Boxer Nutlai settles for bronze in Astana

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Nutlai Lalbiakkima (49kg), who upstaged Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov in the quarter-finals, settled for a bronze along with two others after a semi-final loss in the President’s Cup in Astana. The 22-year-old lost to Erzhan Zhomart.

BIDHURI ENTERS FINAL

NEW DELHI: World Championship bronze medallist Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) advanced to the final of the Umakhanov Memorial boxing tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia, by beating local pugilist Magomed Shakhbanov.

INDIANS FINISH THIRD

GIFU (JAPAN): India clinched four medals, including two gold, on the last day at Junior Asian Athletics Championships to finish third in the standings. Kamalraj Kanagaraj and Ajit Kumar won gold in the men’s triple jump and 5,000m respectively while the women’s 4x400m relay team won silver. Jisna Mathew took home bronze in women’s 200m race.

IAF FC WIN LEAGUE

NEWDELHI: Indian Air Force (New Delhi) Football Club clinched the 2017-18 Delhi Soccer Association (Football Delhi) annual Sr Division Open Clubs Football League Championship after beating Hindustan FC in the concluding match by a solitary goal scored by Parbhjot Singh in the 31st minute. This was IAF’S sixth title. IAF topped standings with 14 points.

IOA WARNS MINISTRY

NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has asked Sports Ministry to initiate a dia- logue on proposed changes in the draft Sports Code, with a veiled warning that any unilateral action on the part of the government could invite another suspension of the country by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

WRESTLING TEAM

NEW DELHI: A six-member Indian women’s wrestling team for the Asian Games was announced. The team: Sakshi Malik (50kg), Vinesh (62kg), Pinki (53kg), Pooja Dhanda (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg) and Kiran (72kg).