Valtteri Bottas won the battle but Lewis Hamilton won the war, securing his sixth Formula One world championship on Sunday, despite finishing second to his Mercedes team mate at the US Grand Prix.
The man who could well have been a high-level corporate may have to content himself being deputy chief minister. But other challenges await.
The 41-year-old 'young gun' travelled the length and breadth of the state to strengthen the party at the grassroots level and ensure its comeback.
Tejaswini shot 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a cumulative score of 618.9 over six series to claim her sixth CWG medal.
A day after clinching the 50m pistol gold in the ongoing Asian Games, Jitu Rai said he has not spoken to his mother for the last one month.
Spain prevail in shootout against gallant 10-men Swiss
Kasper Dolberg returned to his old stomping ground in Amsterdam
Fulham made an immediate return to the English Premier League as two extra-time goals from full-back Joe Bryan gave them a 2-1 win over Brentford in the Championship playoff final at an empty Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday.
India's Jyoti Randhawa charged into contention with a flawless seven-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead at the half-way stage of the US $750,000 Chiangmai Golf Classic in Thailand on Friday.
The ranges are bursting at the seams with young talent and Indian shooting's present state could be a harbinger of hope for a perfect future.
Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the gold medal with a world record score in the men's skeet final of the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship, becoming the first Indian skeet shooter to win a continental or world level event in Kuwait City on Tuesday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Narang preferred to remain practical as far as another shot at the Olympics is concerned.
The silver and two bronze at the 2019 World Championships took India's overall count to eight medals in the premier biennial competition.
Liverpool frustrated by 10-man Arsenal in League Cup semi stalemate
On Wednesday, former South Africa batsman Jonty Rhodes shared a picture on Instagram in which he sported South Africa's jersey and captioned the post as "Feels good to be back in the green and gold, even if it is only for a shoot at the iconic #mehboobstudio in Mumbai #stillflying.
Shooter Shreyasi Singh entered the 2010 Commonwealth Games shattered and with grief, gloom for company following the sudden demise of her father.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest players in basketball, a transcendent star who went straight from high school to the game's biggest stage and brought "Showtime" back to the Los Angeles Lakers for two glittering decades. Acquiring Bryant from the Hornets was one of the best pieces of business the Lakers ever did, as he led the team to five NBA championship rings and was the face of the franchise during his 20-year career that ended in 2016.
India now have three gold, three silver and three bronze medals after four days of competition.
Two members of the small Pakistani contingent participating at the Rio Olympics have the country's military to thank for much of their training.
Havildar Amit Kumar has overcome a career-threatening shoulder injury, an unforgiving two years in the Line of Control at Siachen Glacier and a terrible train robbery to represent India at the Asian Games.
Luton pulled one back on the half-hour mark when Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga failed to keep out Jordan Clark's low effort which squeezed between his hand and leg into the net.
The Indian duo edged the Chinese pair of Liu Jiangchi and Gao Jianmei 28-27 in the gold-medal match.
Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and young Mehuli Ghosh failed to make the Indian shooting squad for the upcoming Asian Games, even as a few unheralded faces were picked for the quadrennial extravaganza, starting in Indonesia, from August 18.
If only the shooters had found their targets, the story would have been so different! sighs Raj Kishore Mishra.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Manu won the women's 10m Air Pistol on day three of competition while Saurabh bagged a team gold in the men's event.
England have lost to Germany in their last three knockout meetings at major tournaments
The big-serving seventh seed, who has flown somewhat under the radar throughout the Championships, will meet the winner of the second semi-final between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Canadia's Denis Shapovalov in Sunday's final.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
"The amount was around Rs 1 lakh and it was the most needed help for me that changed my entire career," she said.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
American Caeleb Dressel will become a global superstar predicts Olympic historian Bill Mallon.
Priyanka Sujeesh orchestrated the attacks from the middle of the park, while Amisha Baxla looked lively from the right flank.
Shiv Kapur joined the chorus in showering praise on young Shubhankar Sharma, describing him as an 'exceptional talent' with maturity beyond his age.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is often overlooked in the debate over who is the greatest NBA player of all time as names like Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant dominate the discussion. Abdul-Jabbar, however, undoubtedly deserves his place in the pantheon of the game's greats.
Ranked fourth in the qualification round, Deepika found the going tough against the second seed, who produced fine shooting, including a flawless third set to clinch the match 6-0 in her favour.
If England win their Euro 2016 last-16 clash on Monday they can add the prized scalp of Iceland to those of Paraguay, Belgium, Cameroon, Denmark, Ecuador and Spain - the only teams they have beaten in a tournament knockout game since 1966.
