Moudgil sweeps air rifle events
Thiruvananthapuram: Anjum Moudgil of Punjab completed an unprecedented golden sweep at 62nd National Shooting Championship by winning five events here. She won the the Women's 50m Rifle Prone individual and team Gold on Wednesday, her fourth and fifth of the competition. The star rifle shooter had earlier won Gold in the 10m Air Rifle and 50m Rifle 3 Positions. The other star of the day was Haryana's Shirin Godara, who won five Gold medals including the Junior Women's 50m Prone individual.
Arjun picks fifer in Cooch Behar game
New Delhi: Arjun Tendulkar, son of batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, shone bright with the ball, picking up a five-wicket haul against Delhi in an U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy match here on Wednesday. Representing Mumbai, the junior Tendulkar returned with figures of 5/98 as Delhi U-19 slumped to 394 for 9 in their first essay at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium at stumps on day three. Asked to bat, Mumbai had scored 453 in their first innings with opener Divyaansh (211) scoring a double century. Delhi still trail Mumbai by 59 runs. Arjun's scalps included rival skipper Ayush Badoni, Vaibhav Kandpal, wicket-keeper Gulzar Singh Sandhu, Hrithik Shokeen and Prashant Kumar Bhati. Arjun, a promising left-arm pacer, is a regular member of the Mumbai U-19 team.
Prajnesh, Sasi enter pune quarters
Pune: Prajnesh Gunneswaran demolished his opponent with ease while young Sasi Kumar Mukund yet again impressed with his perseverance as the two Indians moved to the quarterfinals with contrasting victories at the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger. In the second round contest between the two left-handers, Prajnesh overwhelmed Germany's Lucas Gerch 6-1, 6-3 in just 53 minutes at the Centre Court. Wild card entrant Mukund did extremely well against sixth seed Briton Jay Clarke before the Briton opted out of contest in the third set due to a back problem. Mukund was leading 5-7, 6-4, 4-1 at that time. Mukund has a tough task at hand as he is up against top seed Radu Albot, who outplayed Maverick Banes 6-3, 6-1.
MANPREET JOINS LIST OF ADIDAS ATHLETES
New Delhi: To add to the already strong portfolio of athletes, Adidas on Wednesday announced their association with Manpreet Singh Pawar, Indian field Hockey player and the current captain of India men's National field Hockey team. Manpreet joins an elite list of athletes that includes Hima Das, Swapna Burman, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Dipika Pallikal, Zeel Desai, Nikhat Zareen, Siddhanth Banthia, and Manjot Kalra to name a few. On announcement of his relationship with adidas, Manpreet said, "Association with adidas is an opportunity that every sportsperson looks forward to and I am really excited to have been given this chance of joining their family. It carves the strengths of a sportsperson by offering the world class products and I am looking forward to great years of association with the brand."
Top Rank Signs Vijender Singh
New Delhi: Vijender Singh, a three-time Indian Olympian, 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist, and current unbeaten super middleweight contender has signed a multi-year agreement with Top Rank. Singh (10-0, 7 KOs), who has fought all but one of his professional bouts in India and England, will make his debut under the Top Rank banner in early 2019. "Top Rank is very excited to enter into a contract with Vijender," Bob Arum said. "We intend to make him a big star in the United States and look forward to him participating in major events in India, where he is already a major superstar." "I am really excited to be on board with Bob Arum and Top Rank," Vijender Singh said. "I have always wanted to work with someone who is the best in the business, and I know Top Rank has been the driving force behind boxing's biggest superstars, including Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, and Miguel Cotto.