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Kohli and churning out runs. Clockwork.
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From a small fishing village in Kerala to the #AsianGames podium 🇮🇳 Ancy Sojan’s breakthrough year continues with a silver in the women’s long jump just months after she broke Anju Bobby George’s national record.🥈 ✍️@SamreenRazz hindustantimes.com/sports/ot…
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Those arguing about athletes of other continent origin causing unequal competition at Asian Games should look at other continent/other sports with foreign origin players. We must get on with it! #asiangames
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An 11-year old Gold medalist! Yuki Kurihara of Japan has just won the eSports event Puyo Puyo. Apparently, this is a puzzle game where players have to clear their screen of coloured blobs by lining them up and popping them. Yuki defeated Thailand's Tanarak Wongkitkun and when asked how he felt, he said what any 11-year old would: "The gold medal is really beautiful, shiny and heavy. Also, the plush toy is super cute, and it's cool that it is gold-coloured too" 😊😊 #AsianGames2026
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She’s just 18, but Anahat Singh is already making #AsianGames history! 🔥 As she chases a gold tomorrow, a look at Anahat's rise — From a teenage squash prodigy to one of India’s biggest stars in #AichiNagoya 📹 @RutvickMehta piped.video/ruGMt-u24as?si=oO57…
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BADDIE ALERT 🔥🫶
One more fight. One more step towards GOLD. 🥇 Two games and three match balls down, #TeamIIS Anahat Singh fought back to beat World No. 6, Japan’s Satomi Watanabe 3–2 and book her place in the Women’s Singles Final! 💪 #TeamIIS #AsianGames #JeetegaIndia #CraftingVictories 🇮🇳
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Stop crying in my replies ya’ll and go read up and think beyond the dirt your brain tells you.
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In the fall of 2017, when Tejaswin Shankar arrived at the Kansas State University in the US as a freshman, his 19-year-old body weighed 78kgs with a fat percentage of around eight percent. Catch the complete story 🔗 hindustantimes.com/sports/ot… (✍️@journoshantanu)
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Number of #badminton medals won by Indian shuttlers at each #AsianGames 1962: 0 1966: 0 1970: 0 1974: 1🥉 1978: 0 1982: 5🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 1986: 1🥉 1990: 0 1994: 0 1998: 0 2002: 0 2006: 0 2010: 0 2014: 1🥉 2018: 2🥈🥉 2023: 3🥇🥈🥉 2026: 1 yet*🥉
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This is just an insane combination of South Africa's greatest fast bowlers in the modern era Donald, Pollock, Ntini, Steyn, Phillander piped.video/watch?v=ZDCgej_d…
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#AsianGames Vithya stretching every sinew at the finish of mixed 4x400m relay as India win a silver medal. TS Manu, MR Poovama TK Vishal and Vithya Ramraj in that order. Bahrain won Gold and Vietnam bronze #indianathletics
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“The writing becomes your shelter — to express yourself and relieve yourself, to purge it out.” — a full 2-page spread on the life and art of Gulzar in yesterday’s @nytimes. nytimes.com/2026/09/21/world…
At 92, Gulzar writes with the same discipline that's helped him refine & reinvent his art decade after decade - building an enormous body of work known for its tenderness. This summer, I spent time with him at his Mumbai home for this @nytimes profile: nytimes.com/2026/09/21/world…
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What happens when your period arrives during a multisport event such as #AsianGames? Athletes Ancy Sojan, Gyaneshwari Yadav tell @SamreenRazz how they adapt training, manage symptoms and navigate a challenge elite female athletes rarely talk about📷 hindustantimes.com/sports/ot…
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Yesterday, @IndianExpress reported an unprecedented rupture inside the Election Commission: TWO of its three members objecting on record, 14 times in 10 months, to decisions taken without their knowledge. Today, the second part of our investigation looks at the concern Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagged most often: Who really controls our electoral rolls? We followed that question to Goa, where we found something deeply concerning. Stay with me.... (1/14) 🧵
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Worth a read. Let’s keep the conversation on Periods going. Please bring out more such stories.
What happens when periods collide with elite sport, especially during multi-sport events like the #AsianGames? Ancy Sojan and Gyaneshwari Yadav on cramps, weight gain, recovery and adapting training around their bodies. My piece: hindustantimes.com/sports/ot…
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#Weightlifting At Mirabai Chanu's academy in Modinagar, she isn’t just a champion weightlifter. She’s “Mira didi”. Bollywood, Manipuri folk music and more. Here’s how they celebrated the #AsianGames medal she had waited so long for. 🥈❤️ hindustantimes.com/sports/ot…
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A candid conversation on being a woman in sports journalism, alongside a brilliant group of women who live it every day 🎙️ Sharda Ugra, @lav_narayanan, @ZENIADCUNHA and @manujaveerappa 🤍 Thank you, @PCCIpod 🌻 open.spotify.com/episode/0T7…
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From “Mira didi” to #AsianGames 🥈 When @mirabai_chanu finally won that elusive medal, perhaps the most heartwarming celebration was at her academy in Modinagar where a bunch of young lifters danced, cheered and celebrated their hero. My story 👇🏻 hindustantimes.com/s/deeplin…
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1️⃣st PCCI Women Sports Journalists Roundtable is here! ✨ Our panel Sharda Ugra @manujaveerappa @lav_narayanan @ZENIADCUNHA @SamreenRazz Podcast links in the subsequent tweets
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The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before. The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t. HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside. Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵 (1/10)
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