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  NEW DELHI: India's Para-Badminton team finished the 1st Bahrain International Para-Badminton Championships in Manama with a rich harvest of 23 medals including seven gold medals. Promising doubles shuttle Manisha Ramdass was highlighted with her double gold medal, while Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (WS SH6) and Dhinagaran Pandurangan and Sivarajan Solaimalai (doubles SH6) also picked up the other top honors for India. Top para-commuters Pramod Bhagat and Tarun Dhillon also took two gold medals each. Along with Bhagat, Manisha defeated Thailand's Siripong Teamarrom and Nipada Saensupa 21-14, 21-11 to win the mixed doubles gold medal. Manisha also put on a solid show when she teamed with Mandeep Kaur to win Gold in the SL3-SU5 Women's Doubles Final. It took them just 23 minutes to defeat Paralympic duo Palak Kohli and Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar 21-11, 21-11. Asian Youth Para Games Champion Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan continued her fine form, defeating England's Rachel Choong 21-

Hours after losing their La Liga game to Villarreal, the FC Barcelona team embarked on a long flight to Australia to play their final match against the A-League All-Stars at the Sydney Accor Stadium. Head coach Xavi Hernandez eliminated 20 players. Ferran Torres was unable to travel to Australia for personal reasons. The striker failed to complete the mandatory vaccination program on time, the Spanish club said. Meanwhile, Riqui Puig and Oscar Mingueza are in the Catalonia squad for a friendly against Jamaica in Girona. Martin Braithwaite also stays behind, having been called up for international duty with Denmark, and Neto and Lenglet are absent from the squad due to family reasons. The injured Dest, Pique, Nico, Pedri, S. Roberto, and Eric Garcia are also missing from the squad. Barcelona went 2-0 to Villarreal at Camp Nou. The visitors took the lead in the 41st minute when Alfonso Pedraza played into the bottom left corner and swiped the ball past goalkeeper Ter Stegen. While Barcel