Karman Thandi cracks top-200 in world rankings
NEWDELHI: Karman Kaur Thandi on Monday became only the sixth Indian woman tennis player to crack the top-200 rankings in singles, jumping 32 places in the WTA chart. Karman is now ranked exactly 200 in the WTA list. The 20-year-old Delhi girl, backed by Mahesh Bhupathi, won her maiden ITF singles title in Hong Kong and made it to the semi-finals of two other events. In April, the country’s top singles player Ankita Raina had broken into the top-200 and is now ranked 195. Sania Mirza, Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Shikha Uberoi and Sunitha Rao had made it to the top-200.
DELHI GOVT STILL TO REWARD MANIKA
NEWDELHI: Table tennis star Manika Batra is yet to receive the cash reward promised by the Delhi government, more than three months after her historic effort in Commonwealth Games.
The Delhi-based Manika had won a unprecedented four medals at the Games including two gold medals. As per the policy of the Delhi government, a CWG gold medallist gets ~14 lakh for gold, ~10 lakh for silver and ~6 lakh for bronze.
PKL-6 TO START ON OCT 5
MUMBAI: The sixth season of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) will begin on October 5 and the final would be held on January 5 next year. The league will continue its existing format and will go on for a duration of 13 weeks. In the fifth season, there were 138 matches conducted over a duration of 13 weeks, the event organiser Mashal Sports Pvt. Ltd. stated in a release.
U-16 TEAM PITTED AGAINST IRAQ, JAPAN
NEW DELHI : The Indian U-16 football team will be locking horns with defending AFC U-16 champions Iraq, Asian powerhouse Japan, hosts Jordan and Yemen in the 5th WAFF U-16 Boys Championship slated to be held at the King Abdullah II International Stadium from August 1.
JR PADDLERS SHINE
NEWDELHI: Indian junior paddlers collected six medals, including a gold in the team events, following their rich run in the individual events at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open. India won a gold, three silver and two bronze medals late on Sunday night.
FENCERS FINISH 2ND
NEWDELHI: Indian fencers won 13 medals at the Jr Commonwealth Fencing Championships in Newcastle which concluded on Monday. India won three gold, two silver and eight bronze medals. India finished second in the medals tally behind England (29).