Amalraj might have shelled out a hefty fine for his over-the-top celebrations after clinching his maiden national Table Tennis title last year, but the Chennai-lad does not rule out another impulsive celebration in case he manages to repeat the feat.
Deepika Kumari reigned supreme with seven medals, while veteran Dola Banerjee marked her return to form, picking six medals in the Sahara senior National Championship that concluded here on Monday, HT reports.
London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar, not only decided to participate at the senior National Shooting Championships here, but managed to clinch the gold in the men's rapid fire pistol event. Vijay shot 572 and 25 in the finals.
PPS Guron of Chattisgarh shot 145 (120+25) to win gold in the men skeet event on the penultimate day of the 56th national shooting meet at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges at Tuglakhbad.
Probably, the weather had a hand in it. Almost a day had lapsed since the felicitation, but the marigolds were as if they'd been freshly plucked.
Pwilao Basumatary stepped out of the ring, shook her head and smiled. She had lost the final of the Senior Boxing Nationals in Guwahati, Assam, but dedicated the silver to her parents, who were spending sleepless nights in a relief camp at Kokrajhar, 150km away from Guwahati.
Indraneel Das reports.
The problems they faceRajasthan's Mahaveer Singh and Tejaswini Sawant of Maharashtra were among the shooters to won the gold medals in the National Shooting Championship here on Friday.
India's ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap, who recently triumphed in the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix, made a leap of six places to reach a career-best ranking of 14th in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released today.
Already through to the final, defending champions India suffered a shock 3-5 defeat at the hands of Malaysia in their last and inconsequential league match of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Wednesday.
Maharashtra's rifle shooter Deepali Deshpande claimed gold in the women 50m prone event at the 56th national shooting championship, indicating that age is no bar when it comes to hitting the bullseye.
Athens Olympics silver-medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today clinched the double trap gold medal ahead of former world number one Ronjan Sodhi and Mohammad Asab at the 56th Shooting National Championship here.
A British newspaper is suing Lance Armstrong for more than $1.5 million after it settled a libel case over doping allegations, saying that revelations of the cycling star's use of performance-enhancing drugs show the case was baseless.
Sushma Singh and Shreyasi Singh bagged gold in women’s sports pistol and double trap, respectively, while Sushil Ghaley clinched the yellow metal in men’s rifle prone at the National Championship on Monday.
Long before Sunday happened, Shiv Kapur had planned his yearend getaway. The rigours of the tour take a toll on the body and mind anyway, for Shiv it was the added burden of a prolonged barren run. Robin Bose reports.
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has, in principle, agreed to formulate tough guidelines to ensure the participation of top Indian shuttlers in major events in India in future.