Salman launches Sania’s book
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Sunday launched well-known tennis player Sania Mirza’s autobiography ‘Ace against Odds’ in the city at a function here. Sania, who will partner Prarthana Thombare from Maharashtra at the prestigious Olympics Games in Rio heaped praise on the latter, describing her as a very good tennis player.
Prez, PM congratulate Vijender
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Vijender Singh on clinching the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title, saying that the star boxer has made the country proud with his feat. Vijender scored a dominating win over Welsh-born Australian Kerry Hope in a 10-round bout here on Saturday night. “Hearty congratulations @boxervijender, you have made whole nation proud with victory in WBO Asia Pacific championship,” President Mukherjee wrote on his official twitter handle. PM Modi lauded Vijender on his maiden title victory. “Congratulations @boxervijender for a hard fought and well deserved win. It was yet another display of immense skill, strength & stamina,” Modi wrote on his personal Twitter handle.
Ricky Donison wins 3rd round
Coimbatore: Defending champion, Ricky Donisor reasserted his domination in the Senior Max Category, winning the 3rd round of the 13th JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Mac Karting Championship here on Sunday. The Bengaluru-lad was confident of winning the National Championship two years in a row going by his form. There are two more races to go at Kolhapur and the grand finale at Hyderabad. Ricky of BPC Racing had to stave off a stiff challenge from Nayan Chatterjee (Meco Racing), Dhuv Mohite (Mohite’s Racing) and Vishnu Prasad (Meco Racing) in an intense race that saw dramatic twists and turns. The victory has taken Ricky’s championship tally to 252.
Ronaldinho scores five
Chennai: Brazilian legend Ronaldinho sizzled by scoring five goals to guide his side Goa 5s to a thumping 7-2 win over Bengaulru 5s in a Premier Futsal match, here on Sunday. The Brazilian disappointed in the first game, struggling to keep pace, but looked much better right from the start, setting up teammate Rafael as he struck the post in the opening minute, as Goa started on a brighter note. Paul Scholes struggled to influence the game in the third quarter, but his counterpart for Goa continued toying with their defence.
Gowda breaks record
Bengaluru: Om Swaroop Gowda of Bengaluru receives the Guinness World Record certificate for Farthest limbo Skating under 36 cars in 33.64 seconds, in here on Sunday.