India Bags Gold in CwG Bridge Championship
noida: The Indian international bridge team called India A, captained by Kiran Nadar won the 5th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship that was held from 14th to 18th Feb at Gold Coast, Australia. The tournament witnessed participation from 36 teams from all over the world along with two Indian teams, India "A" and India "B". The winning team India "A" comprised of Kiran Nadar, B Satyanarayana, Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tewari, Sunit Chokshi & Keyzad Anklesaria. The highly competitive tournament saw participation from several Commonwealth Nations including England, Scotland, Isle of Man, Guernsey, India, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Wales. After playing 11 rounds of round robin format matches, the top 8 teams qualified for the quarter-finals.
JK TYRE HIMAlAYAN DRIVE to start from friday
siliguri: India's only Tri-Nation TSD (Time, Speed & Distance) rally, JK Tyre HIMAlAYAN DRIVE 6, will be flagged-off amidst great fanfare here in Siliguri on Friday. The 1,650 kilometres long rally over five thrilling days will traverse through the Dooars and Darjeeling Hills in North Bengal, and various picturesque routes in Bhutan and Nepal. Being held in association with West Bengal Tourism, this unique rally aims at promoting motorsports, showcasing the enormous tourism potential of North Bengal and the contiguous areas of Bhutan and Nepal, and boosting people to people connectivity and drive tourism between the three friendly neighbouring countries.
Gopi, Monica bid to defend their titles
new delhi: The 3rd IDBI Federal life Insurance New Delhi Marathon will feature some of India's finest elite and distance runners. Taking the start line at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will be 65 elite athletes who will compete with each other to make it to the finish line. With more than 15,000 runners participating in the capital city on race day, February 25, 2018 the atmosphere will be electrifying. leading the pack in the men's Full Marathon category is Defending Champion Gopi T. last year, he ran the New Delhi Marathon for the first time and crossed the finish line in 2:15:37 thus winning the title. Fellow Rio Olympian, Nitendra Singh Rawat, will also be running the Full Marathon.
GAIl Indian Speed Star Season III concludes
new delhi: A nationwide trial to identify budding athletes for the GAIl Indian Speed Star Season III culminated in a grand finale held on Thursday at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in the presence of Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, B C Tripathi, and National Selection Committee members including the legendary PT Usha, Shri Sriram Singh Shekhawat, Olympians Rachita Mistry, Anuradha Biswal and Asian and Commonwealth Games medalist, Kavita Raut. The winners will join an elite group of 14 athletes selected in the previous 2 seasons of this initiative. They are undergoing training at the prestigious Racers Track Club in Kingston, Jamaica.
Mary, Sarita, 2 others in semis
Sofia (Bulgaria): The seasoned duo of MC Mary Kom (48kg) and l Sarita Devi (60kg) were assured of their third successive international medals after they entered the semifinals, along with two male boxers, in the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament here on Thursday. Mary Kom defeated old nemesis Steluta Duta of Romania in her quarterfinal contest. Sarita got the better of China's Qi Yawen in her last-eight stage bout. In men's draw, India Open gold-medallist Amit Panghal (49kg) also made the semifinal stage along with last edition's silver-medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg).