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Sumit, Vinesh win CWG titles (Wrestling Roundup)
Indian wrestlers did the nation proud as Sumit Malik won the 125 kilogram freestyle title while Vinesh Phogat took women's 50kg gold at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: Ashwini-Sikki bag bronze in badminton women's doubles
India's Ashwini Ponnappa and N.Sikki Reddy bagged the bronze medal in badminton women's doubles beating Australians Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Ghosal-Pallikal settle for silver in mixed doubles squash
Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal settled for silver medal in the mixed doubles squash event of the Commonwealth Games here today, becoming the first Indian pair to achieve the feat in the sporting extravaganza. The Indians lost 0-2 (8-11 10-11) to home favourites Donna Urquhart and Cameron Pilley in 29 minutes. Pallikal is also in contention to win a gold medal in women's doubles alongside Joshna Chinappa.
Sensational Manika Batra wins historic singles gold in TT
Manika Batra today won a first ever women's singles table tennis gold for India at the Commonwealth Games, blanking Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 in the final here today. Earlier today, Batra showed that her crucial victory against world no. 4 Feng Tianwei in the team final was no fluke as the Indian edged out the Singaporean 4-3 in the women's singles semifinals. Besides guiding India to team gold, the 22-year-old had also paired up with veteran Mouma Das to win the country's maiden women's double silver. She can add a fourth medal to what already has been a dream campaign so far when she plays the mixed doubles bronze play-off tomorrow.
CWG '18: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat clinches gold, Sakshi settles for bronze
India's Vinesh Phogat bagged a gold medal, while Olympian Sakshi Malik settled for bronze in their respective wrestling categories of the ongoing 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.Vinesh thrashed Canada's Jessica Macdonald by technical superiority to win the gold in the finals of the women's 50 kg nordic event category at the Carrara Sports Arena.The Indian won a total of 13 points in comparison to the three points won by MacDonaldWith this, Vinesh became just the first Indian woman to clinch two gold in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. She had earlier grabbed gold in the women's 48 kg category in Glasgow in 2014.Meanwhile, Sakshi took away the bronze after fighting hard against Tayla Ford and emerged victorious with a 6-5 scoreline in the 62 kg Nordic category.In the men's freestyle 125 kg wrestling category, Sumit Malik handed India another gold after his opponent Nigeria's Sinivie Boltic was ruled out of the final match due to an injury.With this, India's .
Talent abundant, but Punjab needs to create better infrastructure: Harbhajan
There is no dearth of talent in Punjab but the state needs to create better infrastructure and provide more facilities to youngsters to hone their skills, senior cricketer Harbhajan Singh said today. "These days, very few kids are coming out to play outdoor sport. To encourage them, we have to create better infrastructure and give them more facilities," the veteran off-spinner, who was chief guest at the launch of a cricket academy of former player Reetinder Sodhi, said. When asked how Reetinder's academy, which he has opened in St Stephens School in Mohali's Togan village will benefit the kids, Harbhajan said, "In Punjab even today (sports) infrastructure is lacking. We need more academies like these to come up, these facilities can be in the government or the private sector." "We need to encourage more and more kids to go out and play outdoor games. It is good to see that Reetinder has opened this academy. From government side too, something has to be done so that more and more kids
IPL: Confident Chennai to face Kings XI Punjab (Preview)
A confident Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will aim to extend their winning momentum when they face Kings XI Punjab in Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the PCA stadium here on Sunday.
Wrestler Vinesh wins CWG gold
India's Vinesh Phogat won gold in the women's 50 kilogram wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
IPL: Prasidh Krishna to replace injured Nagarkoti for KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) following a foot injury, it was announced on Saturday.
Vinesh, Sumit claim gold; Sakshi settles for bronze on last day of CWG wrestling
There was no stopping the gold rush in wrestling as two more were added to the tally by Vinesh Phogat (50kg) and Sumit (125kg) but Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg) had to be content with a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Games here today. Adding another bronze to the count was Somveer, in the 86kg category. India signed off their wrestling campaign at the Games with five gold, three silver and four bronze medals. The overall count was one less than the medals achieved in the 2014 edition of the Games but India kept their gold medal count at five, the number they achieved the last time. The weight categories of both Sakshi and Vinesh were competed on a round-robin format as the number of competitors in the draw were less than six. Sakshi went out of the gold medal contention in the first round itself after losses to Canada's Michelle Fazzari and Nigeria's Aminat Adeniyi following a win over Cameroon's Berthe Ngolle. But she gathered herself after the setback to ...
Wrestler Sumit wins CWG title
Indian wrestler Sumit Malik won the 125 kilogram freestyle title at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG'18: Neeraj Chopra strikes javelin gold with season-best throw
Indian javeline thrower Neeraj Chopra bagged a gold medal at the ongoing 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games after registering a season-best effort of 86.47 meters in the finals here on Saturday.Neeraj, who hails from Khandra village of Panipat, not only added his name in an elite list of Indian athletes to clinch gold in their CWG debut but also became the first Indian javelin thrower to clinch gold in the ongoing edition.Meanwhile, the 20-year-old also became the second javelin thrower overall to pick a medal in the prestigious quadrennial event, with the first being Kashinath Naik, who took home bronze in the 2010 Delhi edition of the Games.Neeraj's gold is also India's fifth-ever medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games.Milkha Singh (440 yards, 1958), Krishna Poonia (women's 4x400m and women's discus, 2010) and Vikas Gowda (men's discus, 2014) had only won gold previously.With this, India's medal tally in the Games increases to 48, comprising of 21 gold, 13 silver and 14 ..
IPL:Prasidh Krishna replaces injured Kamlesh Nagarkoti in KKR
Karnataka fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has been roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for injured Kamlesh Nagarkoti for the remaining matches of the ongoing 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).Krishna has represented Karnataka in domestic cricket and that this will be his first stint in the IPL.With Nagarkoti's injury, KKR have lost second fast bowler this season. Earlier, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc was ruled out ahead of the tournament due to a calf injury.Kolkata Knight Riders will play their next IPL clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at home on April 14.
Sundar, Manhas laud Afghan leggie Mujeeb-ur-Rahman
Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Washington Sundar and Kings XI Punjab assistant coach Mithun Manhas showered praise on young Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb-ur-Rahman for his impressive bowling, which fetched him the wicket of Virat Kohli. "It is not that easy to read him or pick him from his finger but as we play a lot of games against him, everyone will be ok against him," Sundar told reporters at the post-match press conference here yesterday night. The Tamil Nadu spinner lauded Mujeeb for having many variations such as googlies, off-spinners and carom balls. "I think it is pretty amazing, to be honest. To be able to bowl with a lot of variations at this age, you need to give a lot of credit to him," he added. Manhas also spoke about Mujeeb's early success. "He's been bowling pretty well considering that he's just 16-17, and he's bowling in the power play against one of the best batsmen in the world," he said. Sundar added, "He got hit in just one over (by de Villiers), but I ...
Aditi makes cut but slips to T-32 at Lotte Champs
Aditi Ashok shot a solid two-under 70 to make the cut and followed it up with 2-over 74 in the third round at the Lotte Championships. Aditi had three birdies against four bogeys after starting the day at T-18 and ended at T-32. Brooke Henderson (73) entered Friday with a two shot lead and made three birdies on her outward nine to stretch her lead to five at the turn. But by the round ended, she stumbled coming home. After a birdie on the par-5 13th got her to 12-under, Henderson made a four-putt double on the par-3 16th to slide back to 10-under. Then, she went long on her approach on 18 and made bogey from the back bunker to finish at 9-under. Henderson's five-shot had been reduced to a one-shot lead into the final-round. The Canadian posted a 1-over, 73 on Friday. Mo Martin made an eagle on 13 and a tricky 4-foot par on 18 to post a 72 to remain at 8-under.
Anirban Lahiri misses cut at RBC Heritage
Anirban Lahiri continued to have problems with his putter as he missed lot of makeable putts to shoot three-over 74 in the second round and miss the cut at the RBC Heritage on the PGA Tour. Lahiri, who scored 72 in the first round, had a nightmarish second round as he missed five putts 10 feet or inside and two more between 10-15 feet. Twice he had to take a penalty and ended the day with three birdies, four bogeys and a double to miss the cut by as much as four shots. Among those missing the cut were Paul Casey, Marc Leishman and Tyrell Hatton, all ranked among the top 20. Bryson DeChambeau shot a career-best 7-under 64 on Friday to take the lead into the weekend. DeChambeau's first event as a pro was at Harbour Town Golf Links in 2016. Two years later, he posted his lowest ever on the PGA TOUR to get to 10-under 132, one ahead of red-hot Ian Poulter and Si Woo Kim. Poulter showed he's not done playing high-level golf with a bogey-free 64. Kim, THE PLAYERS Championship winner, had a .
CWG: Sharath loses TT men's singles semis
Star paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal will play for bronze in table tennis men's singles competition after losing his semi-final match to Nigerian Quadri Aruna at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG '18: It's Sindhu vs Saina in all-Indian final
Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have set up a gold-medal match against each other after booking their places in the finals of women's singles event at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.On the 11th day of the Games, the 22-year-old from Hyderabad produced a rich vein of form as she stunned her Canadian opponent Michelle Li 21-18, 21-8 in a one-sided semi-final clash that lasted a little more than half an hour.With the win, Sindhu has now set up an all-India clash against her fellow countrywoman Nehwal in the summit showdown.After comfortably winning the first game, Nehwal went down in the second before she bounced back strongly to post 21-14, 18-21, 21-17 win over Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland in a thrilling last-four clash that lasted one hour and eight minutes at the Carrara Sports Arena.In men's singles event, world number one Kidambi Srikanth also stormed into the finals after easing past Rajiv Ouseph of England 21-10, 21-17 in a semi-final clash that .
Karlovic beats Kyrgios for ATP semis age milestone
Croatia's 39-year-old Ivo Karlovic became the oldest ATP semi-finalist since Jimmy Connors in 1993 by rallying past Australian Nick Kyrgios at the US Men's Clay Court Championships. World number 88 Karlovic blasted 18 aces to defeat the 22-year-old Aussie fourth seed 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 92 minutes, advancing to a Saturday matchup against US eighth seed Tennys Sandgren, who advanced to his first ATP semi-final by rallying past Argentina's Guido Pella, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Not since Connors reached the last four at San Francisco a quarter-century ago has so old a player reached an ATP last four. Karlovic could become the oldest ATP finalist since Ken Rosewall won the 1977 Hong Kong title at age 43. "It's definitely a huge win. I lost against him every match up until now," Karlovic said. "I'm really happy that I won today." Karlovic, who wasn't broken after his first service game of the match, beat the 24th-ranked Aussie for the first time in five tries, having lost to Kyrgios at last year's ...
Singaporean para-athlete barred from Games over doping
A Singaporean para-sprinter has been barred from the Commonwealth Games after failing a doping test, officials said today. Khairi Ishak, who was due to compete in Friday's T47 100m final, tested positive before the Games and did not travel to Australia, Singaporean media said. "We were informed by Anti-Doping Singapore that Mohammad Khairi Bin Ishak has been issued a provisional suspension as a result of a violation charge, hence ruling him out from participating at the Commonwealth Games," chef de mission Mark Chay said in a statement. "We wish to remind all athletes to play a part in clean sport, stay drug-free and to respect the rules in place." Officials earlier said that three Australians and a number of international athletes had been banned from the Games in Gold Coast following pre-competition testing. No athletes have been caught doping at the Games, although two Indian competitors were ordered home for a breach of the "no needle policy" after syringes were found in their ...