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6 days ago | thebridge.in | Deepanshu Jain

SquashAnahat Singh and Veer Chotrani are just a win away from qualifying for their first-ever PSA World C'ships. Indian youngsters Anahat Singh and Veer Chotrani continued their excellent run at the PSA World Squash Championships Asian Qualifier to reach their respective finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday. Anahat maintained her dominating display at the tournament and registered yet another 11-2, 11-7, 11-6 straight games win against Helen Tang of Hong Kong in jut 21 minutes.

6 days ago | thebridge.in | Deepanshu Jain

AthleticsMeanwhile, Devak Bhushan and the Indian men's medley team clinched silver medals. India concluded their campaign at the U18 Asian Athletics Championships on a high, adding four medals on the final day, including a historic gold in the men's Javelin event in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Himanshu Jakhar scripted history by winning India's first-ever gold medal in the Javelin category of the Asian U18 Championships. He faced little competition from the rest of the field.

6 days ago | thebridge.in | Deepanshu Jain

ChessWith this win, India now has four players in the top-five of the competition after the five rounds. Grandmaster (GM) Vaishali Rameshbabu broke the streak of draws to register her first win of the tournament in the fifth round of the 2024-25 FIDE Women's Grand Prix series in Pune on Friday. The other top Indian women continued their quality play as Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli played out draws in their respective matches.

6 days ago | thebridge.in | Aswathy Santhosh

ExplainedThese passports are not physical documents, but a digital record of an athlete's biological markers. India has taken a major leap in the fight against doping in sports by launching its own Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU) at the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) in New Delhi. With this move, India becomes the 17th country in the world to set up such a specialised facility, aligning itself with international best practices under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) framework.

1 week ago | thebridge.in | Rahul Kargal

ShootingMeanwhile, Manu Bhakar and Ravinder Singh missed out on a podium finish. It was double delight for Suruchi Inder Singh as the teenaged Indian shooter combined with Saurabh Chaudhary to win the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal in the ISSF World Cup here on Wednesday, adding to her triumph in the individual competition. The duo of Suruchi and Saurabh shot 17 to finish ahead of China's Qianxun Yao and Kai Hu, who managed 9, in the gold medal match..