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Good Sports: BOPANNA JOINS EXCLUSIVE CLUB
July 2017 -
After 14 years on the professional tennis tour, Rohan Bopanna has won a Grand Slam title. The 37-year-old doubles specialist from Bangalore became only the fourth Indian to do it.
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Good Sports: INDO-CANADIAN WRESTLER WINS WWE TITLE
July 2017 -
Yuvraj “Raj” Singh Dhesi, 30, from Calgary, Canada, who performs under the name Jinder Mahal, is the 50th WWE heavyweight champion, and the second of Indian descent.
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Good Sports: GENEROUS RAPPER
July 2017 -
American rapper Nicki Minaj, 34, whose father is Indo-Trinidadian and mother is Afro-Trinidadian, is "the most proud" of helping an Indian village get clean water and more.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
July 2017 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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FUN TIME: MAN KAUR INSPIRES US TO RUN
July 2017 -
Man Kaur, the 101-year-old world champion from Chandigarh, took up running when she was 93! She has won 20 gold medals at World Masters events around the world and shows no sign of slowing down.
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RESPECTFUL GRADUATE
July 2017 -
Gaurav Jhaveri, an Indian student at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, made a gesture of respect, touching the feet of the dean; the dean's baffled look made it a memorable moment.
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IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, RUN AGAIN
July 2017 -
Dr. Harmesh Kumar, a psychologist in California, is running for governor although he has lost elections. He says success is making a positive contribution and raising issues that others don't.
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Good Sports: THE INFLUENCE OF BASKETBALL
June 2017 -
Six-foot-eight Samer Dhillon is one of only a few Indian-Americans who've played Division 1 basketball. Basketball has influenced his whole career: he combines finance and athletics as well as medicine.
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Good Sports: BASKETBALL BODY LIFTS BAN ON TURBANS
June 2017 -
Sikh basketball players and others were thrilled to hear that FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, has unanimously lifted its ban on players who wear religious head coverings.
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Good Sports: REWARDING THE GOOD SAMARITAN
June 2017 -
While Anil Vannavalli rescued his coworker Madhuri Recherla from the train tracks, his backpack was stolen. The Edison, New Jersey police awarded him $1000, and Recherla is recovering.
