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Pritish Raj

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Delhi
As seen in: The Indian Express, MSN, MSN India, The Economic Times, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Finance India, Flipboard, Mint, Financial Express, S&P Global, S&P Global Commodity Insights and
Covers:  Sports, Olympic Sports, Athletics, Badminton, Hockey, Boxing, Wrestling
Travel, Sports, Politics & Cinema. Sports Journalist @IExpressSports Story pitches✉️: pritish.journo@gmail.com

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Former engineer turned sports journalist.

I write for The Indian Express. Trying to keep up with all the Olympic sports

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From Anand to Pragg: Chennai's romance with chess continues

From Anand to Pragg: Chennai's romance with chess continues

Before Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh, there was Viswanathan Anand. And before Anand, there was Manuel Aaron in th…

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From Mudalur to World's elite: Jeswin Aldrin takes the big leap

From Mudalur to World's elite: Jeswin Aldrin takes the big leap

Hailing from a remote coastal village in Tamil Nadu famous for muscoth halwa and churches, Jeswin Aldrin is r…

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From whistle podu to goal podu: Chennai embraces the return of hockey - Reporter's diary

From whistle podu to goal podu: Chennai embraces the return of hockey - Reporter's diary

Hockey returned to Chennai after a long break, 5661 days to be precise, and the city welcomed it with open ar…

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Lighting up dreams: The magical tale of Morsinghi Handball Nursery

Lighting up dreams: The magical tale of Morsinghi Handball Nursery

In the remote village of Morsinghi, a Handball Nursery is changing the lives of the girls by giving them a dr…

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Fear creeps into Haryana's akhadas as wrestlers' protest drags on

Fear creeps into Haryana's akhadas as wrestlers' protest drags on

Empty halls, concerned parents, no admissions: The grassroots of wrestling are suffering as the battle betwee…

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Salah in tears as Egypt end 92-year wait, Australia’s gamble fails

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By Pritish Raj Verified
| The Indian Express Verified
At one end of the pitch, Mohamed Salah, who minutes earlier had sent Egypt through with a chipped Panenka down the middle, stood alone for a moment and applauded the crowd, tears in his eyes, before his teammates pulled him into a mob that would later place a Tutankhamun headdress on his head. At the other end, Lucas Herrington turned his back on the crossbar that had just denied him, put one arm to his curly hair, and bent over to hide his face.
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Three jumps over 8.30m: Sreeshankar leads India’s best long jump generation Original

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By Pritish Raj Verified
| The Indian Express Verified
Sreeshankar Murali won the men's long jump final at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships with 8.38m — the second-best jump of his career, behind only his national record of 8.41m set on the same track. (AFI Photo) Three jumpers over 8m. The top two beyond 8.30m. On Sunday at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the men’s long jump final at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships produced a result that belongs on the global stage — because it already is.
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Rohit Yadav spears javelin to 87.05m becoming third Indian thrower to cross the 87-mark

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By Pritish Raj Verified
| The Indian Express Verified
Rohit Yadav threw 87.05m to qualify for Asian Games and became the third Indian thrower to cross the 87m mark. (AFI) As the final day of the Inter State Athletics Championships moved to a gloomy end, 25-year-old javelin thrower Rohit Yadav produced the best throw of the season by an Indian to record a 87.05m mark and confirm his berth for the Asian Games, besides double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra.
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Business Writer

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No

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