Verma wins bronze in World Cup archery

SAMSUN,TURKEY:COMPOUND archer Abhishek Verma beat Korean Kim Jongho to win bronze at the season-ending World Cup Final. Verma partnered Jyothi Surekha Vennam to win silver in the exhibition compound mixed event. from Haryana grabbed seven out of 10 gold medals on Day 2 of the U-23 National Wrestling Championships. UP, Maharashtra and Chandigarh won a medal each as all 10 women booked their tickets for the U-23 World Championships, starting November 12.

BOTTAS TAKES POLE

Sochi:valtteri Bottas upstaged his championship leading Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in Saturday’s qualifying session to seize pole for the Russian GP.

PATRA BOYCOTTS

NEWDELHI:UPSET by the change in selection criteria for the Artistic World Championships, gymnast Rakesh Patra boycotted the trials. Dipa Karmakar too skipped it due to fitness issues.

OKUHARA FACES ZHANG

NEW DELHI: Nozomi Okuhara of Japan will take on American shuttler Beiwan Zhang in the women’s singles final of the $600,000 Korea Open in Seoul. Okuhara beat top seed Akane Yamaguchi 16-21, 21-17, 21-14.

ADVANI LOSES IN SEMIS

Doha:pankaj Advani won bronze at the Asian 10-red Snooker after losing to Ireland’s Brendan O’donoghue 5-0 in the semi-final here on Saturday.