Phangal nominated for Arjuna award
new delhi: Asian Games Gold medal-winning Indian boxer Amit Panghal was on Tuesday nominated for this year's Arjuna awards by the Boxing Federation of India. Amit, who claimed the light flyweight (49kg) category Gold after defeating reigning Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the Asiad final, joined Sonia Lather and Gaurav Bidhuri in the list of boxing nominees for the second highest sporting honour after the Khel Ratna. "I am honoured to be nominated, I can't describe how happy I am. My medal is talking for me and that is what I have always wanted," the 22-year-old Amit, only the eighth Indian boxer to claim an Asiad Gold, said.
Junior shooters add Silver, Bronze
changwaon: India's junior shooters scaled another high by delivering the country's first set of skeet medals at the ISSF World Championships — a men's team Silver and an individual Bronze by Gurnihal Singh Garcha here on Tuesday. Before this edition of the world championship, India had won all its shotgun medals in the trap and double trap disciplines. This will be the first time that Indian skeet shooters will come back with medals from the premiere competition. The trio of Gurnihal (119), Anantjeet Singh Naruka (117) and Ayush Rudraraju (119) combined for a score of 355 for a second-place finish in the finals. The three had topped day one of the team qualifying on Monday. The 19-year-old Gurnihal also made the six-strong individual final, where he shot a score of 46 to claim the individual Bronze, the biggest achievement of his international career so far.
Leclerc TO replace Raikkonen in Ferrari
milan: Young Monaco driver Charles Leclerc will replace Finnish veteran Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season with the former world champion returning to Sauber, both Formula One teams announced on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Leclerc — a Ferrari Driver Academy graduate — was the 2017 Formula 2 champion, and made his debut in F1 this season with the Sauber team. "Scuderia Ferrari announces that, at the end of the 2018 season, Kimi Raikkonen will step down from his current role," the team said in a statement. .
Andre Silva lifts Portugal past Italy
lisbon: Andre Silva scored the only goal as European champions Portugal — without superstar Cristiano Ronaldo — got their Nations League campaign off the mark with a 1-0 win over Italy in Lisbon on Monday. Ronaldo, 33, had been left out of the squad at his own request to focus on his new Italian club Juventus. But the Euro 2016 winners showed no sign of missing their star striker, dominating the Italians to secure their first three points in a Group 3 that also includes Poland. Italy coach Roberto Mancini suffered his first competitive setback after being held by Poland 1-1 in their opener on Friday in Bologna, with the Azzurri on one point after two games. "We made too many mistakes, but the lads gave everything," said Mancini.