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King's Baton Relay reaches Delhi for 2026 Commonwealth Games, to head to Ahmedabad nextCommonwealth games 2026 (Image: X) New Delhi: The King’s Baton Relay will be showcased in New Delhi from November 11 in its journey across the Commonwealth nations as part of the ceremonial process of the 2026 Games in Glasgow. After being displayed in the national capital for two days, the Baton will head to Ahmedabad.The King’s Baton Relay unveiling would be done in the presence of Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya; Lindy Cameron, British High Commissioner to India and PT Usha, the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The event would also see the presence of two-time CWG gold medallist Yogeshwar Dutt, 13-time CWG medallist Achanta Sharath Kamal and 10-time CWG medallist Gagan Narang, among others.Glasgow will host the Commonwealth Games next year, second year running that the competition will stay in Britain. The 2022 Games were hosted by Birmingham. Initially the Games were to be held in Victoria, Australia before the government pulled out owing to rising costs.The Baton has been designed by Aaquib Wani, an Indian visual artist and will be on display at the DLF Avenue Saket mall on 12-13 November. It will then proceed to Ahmedabad on November 14 where a big event is on the cards spanning three days (November 15-17).Ahmedabad is the sole contender to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games with the Executive Board of Commonwealth Sport also recommending its intention to host the Centenary Commonwealth Games. The final decision over the host city will take place at the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow on November 26.India had last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 with New Delhi as the host city.

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Botswana declares public holiday for ‘historic’ World Athletics Championships men’s relay victory

Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate the country’s victory in the men’s 4×400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the first African nation to win the event.

President Duma Boko hailed the gold medal as a “historic African win”, in an online address praising the team for their performance.

He announced Monday, 29 September, as a holiday to celebrate the achievement – a day ahead of the country’s independence day.

On Sunday, Botswana’s team of Lee Bhekempilo Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi edged out the US, the winners of the last 10 world titles, in a rain-drenched race. South Africa took third position.

“I’ll be sure to tell everyone, Botswana’s natural diamonds are not just in the ground, they are our World Champion athletes,” the president said, speaking from New York where he is attending the UN General Assembly.

He described the moment as “electric”, adding that Botswana’s performance spoke to its rising stature on the global stage.

The southern African nation finished fifth overall in the championship’s medal standings – behind the US, Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada – their best ever return after taking two golds, one silver and a bronze.

Last year, Botswana celebrated another historic milestone as Tebogo won the nation’s first Olympic gold medal with his victory in the men’s 200m in Paris.

His triumph, which also marked the first time an African athlete had won the event, became a national sensation, with tens of thousands of people celebrating him at the National Stadium in the capital, Gaborone, after he returned to the country.

The government declared a half-day holiday allowing citizens to “pause and celebrate him” – in what then-President Mokgweetsi Masisi described as a “most unique… manner that will be etched in the annals of the history of the Republic”.

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Jamaican great ends career with world relay silver

Passing the baton – quite literally – to the next generation, with one final medal secured, an icon bowed out.

Back in Japan, the nation where she made her first appearance on the world stage 18 years ago, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made the 25th – and last – global podium of her illustrious career.

Nine world championships and five Olympic Games later, the 38-year-old signed off in Tokyo by helping a Jamaican quartet featuring 21-year-old twin sisters Tia and Tina Clayton to world 4x100m silver.

As she posed for photos with her adoring fans in the stands, there was no doubt the record five-time world 100m champion had departed the sport as a legend.

The most decorated female 100m sprinter in history, Fraser-Pryce has missed just one of the sport’s past 15 major global competitions.

That single absence came at the World Championships in London in 2017, when, one day after the 100m final, she gave birth to her son Zyon.

“I have had an amazing career and today’s medal is the icing on the cake,” said Fraser-Pryce, the third-fastest woman in history with a personal best of 10.60 seconds.

“My son will be excited. Today is a full circle moment for me, I was a reserve at my first world championships in Japan in 2007. I couldn’t have it any other way.

“I am grateful for the medals, the stadiums and the crowds where I have competed throughout my career.

“I have some plans and I want to focus on advocacy, and support women and athletes. I want to continue to make an impact.”

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