Sindhu rested, Saina to play
New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu has been rested from the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event while senior pro Saina Nehwal will be vying for top honours in all three upcoming tournaments. India will be sending full teams for the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold (May 30-June 4), Indonesia Open Super Series (June 12-18) and Australian Open Super Series (June 20-25). The Thailand Open will feature a host of youngsters keeping in mind the busy international calendar up ahead for the Indian shuttlers. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Thursday announced the teams for the next three tournaments after a selection committee meeting was held in Kolkata during last two days. World No 22 Sai Praneeth will lead the Indian challenge in Thailand in the men's singles along with fit-again Parupalli Kashyap in action.
'Oorja' phase-1 comes to end
New Delhi : Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Vijay Goel declared closed “Oorja — CAPFs Youth U-19 Football Talent Hunt Tournament-2017 Phase-I” at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. Eight teams each of boys and girls of Delhi state participated in the tournament between two groups and the matches were played on league basis. After semi-finals the matches were played on knock-out basis. The Final saw Mamta Modern School, Vikas Puri taking on Garhwal Heroes FC (DSA-2). Mamta Modern School beat Garhwal Heroes 4-2 and won the 1 st phase of the tournament.
Anil, Jyoti bag bronze for India
New Delhi: Anil Kumar and Jyoti provided India two bronze medals with contrasting performances in their respective weight categories on the second day of the Asian Wrestling Championship, here on Thursday. While Anil registered a thrilling come-from-behind 7-6 victory over Uzbekistan's Muhammadali Shamsiddinov to clinch the bronze medal in the Greco-Roman 85kg category, Jyoti (women's 75kg) won the bronze after she lost in the semifinal to Japan's Masako Furuichi, as the Japanese girl made it to the gold medal round. Anil fought hard to climb up the podium on the day when India bagged two medals out of five outings. Having entered the bronze medal play-off, Anil showed fabulous skills and technique to finish third. This was Anil’s first Asian Championship and he managed to win a medal. Earlier, Jyoti could bag the bronze medal as there were less number of wrestlers in her weight division and had no opponent to fight in the repechage round.