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Mondo Duplantis, Grant Holloway retain world indoor titles at Nanjing 2025

Mondo Duplantis, Grant Holloway retain world indoor titles at Nanjing 2025

Nanjing, Mar 23 (UNI) Pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis clinched his seventh senior global title, while USA's Grant Holloway won his third consecutive world indoor 60m hurdles victory at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships here.
As the competition reached its thrilling halfway point on Saturday, Nanjing's Cube, the venue for the championships, saw the intensity of the contests heat up with nine titles up for grabs on the day.
Sweden's Duplantis secured the pole vault gold with a height of 6.15 meters, but the victory was far from a walk in the park.

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Target Asian Games 2026: Indian fencers get new facility at NSNIS Patiala

13 Feb 2026 | 9:17 PM

Patiala, Feb 13(UNI) Indian fencers praised the newly-built High-Performance Centre here at Sports Authority of India's Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports on Thursday, saying it will give massive boost to the specialised Olympic sport.

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India women begin tour with comfortable win over Governor General's XI

13 Feb 2026 | 9:17 PM

Sydney, Feb 13 (UNI) India have used their only tour match before the NRMA Insurance multi-format series against Australia to get a victory under their belt, cruising past the Governor General's XI in Sydney.
With the series-opening T20I to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, the Indians picked a virtually full-strength XI and ran away with a five-wicket victory with 15 balls to spare.

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WTT Star Contender 2026: Snehit, Nithya upset higher-ranked opponents to reach singles pre-quarters

13 Feb 2026 | 9:13 PM

Chennai, Feb 13(UNI) Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset Japanese 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa, while qualifier Nithya Mani packed off 14th seed Minhyung Jee of Australia to reach the men’s and women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026.

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Abhishek visits slain Purulia migrant worker's home, demands stringent punishment for culprits

13 Feb 2026 | 9:12 PM

Kolkata, Feb 13 (UNI) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday urged all political parties to come forward and protest against the alleged brutal murder of a migrant worker from Purulia Sukhen Mahato in Maharashtra.

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WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026: Snehit upsets 13th seed Oikawa in a thriller

13 Feb 2026 | 9:09 PM

Chennai, Feb 13(UNI) Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa of Japan to reach the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026.

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