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1 week ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
AthleticsThe identity of the Indian national has not been revealed just yet. Kenya's anti-doping agency says an Indian national was caught with "an illegal consignment of assorted performance enhancing substances" during a recent raid on prohibited drugs, conducted in collaboration with the country's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
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2 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
PickleballAn administrative tussle has now broken out between two factions for rights to govern the sport in India. The recognition accorded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) to the Indian Pickleball Association (IPA) as the National Sports Federation for the promotion and development of the sport of pickleball has not gone down well with the All India Pickleball Association (AIPA).
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2 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
WrestlingSeveral athletes are believed to be Olympic medal winners. The Mission Olympic Cell’s (MOC) meeting on Wednesday confronted some revelations that can only be deemed as startling. According to media reports that emanated through the course of the day, it is understood that numerous elite athletes have failed to furnish travel bills that collectively amount to about INR 8 crore. The findings, according to PTI, emerged after an internal assessment by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
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2 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
FootballThe fixture is a part of their preparation for their Group C qualification match against Hong Kong, China in June. The India senior men’s national team will play a FIFA International Friendly match against Thailand on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the Thammasat Stadium in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
AthleticsThe trio will don India colours with Neeraj Chopra at the marquee event next month. The organisers of the Neeraj Chopra Class 2025 on Tuesday revealed the names of the Indian javelin throwers to accompany Neeraj Chopra on May 24 at Bengaluru. Sachin Yadav, Rohit Yadav and Sahil Silwal will be the three athletes that will don India colours and rub shoulders with Neeraj Chopra and some of the best in the business at the marquee event next month.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
AthleticsThe IOC (International Olympic Committee) has added mixed 4x100m relay at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games program. The second edition of the Indian Open Relay Competition which will take place on the 30th of April at the Sector 7 Sports Complex on Wednesday has attracted more than 300 elite sprinters from across the country. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has also introduced a 4x100 mixed event in the schedule for both senior and junior (U20) groups.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
FootballPlayers from both sides expressed their solidarity with the victims of the terror attack. A pall of gloom hangs over the nation in keeping with the Pahalgam attacks that took place on Tuesday in southern Kashmir. A day later, football players expressed their solidarity sporting black armbands. The players of Bengaluru FC and Inter Kashi wore black armbands through the course of their Super Cup match on Wednesday at the Kalinga Stadium in Odisha.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
AthleticsA section of the internet has targeted Neeraj Chopra over his friendship with Arshad Nadeem. On Monday, in a virtual interaction with the media, a visibly excited Neeraj Chopra announced the staging of the Neeraj Chopra Classic at Bengaluru on the 24th of May. The news was met with joy and the thought of watching India’s best go toe-to-toe with the rest of the world on home soil made for a mouth-watering prospect. Just a day later, the massacre of tourists at Pahalgam rocked the nation.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
NewsNeeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu and several others offered their condolences to the aggrieved families. The dastardly terror attacks that claimed that lives of over two-dozen Indian tourists at Pahalgam in the South of Kashmir on Tuesday has shaken the national consciousness. As tributes poured in from across the country and around the world, the Indian sporting fraternity joined the rest of the nation in condemning the brutal attacks.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal
ChessIM Divya Deskmukh was beaten by Jiner in the penultimate round. Koneru Humpy and Zhu Jiner jointly lead the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25 (Pune leg) chess meet with 6 points each after the 8th and penultimate round here on Tuesday. Humpy survived a scare to hold Alina Kashlinskaya to a draw, while Jiner defeated India’s Divya Deshmukh in a tactical battle. Despite the loss, Divya remains in third place with 5 points.
