Shiva thapa, Manoj seeded
New Delhi: Asian champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) were the only ones to be seeded among the five Indian boxers, who were handed first-round byes in the draw for the World Championship held today in Almaty, Kazakhstan. While Shiva has been seeded fourth, Manoj got the number six billing. Thokchom Nanao Singh (49kg), Olympian Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Asian Games silver-medallist Manpreet Singh (91kg) are the other three boxers apart from Manoj and Shiva, who have been given byes in the first round. Star boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) had no such luck and will open his campaign against Sweden’s Hampus Henriksson on October 17. Madan lal (52kg) will kick off India’s campaign on Monday against Moldova’s Alexandros Riscan.
Miguel oliveira makes history
Sepang: Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira made history for India’s first and only motorcycle constructor in international motorcycle racing on Sunday, fighting back from a weak start to claim a first-ever top-three podium finish for Mahindra’s MGP3O Moto3 racer.
Randhawa finishes second
Yeoju (Korea): Jyoti Randhawa, who took time off to work on his game, showed that he made a wise decision as he registered his first top-10 finish in more than two years in the CJ Invitational hosted by KJ Choi here on Sunday. Randhawa closed the USD 750,000 tournament with a fine 67 to tie for second. He finished at seven-under 281 and was a distant second tied with Kim Tae-Hoon, as another Kang Sung-Hoon, who had a stranglehold on the event finished as winner by five shots. Anirban lahiri (73) was tied 17th at one-under 287, while Rahil Gangjee (71) was tied 29th at two-over 290. Digvijay Singh faltered on the final day as he shot 79 and ended at 11-over.
India register best ever show
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers bagged the Asian Youth badminton championship titles in both Under-15 and Under-17 categories to wrap up the tournament with two gold and two bronze, their best ever performance at the competition, in Kudus (Indonesia), on Sunday. Fourteen-year-old Siril Varma first registered a 21-11 21-17 victory over local favourite Putra Gatja in the boys U-15 singles final before the top seeded boy’s U-17 doubles combination of MR Arjun and Chirag Shetty defeated Thai combination of Mak Narongrit and Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-16 21-15 to clinch the title.
Mizoram school in U-17 final
New Delhi: Reverend Saiaithnaga Memorial, Aizawl, Mizoram edged out Govt Model School, Chandigarh 6-4 via penalty shootout to enter the U-17 Boys’ semifinal of the Subroto Cup on Sunday. Mizoram scored through lalremivanga and lalbiahkima while Indermohan and Harpal found the net for Chandigarh. In another match, Troeschina from Kiev entered the U-17 Boys’ quarters with an easy 5-0 victory over Govt Sr Secondary School, Fatehabad, Haryana. PNS/Agencies