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The Hindu Analysis 16 July 2018

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                                                                             France beats Croatia 4-2 to win its second world cup since 1989 The goal scorers from France were Mario Mandzukic, Antonio Griezmann, Paul Pogba, kylian Mbappe The scorers from Croatia were Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic Mario Mandzukic scored own goal after inadvertently deflecting an Antoine Griezmann free kick into his own net  The 2018 FIFA world cup final was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , Russia Golden Ball : Luka Modric, Croatia FIFA Young Player Award : Kylian Mbappe, France(19 years ld) Golden Boot Award : Harry Kane, England (6 goals) Golden Glove Award : Thibaut Courtois, Belgium     Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson Novak Djokovic powered to his fourth Wimbledon title with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) rout of South Africa's Kevin Anderson in Wimbledon final Djokovic is a Grand Slam champion for the first time since winning the 2016 Fre

Who is the Golden girl Hima Das?

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There is more than one hat that Hima Das, popularly known as “Ding Express” in Assam, dons. A world class athlete, who swept past global competition with relative ease in under-20 world championship in Tampere, is a socially-conscious teenager, who participated in a crusade to close liquor shops, and ensure education for girl children in her village, said her family, who recalled how a school teacher made her take athletics in place of her first love, football. Daughter of a rice-farmer, gutsy Das, was spotted by a teacher of Jawahar Navodaya Vidalaya in Morigaon, Assam, Shams Ul Haq, in 2011-12 when she visited the Central government run school for a sporting event. “She won all the athletics events. I told the district sports officer that she can do well if trained properly,” the physical training teacher said. “She was focused and wanted to win everything even as a child.” In over a year, she was a district champ but took almost two years to reach the state-l

Sandeep Singh : Story of real life Soorma

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Sandeep Singh who had debuted in international cricket in 2004, was on his way to join the national squad ahead of their departure for the FIH World Cup in Germany. He was travelling on the Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express when a Railway Protection Force jawan accidentally shot him. The bullet fractured his rib, damaged his spine, kidneys and liver. Doctors proclaimed the death sentence – it would be next to impossible to play. Singh said it was the worst day of his life. All he wanted to do, lying in his hospital bed at PGIMER Chandigarh, was go out and play. He asked his brother to bring him his hockey stick and holding it his hands promised himself and his brother that he would play hockey again. After two years in a wheelchair, play he did. Sandeep Singh returned to the national team in 2008 and a year later became the captain of the Indian national team. Under his captaincy, India won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2009 after 13 long years. Singh, who stroked i