Gymnasts clinch two bronze in World Cup

NEW DELHI: Indian gymnasts won two bronze medals in the men’s and women’s group events of the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku.

Prins Aris, Siddhesh Bhosle, Rushikesh More and Rejilesh Suribabu finished third after scoring 20.560 in the two-day event to bag the bronze medal at the National Gymnastics Arena on November 18. The Indian women’s trio of Ayushi Ghodeswar, Prachi Parkhi and Mrunmayi Walde also bagged a bronze in the group after scoring 18.200.

INDIAN MASTERS POLO

NEW DELHI: Rajnigandha Achievers beat Jindal Panther/Garcha Lions 8-7 and Sona Polo beat Palermo Polo by 6-5 in the Indian Masters Polo on Tuesday.

THALAIVAS TRIUMPH

AHMEDABAD: Tamil Thalaivas produced a solid all-round performance to beat Telugu Titans 27-23 in the southern derby of Pro Kabaddi Season 6. This was Tamil Thalaivas first win over Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League.

Ajay Thakur scored 8 points for Thalaivas and Manjeet Chhillar chipped in with three crucial tackle points. Rahul Chaudhari scored 8 points but it was Titans defence that let them down as they scored just seven tackle points.

VIJENDER’S NEW DEAL

LOS ANGLES: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh has signed a multi-year deal with legendary promoter Bob Arum’s company Top Rank, paving the way for his American debut next year after an unbeaten professional run in India and England.