Lionel Messi who won the Ballon d’Or yet again, now has seven Ballon awards to Christiano Ronaldo’s five. Ronaldo stayed away from the award ceremony this year. Pascal Ferre, the editor-in-chief of France Football, the publication that runs the Ballon d’Or, claimed that the Portuguese superstar’s lifelong ambition is to …
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Defending champion India will face toppers of Group A, Belgium, in the quarter final in Junior Hockey World Cup. Vice Captain Sanjay opened the scoring with a strong drag flick. He has been in fine set piece form in this tournament. He already scored a hat-trick in each of the …
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India bounced back after their loss against France by defeating Canada 13-1 at the Junior Hockey World Cup. As India won with a huge margin against Canada, it became the second-highest number of goals scored in a single match at a Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup since Spain beat the …
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India, the defending champions and the host suffered a loss at the magnificent Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. This was the opening match for both India and France. India scored a couple of quick goals in the last few minutes of the encounter, but they were too little too late. France, …
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The Indian Hokey team will be one of the favourites to win the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup 2021. India, the defending champion, will play their first match against France in the Junior Hockey World Cup at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. They are only the second team after Germany to …
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was witness to the first-ever presentation of Sports Authority of India (SAI) Institutional Awards, for Athletes and Coaches. A grand total of 162 athletes and 84 coaches, were conferred the awards in the Outstanding Award and the Best Award category for the performances …
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A goalless draw against arch rivals Brazil secured a place for Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar. Lionel Messi will get a fifth, and possibly the last attempt to win the World Cup. Second-placed Argentina booked a berth in the World Cup after their …
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Manika Batra famously alleged that in a Tokyo Olympic qualifying match, the national coach had asked her to “throw” the bout. It was Justice Rekha Palli who heard Manika Batra’s petition that blamed the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) of carrying out its selection processes through a ‘non-transparent’ manner …
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Competing in the Junior 15km Elimination Final held at Ibaguein Colombia, Anand Velkumar came in with a final time of 24.14.845 seconds, which was good enough to take home the coveted silver medal. Aditi Ashok narrowly missing out on a bronze medal at the Olympics after finishing fourth, Kamalpreet Kaur …
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The Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup is scheduled to be held in Bhubaneshwar from 24th November to 5th December. Odisha reaffirmed its growing stature as the hub for Hockey by getting the rights to host the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2021. Odisha along with Uttar Pradesh expressed interest in …
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