Narang-Ghatkar win silver in shooting meet
new delhi: Olympic medallist Gagan Narang made a fine comeback to the 10m air rifle event as he combined with young Pooja Ghatkar to win the mixed team Silver medal in the Grand Prix of liberation international shooting competition in Pilsen, Czech Republic on Sunday. Having topped the qualification with 833.2 points, with Pooja shooting 413.5 and Gagan 419.7, the Indian pair came close to overtaking Jurate Cesynaite and Karolis Girulis for the Gold, before missing the target by 1.3 point. P Shri Nivetha and Amanpreet Singh claimed the mixed air pistol silver after having topped qualification with a score of 775. Earlier in the tournament, Mihika Poore bagged the women's air rifle Gold while a day before that, Shri Nivetha Paramanantham clinched the Gold medal in the women's air pistol after topping the qualification.
Venus loses in round 1 of Madrid Open
madrid: Venus Williams lost to Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the first round of the Madrid Open on Saturday. Kontaveit rallied from a set down to beat the eighth-seeded Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on the outdoor clay court. "I'd lost to her two times already, and so I had nothing to lose," Kontaveit said. "I didn't go out there feeling scared. I do feel like I can challenge anybody here, so I was feeling good to go on the court." Kontaveit was coming off a semifinal run in Stuttgart last week. Williams was playing her first clay match of the year, though she has passed the second round only once in Madrid. Fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina beat Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2 after breaking her serve five times.
Zverev beats Kohlschreiber; defends title
munich: Alexander Zverev defeated three-time former champion Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-3 to defend his Munich Open title on Sunday. Zverev, the world No 3, hit four aces and converted four of his six break chances to win the final in 1 hour and 11 minutes. Zverev says, "It was closer than the score indicates." It is the 21-year-old's first title of the year and seventh altogether, boosting his confidence for upcoming tournaments in Madrid and Rome as well as the French Open. The 34-year-old Kohlschreiber, who won here in 2007, 2012 and 2016, was playing in his sixth final at the clay-court tournament.
Punjab, Jharkhand win Hi’s junior meet
bhopal: Punjab were crowned winners of the 8th Hockey India junior national championship for men after they defeated Haryana 4-2 in the title clash here on Sunday. Hockey Gangpur-Odisha secured the Bronze medal as they beat Hockey Odisha 6-1 in the game for the third place. In the final, Punjab came from two goals down to get the better of Haryana. Gursahibjit Singh scored a hat-trick for Punjab as he found the back of the net in the 42nd, 57th and 65th minutes while Karajwinder Singh (70') added to the tally. Haryana's two goals were scored by Deepak (26') and Mohit (37'). In women section Hockey Jharkhand came from behind to beat Hockey Haryana 4-2 to win the Championship. In the final match of the competition, Hockey Jharkhand produced an emphatic display as they came from a goal down to get the better of Hockey Haryana.
Aditi in shared lead in lPGA event
the colony: India's Aditi Ashok shared the lead and gave herself a great chance of grabbing a breakthrough win after the Volunteers of America lPGA Texas Classic was reduced to 36 holes because of inclement weather. With rain giving her a chance to tee off earlier, she got to play her first round on Saturday and had to begin her second round, which has also become the tournament's final round, the same day. In the 32 holes she has played so far, Aditi reached 6-under and was tied for the lead with four others. Aditi played 32 holes on Saturday and made 10 birdies in them.