ATHLETICS AND PARA ATHLETICS: 

Men’s Decathlon 100m: Tejaswin Shankar at 2.40PM.

Men’s Javelin Throw Qualifying (Group A): Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh at 2.55PM.

Men’s Decathlon Long Jump: Tejaswin Shankar at 3.20PM.

Men’s Triple Jump Qualifying: Selva Prabhu Thirumaran and Praveen Chithravel at 4.55PM.

Men’s Decathlon Shot Put: Tejaswin Shankar at 5.10PM.

Men’s 400m Semifinals: Vishal TK at 5.40PM (Semifinal 1).

Men’s Shot Put Final: Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill at 11.30PM. (Medal Event) 

Men’s 200m Semifinals: Animesh Kujur at 11.37PM (Semifinal 2).

Men’s Decathlon High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar at 11.38PM.

Women’s Discus Throw Final: Nidhi Rani and Seema at 1.10AM (July 31) (Medal Event).

Men’s Decathlon 400m: Tejaswin Shankar at 1.30AM (July 31).

Women’s 5000m Final: Parul Chaudhary at 1.48AM (July 31) (Medal Event).

LAWN BOWLS: 

Men’s Pairs Sectional Play, Section B Round 3: India (Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar) vs Botswana (Kaizer Geche and Charles Diteko) at 7.30PM.

Women’s Singles Sectional Play, Section C Round 3: Nayanmoni Saikia vs Emma Firyana Saroji (Malaysia) at 8.55PM.

TRACK CYCLING AND PARA TRACK CYCLING: 

Women’s C4-C5 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying: Lisha Das at 4.06PM.

Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying: India (David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam) at 5.07PM.

Women’s C4-C5 4000m Individual Pursuit Finals (subject to qualification): Lisha Das at 9.44PM (Medal Event).

Men’s Team Sprint Finals (subject to qualification): India (David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam) at 10.50PM (Medal Event).

WEIGHTLIFTING: 

Women’s 86kg Final: Martina Devi Maibam at 6.30PM (Medal Event).

Men’s 110kg Final: Lovepreet Singh at 11PM (Medal Event).

Around the NFL, the injury scares have been brutal, such as with Saints DT Bryan Bresee being lost for a while (Ian Rapoport). Vikings training camp received its own scare yesterday.

Judd Zulgad offered a quarterback update on social media, insight that benefited Vikings Territory. Shoehorned into that quick update from Zulgad was a mention of James Pierre snagging an interception off of Kyler Murray. That positive play for the new CB resulted in what looked like a minor injury.

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An obvious note that Zulgad isn’t a medical doctor. Not to my knowledge, at least. What he is, though, is a veteran reporter who has been around NFL training camps for a little while. His educated guess means something without being ironclad gospel.

“Now James Pierre came up limping after [the interception],” Zulgad said. “Stayed on the field but was out of the rest of practice. It might have just been a cramp. Didn’t look too serious.”

The Pierre signing from March of 2026 could end up being the best move Minnesota made in what was an unusually quiet foray into the frenzied signings. Coming over from the Steel City, Pierre is under contract for a pair of seasons at a total compensation promise coming in at $8.5 million (OTC).

He’s a long-and-strong CB3 who is in town to allow Brian Flores to better matchup with the other’s team’s bully receiver(s). In Week 1, that’s likely to mean wrestling with Christian Watson, somebody with great speed and a massive frame. In Week 2, that’s likely to mean Rome Odunze. Keep moving through the weeks and other examples will arise.

Will James Pierre be healthy enough to play in these games?

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So far, there hasn’t been word of anything catastrophic. The Vikings are perpetually cautious with injury. Opting to sit the veteran for the remainder of the day is par for the course in the Twin Cities. No need to push things in a late-July practice.

In this case, the approach should be one that says “no news is good news.” Essentially, not hearing anything likely points toward there being nothing to report. The proposed clarity from Zulgad, a muscle cramp, is likely.

Zulgad’s observation is nevertheless sobering insofar as it’s a reminder that things can change in a hurry. Training camp is about competition and preparing for the upcoming season. Unfortunately, football is such that health sometimes undermines a team’s capacity to compete and prepare in the way the squad had originally intended.

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James Pierre, thankfully, appears to have dodged a bullet.

On a very positive note, DT Caleb Banks was out there practicing. Head coach Kevin O’Connell indicated that the large lad would get worked into the mix at the beginning of Vikings training camp. The skipper wasn’t lying.

More news to come as the Vikings continue working through camp.

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There’s no doubt that Curt Cignetti believes the Big Ten is the best conference in college football heading into the 2026 season.

Cignetti’s Hoosiers are looking to become just the second team in the playoff era to win back-to-back national championships in 2026. As Indiana went 16-0 and won the national title in January, it was the third straight Big Ten team to win the College Football Playoff.

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Georgia, which went back-to-back in 2021 and 2022, is the last SEC team to win a title. And while Cignetti thought it was a “loaded question” at Big Ten media days on Thursday when asked whether the Big Ten’s nine-game conference schedule it was a positive or a negative for the playoff, he used that question as an opportunity to tout the conference’s strength.

And also potentially make an indirect dig at another.

“I think that’s a loaded question. I think your job as a head coach and the assistants is to equip your roster, make it as strong as possible with adequate depth at every position throughout the team,” Cignetti said. “When you play that many games you’re going to get some guys dinged and injured, things happen. Next man up mentality.

“The Big Ten is the best league in football and a lot of really good football teams. It’s hard to win on the road. Very physical football teams. Very well-coached. It definitely prepares you for the playoffs, there’s no doubt about it, the numbers speak for themselves.

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“We don’t run a hype machine up here in the midwest, we believe that everything’s earned, not given. And when we fall short we say we fell short. We don’t cry a river, whine, and complain. Alright? And that’s why we’re the best.”

You can certainly quibble with the statement that the Big Ten doesn’t run a hype machine. The conference is very proud of its three straight national titles and has a really good chance at a fourth consecutive one. Indiana, Oregon and Ohio State all enter the season as legitimate national title contenders and are among the top five betting favorites to win the national title.

Texas, the No. 2 favorite behind Ohio State, is the only SEC team in the top five.

The SEC’s only claim to being the best conference is with its depth. You can make the strong case that the SEC is the deepest conference in college football. But while the SEC had five teams in the playoff a season ago, the Big Ten had three. And all there of the Big Ten’s teams were among the top five seeds.

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Indiana doesn’t have a cakewalk to a third straight CFP appearance either. After playing two ranked teams during the regular season in 2025 thanks to Penn State’s demise, The Hoosiers have games against Ohio State, Michigan, USC and Washington all in the second half of the season. If USC is as good as coach Lincoln Riley says it is, the Big Ten could be even better in 2026. And Cignetti’s words could turn out to be hardly be controversial in SEC country.

NFL training camp is typically a time for optimism. Hope abounds that all the changes a team made during the offseason — whether hiring a new coach, signing players in free agency, acquiring them via trade or selecting them in the draft — will lead to a better season than the year before.

The one thing every team needs to avoid for that to happen, of course, is injuries. A major injury can derail plans for the entire year, especially if it happens to a key player. Alas, injuries happen every year, and it’s important to keep track of who’s hurt, when and how the injury happened, and how long they might be sidelined.

With that in mind, consider this your one-stop shop for all the injury news coming out of NFL training camps during July and August.

Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Falcons 

Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski announced Wednesday that Tagovailoa is working through an injury and will the early portions of training camp. With Tagovailoa sidelined, the Falcons have signed veteran backup Cooper Rush. 

Regarding fellow quarterback Michael Penix’s status, Stefanski recently said that he still hasn’t been cleared for full team activities. Penix is still working his way back from a torn ACL that was sustained during Week 11 of the 2025 season. 

The Panthers placed Scourton on injured reserve Friday after he suffered a torn ACL in his right knee on the first day of training camp. Scourton was reportedly in tears as he left the field, and his teammates came over to hug him as he exited. 

Head coach Dave Canales said at the time that Scourton would undergo an MRI to determine the severity of the injury, and the results confirmed the second-year edge rusher had torn his ACL.

Bryan Bresee, DT, Saints 

The Saints were hit with awful news on Wednesday as it appears that Bresee suffered a season-ending ACL tear during Wednesday’s practice. A former first-round pick, Bresee has quietly become one of the NFL’s best defensive linemen. The Saints will now look to try to find his replacement for the upcoming season. 

The 2025 first-round pick’s Wednesday practice came to an abrupt end after his leg buckled. Stewart — who played in just eight games during his rookie season — was carted off the field shortly after sustaining the injury. According to ESPN, Stewart suffered a hyperextended knee with no ligament damage, which seems like best-case scenario given the initial reporting around the injury.

While the initial plan was for Brazzell to recover without surgery, a second opinion determined that a procedure to repair the moderate LCL tear in his left knee is the best course of action, according to The Athletic. The surgery will force Brazzell to miss his entire rookie season, which is a much longer timeline than the eight weeks that was presented in the immediate wake of his injury. The LCL tear does not appear to be related to the knee issue the third-round pick dealt with leading up to training camp.

Ricky Pearsall, WR, 49ers 

The former first-round pick is currently not practicing after experiencing swelling that is related to the PCL injury that he sustained last season. Pearsall is currently being evaluated by the team. 

Jordan James, RB 49ers 

James is expected to miss time after he suffered a rib fracture during Monday’s practice. The 49ers have yet to offer a timeline for his possible return. 

Malik Mustapha, S, 49ers 

Mustapha sat out Wednesday’s practice as he is dealing with a hamstring strain. Like James, Mustapha’s injury occurred during Monday’s practice. 

Reese Alexiades and DR Meadows had baseball dreams just like the rest of us – getting to the major leagues. But their journeys took them on a route unimaginable even less than five years ago.

Alexiades played college ball at Pepperdine University, while Meadows played for Division II school Columbus State. Neither played minor league ball, but they now play in front of one of the largest baseball crowds ever.

Alexiades and Meadows hit the big time in another way, becoming stars for the Savannah Bananas. Meadows is the organization’s all-time leader in “trick plays,” while Alexiades plays with a cape on.

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Savannah Bananas Reese Alexiades and DR Meadows meet with children at a children’s hospital with Dairy Queen. (Dairy Queen)

Despite selling out MLB ballparks and even playing in front of six-figure crowds at football stadiums, baseball purists will never get on board – unless, Alexiades says, “if they came to a game and caught an out.” (If a fan catches a ball on the fly, the batter is out.)

But what fans do not understand the most, Meadows says, is that, contrary to popular belief, their games are not “scripted” like, say, the Harlem Globetrotters.

“There’s a huge difference. In our league, all our teams are out to win. We’re very competitive… Just this past weekend, we lost two out of three in Chicago against the Firefighters, and our guys were not happy,” Meadows told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “At the end of the day, we’re there for a bigger picture: to put on a show for the fans, break down the wall for the kids there and put smiles on faces. That’s what makes Banana Ball beautiful. Even though we get to have fun competing, winning and losing, we still get to make somebody’s day.”

No one Meadows and Alexiades’ age grew up wanting to be Bananas – but that may have changed by now.

“One of the big reasons why I fell in love with baseball is looking up to other players. Now kids can look up to us, and what we’re all about is bringing fun to the game of baseball. Kids being able to see us and see how much fun we have, that’s what it’s all about. We try to be the best role models we can be for kids because the kids are what it’s all about,” Alexiades said.

Meadows added, “You see kids at the Little League World Series listing their favorite players, and some are Bananas players. To know we have that kind of platform — and like Reese was saying, it all comes from having fun, playing the game and having fun. Youth sports these days should be less pressure and a lot more fun. I think it’s cool that kids are getting to see how much fun we have and get to take that to their own game.”

The Savannah Bananas’ mascot Split dances atop the first base dugout. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

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Alexiades and Meadows recently visited a children’s hospital in Tennessee to give them some Dairy Queen, and on Thursday, for every Blizzard bought at select locations, at least $1 will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network to help support local children’s hospitals.

“That’s the beauty of our platform and this partnership: We can really make an impact, and so can other people,” Alexiades said.

“Getting to see those kids, put a smile on their faces, bring them Blizzard Treats and enjoy those with them was super cool. The amount of joy DQ brings and the Bananas bring – it all made sense,” added Meadows.

So, while it may not be the big time they originally thought, it’s the 2026 version of the big time, which is just fine with the baseball player in a cape – literally and figuratively.

Members of the Savannah Bananas attend a children’s hospital with Dairy Queen. (Dairy Queen)

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“The whole goal is to be able to play the game we love for as long as we can. A lot of us, me included, and people in this organization have been told no at some point in their careers. The Bananas have given me a chance to keep going, keep playing and realize that it’s for a bigger purpose now,” Alexiades said.

“I get to go and probably have more fun than I would have ever had if I played in the major leagues. So I’m having the time of my life, and this is exactly where God put me.”

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The Cincinnati Bengals began their training camp on Wednesday, and fuses were lit almost immediately.

All-Pro receiver Ja’Marr Chase found himself in the middle of quite the brouhaha during practice, launching a helmet in the process.

It’s not clear what started the ruckus between Chase and cornerbacks DJ Turner and Jalen Davis, but Chase “jawed with the entire defense,” according to WLWT.

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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase confronts cornerback DJ Turner II during training camp at Kettering Health Practice Fields in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 29, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

The Athletic also reported that a punch was thrown, but it’s not known by who.

Davis later told reporters that the skirmish was nothing more than “just competing.”

“That’s all it is,” he said.

In fact, he even said he wanted there to be a fight “every day.”

“I always feel like the energy’s gotta be like that. It’s gotta be like that on both sides of the field,” Davis added.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase confronts cornerback DJ Turner II during training camp at Kettering Health Practice Fields in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 29, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

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Davis even squared up at Chase for a split second before cooler heads prevailed.

The Bengals defense hasn’t shown much fight in recent years, giving up the third-most points in the NFL last season and the seventh-most the year prior.

Chase was named a First-team All-Pro for the second time in as many years this past season, cementing himself as maybe the game’s best receiver. In his first five seasons, he has eclipsed 6,837 yards on 767 receptions and 54 touchdowns – an average of 113 catches, 1,490 yards and 11.8 scores per season.

Cincinnati went 6-11 last year and lost Joe Burrow to a severe case of turf toe.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’marr Chase confronts cornerback DJ Turner II during training camp at Kettering Health Practice Fields in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 29, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

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This brief fight wasn’t the only news out of Cincinnati, as defensive lineman Shemar Stewart suffered an ugly-looking leg injury and had to be carted off.

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