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Soumya seals it; East Bengal through
AFC confirms the IWL champions top Group A with maximum points; AIFF says it’s back-to-back Group Stage for the first time by an Indian club.
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Gayatri–Treesa fight, take bronze
India’s women’s doubles pair took the first game off the top seeds in New Delhi before China turned the screw. The medal is still bronze, and it’s in the bag.
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Bronze in Delhi, facts in order
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand take India’s first women’s doubles World Championships medal since 2011. Not the first ever — the record still remembers Jwala–Ashwini.
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Treesa–Gayatri end at bronze; drought ends
India’s women’s doubles waits since 2011 finally has a medal. Delhi did the hosting; Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand did the hard part.
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Hyderabad biryani film lands Friday
Ameer Log, set in a Hyderabad basti and released in Telugu states by Rana Daggubati’s Spirit Media, opens August 21. Friendship, Irani-chai lanes and a secret-recipe dilemma — for once, Hyderabad is the main course, not garnish.
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Treesa–Gayatri smash into medal row
Unseeded Indian pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand beat China’s Jia Yi Fan/Zhang Shu Xian 16–21, 21–15, 21–13 in New Delhi to reach the World Championships semifinals and lock in at least bronze — India’s first women’s doubles Worlds medal since 2011, per PTI via NDTV.
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Village fans at war, motion poster out
Panasapalli Fans Association is pitched as a village story about rival cinema fan clubs. Two reports say the makers dropped a motion poster on August 18. That’s the confirmed part.
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Telangana skater aims at Bormio
A Hyderabad teen is reported to have booked a lane for the ISU Short Track Junior World Cup. The schedule is official; the “first Indian girl” claim isn’t — yet.
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Hanamkonda ran. AFI blinked.
Indian Athletics Series–13 finished in Warangal on August 18; the results are up. The only thing still running is AFI’s venue copy.
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Arjuna picks: Telangana 2, Centre finally 1
Badminton’s Gayatri Gopichand and shooter Dhanush Srikanth have been named for the 2025 Arjuna Award, the Telangana CMO said — a win the state will happily claim while Delhi takes a bow months late.
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Pant hits 100 Test sixes. Finally, a record that’s clean
Rishabh Pant becomes the first Team India men’s batter to reach 100 sixes in Tests, doing it in the Galle Test versus Sri Lanka. The BCCI confirmed it — which, for once, is enough.
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Sindhu sails; Shetty stuns No.1
Home World Championships, opening day: PV Sindhu cruised; Ayush Shetty sent top seed Shi Yuqi out. Telangana’s star is through, and Delhi can keep its photo-ops — the badminton did the talking.
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Padikkal 167 lights up Galle
A maiden Test ton turns into 167, per a live match report, as India pile up 462 in Galle. The BCCI confirmed the tour and his selection; the score and records await an official card.
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Two films, one 21 August
Trade buzz says Nani’s The Paradise has stepped off 21 August. The makers’ last on-record line says it hasn’t. Ravi Teja’s Irumudi is already standing on the date.
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Padikkal answers No. 3, loudly
India 288/2 in Galle on a rain-hit Day 1. Devdutt Padikkal’s maiden Test hundred ends the wait at No. 3; the selectors’ stand-in becomes the statement.
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Padikkal parks India at 288/2
Maiden Test ton on debut tour, unbeaten 131 at Galle; India coach credits back-foot prep. Rahul retired hurt; Sri Lanka lean on a debutant’s effort without reward.