shooters continue to win medals
Gabala: The Indian junior shooting squad continued its medal-winning spree at the ISSF Junior World Cup, bagging a gold, two silver and three bronze medals on the second day to take its overall tally to 13, here. After picking up seven medals, including three golds to top the medal table at the end of day one, India picked up six more medals on day two to lie second behind Russia in the medal tally. India's only gold medal of the day came in the junior women's 10m Air Pistol event, when Yashaswini Singh Deswal, Malaika Goel and Harshada Nithave combined for a total score of 1122 to finish way ahead of second-placed Turkey. Uzbekistan won the Bronze.
India name 18-member hockey squad
New Delhi: India on Monday named an 18-member squad to be led by defender Nilam Sanjeep Xess for the Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament to be held in Dhaka from September 24 to 30. While Sanjeep Xess has been named the captain, defender Hardik Singh will be his deputy. Both Sanjeep Xess and Hardik have been part of the junior team that won the EurAsia Cup earlier this year and will form the backbone of India's backline. Pankaj Kumar Rajak and Tanuj Gulia are the two goalkeepers in the squad, while Manipur's Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem and Ibungo Singh Konjengbam will man the midfield and forewardline respectively. Agencies