Indian boxers shine at World Youth meet
BUDAPEST: Asian medallists Bhavesh Kattimani (52kg) and Ankit Khatana (60kg) were among the four Indian boxers who signed off with bronze in the World Youth Championships after losing their semifinal bouts here.
Bhavesh was beaten 5-0 by American Asa Stevens, while Ankit went down 2-3 in an exciting contest against Thailand’s Atichai Phoemsap.
Also finishing with bronze were Neha Yadav (+81kg) and Sakshi Gaidhani (81kg) in the women’s draw.
Neha, a direct entrant into the semifinal stage owing to the small size of the draw, lost to Ukraine’s Mariia Lovchynska in her first bout of the tournament.
Similar was the case of Saskhi, who lost to Russia’s Anastasiia Rybak in the semifinals to sign off with a bronze.
Earlier, four Indian women boxers advanced to the semifinals to be assured of medals here.
Jony (60kg), Sakshi (57kg), Astha Pahwa (75kg) and Anamika (51kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories last night.
PAVAN U-19 SKIPPER
NEWDELHI: Maharashtra batsman Pavan Shah has replaced Aryan Juyal as the captain of the India U-19 squad for the Asia Cup, starting in Dhaka from September 29. Shah and Vedant Murkar will lead India A and B squads in the four-nation tournament, also comprising Nepal and Afghanistan. It will be played in Lucknow from September 12 to 18.
ICC TRYING TO TRACE ‘FIXER’ MUNAWAR
NEWDELHI: Trying to figure out the “true identity” of alleged matchfixer Aneel Munawar, the ICC has hired a betting analysis company to investigate his claims of having fixed Test sessions in a recent TV sting operation. “Based on what we already know, we have engaged the services of an independent betting analysis company to examine the claims made about particular matches,” the ICC said in a statement. Munawar was seen in a sting operation conducted by Al Jazeera but the law enforcement agencies are yet to trace him.