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Satchiiiiiiii! 😭🔥. We are into the doubles final for the very first time in the history of #AsianGames 🇮🇳. Our Golden Boys✨.
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Parul Chaudhary sets new National Record with a timing of 9:15.31 in the women's 3000m Steeplechase FINAL! 🔥🇮🇳. Finishes 11th and also qualifies for #Paris2024 👏. #Budapest2023 | #WorldAthleticsChamps
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R. Praggnanandhaa does it again!😯💪. The 16-year-old chess prodigy defeats world champion Magnus Carlsen for the second time in less than three months in the fifth round of the Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament. #Chess ♟️
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RAVI KUMAR DAHIYA - OLYMPIC MEDALLIST . #RaviDahiya comes back from behind to defeat Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in a dramatic semifinal. #Tokyo2020 | 📸: @wrestling
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Just two young lads lifting a nation’s hope on their shoulders!. Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli have arrived🔥. #CWG2022
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INDIA IS IN THE THOMAS CUP FINALS!!🔥. India defeats Denmark 3-2 after a nerve-wrecking semifinal with HS Prannoy once again killing it in the decider!. #Thomascup2022
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INDIA WINS THE THOMAS CUP!🏆. Team India scripts history by winning their first-ever #ThomasCup title!🇮🇳. What a dominating performance to defeat 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0!
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First in the heat! 🏊💥. The youngest Indian rises upto to the occasion, clocks 2:06.96 in Heat 1 of Women's 200m Freestyle. #ParisOlympics2024 #paris2024olympics #Olympics
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India Women A team wins bronze!🥉. This is the first-ever medal for India in the women’s category at the Chess Olympiad!. 📸FIDE. #ChessOlympiad
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The #HockeyWorldCup2023 is here🎇. Even as the celebrations begin in Odisha, let's hope our boys have a fantastic campaign and make the entire nation proud🇮🇳. #HWC2023 .
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"Is that a cricketer? Is that a Bollywood star?". — "Nah, that's our Neeraj!" ❤️. #DohaDiamondLeague | #DohaDL .
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Avinash Sable - one of the greatest athletes the country has produced ❤️. #CommonwealthGames .
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PRAGG DOES IT🔥. The teenager defeated Fabiano Caruana, the third highest rated player in history, to reach the final of FIDE Chess World Cup 2023👏. With this, the young sensation became only the second Indian after Vishy Anand to qualify for Candidates. #FIDEWorldCup2023
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Table tennis legend @sharathkamal1 conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award at the National Sports Awards 2022 ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.❤️.
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Just two legendary Captains leading their respective teams to victories. The Sundays we want. ❤️. #SunilChhetri #Dhoni
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#NeerajChopra has completed Javelin! 🔥🇮🇳🙌. Louder for those at the back. #Budapest2023 | #WorldAthleticsChamps
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Praggs beats Carlsen, AGAIN! 😇. R. Praggnanandhaa defeats Magnus Carlsen at the #GrandChessTour — just a point behind him now. 2/2 wins to start the Blitz for the youngster.
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Stars of CWG 2022 Sharath Kamal and Nikhat Zareen signing off at the closing ceremony of #Birmingham2022! 🇮🇳
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💬"An Asian Games gold medal is even more difficult to win than the Olympics". - The legendary Pullela Gopichand sums up the magnitude of Satwik-Chirag's achievement! 🙏. #AsianGames #AsianGames2022
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☑️First-ever high jump medal for India at CWG.☑️First track and field medal for India in this CWG edition . Tejaswin Shankar🙌🏻. #CommonwealthGames2022 .
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Lakshya Sen WINS the first match for India!!🤩. An absolutely stunning performance from @lakshya_sen takes India to a 1-0 lead against Indonesia in the #ThomasCup final!. Score: 8-21, 21-17, 21-16
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The legendary PT Usha presents Harmilan Bains with her 800m 🥈. WHAT. A. MOMENT📸🇮🇳. #AsianGames #AsianGames2022
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🏸World No. 1 .🎾World No. 1. Welcome to the era of Indian Men's Doubles DOMINANCE! 🇮🇳🙌. #AustralianOpen2024 #AO2024
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🇮🇳Indian women's 4x400m team of Vithya Ramraj, Raju Machettira, Parul and Prachi win the SILVER🥈 medal with a timing of 3:33:55 at the Asian Relays Championships 🔥🔥. #IndianAthletics
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Ma Lin, former Olympic gold medalist and China's TT coach, cannot believe what he has seen!🥶. Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee silenced the entire Chinese crowd with their steamrolling performance💥. #TableTennis #AsianGames2022
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Nikhat wins GOLD🥇🇮🇳🎉. Nikhat Zareen defeats Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong to take the 52kg gold at the Women's World Boxing Championships 2022!. #BoxingIstanbul | #Boxing 🥊
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🇮🇳India has a new HERO! 🙏. Gukesh leaving the venue after beating Alireza and becoming the sole leader in the #FIDECandidates 2024 standings! .
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#OnThisDay in 2008, @Abhinav_Bindra became India's first individual gold medalist at the Olympics. An unforgettable day in our sporting history. 🙂.
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Insane 'back from the dead' moment for Murali Sreeshankar who scripts history at #CommonwealthGames 🔥🇮🇳.
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Another slice of history for #NeerajChopra ✨🔥. The Indian superstar wins the country's FIRST-EVER Diamond League 🥇 medal, with a massive throw of 88.44m in his second attempt on the night proving to be enough!. #ZurichDL
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Born visually impaired, Madhi Rathwa, hailing from Ode village in Gujarat, idolises Neeraj Chopra & overcame all obstacles to win 🥇 in javelin at the National C'ships organised by the Indian Blind Sports Association in Delhi😍. Such an inspirational story!. #Athletics | ℹ️: TOI
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Neeraj Chopra returns with a bang! 🔥🔥. He throws a massive 89.08m on his return from injury - his career's third-best throw, and qualifies for the 2023 World Championships✌️. #LausanneDL
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Defeating Australia's Vasileva 15-10 in the sabre final, Bhavani Devi rises to the limelight once again by clinching gold at the Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2022!🥇. #Fencing
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Gold medal🥇 - ₹75 lakh.Silver medal🥈- ₹50 lakh.Bronze medal 🥉- ₹30 lakh.Bronze medal in mixed team🥉- ₹22.5 lakh. As per news reports, Sports Minister Mansukha Mandaviya announces the cash awards as per medal color for Indian Paris Paralympians 📝💵💭. #Paralympics2024
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Give it up for Sharath Kamal!🙌. The 40-year-old grabs his 4th singles medal at the Commonwealth Games by clinching GOLD for India, beats England's Liam Pitchford🏓🥇. #CommonwealthGames2022
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🇮🇳India ends the day ahead of Japan in the medal tally! 👀. This isn't something you see everyday. Our para-athletes have absolutely smashed it so far. 🙌. #Paralympics2024 #Paralympics
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Nikhat Zareen and Sharath Kamal have been named as India’s flagbearers for the #CommonwealthGames22 closing ceremony!🙏🇮🇳
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FIRST BADMINTON GOLD FOR INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳😭😭❤️❤️. History has been scripted in Hangzhou as @Shettychirag04 and @satwiksairaj become the first ever badminton players from India to win gold at the #AsianGames 🥇💯. The 'Brothers of Destruction' defeated South Korea's Kim-Choi in the
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"𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂" chants fill the stadium as our Paralympians bid adieu to its best-ever Paralympics with 2️⃣9️⃣ timeless medals. 🇮🇳🇮🇳. Pride. Unity. Emotions at its peak ❤️. #Paralympics #Paralympic2024 .
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Going from strength to strength! . Vedaant Madhavan wins 5 🥇 medals at the Malaysian Age Group Championships in Kuala Lumpur💥💥. #Swimming 🏊
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An emotional Saurav Ghosal was in tears after defeating his arch nemesis James Willstrop!❤️. We're proud of you champ🙏. #CommonwealthGames.
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Our women's hockey players return to a hero's welcome from their male counterparts! 🏑❤️. #CommonwealthGames | #Hockey.
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Avinash Sable creates history!🔥. The Indian steeplechaser sets a PB of 8:11.20 to win India's first ever medal in the event at the #CommonwealthGames2022
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Neeraj never lets India down, quite literally! 🇮🇳😍. Watch:. #AsianGames #AsianGames2022 #NeerajChopra .
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Settling for nothing less than GOLD, that's Jeremy Lalrinnunga for you!🔥. #CommonwealthGames2022 | #CommonwealthGames
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Never seen Lakshya Sen this jubilant and happy!🤗. You deserve it champ✊. #CommonwealthGames2022 | #Badminton 🏸
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#FIHProLeague | A hard-fought win for the girls as they show grit and determination to come out on top with a 2-1 win!🇮🇳
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Jeremy clinches GOLD!🥇. 19-year-old star weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins his maiden Gold in men's 67 kg category at #CWG2022 . #Weightlifting 🏋️♂️ | #CommonwealthGames
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India becomes only the 6th nation to ever win the #ThomasCup🔥. Indonesia: 14.China: 10.Malaysia: 5 .Denmark: 1 .Japan: 1. And now India joins the list!❤️
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India wins BRONZE in hockey!🥉. The Indian women's hockey team defeat New Zealand in the shootout to clinch the bronze medal at the #CommonwealthGames2022 !🔝. #Hockey
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𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 🙌🇮🇳. An Indian World Champion other than Vishwanathan Anand, finally!. Gukesh has arrived and how. #Chess #GukeshDing
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A pleasant surprise to bring some life to your Monday evening!✨. #NeerajChopra is now ranked 1⃣ in the world in men's Javelin, a career-high for the 25-year-old Indian superstar and a first for any Indian track & field athlete🇮🇳
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PERSONAL BEST attempt for 27 y/o Kishore Jena with a throw of 84.77m, just a metre short of the 3rd spot! 🙃. #Budapest2023 | #WorldAthleticsChamps
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'Incredible India' into the semis!🇮🇳👏. Needing to win 15-0 against Indonesia to have any chance of qualifying, our boys do one better to grab their spot in the final 4. This, combined with Pakistan's 2-3 defeat against Japan means Pakistan miss out. #AsiaCup2022 | #Hockey 🏑
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1⃣st 🇮🇳 Asian Games🥇.1⃣st 🇮🇳 Doubles World No. 1.1⃣st 🇮🇳 Men's Doubles CWG🥇.1⃣st 🇮🇳 Men's Doubles World C'ships🏅 .1⃣st 🇮🇳 World Tour Super 750 & 1000🏆. History-makers, record-breakers! 🙌 . #AsianGames #AsianGames2022
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Third throw of 76.79m for #NeerajChopra but doesn't matter. Neeraj Chopra will be moving into the top 8 and get three more chances.
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An incredible achievement that will keep inspiring us for years to come!♥️🥇. #CommonwealthGames | #LawnBowls
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Eldhose Paul claims GOLD!🥇. The 25-year-old finishes first in the men's triple jump finals to give us our 5th athletics medal in CWG 2022. #CommonwealthGames | #Athletics
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15-year-old Linthoi Chanambam from Manipur becomes the first Indian to win GOLD🥇 at the World Judo Cadet (U18) Championships. This is India's first ever medal at any age-group in the sport's World Championships👊🇮🇳. #Judo 🥋
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'MUKHERJEE SISTERS' HAVE BEATEN CHINESE WORLD CHAMPIONS 🇮🇳💪. Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee (WR 16) get the better of World Champs Wang Yidi and Chen Meng (WR 2) in the quarterfinals to confirm India's first-ever women's doubles medal at the #AsianGames 🔥. #AsianGames2022 |
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HS Prannoy dancing to the tune of 'Dangal, Dangal. 🎶" after one of the most intense matches of his career is a mood in itself! 😍. #AsianGames2022 #AsianGames .
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𝐓h𝐢s m𝐚k𝐞s o𝐮r h𝐞a𝐫t𝐬 𝐟u𝐥l 🥰🇮🇳.🐐🤝🐐. Podiums in Tokyo & Paris — May this be the start of a long and fruitful journey in Javelin for India!. #Paris2024 #Paralympics2024
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An ecstatic Lakshya Sen after a hard-fought victory - Things we love to see ❤️. #CommonwealthGames.
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🚨 INDIA SCRIPTS AN OLYMPIC DREAM! . Indian Men's Team booked a 🎟️ to the #ParisOlympics 4x400m Relay! 🔝 ⏱️3:03.23 finishing behind 🇺🇲. Amoj Jacob might be the name you forget on ordinary days but today he was just the star India needed in Paradise. #IndianAthletics
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"Showmanship to the crowd!" 💭 . Parvej Khan looked like he could do 1500m more while the others were crawling. 😬💥 A glimpse of Khan's Kingdom. And we are here for it. #IndianAthletics.
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Moment hai! ♥️. Satwik-Chirag had pledged that the national anthem will be played for India in Badminton at #AsianGames2022 . As always, they delivered. #AsianGames | #Badminton 🏸
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𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐑 𝐍𝐎.𝟐 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐔A𝐍𝐀! . Days after taking down World no. 1️⃣ Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa continues his fiery run at #NorwayChess 2024 defeating Caruana from a position of draw.
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