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Could Protistha Samanta have scored high with low-difficulty vaults in the final

Could Protistha Samanta have scored high with low-difficulty vaults in the final

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4 min readMumbaiJul 27, 2026 11:20 PM IST Protistha Samanta could not be faulted for how she performed in the CWG Artistic Gymnastics Vault final. On her two attempts with Difficulty values (D Score) of 4.4 and 4.0, the Indian finished with an average of 12.833. She had started 7th out of 8 gymnasts. She finished 7th, albeit Apparatus Finals tend to be scrutinised more than Qualification rounds by judges, and she scored lower than her Q score of 13.025. That incidentally was her career-best. So why was she never in medal contention? The gold went to Canadian sensation Lia Monica Fontaine. Avg score: 14.000. Lia’s vaults carried a starting Difficulty value of 5.0 and 4.8. Should she pull off a decent execution, 9.8 points were assured as D-Score. Protistha, on the other hand, was working with an 8.4 start, a full point less than the gold medallist. “Let’s be very clear. For her Difficulty levels, Protistha did extremely well to reach the final,” says former CWG medallist Ashish Kumar. “Even in the final, where …

NEET UG results 2026: Full list of 138 candidates who scored 690 marks or above

NEET UG results 2026: Full list of 138 candidates who scored 690 marks or above

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The results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2026 were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday. The results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2026 were announced on Thursday. (HT_PRINT) A total of 11.21 lakh candidates qualified for admission to undergraduate medical, dental, AYUSH and allied courses. Nearly 20 lakh candidates appeared for the exam, which was held on June 21 at 5,440 centres across 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. The exam was conducted in 13 languages. The NTA said more than 58 per cent of the qualified candidates are women. Candidates from every state and union territory secured qualifying marks. It also said 138 candidates scored 690 marks or above out of 720. More than 93 per cent of them were first-time NEET (UG) candidates. The NTA released the final answer key before announcing the results. Toppers Aryan Gupta of Punjab and Panshul Bansal of Haryana jointly topped the exam. Both scored 715 out of 720. The NTA said the results were announced in …

Messi missed, scored, wept, and dragged Argentina back from the dead in FIFA World Cup epic | Football News

Messi missed, scored, wept, and dragged Argentina back from the dead in FIFA World Cup epic | Football News

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Years, and maybe decades, later, Lionel Messi would remember the game of wildly fluctuating fortunes in graphic detail. The penalty he missed in the first half, the free-kick that cannoned off the post, Egypt’s counter-attacking goals, Cristian Romero’s goal that fired the comeback, his own equaliser on the half-volley, the heart-stopping moments during the VAR check of Enzo Fernandez’s headed winner. And, after all that, the night he cried like a child when he heard the final whistle. He would recollect it as one of the greatest comebacks he and his country has made, the afternoon he could see darkness creeping through the roofed canopy of the arena in Atlanta. AS IT HAPPENED | Argentina vs Egypt, FIFA World Cup Round of 16 Just 11 minutes remained for Egypt to close out a game they were deservedly leading 2-0. They stopped everything but not the iron-clad resolve of Argentina, the impenetrable genius of Messi, and their own muddled thinking, their naivety on the biggest stage. Cruel as the 3-2 reversal was for Egypt, they lost …

Messi missed the penalty. Then scored twice. Argentina are through

Messi missed the penalty. Then scored twice. Argentina are through

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Before the match, the giant screen at Dallas Stadium showed all 16 of Lionel Messi’s previous World Cup goals one by one. The crowd cheered each one. By the time the last appeared, the stadium was already his. Two more followed. They always do. In the ninth minute, Messi walked up to a penalty spot and missed. Not by much. He tried to curl it against the post. Schlager dived, guessed right, but the ball passed a few centimetres wide without him needing to touch it. Messi covered his face with both palms, looked up at the Texas sky, and walked back. An Austrian fan in the stand had painted MESSI WHO? on his stomach. It felt, briefly, like a reasonable question. Twenty-nine minutes later he answered it. Almada released Medina down the left. Medina cut the ball back. Almada, reading something only he and Messi knew, let it run through without touching it. And Messi, who had been walking — as he does, as he always does, conserving something the rest of us cannot …

Who has scored most World Cup goals in history? Messi one goal away from all-time record

Who has scored most World Cup goals in history? Messi one goal away from all-time record

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2 min readJun 22, 2026 09:58 PM IST Arguably the greatest footballer of his generation, and one of the finest to ever grace the pitch, Argentinian legend Lionel Messi now stands just one goal away from becoming the all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup history. Messi opened Argentina’s 2026 World Cup campaign with a historic hat-trick against Algeria, drawing him level with Germany’s Miroslav Klose as the joint-top scorer in tournament history. Both icons now have 16 World Cup goals to their name, one ahead of legendary Brazilian Ronaldo, who sits third on the all-time list with 15 goals. Already holding the record for the most goal contributions in World Cup history (24), with 16 goals and 8 assists, Messi will claim the outright record if he finds the net in Argentina’s Group J clash against Austria in Dallas on Monday. Another generational talent, France’s Kylian Mbappé, is closing in fast. In just his third World Cup, the French superstar has already netted 14 goals. He opened his 2026 account with a brace in …

Indian-origin New Zealand World Cup star whose first international goal was scored in India

Indian-origin New Zealand World Cup star whose first international goal was scored in India

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3 min readJun 16, 2026 12:08 PM IST Sarpreet Singh starred for New Zealand in their thrilling 2-2 draw against Iran in their first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the Los Angeles Stadium, thus joining the list of Indian-origin players at the tournament this year, the others being Qatar’s Tahsin Mohammed Jamshid, DR Congo’s Samuel Moutoussamy and Australia’s Nishan Velupillay. Sarpreet had a major role to play in New Zealand’s first goal, with Elijah Just exchanging passes with him and captain Chris Wood before putting the ball into the back of the net. He was taken off in the 92nd minute of the match, being replaced by Jesse Randall. Who is Sarpreet Singh? Born in Auckland, New Zealand on February 20, 1999, Sarpreet currently plays for Wellington Phoenix, on loan from Serbian club TSC. Sarpreet’s parents hail from Jalandhar, Punjab, and ran a grocery store in Auckland. The 27-year-old played for Onehunga Sports in his youth before signing for Wellington Phoenix in 2015. He played with the A-League team till 2019, when …

‘Biswas nahi ho raha’: CBSE topper Bhavya Ranjan who scored 100 in 4 subjects

‘Biswas nahi ho raha’: CBSE topper Bhavya Ranjan who scored 100 in 4 subjects

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The Central Board of Secondary Education has declared its Class XII exam results 2026 and Bhavya Ranjan emerged as the national topper in the humanities stream. She secured perfect 100s in four subjects, missing a flawless 500/500 total by just a single mark. CBSE topper Bhavya Ranjan. (X/@SethSanjayMP) During an interview, the Ranchi girl from Oxford Public School revealed that she credits her success not just to her parents but also to her teachers and friends. She continued that she studied for productivity without keeping track of hours. When asked how she was feeling after scoring so high and being the national topper, she said she is still in disbelief. “Biswas nahi ho raha.” Ranjan said, “I often made small mistakes and lost points. Sometimes I felt disappointed, but then I focused on my shortcomings and achieved success. I never imagined I would become a national topper,” reported Live Hindustan. Her mother, Vicki Gandhi, also reacted to her daughter’s success. “As a teacher, it is a matter of joy that a national topper from our …

I Used to Cry if I Scored Under 97% in School

I Used to Cry if I Scored Under 97% in School

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3 min readNew DelhiApr 28, 2026 12:00 AM IST Tennis icon Sania Mirza, on her podcast ServingItUpWithSania, discussed her love of academics. “Not many people know, but I was a geek. I really loved studying, I was one of those people who never wanted to miss school, and if I got under anything 95, 97, I would start crying… I would be like, “Why didn’t I get 100?” Further on the podcast, her parents, Imran and Nasrima Mirza, revealed, “Mrs Khan, late Mr Pataudi’s sister, she was the one who convinced Sania that it’s okay to miss a bit of school, it’s okay if you don’t get 100%, sport is important…She told you to go out and play, go out of Hyderabad, I will take care of your attendance, you don’t worry…” Her story reflects a broader reality many children face today, in which academic excellence often overshadows other talents, including sports. According to Dr Meghana Phadke Sultania, Senior Consultant and Head, Unit III – Pediatrics and Adolescent Health at Asian Hospital, excessive academic pressure …

Kapil Dev: ‘Had I played golf with cricket, I would have scored another 2,000 runs’ | Cricket News

Kapil Dev: ‘Had I played golf with cricket, I would have scored another 2,000 runs’ | Cricket News

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5 min readApr 21, 2026 07:00 AM IST By Kapil Dev After a glittering career in which he led India to victory in the 1983 World Cup as captain and a champion all-rounder, Kapil Dev is also an avid golfer post-retirement and currently the president of the Professional Golf Tour of India. India’s OG golfing cricketer, or cricketing golfer, talks about the similarities. Timing: The most crucial common link The timing and grip is most important in cricket and golf. If you don’t have timing, you end up hitting the ball too hard. If your grip is proper, then the impact is beautiful, and things change. The second most important thing is the belief within the players that they can do that (hit sixes). In our time, the belief wasn’t there. A 15-year-old boy doesn’t have that much strength to do that (hit sixes), but he has belief. Their equipment is ready, and then on top of that, timing is important. You don’t have to be Chris Gayle to hit very big sixes. Today, because of …

‘Too many people in England laughed about my attitude over the last few years’: The time Uruguay’s Luis Suarez scored a double vs ENG in 2014 FIFA World Cup | Football News

‘Too many people in England laughed about my attitude over the last few years’: The time Uruguay’s Luis Suarez scored a double vs ENG in 2014 FIFA World Cup | Football News

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4 min readMar 27, 2026 06:00 PM IST With England and Uruguay set to meet in a friendly on Friday night, it marks a rare occasion when these two former world champions face each other in the beautiful game. The last time these two teams had met was back in 2014 when Uruguay had virtually knocked the Three Lions out of the FIFA World Cup. After that meeting, the two teams have played 2 more World Cups but haven’t crossed paths in 2018 or 2022. They haven’t even faced each other in international friendlies in over 12 years leading to Friday’s encounter being one of those matches that haven’t been run into the ground in a football era chock full of big clashes. The teams have played each other 11 times in history with England winning 3 and Uruguay winning 5 while 3 matches were draws. One important point to note here is that England haven’t ever beaten their South American counterparts in any competitive matches, losing to them in 2014 World Cup and the …