🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS*
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1. Abhishek Sharma smashed 113 off 38 balls, with a 35-ball century, as India chased 199 in just 13.2 overs to beat New Zealand by six wickets in the third T20I at Wellington and take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. He and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (45) put on 133 for the first wicket, including a record 118 in the powerplay; Daryl Mitchell had made 89 not out in NZ’s 198/3.
2. India began the men’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey with a 13-0 win over Bangladesh in Jalandhar, with Mandeep Singh scoring a hat-trick. Midfielder Nilakanta Sharma announced he will retire from international hockey after the tournament; India play China on 29 October.
3. Kajal Dhochak (76 kg) and Neelam Sirohi (50 kg) became the first two Indian women to reach the finals at the same World Wrestling Championships. Kajal came back from 1-7 down to beat Kyrgyzstan’s Aiperi Medet Kyzy 10-7 and will face Ukraine’s Anastasiya Alpyeyeva, while Neelam beat Kazakhstan’s Zeinep Bayanova 7-3 to set up a final against Japan’s Yui Susaki.
4. Aditya won India’s first gold of the World Under-19 Boxing Championships in Montenegro, beating Russia’s Islam Magomedov 4-1 in the 55 kg final. Harshika (65 kg) and Prachi Tokas (+80 kg) won bronze medals.
5. England captain Harry Kane won the 2026 men’s Ballon d’Or — the first Englishman since Michael Owen in 2001 — after scoring 73 goals for Bayern Munich, while Spain’s Alexia Putellas won the women’s award for the third time.
6. India’s men stormed into the semi-finals of the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship in Ahmedabad with a 48-20 win over Tanzania, led by Neeraj Narwal’s 12 points. They face Sri Lanka in their last group match on 29 October.
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