Uttar Pradesh javelin throwers dominated the final day of the fourth edition of the Indian Open Throws Competition that concluded here on Friday.
The eighth-seed Lovlina lost the bout by a 4:1 split decision to Li Qian, the reigning Asian Games champion.
Avinash Sable, who recently shattered the national record in the 3000m steeplechase for the tenth time with an impressive 8 minutes and 9.91 seconds at the Diamond League Paris, is eagerly gearing up for the Olympics.
The IOA chief wrote to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president Randhir Singh on June 26, to consider the proposal to include Yoga as a sport in Asian Games.
Both Palak, in the first qualification relay, and Sainyam, in the second, shot identical scores of 578 to take the sixth and seventh qualification spots, giving India a boost in their endeavour to grab one of the two available quota places.
Asian Games champion Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s bid for the fourth BWF title of the season failed as they lost to China’s world No. 1 pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in three games in the double's final at the China Masters badminton tournament in Shenzhen on Sunday.
The upwardly mobile that India Arsene Wenger will fly into, on or around 19 November, is quite likely to be full of 50-over cricket, complete with spontaneous jubilation
Between now, Mr. Modi said, and that date, India will have set records galore in a broad range of human endeavours.
There used to be a time when International Olympic Committee high-ups visiting Asia turned their authoritative noses up at the media’s half-amusing queries about cricket’s likely inclusion in multi-discipline events in the future
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday felicitated the medal-winning players who participated in the recently held 19th Asian Games held in China.
