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Tokyo : American sprinter Allyson Felix made history again Saturday when she won gold in the 4×400-meter relay, breaking the tie with sprinting legend Carl Lewis for the most decorated American track athlete in Olympic history. Saturday’s win at the Tokyo Games marked the 11th Olympic medal for the 35-year-old: seven of them gold, three silver and one bronze. Sydney McLaughlin, 400-meter hurdles gold medalist and a world record-holder, began Saturday’s relay event with a 49-second leg before passing off to Felix. Felix was able to hold the gap and passed off to Dalilah Muhammad, 400-meter hurdles silver medalist and reigning world champion. Athing…

Bahrain : Attorney-General, Ali bin Fadhl Al-Buainain, has stated that since the issuance of the “Corrective Justice Law for Children and their Protection from Ill-Treatment” in February this year, the Public Prosecution has strived to put in place all necessary procedural requirements for its implementation. Within the preparations of the Public Prosecution to implement the restorative law for children, which takes effect on August 18, the Attorney-General issued Edict 39/2021 on the establishment of the Execution and Aftercare Office at the Family and Child Prosecution. The Office will be responsible for implementing and following up on of the verdicts and…

India : A plea by businessman Raj Kundra seeking his immediate release from judicial custody in a porn film case was today refused by the Bombay High Court. Arrested last month, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband had challenged a remand order issued against him by a magistrate’s court saying he had not been notified or issued summons before arrest as was required under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The High Court’s order today said there was nothing wrong with the magistrate court’s order when it remanded Mr Kundra to police custody on July 20. Rejecting his plea, Justice AS Gadkari…

Jaipur: A 28-year-old man died when his Bluetooth headphone device exploded in his ears while he was using them for his studies, Jaipur Police said today. The incident happened in Udaipuria village in Jaipur district’s Chomu town on Friday when Rakesh Kumar Nagar was preparing for a competitive examination at his residence, the police said. “He was using his Bluetooth headphone device while it was plugged into an electrical outlet,” police told. All of a sudden the device exploded in his ear leaving him unconscious. He was taken to a private hospital where he died during treatment, they said, adding that…

Tokyo :  Bahraini athlete, Kalkidan Gezahegne, today grabbed the silver medal of the women’s 10000m race, within Tokyo Olympics 2020’s athletics competition Gezahegne clocked 29:18.56, behind gold-medallist, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, who clocked 29:55.32, and third-placed, Ethiopian athlete, Letesenbet Gidey, who finished the race in 30:72.01.

Tokyo : Neeraj Chopra is an Olympic champion! The 23-year-old created history on Saturday as he became the only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold by winning the men’s javelin throw final at Tokyo 2020. Neeraj ended India’s 121-year wait for an athletics medal with his gold in the javelin final. The icing on the cake for India came from Neeraj Chopra as he threw a distance of 87.58 in his second attempt to win the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw. Chopra led throughout the final and his chances were boosted after hot favourite Johannes…

Afghanistan : The Taliban say they have captured a prison in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan and freed all of the prisoners. The Taliban have taken control of the city, making it the second regional capital to fall to the militants. It is a major blow to security forces, as battles escalate across the country. Sheberghan is a stronghold of the former Afghan vice-president and warlord, Abdul Rashid Dostum, whose supporters have been leading the fight against the insurgents. The Taliban first took control of the governor’s compound on Friday during intense fighting, before it was retaken by Afghan…

US : The Justice Department has made the extremely rare move of intervening in a court case against a former top Saudi intelligence official who has been targeted by Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince, in order to protect classified intelligence secrets. If the court case is allowed to proceed, the Justice Department said in a motion filed Tuesday, it could lead to “the disclosure of information that could reasonably be expected to damage the national security of the United States.” The case was brought against Saad Aljabri, a former top Saudi counterterrorism official who is widely respected by US intelligence…

US : If you’ve had a sip of Coke Zero Sugar recently and thought that it tastes a little different, you’re not crazy. The company is rolling out across the United States a new version of the beverage designed to taste more like regular Coke. The new flavor may taste better or  you may  prefer the old one, but you don’t really care. Or maybe you hate it so much that you vow never to buy another Coke Zero again. The last option should make Coke shudder and remind the company of an infamous period in its history: The 1985 New Coke debacle. Companies like Coca-Cola (KO) have to walk a…

Tokyo :  Former Asian Games gold medalist Bajrang dominated the men’s 65kg bronze medal bout from start to finish, which ended in a 8-0 shoreline in favour of the Indian 27-year-old. Superstar wrestler Bajrang Punia on Saturday became the sixth athlete to clinch a medal for India after he won the men’s 65kg bronze medal match against Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the repechage round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics