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00:00:30Hello, welcome to our weekly sports show,
00:00:31Ministry would provide Game On. I'm
00:00:33Suchitra. This week's first big news is
00:00:37from chess. Indian Grandmaster
00:00:38The 2025-26 season R. Praggnanandhaa has won the Saint Louis Rapid &
00:00:42Blitz title. Now his eyes will be on the Singh Field Cup.
00:00:46The second big news
00:00:50is the return of Indian players who performed brilliantly
00:00:54Everyone with this spirit in the Commonwealth Games and the ongoing
00:00:57felicitation ceremony for them. The players performed brilliantly, and
00:01:00the series of their felicitations is still
00:01:04going on. The third big news is from the world of cricket. Jammu &
00:01:08Kashmir's fast bowler Aaquib Nabi has been included
00:01:12in the Indian team for the Test series against Sri Lanka in place of the injured
00:01:15Jasprit Bumrah. He is the first player from Kashmir
00:01:19to make it to India's Test team. So, we will take a detailed look
00:01:22at all these news. Let's start Game
00:01:26On. Speaking of chess, Indian Grandmaster
00:01:39R. Praggnanandhaa has won the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
00:01:43title. Praggnanandhaa secured the title
00:01:47by drawing against Javokhir Sindarov with one round
00:01:51BJP workers will join remaining. Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa
00:01:55continued his brilliant performance
00:01:59and won his first Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
00:02:02tournament title. The 20-year-old
00:02:05Praggnanandhaa
00:02:07India has bid for surpassed his close rival and one of the world championship contenders,
00:02:10Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan.
00:02:13Praggnanandhaa is among the young
00:02:16chess players who have established
00:02:19India as a superpower in the world of chess.
00:02:22R. Praggnanandhaa made his mark
00:02:26in the world at a very young age.
00:02:30He became the Under-8 World Youth Champion in 2013
00:02:33and the Under-10 World Youth Champion in 2015.
00:02:37the government will do At the age of 10, he became an International
00:02:41Master. In 2018,
00:02:44when he was just 12 years, 10 months, and 13
00:02:48days old, he became the second youngest Grandmaster in the world
00:02:51and the youngest in India at that time.
00:02:55In 2019, Praggnanandhaa won
00:02:58the Under-18 category in the World Youth Championship
00:03:02when he was not even 14 years old. Praggnanandhaa also won the Extracon
00:03:06Chess Open,
00:03:09They sometimes tell us how to play. where he surpassed 13 Grandmasters with ratings over 2600. In 2021,
00:03:13Praggnanandhaa won the Polgar Challenge in the Challengers Chess Tour.
00:03:16Praggnanandhaa gained international attention
00:03:21India's natural heritage, biodiversity in 2022 when he defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Airthings Masters tournament.
00:03:25He became the youngest player to defeat Carlsen
00:03:28after becoming world champion. Praggnanandhaa
00:03:32won a bronze medal with the Indian team
00:03:36at the 2022 FIDE Olympiad. In 2022,
00:03:39he also won the Asian Continental Chess Championship.
00:03:43In 2023, Praggnanandhaa achieved
00:03:47a live rating of 2700 for the first time. In 2023, he finished
00:03:51second in the FIDE World Cup. In 2024,
00:03:55he was part of the Indian team that won a gold medal
00:03:58at the Chess Olympiad.
00:04:01an opportunity to play In 2026, he became the first Indian to achieve a historic victory in the Open category of a chess tournament.
00:04:05In this competition, he defeated Magnus Carlsen twice.
00:04:09He became the second player to achieve this feat 19 years
00:04:12after Viswanathan Anand. Now, he has won
00:04:16his first Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz title.
00:04:19Praggnanandhaa is currently in excellent form.
00:04:22Now, his sights are set on the next tournament,
00:04:26the Sinquefield Cup, which is going to start in August.
00:04:30This tournament is the last chance to reach
00:04:34the Grand Chess Tour final.
00:04:37are a platform Sports Desk DD
00:04:38for children to grow. News. So, Praggnanandhaa's
00:04:42brilliant form continues. Now, let's talk about
00:04:45cricket. Jammu & Kashmir's fast bowler Aaquib Nabi
00:04:49has been included in the Indian team for the two-Test match series
00:04:53against Sri Lanka in place of the injured Jasprit Bumrah.
00:04:57In this way, he has become the first player
00:05:00from the Kashmir Valley to make it to India's Test team.
00:05:03He performed brilliantly
00:05:12in the Ranji Trophy, and now he has received
00:05:15his reward. Jammu & Kashmir's fast bowler
00:05:19Aaquib Nabi has been included in the Indian Test team.
00:05:23This is the 29-year-old fast bowler's first selection in the senior
00:05:27Indian team. Aaquib Nabi took a total of 104 wickets
00:05:30in the last two Ranji Trophy seasons. In the 2025-26 season,
00:05:34he took 60 wickets and played a crucial role in helping
00:05:38Jammu & Kashmir win the Ranji Trophy title for the first time.
00:05:41He was also part of the India A team that recently toured Sri Lanka,
00:05:45where he took six wickets in two first-class matches.
00:05:51was very good for Nabi, where he took five wickets
00:05:55eight times. Not only this, Nabi also performed
00:05:58brilliantly with the bat, where he scored an unbeaten
00:06:02114 runs against Hyderabad
00:06:05in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match. Nabi is now looking forward
00:06:09to his debut in Sri Lanka, where if he manages
00:06:12to make his debut, he will be the first player
00:06:16from Jammu & Kashmir to play red-ball cricket.
00:06:20Sports Desk DD
00:06:21News.
00:06:25Now let's talk about the Commonwealth Games medalists. Union Sports Minister Mansukh
00:06:28Mandaviya honored the Indian weightlifters
00:06:32who performed brilliantly in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
00:06:35In the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, India participated in 11 weightlifting
00:06:39events and won one gold,
00:07:12the 2030 Commonwealth
00:07:15Games are going to be held in India.
00:07:20the 2036 Olympics.
00:07:21Many international tournaments
00:07:24are being organized in India today.
00:07:27You must have read in the newspaper that just yesterday
00:07:30the Indian cabinet approved 36 thousand
00:07:34crore rupees
00:07:36for sports development. There will be no shortage
00:07:40of resources for you.
00:07:42Whatever needs to be done for you to play
00:07:46and flourish,
00:07:50everything. In the Glasgow Commonwealth Games,
00:07:53India won one gold,
00:07:57six silver, and one bronze
00:08:00medal in weightlifting. Mirabai Chanu
00:08:04led the Indian weightlifting contingent
00:08:07and won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games
00:08:11for the third consecutive time. When we get respect,
00:08:15it makes us the happiest that medals
00:08:18are a part of our life as players. So, whenever we go to any
00:08:21competition, we try to bring something for India.
00:08:25But this love that the people
00:08:28of India show us is a huge achievement
00:08:32for us. So, I am very happy that
00:08:36I have given this third gold medal to India.
00:08:39So, I am very happy. Many times
00:09:42they have to decide, work very hard and those who have not received medals should
00:09:46not give up. In sports it always happens like
00:09:49this. Even Mira was eliminated in the Olympics for the first time.
00:09:53So this is the life of a player, winning and losing goes on,
00:09:57but do not give up, work harder and prepare
00:10:00for our next competitions and prove yourself in them.
00:10:04Indian weightlifters won medals in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
00:10:08participating in a total of 11 events and out of these 8
00:10:11events
00:10:25honored the Indian boxing contingent
00:10:28that won medals in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
00:10:32During this, all the medalists including Preeti Panwar, Lovlina
00:10:36Borgohain, Jasmine Lamboriya and Sakshi Chaudhary
00:10:39were honored for their outstanding performance. During interactions with the players
00:10:43and their coaches, the boxers shared their experiences
00:10:47of the Commonwealth Games and discussed their future goals.
00:10:50They assured the players that the government and the Sports
00:10:56all possible support to achieve
00:10:59the goal of winning medals in these competitions.
00:11:03The country has very high expectations from you.
00:11:06We have to set new goals every time
00:11:10and strive to achieve these goals. Now the Asian
00:11:14Games, we have to bring home gold in the Asian Games.
00:11:19for Asian, now your morale is boosted
00:11:23and you should not be demoralized at all.
00:11:29Indian boxer Sakshi Chaudhary, who won a gold medal in the 51 kg
00:11:33category at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, impressed everyone
00:11:36with her strong performance. In a special interview with DD News
00:11:40correspondent Abhishek Mahajan, Sakshi spoke openly
00:11:44about her victory, her struggles, and her future goals. CWG gold medalist
00:11:48Sakshi Chaudhary is with us.
00:11:51Thank you for talking to us. First
00:11:55because for me of all, how big is this victory for you
00:11:57and how satisfying is it? This is a very proud moment
00:12:03I have been training in boxing for the last 14 years
00:12:07every day with discipline and dedication.
00:12:10So today I got the fruit of this hard work. I won a gold medal in the Commonwealth
00:12:13Games, so I am very happy. You dominated
00:12:17all the bouts, Sakshi. Everyone was also
00:12:20saying that from the first round itself, it seemed that Sakshi was going to win.
00:12:24So what is the reason for such a dominant performance? The preparations?
00:12:28Because I worked so hard, I worked so hard in my trials.
00:12:32I performed very well, and then after that, the Czech
00:12:36Republic, everyone was also saying that from the first round itself, it seemed
00:12:40that Sakshi was going to win. So what is the reason for such a dominant
00:12:43performance? The preparations? Because I worked so hard,
00:12:47I performed very well in my trials. Then after that, I cleared
00:12:51the Czech Republic bout. And my last bout
00:12:54was against Ruby White, an English boxer. She had not lost a single match yet.
00:12:58So, my final bout was against her,
00:13:01and I won that by 5-0. When the Indian flag was going
00:13:05up, tell us about that moment.
00:13:09That moment doesn't come again and again.
00:13:12Tell us about it. It is the dream of all athletes
00:13:15that we are in the arena, our national anthem is played,
00:13:18and our tricolor goes to the top. So, I cannot express
00:13:22that moment in words. It is such a special moment for us.
00:13:26We control our emotions at that time.
00:13:30With cameraman Mohit Vicky, Abhishek Mahajan, DD News,
00:13:32Delhi.
00:13:36Let's take a short break here. Keep watching Game
00:13:38On.
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00:14:36Indian para-athletes performed brilliantly
00:14:39at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. In the men's
00:14:43shotput F 57 event, Subedar Soman Rana
00:14:46of the Indian Army successfully won a gold medal.
00:14:49Meanwhile, Sharmila Dhankhar also won a medal in the women's
00:14:53shotput F 57 event
00:14:55of para-athletics. We have Soman Rana and Sharmila Dhankhar with us.
00:14:59You won gold in the 57 shotput. Sharmila Dhankhar also won
00:15:02her first gold in para-athletics. How big an achievement is this?
00:15:06We are very happy because it's a great platform
00:15:10to bring a gold medal for the country. And there was no gold medal
00:15:14in 57 yet, but there was no gold medal
00:15:18in para-athletics either. Now we have brought three gold, two silver,
00:15:21and one bronze for India. We feel very proud about this.
00:15:25We are very happy. Sharmila ji, what would you like
00:15:29to say? You brought the first gold for India in para-athletics. What would
00:15:32you like to say? I am very happy that our country got gold.
00:15:36Yes, this is India's first gold in para-athletics,
00:15:40and I am very happy. You have inspired many younger
00:15:43generations who lose hope. What message would you like to give them and
00:15:47tell us a little about your journey? I am from the Indian Army.
00:15:50I am serving in the 2nd Gorkha Rifles,
00:15:54and my journey in the army started in 2001.
00:15:58And my mind blast happened in 2006.
00:16:01After that, I had a gap
00:16:03of a few years. Then from 2017
00:16:37that at this age, under these circumstances, we can fight and bring gold.
00:16:41So the younger generation has every facility, both from the government
00:16:44and as we know from social media,
00:16:48children know everything about sports. So they should bring more
00:16:52medals than us. All the best to both of you. We hope
00:16:55that you will bring more medals for India. With cameraman Mohit
00:16:59Uike, Abhishek Mahajan, DD News,
00:17:01Delhi.
00:17:05Now let's talk about badminton. The draws for the World Badminton
00:17:09Championship, to be held in New Delhi from August 17 to 23, have been announced.
00:17:13In men's singles, Ayush Shetty will face
00:17:17the reigning world champion Shi Yuqi of China
00:17:19in the first round. Meanwhile, PV Sindhu,
00:17:23India's strong medal contender in the World Badminton Championship,
00:17:26will take on Sophia Noble of Ireland in the first round.
00:17:30Much is expected from Sindhu, especially at a time
00:17:34when she recently won the Japan Open
00:17:37title.
00:17:39Top shuttlers will show
00:17:42their mettle, and there will be a fierce battle
00:17:45for victory. Delhi is ready to host
00:17:49the World Badminton Championship. In such a situation,
00:17:53the suspense of who will face whom has also been lifted.
00:17:56Olympic medalist and recently Japan Open title winner PV
00:18:00Sindhu and Lakshya Sen, who won a bronze medal
00:18:04at the 2021 World Badminton Championship, both have received an easy draw.
00:18:07It doesn't seem like Sindhu will face any difficulty until the semifinals.
00:18:11Sindhu will start her campaign by taking on Sophia Noble of Ireland.
00:18:15Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen will take on Collins Valentine
00:18:17of Austria. However, Ayush Shetty
00:18:21has received a tough draw, where he will face
00:18:24world champion Shi Yuqi of China in the first round itself.
00:18:28In men's doubles, the fifth-seeded pair of Satwik and Chirag
00:18:32has received a bye in the first round. I think overall
00:18:35it looks like a
00:18:37opens up the draw much better, so... good draw from Indian perspective,
00:18:40and yes, one of the big first rounds would be
00:18:44Shi Yuqi versus Ayush Shetty.
00:18:48That I do believe that Ayush
00:18:52is very good, and this attacking style of game,
00:18:55first round against Shi Yuqi is
00:18:58better than playing him later in the draw.
00:19:02So I think from that perspective, if he wins that it
00:19:37the Indian contingent is fully prepared for this. The World Championship
00:19:41is returning to the country after 17 years. In such a situation, what will be
00:19:45India's performance level in this competition, and in what ways will
00:19:48this competition serve as a big platform
00:19:52for preparation for the Asian Games? Our correspondent Gaurav
00:19:55Kumar had a special conversation with Pullela Gopichand,
00:19:59the coach of the Indian badminton team, on all this. The draws for the World
00:20:03Badminton Championship have been released, and at this moment, we have Pullela
00:20:06Gopichand, the Chief Coach of the Indian Badminton team, with us.
00:20:10Pullela ji, the World Badminton Championship is returning to our country
00:20:13after a very long time. So the first question is that
00:20:17it happened in 2009, and now it's happening. How big a difference do you find?
00:20:21I think overall, if we look at
00:20:25our country as a sporting nation, it's quite big.
00:20:28And if we look at badminton as well,
00:20:31we had never won a medal in the World Championship in 2009.
00:20:35But after that,
00:20:43to we are as nation looking a different country with the different
00:20:47aspirations and very happy to see the world championship come back. Here to India
00:20:51with lot more Indian players aspiring to do
00:20:54well and finish at the podium. What would you say about the draw,
00:20:57especially the draw between Shi Yuqi and Ayush Shetty?
00:21:01So, we can say that a tough opponent
00:21:05has been found because Ayush Shetty will be against the world number one.
00:21:08I think although it's world number one, I believe
00:21:12that it will be a very close contest,
00:21:16and Ayush Shetty has a good chance of winning.
00:21:20I believe so. And it's better to face
00:21:23a player like Shi Yuqi in the first round.
00:21:27And if you clear that, the draw is quite clear.
00:21:30And I'm hopeful that we can go further in
00:21:34that. If we look at PV Sindhu's overall performance,
00:21:37what level of performance do you see now,
00:21:41and how do you judge her in terms of consistency? I think both, I think the
00:21:45way she played in the semifinals against Chen Yufei and then
00:21:48Yamaguchi in the final. I think both are fantastic performances
00:21:51and I am sure it gives her lot of confidence coming into the world
00:21:55championship and with the experience she has and I am
00:21:59sure with the confidence of playing well in Japan I'm sure
00:22:03she'll be quite a formidable force in the
00:22:06Delhi World Championships.
00:22:09Asian Games are next month, and before that, she is getting to play
00:22:12this big competition. This is also a big tournament,
00:22:16and Asian Games are also very important
00:22:18for us. So I am sure
00:22:22if she performs in these conditions, this World Championship
00:22:25will serve as a preparation and confidence booster for the Asian Games.
00:22:29Thank you very much. So, it will definitely
00:22:33be a confidence booster, that is what Pullela Gopichand believes.
00:22:37But along with that, he also believes and puts forward
00:22:40that every championship has its own importance,
00:22:44and with time, continuous improvement
00:22:47is seen in it. With cameraman Ashish, I am Gaurav Mahajan,
00:22:51DD News, Delhi.
00:22:55The 20th All India Independence Cup Karate Championship
00:22:592026 is being organized at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.
00:23:02Around 2500 players from across the country
00:23:06have come to participate in this three-day national level tournament.
00:23:09The special thing is that international level players
00:23:12and young players are seen together in this tournament.
00:23:16The objective of the championship is to provide players
00:23:51and it feels like when they play with them, they learn a lot.
00:23:54We have a very good experience and we also learn from them.
00:23:59We make some mistakes, and we learn from them.
00:24:03Through all this process, the competition was very tough.
00:24:06The first round was with Madhya Pradesh,
00:24:09after that it was with Haryana
00:24:12and all the other services teams, we competed with them.
00:24:16Everyone had come prepared for the competition, but it is said
00:24:20that you cannot win without the guidance of a coach.
00:24:23So, just like Sir Ram Singh Yadav Sir guides us,
00:24:26that's how we are able to win. Behind every success
00:24:30is the hand of our coach.
00:24:34A large number of players from across the country have come to participate
00:24:37in the All India Independence Cup Karate Championship currently underway in Delhi.
00:24:41Karate India President Bharat Sharma believes that this tournament
00:24:44provides an international platform for players,
00:24:48where young players get
00:24:51with international level players. Watch this special
00:24:54interview with our correspondent
00:24:56Sushil Kumar.
00:24:59The All India Independence Cup Karate Championship is being organized
00:25:02at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi, in which a large number
00:25:06of players from almost 29 states and more than 2,000 players
00:25:09are participating. Along with that,
00:25:13ITBP players, CISF players, Assam
00:25:15Rifles players, Indian Army players,
00:25:19and players from many
00:25:22other forces are also participating. These kinds of tournaments
00:25:28Through this platform, children
00:25:32can prepare themselves for national and international
00:25:35level. This tournament is equivalent to
00:25:38international and national level because all the referees
00:25:42and judges in it are internationally
00:25:45qualified. Along with that, the best players of our country
00:25:51who are national champions, international level players,
00:25:54all of them are playing here. So when
00:25:58all those children play, all the other children get
00:26:02an opportunity to grow by playing with them. There are all kinds of schemes,
00:26:05and large funds are being released
00:26:08Do you think that the crowd
00:26:11we are seeing on this platform, the participation of players
00:26:15we are seeing, can be seen as an encouragement?
00:26:18Yes, absolutely. This is
00:26:21the dream of these players, and as a federation,
00:26:25our job is to fulfill their dreams, and whatever we can
00:26:28do for them, I say today, apart from money,
00:26:32the government gives money. Then after winning medals,
00:26:36it gives it as a reward. If they perform well
00:26:39in the government, their future is also secure.
00:26:43It is obvious that on one hand, the government
00:26:46is eager for the development of sports in the country, all kinds
00:26:50of funds are being released, many schemes have been launched
00:26:53to make the lives of players easier, and to take their game
00:26:57to the next level. On the other hand, the federation
00:27:00is also leaving no stone unturned
00:27:36In Karnataka, BJP and JDS have decided to take out
00:27:39a joint padyatra in protest against the Congress government's
00:27:42proposed Bidadi Township project. This padyatra
00:27:46will start from Bidadi for 3 days on August 9,
00:27:5010, and 11.
00:27:54JDS leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the protest. Opposition parties BJP and JDS
00:27:58today decided to coordinate to strategize against
00:28:01the Karnataka Congress government. Both parties will jointly raise
00:28:05issues against the government
00:28:07inside and outside the assembly.
00:28:11In Jharkhand, the All India Students' Council took to the streets
00:28:15and tight security arrangements were made. Protesting students demanded
00:28:18the cancellation of all controversial examinations and a CBI inquiry.
00:28:22They sharply attacked the working style of the state government.
00:28:25BJP National President
00:28:29Nitin Naveen participated in the World Brotherhood Blood
00:28:33Donation Mahabhiyan 2026 organized at the Om Shanti Retreat
00:28:37Center (ORC) in Gurugram. During this, he said that
00:28:40India has the largest young population in the world.
00:28:44The energy of the young population should be channeled in the right direction,
00:28:48which is why the government is continuously trying to connect
00:28:51with the youth for the drug-free India campaign. He said that
00:28:55by 2047, we will definitely fulfill the resolve
00:28:59of a developed India with this young generation.
00:29:04A special initiative of India has come to light from UN Geneva.
00:29:07India has presented its five national birds,
00:29:11peacocks, to the United Nations Geneva. Glimpses of this special
00:29:14ceremony were shared on India's UN Geneva official social media
00:29:18platform X. Through this special gift,
00:29:23conservation, and its partnership with the UN are depicted.
00:29:27The special thing is that India had also gifted a pair of peacocks
00:29:31to UN Geneva in 1981.
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