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School Assembly News Headlines, August 20, 2026: Top national, international, business, sports updates and thought of the day

School Assembly News Headlines: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has appointed new members to the influential parliamentary panel. Meanwhile, Bangladesh is pushing for quicker business visas and more equitable economic relations with India. Amid ongoing oil supply uncertainties, Indian and US fuel exporters are enjoying significant gains. In sports, KL…

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Nomination process for 2026 National Sports Awards likely from next month

The Sports Ministry will likely start the 2026 National Sports Awards nomination process next month. This follows a re-evaluation of the 2025 awardees, which saw omissions from the selection committee's list. No athlete received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for 2025. Seventeen sportspersons were approved for the Arjuna…

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Asian Games gold next, long career bigger goal after Arjuna recognition: Tejaswin Shankar

Tejaswin Shankar aims for Asian Games gold after Commonwealth Games medals. He has improved his decathlon scores significantly this season. Shankar seeks a personal best performance at the upcoming continental event. He will focus solely on the decathlon, not individual high jump. Consistency and fitness are key to his long-term…

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National Sports Awards 2025: Tejaswin, Vidit, Divya among Arjuna winners; Check full list

Divya Deshmukh and Tejaswin Shankar received the prestigious Arjuna Award. Shuttler Gayatri Gopichand and boxer Narender also earned nominations for the award. Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi and Treesa Jolly were among the selected athletes. Dhanush Srikanth, a young rifle shooter, was also recognized for his achievements. Footballer I Arumainayagam received the…

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Yeh dil maange more: A week of tears, triumph and history for Tejaswin Shankar

Tejaswin Shankar won a decathlon bronze medal in Glasgow after a knee injury. He had previously won a high jump bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. An injury forced him to withdraw from the high jump competition earlier. Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar encouraged him to compete in the decathlon. Shankar's…

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Commonwealth Games 2026 Medal Tally India today: Where the count stands after Neeraj Chopra's silver

CWG 2026 India Medal Tally: India's medal count reached twenty-three at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Ten Indian boxers advanced to gold medal bouts, guaranteeing more medals for the nation. Weightlifting and judo contributed significantly to India's medal collection during the competition. Tejaswin Shankar and Neeraj Chopra secured medals…

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Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9: Neeraj Chopra, 10 Indian boxers eye gold medals, check full schedule

Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9: Neeraj Chopra leads India's javelin throw final on July 31 at the Commonwealth Games. Indian boxers aim for finals, guaranteeing a record medal haul in the sport. Tejaswin Shankar continues his decathlon campaign after ending day one in second place. Judo and cycling events also…

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Lovepreet's silver, Seema's bronze headline India's day at Commonwealth Games

Lovepreet Singh secured a silver medal in weightlifting, setting a new Games record. Seema Kaliramna earned a bronze medal in the discus throw event. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and two compatriots advanced to the javelin throw final. Tejaswin Shankar ended the decathlon's opening day in second place. India's weightlifting campaign…

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India eyes more medals on action-packed Day 8 at CWG 2026

Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will be among the major Indian athletes in action at the Commonwealth Games 2026 on Thursday as he begins his campaign in the men's javelin throw qualification event.

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Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 8, July 30, India's schedule: What time is Neeraj Chopra's event today? Check full list of events

Neeraj Chopra leads India's athletics campaign in the javelin throw qualifying round. Tajinderpal Singh Toor competes in the men's shot put final for a medal. Parul Chaudhary participates in the women's 5000m final after a previous event. Weightlifters and cyclists also vie for medals in their respective disciplines. Several other…

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Sarvesh Kushare becomes 1st Indian to win silver in CWG men's high jump

Sarvesh Kushare secured a historic silver medal in the men's high jump event. He became the first Indian to achieve this feat, clearing 2.25 meters. Romaine Beckford of Jamaica won the gold medal on countback after both failed at 2.28 meters. Jack Kimani of England claimed the bronze medal with…

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India begins Commonwealth Games athletics campaign with high jump spotlight on Sarvesh Kushare, Tejaswin Shankar

India's athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games gets underway on Monday, with the spotlight firmly on the men's high jump final featuring a strong Indian contingent.

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Sarvesh Kushare becomes first Indian high jumper to finish on Diamond League podium

Sarvesh Kushare made history as the first Indian high jumper to podium at a Diamond League meet. He secured third place with a jump of 2.26 meters in Monaco on his debut. This achievement places him among an elite group of four Indian Diamond League medalists. Kushare's success follows his…

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High jumper Tejaswin Shankar wins season-opening meet in Belgium

NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar, the national record holder in high jump, secured the top position at the International High Jump Gala Elmos 2024 athletics meet in Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium.

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Sports Ministry approves high jumper Tejaswin Shankar's continental tour participation in Europe

NEW DELHI: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry has granted approval for financial assistance to Commonwealth Games medallist Tejaswin Shankar. The assistance is intended to support his participation in continental tour events in Europe.

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Tejaswin betters National Games decathlon record

Tejaswin Shankar, Asian Games silver medallist, is promoting the decathlon event. He broke the one-year-old meet record in the 37th National Games. He is focusing on the high jump for the Paris Olympics. Tamil Nadu men and Andhra Pradesh women won the 4x100m relay. Haryana's Shilpa Rani won the women's…

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ATHLETICS | Ashton Eaton lets in on how to breach the 9000 point mark in decathlon

Tejaswin Shankar, the only person to cross the 9,000-point mark twice in decathlon, shares his experience and mindset needed to excel in the event. Ashton Eaton, two-time Olympic and World champion, explains how decathlon is different from single events and how to push the margin. He retired at the peak…

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Hangzhou Asian Games | Tejaswin shatters decathlon national record to win silver

Ten events over two days in competitive sports sounds fanciful unless one is talking about decathlon, perhaps the most difficult of athletic events. On October 3, Tejaswin Shankar broke the 12-year old national record in decathlon en route to winning silver at the Asian Games

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Neeraj Chopra urges MEA to fix javelin thrower Kishore Jena's visa issues to enable his participation in World C'ships

Indian Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday urged Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar to resolve the visa issues of athlete Kishore Jena to enable him to take part in the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary this year. Read further on Dynamite…

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World Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Toor, Tejaswin Shankar to miss out

Asian shot-put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Commonwealth Games medalist high jumper Tejaswin Shankar will skip the upcoming World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from August 19 to 27. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Neeraj Chopra to lead 28-member Indian team in World Athletics Championships

India's 28-member team for World Athletics Championships led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, with athletes competing in javelin, triple jump, 20km race walk, long jump, 3000m steeplechase, 400m hurdles, 800m, 1500m, high jump, 35km race walk and 4x400m relay. Surprisingly Sports Ministry announced the team instead of Athletics Federation of…

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World University Games | Tejaswin Shankar sixth, Poorva enters women’s triple jump final

Tejaswin Shankar (2.15m) joint 6th, Jyothi Yarraji 1st in 100m hurdles, Prasanti Sahu 5th, Yamandeep Sharma 8th, Stalin Joes Stephen 10th in decathlon, Amlan Borgohain qualified for 200m semi, Poorva Sawant 7th in triple jump qual. Tanya Chaudhary disappointed with 54.27m. Golds: 400m-Ricardo Coelho (Por), 1500m-Robert Benoit (Fra), 3000m steeple-Christian…

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Tejaswin and Bhavani enter the high jump finals

Tejaswin Shankar qualifies for men’s high jump final; Avantika Narale clocks PB 11.63s, enters women’s 100m semis; Bhavani Yadav in women’s long jump final; Amlan Borgohain, Nitin Kumar, Prasanth Shetty, Rashdeep Kaur, Neha & Robinson Sekar, Vaisakh Ajikumar fail to qualify.

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Universiade, China’s big test before this September’s Asian Games, begins on Friday

Asian champion sprint hurdler, Olympians Manu Bhaker and Srihari Nataraj will be among the stars to watch in the World University Games which begin in Chengdu, China, on Friday

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