Category: RECORDS, ALL OTHER excl. Asia & India

** Not mere bluster: Kamalpreet Kaur raises hopes of another medal by easing into discus final

With a grin on her face, Kamalpreet – an imposing figure at 6 ft 1 inch – flexed her right arm for the cameras before pointing to her name that was emblazoned on the front of her jersey

** Sprinter Maan Kaur dies at 105 after heart attack

Maan Kaur, who held four world records in the 100+ age category and won 35 medals at national and international levels, breathed her last on Saturday. She was 105.

** Tokyo Olympics: India rejoices at shuttler PV Sindhu’s second medal

Sindhu on Sunday became only the second Indian and first woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win over world no.9 He Bing Jiao of China.

** Biden nominates Indian-American to be first Muslim envoy for religious freedom

President Joe Biden has nominated an Indian-American, Rashad Hussain, as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and if approved by the Senate he will be the first Muslim to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties.

** Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota among 13 contenders for fiction’s Booker Prize

Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel ‘China Room’, alongside Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers.

The 2021 longlist or “The Booker Dozen” of 13 novels was unveiled on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, after judges evaluated 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021

** Indian Wrestler Priya Malik Wins Gold At World Cadet Wrestling

Indian wrestler Priya Malik today won a gold medal at World Cadet Wrestling Championship which is held in Budapest, Hungary.

She won gold in the 73kg category by defeating Belarus 5-0.

** Tokyo Olympics 2020 Day 1 Live Updates: Mirabai Chanu wins silver; Nagal wins, Satwik-Chirag pull off upset

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates Day 1: Mirabai Chanu opens India’s account with a silver medal in women’s 49kg weightlifting, while the badminton, hockey, TT and boxing campaigns also begin.