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Ronaldinho confirms his 'maiden visit' to West Bengal in mid October

Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has confirmed his visit to the city ahead of the Durga Puja festival. For the three-time Ballon d'Or winner, this will be the maiden visit to the football-crazy city that has hosted many legends of the world sport, including Pele, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. "Hello Everybody, I will be doing my maiden trip to Kolkata this mid-October," the 43-year-old posted on his official Facebook page. "I know Kolkata has a huge number of Brazil fans and I am very excited to meet them," he added. He would also meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and "gift her a jersey". He further stated that he would like to "learn cricket" for city's icon Sourav Ganguly. "I know cricket is very popular and this time I want to learn cricket from Bengal's 'Dada'. "I would also interact with sponsors and many felicitation programs and promote the beautiful game. Let the Samba Magic begin this Durga Puja... Ami tomader bhalo bhashi (I love you all)," he ...

ICC World Cup 2023: List of commentators announced-Shastri, Ponting & more

World Cup winners Shane Watson, Lisa Sthalekar, Ramiz Raja, Ravi Shastri, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar and Matthew Hayden will be a part of the commentary panel

Asian Games 2023 India Kabaddi full schedule, match time, squads, streaming

India's Kabaddi matches at the Asian Games 2023 will take place at 6 AM IST and 1:30 PM IST from October 3 to October 5 before semifinals and final take place on October 6 and 7 respectively

Asian Games: Indian men enter squash final, women signs off with bronze

The Indian team humbled defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to reach the final of the men's squash event after the seasoned Saurav Ghosal and Abhay Singh registered identical wins at the Asian Games here on Friday. India, thus, set up a marquee gold medal clash with Pakistan, against whom they lost in the pool stage and will seek revenge heading into the final. Abhay Singh started the proceedings for India on a positive note, securing a 3-1 (11-3 12-10 9-11 11-6) win over Muhammad Addeen Idrakie Bin Bahtiar in the opening match. He took 57 minutes to ward off the challenge of Bin Bahtiar. The experienced Ghosal then got the better of Eain Yow NG 3-1 (11-8 11-6 12-10 11-3) in 69 minutes to wrap up the second semifinal in favour of India. Mahesh Mangaonkar was not required to play his match against Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Kamal. The Indian men had settled for the bronze medal in the last edition of the Games in Indonesia. Ghosal said contrary to the final result, it was a tough outin

Asian Games: Boxer Zareen secures Olympic quota, assures medal at Asiad

With this victory, Nikhat also officially sealed her place in India's Paris Olympics contingent. As for her Asian Games campaign, she will be up against Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat in the semifinal

At the Asian Games, this 9-year-old skateboarder has the Olympics in sight

Philippines' skateboarding prodigy Mazel Alegado is one of the youngest competitors at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

IPL 2024: Bobat named Royal Challengers Bangalore's new director of cricket

Bobat is a hugely influential figure who has played a significant part in one of English cricket's most enthralling years as a performance director

Host China continues Asian Games dominance by surpassing 150 medals

China blew past the 150-medal mark Thursday on Day 5 of the Asian Games, more than double the number of second-place South Korea as the home nation continued its decades-long domination of the event. The hosts were bolstered by multiple golds in a home sport on Thursday, as Chinese athletes won the men's 70-, 60- and 56-kilogram finals in Wushu martial arts, as well as the women's 60- and 52-kilogram finals. He Feng, who took gold in the 70-kilogram final by beating former Asian Games gold medalist Mohsen Mohammadseifi of Iran, was trailing in the first round and credited his coaches for helping him adjust. It is mainly the result of the tactics and training by the coach, then the most important thing is mentality, which determines success or failure, he said. I always tell myself not to give up, persistence is victory. Host nations traditionally get a homefield medal bump, and He said the crowd also helped keep him going. Seeing so many people cheering for me, I think I can't giv

Asian games: Manika, Sharath, Sathiyan storm into pre-quarterfinals

Star Indian paddlers Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan dominated their opponents en route their pre-quarterfinals entry in the table tennis competition at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Sharath, a team bronze winner in 2018 Asian Games, never gave a chance to Mohammed Shaffan Ismail, his opponent from Maldives before winning 11-9, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7. Sathiyan, who had won a bronze medal in the team event in Jakarta Games 2018, too was equally overwhelming against Turki Lafi Almutairi of Saudi Arabia while registering a 11-5, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 victory. The Saudi player tried to claw his way back in the third set going closer to the Indian at 9-7, but Sathiyan's experience proved at the crucial juncture. In the fourth game, Sathiyan just brushed aside his rival giving away just two points. Manika, a 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and a bronze winner in mixed doubles at the Jakarta Asian Games, blanked Nabita Shresthta of Nepal 4-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2) in just 20

We saw ups, downs together: Arjun Cheema after winning gold in shooting

Shiva Narwal said that he is feeling happier since his brother Manish Narwal secured a quota spot for the Paris 2024. Shiva added that it is a happy moment for his family and the whole nation

Asian Games: Rider Agarwalla wins first individual medal in Equestrian

Malaysia's Fathil Mahamad clinched gold with 75.780 scores and Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying claimed silver by scoring 73.450 points

Asian Games: India misses medal in individual event of 10m air pistol

The Indian team finished one point ahead of silver medal holders China. This was the fourth gold medal in shooting and overall sixth in the ongoing Asian Games

Asian Games: Jaismine Lamboria punches her way into quarterfinals

The referee stopped the contest in Round 2 as the Saudi boxer was unable to match the skills that Jaismine possessed

MotoGP to return to India next year as 16th race after San Marino GP

The inaugural edition of the IndianOil Grand Prix of India, MotoGP Bharat, was held on September 24 at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida

India wins gold in equestrian dressage at Asian Games: What is the event?

The Indian team aggregated 209.205 percentage points, finishing first ahead of China (204.882 per cent) and Hong Kong (204.852 per cent)

TMS Ep529: Acquisition appetite, Krishna Ella, markets, sports associations

Why are business families in acquisition mode? How does Krishna Ella view Bharat Biotech's future? Is it time to bottom-fish in stock market? What happens when sports associations are suspended?

Asian Games: Bhaker tops in 25m pistol women's precision qualification

World championships gold medallist Bhaker averaged 9.800 in the 25m pistol women's qualification precision event. Esha averaged 9.733

Tasteless supplements, yoga behind Ramita Jindal's success at Asian Games

Eating 'tasteless' supplements, undergoing breathing exercises and yoga is not something a teenager would love to do daily but that is the routine of shooter Ramika Jindal who has emerged as a star for India in the Asian Games here. On Sunday, Ramita was a part of the silver-winning Indian women's 10m air rifle team and clinched an individual bronze in the same event on Tuesday. She and Divyansh Singh Panwar missed a bronze by a whisker on Tuesday when they lost the third-place match 18-20 after taking a big lead initially. The two medals were her first on the international senior circuit. The 19-year-old hailing from Ladwa town in Haryana's Kurukshetra district is not complaining for missing out things which a normal teenager does. "I worked with a psychologist -- Gayatri Vartak. She helps me with all the techniques. I do all the breathing exercises and yoga in the morning. It helps me in keeping myself relaxed and calm," Ramita said after her match on Tuesday. "Diet is also ver

Asian Games: Eabad Ali gets bronze in Men's Windsurfer tournament

South Korea's Wonwoo Cho won the gold [14 points] while Thailand's Natthaphong Phonoppharat clinched silver [29 points]

Asian Games: Women's Hockey team gears up for match against Singapore

Since 2014, the Indian Women's Hockey Team has faced Singapore three times and won each time, with their most recent victory coming during the Women's Asia Cup 2022