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'My Army coaches and mentors gave me self-belief by motivating me and telling me constantly 'tu yeh kar sakta hai' (you can do it), right before the tournament,' Wushu world champion Praveen Kumar said

Catch all the sports update of last week (October 21 to 27) in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show. Sourav Ganguly took charge as the new president of the BCCI while India completed a 3-0 clean sweep over South Africa in Freedom Test Series

The Ironman Malaysia was organised on October 26 on Langkawi Island in Malaysia. Athletes from all over the world participated. Swaroop Singh Kuntal completed it in a record timing of 12 hours and 14 minutes

Tiger Woods, the 15-time major winner held off the challenge of home favourite Hideki Matsuyama to win by three shots at the weather-delayed tournament, his first outing since arthroscopic left knee surgery in August

Victory over Kenya, combined with later results, proved enough for Papua New Guinea (PNG) to reach the ICC T20 World Cup for the first time in their history

On Sunday, festive spirits were not dampened despite the ISL game between Chennaiyin FC and Mumbai City FC lacking goals. Both teams created a host of chances in an intense encounter. However, poor finishing meant that the teams had to share honours in the Marina Arena

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had enjoyed a dream run at the French Open (BWF World Tour Super 750 event). However, they could not cross the final hurdle, losing to the top-seeded duo from Indonesia, Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

India will face hosts Sri Lanka on Tuesday (October 29) in the ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Cup. India are on top of the table with two wins from three matches (two wins, one no result). Sri Lanka are second with one win from two games

'Every Test match, they bat first, they score 500, they declare when it's dark, they get three wickets when it's dark and when day three starts, you're under pressure,' Faf du Plessis said, referring to India Test series

Several cricketers including Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and others took to the micro-blogging website Twitter to extend Diwali/Deepavali wishes

'India has added a new dimension to their game with the fast bowlers — even minus Jasprit Bumrah — playing a huge part in a home victory,' said Ian Chappell

NorthEast United drew first blood when Redeem Tlang scored the quickest goal of the ISL season (second minute). Odisha equalised through Xisco Hernandez (71st minute) before defender Carlos Delgado was sent off. The Highlanders made their advantage count through Asamoah Gyan who popped up with a header six minutes from time

The India B team in the Cadet Girls’ competition was the country’s top performers in this ITTF Premium Junior Circuit event, clinching the gold. Led by Kavya Sree Bhaskar and Nilishma Sarkar, they took on the mighty Chinese Taipei 1 in the title round and came out triumphant

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21-11, 25-23 in the semi-finals. The Indian pair won the first game quite comprehensively and they carried on with their winning momentum to wrap up the match in 49 minutes

Yuvraj Singh wrote, "Happy to announce that I will be playing for team @MarathaArabians in Abu Dhabi @T10League Be there to cheer for my team and catch me in action at Abu Dhabi from 14 - 24 Nov! Looking forward to it. @parvezkhan35 @sohailkhan @alitumbi #AalaReAala #marathaarabians."