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Meghalaya: West Jaintia dominates youth league Zone B, secures top spots in both U-14 and U-16
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Meghalaya: West Jaintia dominates youth league Zone B, secures top spots in both U-14 and U-16

The West Jaintia District Sports Association (WJDSA) continues to dominate Zone B of the Meghalaya Youth League 2024, securing commanding positions in both the U-14 and U-16 categories. In a decisive U-14 match, WJDSA triumphed 4-0 over Amlarem Block Sports Association, with Kaisarmi Dkhar delivering a hat-trick. The U-16 match ended in a 1-1 draw, further solidifying WJDSA's lead. WJDSA leads the U-14 group with 21 points, holding an eight-point lead over second-placed Amlarem. In the U-16 standings, they boast 17 points, six points ahead of their competitors. Meanwhile, in other Zone B action, Laskein Block Sports Association drew 2-2 with East Jaintia District Football Association in U-14, while East Jaintia secured a 1-0 victory in the U-16 match. In Zone C, Ri-Bhoi District Sports...
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Paris Paralympics ended, India ranked 18th with 29 medals
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Paris Paralympics ended, India ranked 18th with 29 medals

The 2024 Paris Paralympics ended on Sunday. India won 29 medals in these Paralympics. India ranks 18. China is in first place, Great Britain and America are in second and third places, respectively. Pakistan is at the last place. Two history-making sportspersons, Harvinder Singh and Preeti Pal, carried the flag of India at the closing ceremony. This time Harvinder Singh won gold in men's archery in individual recurve open. He became the first Indian archer to win gold in the Paralympics. On the other hand, Preeti Pal won bronze in the women's T-35 category in the 100-meter sprint. This is India's first medal in sprint at the Paralympics. She also got bronze in the 200-meter race. Dharambir Singh in club throw, Harwinder Singh in archery, Sumit Antil in javelin, Nitesh Kumar in badminto...
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Meghalaya’s Myngken Christian HSS storms into Subroto Cup final with 7-0 victory
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Meghalaya’s Myngken Christian HSS storms into Subroto Cup final with 7-0 victory

Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School (HSS), Meghalaya, secured a dominant 7-0 win over Govt. Secondary School, Arunachal Pradesh, on Monday to book their place in the final of the 63rd Subroto Cup Junior Boys International Football Tournament. A stunning hat-trick by Banganson led Myngken’s charge at Ambedkar Stadium, where they will face T.G. English School (TGES) from Bishnupur, Manipur, in the summit clash on Wednesday. TGES edged past Sri Lanka Schools Football Association with a narrow 1-0 victory in the other semifinal. Myngken took control early, with Banganson breaking the deadlock in the 21st minute after a brilliant solo run. He doubled the lead in the 36th minute, followed by Mebanlamiynit's third goal from a counterattack just three minutes later. Alicestar made it ...
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Throwback: Virat Kohli recalls of an incident from India’s tour to Australia in 2012
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Throwback: Virat Kohli recalls of an incident from India’s tour to Australia in 2012

Virat Kohli the most celebrated Indian Cricketer of India known for his extraordinary talent in the grounds. However, Virat recalling a incident from India's tour to Australia in 2012 which is typed as 'Virat's middle finger incident'. During the test match, while fielding Virat was repeatedly targeted by verbal abuse from a section of Australian fans. To which Virat responded by raising his middle finger to the crowd. Virat recalled saying, "Yeah, the one thing I remember most is when I'd had enough of the Australian crowd at Sydney and I just decided to flick a finger at them. 'I'm so cool'. The match referee called me to his room the next day and I'm like, ‘What's wrong?'. He said, ‘What happened at the boundary yesterday?'. I said, ‘Nothing, it was a bit of banter'." "I got a...
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2nd MLA Cup Football Tournament kicks off with exciting opener
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2nd MLA Cup Football Tournament kicks off with exciting opener

The second edition of the highly anticipated MLA Cup football tournament began on September 5 at Boldamgre Playground, Mahendraganj. A total of 31 teams from across the constituency are competing in this thrilling inter-locality event, organised by the Rangdokram Socio-Cultural Club. Mahendraganj MLA Sanjay A Sangma and Bajengdoba MLA Pongseng R Marak graced the opening ceremony, officially launching the competition that promises to bring local communities together through sport. The opening match saw Domapara FC and Garagre FC in a fierce contest that ended 1-1 in regular time. In a dramatic penalty shootout, Domapara FC emerged victorious with a 4-3 win, setting the tone for the exciting games ahead.
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Harbhajan Singh recalls how he motivated young Virat Kohli
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Harbhajan Singh recalls how he motivated young Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli made his cricket debut series in 2008. Former legendary cricketer Harbhajan Singh recalled how Virat Kohli was self-doubting himself wanting to excel in the ground. Recalling an incident during ODI against Sri Lanka, Harbhajan shared, "I remember this one incident. Viru [Virender Sehwag] had gotten injured, I suppose. [Ajantha] Mendis was getting everyone out. He comes in; young guy, free energy. He batted and scored a fifty. He asked me, 'Paaji, how did I play?' I said, 'Very well.' Harbhajan Singh also shared about Virat's debut test series in 2011, when Virat had questions on himself, if he's good enough. Harbhajan adviced him saying, "You will shame yourself if you don't score 10, 000 runs. You have the capabilities. If you don't, it' ll be because of your own fault....
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Bangladesh all out to Pakistan in the second innings
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Bangladesh all out to Pakistan in the second innings

At the end of the third day, the hint was received. That became clear on the fourth day. Pakistan's batting failed to score big runs once again. They were all out for 172 runs in the second inning of the second test. Without Mohammed Rizwan and Agha Salman, Pakistan would have faced more problems. Bangladesh need 185 runs to clinch the series by winning the second Test. Pakistan was leading by 21 runs at the end of the fourth day. Had 8 wickets in hand. Pakistan's top order had to score runs to win the Test. They could not do that. Saim Ayub and Shan Masudera started but could not score big runs. Babar Azam failed once again. He scored 11 runs. At one point, Pakistan lost six wickets for 81 runs. Rizwan and Salman pulled the team from there. Pakistan's batsmen were struggling to handle...
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Legendary batter Donald Bradman scored a total of 100 runs in a span of three overs
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Legendary batter Donald Bradman scored a total of 100 runs in a span of three overs

Legendary batter Donald Bradman, while playing in a domestic match in 1931, actually scored a total of 100 runs in a span of three overs. At the time, an over actually constituted of eight balls and Bradman hit 33, 40 and 27 runs respectively in three consecutive overs. In fact Bradman went on to score 256 runs in the innings. This is actually very interesting news and from it people can learn many things about cricket as this sport is about many things. Today cricket comes among top sports in the world and in every corner of the world it is watched and played. If you see for the popularity of cricket India has large contribution as Indian cricket team is considered as the best cricket of the world. In fact cricket is played from long time and it is actually very advanced sport. In rea...
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Ticket resale ban enforced for Durand Cup semi-final in Shillong
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Ticket resale ban enforced for Durand Cup semi-final in Shillong

Authorities have issued a stern warning against ticket resale for the Durand Cup semi-final scheduled for August 26 at JN Stadium in Shillong. The Department of Sports and Youth Affairs emphasized the importance of reporting any resale activities to the Meghalaya Police in a press release on August 25, addressing public concerns over ticket sales and crowd management. The highly anticipated clash between Shillong Lajong FC and North East United FC has led to an unprecedented demand for tickets, with all 15,000 seats at the stadium now sold out. To ensure ticket authenticity, all official tickets feature holograms, and only those with valid passes will be allowed entry. In response to the high demand, officials have set up fan parks throughout Shillong and neighboring districts to ac...
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West Indies defeated South Africa by 7 wickets
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West Indies defeated South Africa by 7 wickets

South Africa played the T20 World Cup final in June. West Indies defeated that team easily. The Caribbean camp won by 7 wickets under the influence of Nicholas Pooran. South Africa failed with the ball. South Africa lost the first match of the T20 series. Tristian Stubbs scored 174 runs, batting first at Trinidad Stadium. Captain Aiden Markram (14) did not get a run, but Stubbs scored 76 runs. Patrick Kruger scored 44 runs. No other batsman could score even 15 runs. West Indies won the match with 13 balls to spare after South Africa scored 174 runs to bat. The two openers, Alic Athanez and Shai Hope, made a pair of 84 runs. Athanage scored 40 runs. Hope scored 51 runs. Puran did the rest to win the team. He played a match-winning inning of 65 runs off 26 balls. West Indies took a 1-0 l...
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