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Campaigning for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls comes to an end this evening, with Chief Minister M. K. Stalin holding a major roadshow in his Kolathur constituency. Actor-turned-politician Vijay wrapped up his campaign with a final rally at Nandanam. Tamil Nadu will go to the polls on April 23. In the three-cornered contest, the DMK is leading the Secular Progressive Alliance, while the AIADMK is heading the NDA. Vijay’s newly launched party, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), is contesting the election independently.
John Korir outran the strongest field in Boston Marathon history and still had enough energy left to bounce around Boylston Street after learning he had blistered the course record, too. The defending champion rode a tailwind on Monday to the fastest finish in the race’s 130-year history, winning in 2 hours, 1 minute, 52 seconds. That was 70 seconds faster than Geoffrey Mutai’s then-world best in 2011, and the fifth-fastest marathon of all time. Korir said he knew he was on a record pace at the 40-kilometer mark, but he didn’t bother to check the clock as he crossed the finish line. He was informed of his accomplishment by Boston Athletic Association president Jack Fleming, and jumped for joy.
Tennis players Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were named sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the Laureus awards on Monday while Paris Saint-Germain was the team of the year. Alcaraz won the French and U.S. Opens last year plus the Australian Open in January. Sabalenka, the top-ranked woman, won her second consecutive U.S. Open last year. PSG broke through with its first Champions League title in 2025. Rory McIlroy, who successfully defended the Masters title this month, received the comeback of the year award. Barcelona and Spain star Lamine Yamal, aged 18, won the young sportsperson of the year prize.
CJ McCollum scored 32 points and the Atlanta Hawks rallied to stun the New York Knicks 107-106 on Monday night, tying their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. McCollum led a late surge that was almost for naught when he missed two free throws with 5.6 seconds remaining. The Knicks rushed the ball up the court without any timeouts left, but Mikal Bridges missed a jumper as time expired. The Hawks had trailed the whole second half and were down 12 after three quarters. Atlanta chipped away and a basket by McCollum gave the Hawks a 101-100 lead — their first of the series in the second half — with 2:09 to play. He made another for a three-point lead, and after Jalen Brunson tied it with a 3-pointer, McCollum answered with another jumper to make it 105-103 with 33 seconds to play.
West Asia crisis spills over to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh—home to India’s largest glass and bangle industry— impacting people, production and profit
A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday, April 19, ran faster than the human world record in a show of China’s technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, according to a WeChat post by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, where the race kicked off. That was faster than the human world record holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in about 57 minutes in March at the Lisbon road race. The performance by the robot marked a significant step forward from last year’s inaugural race, during which the winning robot finished in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds.
Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay undertook a whirlwind roadshow across constituencies in Tamil Nadu on Monday as part of his campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections. Drawing thousands of supporters who waited for hours to catch a glimpse of him, Vijay greeted cheering crowds, waved to supporters, and briefly addressed gatherings before moving swiftly to the next stop, accompanied by the party’s candidates
Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, James Harden added 28 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 115-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Evan Mobley had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had at least three players score at least 25 points in a postseason game for the second straight season and fourth time overall. Cleveland — which never trailed — has won 12 straight playoff games against Toronto, tying the NBA postseason record for consecutive wins against an opponent. The streak began in the 2016 Eastern Conference finals, when the Cavaliers took the final two games. Cleveland swept Toronto in four games in the second round in 2017 and ’18.
The escalating conflict in West Asia has crippled exports at Mumbai’s historic Sassoon Dock, as a sharp surge in diesel prices forces fishing boats to remain idle. With the Strait of Hormuz disrupted, bulk diesel costs have soared above $1.20 per liter, making it impossible for fishermen to venture out without incurring crippling.
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