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Shooting: Manu Bhaker to lead India’s Olympic quota hunt at Worlds

Doha (Qatar), Oct 26 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and in-form trap shooter Neeru Dhanda will lead India’s challenge at the ISSF World Championship 2026 here from November 1 to 14.

The World Championships, featuring rifle, pistol and shotgun competitions, will also mark the beginning of the qualification pathway for shooting at the LA 2028 Olympics, according to olympics.com.
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Plan is to start rehab and training in next couple of weeks: Neeraj Chopra

30 Oct 2026 | 7:24 PM

New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is hopeful of returning to training and starting rehabilitation in the next couple of weeks, with his ankle injury showing significant improvement. The injury had forced the Indian javelin star to miss the Diamond League Finale and the recent Asian Games in Japan.

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Prasidh to miss NZ ODIs, focus on building fitness for Test series

30 Oct 2026 | 7:01 PM

New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNI) Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of India's five-match ODI series against New Zealand as he continues his recovery from a left hamstring injury. The fast bowler will instead join India A for the third and final four-day match against New Zealand A, while Mohammed Siraj will be available for the second game.

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Fit-again Jemimah ‘can’t wait to get going’

30 Oct 2026 | 7:00 PM

New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNI) India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been declared fit after completing three months of rehabilitation for a high-grade tear in her right hamstring. She suffered the injury while playing for Southern Brave in England’s The Hundred on August 3.

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Birthday boy Sarthak Chavan takes pole position, Ann Jennifer, Rajender Beedani, Mathana Kumar top in qualifying

30 Oct 2026 | 6:15 PM

Chennai, Oct 30 (UNI) Pune’s Sarthak Chavan marked his 20th birthday by qualifying for pole position with a record lap in the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open class to launch his campaign in the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W 2026 in style at the Madras International Circuit at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, on Friday.

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Chance for Atletico Madrid, Barcelona looks to recover and Basque derby in La Liga

30 Oct 2026 | 6:12 PM

Madrid, Oct 30 (UNI) Barcelona will look to recover from last weekend's Clasico defeat in the 11th round of La Liga matches, while Atletico Madrid could go top of the table for a few hours and the Basque derby between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad will provide plenty of tradition and local rivalry.

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