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Indian ace shooter Jitu Rai teamed up with Heena Sidhu to clinch gold medal in 10m air pistol event in ISSF World Cup held in Azerbaijan. Jitu and Heena forged a recovery from 0-4 to 7-6 to beat Russia. This win has given them their 2nd World Cup gold together …
Read More »Sprint hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya qualifies for World Athletics Championships
National-record-holder hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya broke his own record at the Altis Invitational Meet in the USA to qualify for the World Athletics Championship to be held in August In London. Siddhanth clocked 13.48s, the standard time for entry in the World Championship. He broke his national record of 13.54s set …
Read More »Olive Ridley chosen as the mascot of Asian Athletics Championship to be held in Odisha
Olly, belonging to the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles that travel thousands of miles to arrive on the beaches of Odisha for their annual nestin, has been chosen as the official mascot of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship. The Games is to be held in Odisha from 6th-9th July, 2017. This …
Read More »GM Neelotpal Das loses to Nguyen Duc Hoa in Mumbai Mayor’s Cup
Vietnam Grand Master defeated Indian GM Neelotpal Das in the 10th Mumbai Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament. After the 9th round both the players were tied at 7.5 points. But Nguyen emerged champion when he finished the 10th round with 8.5 points. GM Farrukh Amonatov became the runner up. Neeloptpal …
Read More »High Jumper Naimwon Narzary breaks 25-year -old Junior National Record
Laimwon Narzary of Assam broke a 25-year-old high jump national record of 1.75 metre when she cleared 1.77 metre height at the Federation Cup Junior National Athletics. The former record was held by Bobby Aloysius which was established in 1992. 19-year old Narzary is also a gold medallist at the …
Read More »Bolt runs his final 100m race at home in 10.03, wins it
Usain Bolt ran his final race on home soil at 2nd Racers Grand Prix in Kingston. Bolt was emotional and got a slow start but recovered rom it to win the race. “The run was just ok. I must say it was ok,” Bolt said after a lap of honour …
Read More »Nadal clinches French Open, wins it for a record 10 times
Rafael Nadal wins his 10th French Open title at Roland Garros by beating Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. It is a historic feat as no other tennis player has won a single Grand Slam on 10 occasions. It is also the 3rd time that he won the title without conceding …
Read More »France lose against Sweden, Portugal win in WC Qualifier
France lost to Sweden in its World Cup Qualifier round and made their entry to the finals a bit complicated. Sweden won by 2-1 goal when Ola Toivonen netted a last-minute goal. On the other hand Portugal won their match against Latvia. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the match. In …
Read More »A silver and a bronze for India in President’s Cup
Indian boxer Gaurav Chauhan won silver in the Pesident’s Cup held at Astana in Kazakhstan. Gaurav went down to Vasili Levit in the 91 kg category. In the women’s draw, Lovlina Boroghain had settled for a bronze medal in the 75 kg category. The tournament featured close to 150 boxers …
Read More »Unseeded Ostapenko upsets Halep to win French Open
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia came from 4-6 down in the first set to turn the match in her favour and beat Simona Halep in the French Open final 2017. World No 4 Halep was targeting her first Grand Slam title and also the No 1 rank. But her dream was …
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