olympics Final. Watch

She grappled on the streets with an "unjust system" without a care in the world and on Tuesday Vinesh Phogat brought a lot of that panache to the mat as well, taking down one big name after another to become India's first woman wrestler to enter the finals of the Olympic Games. The 29-year-old from Haryana defeated Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 5-0 in the semifinals where she used brain and brawn in equal measure to be assured of at least a silver in her third Olympic outing.

Arjun Erigaisi Beats Magnus Carlsen As Team MGD1 Clinch In World Blitz Chess

The GM Arjun Erigaisi-led Team MGD1 banked on their all-Indian star cast to clinch the silver medal in the inaugural World Blitz Team Championships, a club-based event conceptualized by world chess governing body FIDE and held in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the final against Team WR Chess, Erigaisi, the highest-rated Indian in Classic Ranking, upset former World Champion and World No.1 Magnus Carlsen on the top board in Round 1. But the Norwegian's teammates won on the other boards to give the team a comfortable lead. Team MGD1 put up a strong fight in the second round to hold the eventual champions 3:3 but that was not enough to take the match into play-off.

"Dear Haters...": Vinesh Phogat's Old Post Viral As She Reaches Olympics Final

It took time but ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat gave a fitting response to those who accused her of doing 'politics', 'not focusing on wrestling', as she became the first Indian to qualify for women's wrestling final in Olympics history. The last 18 months or so have arguably been the toughest in Vinesh's career, with her battle against former Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, making the headlines. Now that Vinesh stands on the cusp of earning India's first ever gold medal in wrestling, an old post of her has gone viral on social media.

Vinesh Phogat: From Leading Wrestlers' Protests To Gunning For Gold - A Champion Already, Always

"A torn ligament. A lower weight category. An unbeaten world champion. Nothing stands in her way" Abhinav Bindra summed up Vinesh Phogat's hurdles aptly, shortly after she became the first Indian woman wrestler to book a final berth at the Olympics. Bindra, India's first-ever gold medallist, though missed mentioning another hurdle. One that saw Vinesh Phogat getting shoved, pushed and dragged on the streets of the National Capital in May last year.

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Real Madrid Edge Chelsea While AC Milan Win On Penalties

"Not In Practice": Ex-Pakistan Star's Harsh Assessment After Virat Kohli Fails vs Sri Lanka

Manu Bhaker, India's Double Bronze Medallist At Paris Olympics, Returns Home

Manu Bhaker Receives Grand Reception As She Returns Home From Olympics

"Gold Laana Hai": Vinesh Phogat Tells Teary-Eyed Mother After Reaching Olympics Final. Watch

Arjun Erigaisi Beats Magnus Carlsen As Team MGD1 Clinch In World Blitz Chess

"Dear Haters...": Vinesh Phogat's Old Post Viral As She Reaches Olympics Final

Vinesh Phogat: From Leading Wrestlers' Protests To Gunning For Gold - A Champion Already, Always