Shuttler Kashyap loses passport in Amsterdam
NEWDELHI: Indian men’s singles shuttler Parupalli Kashyap sought External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s help after he lost his passport in Amsterdam while travelling to Odense for the Denmark Open.
The 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist lost his passport in Amsterdam last night and was left stranded there.
He is supposed to leave for Odense Sunday for the Denmark Open.
He sought Swaraj’s intervention and also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
“@Sushmaswaraj Good Morning Ma’am, I’ve lost my passport at Amsterdam last night . I have to travel to Den- mark Open(odense) , French Open (Paris) and Saarloux Open At Saarbrucken, Germany . My ticket for Denmark is on Sunday, 14th October . I request help in this matter,” t weeted Kashyap.
He sent a similar tweet shortly where he tagged PM Modi, Sarma and Rathore as well.
TEMPORARY RELIEF
A couple of hours following his tweet, Kashyap received a response from Veny Rajamony, the Indian ambassador to the Netherlands, who asked the shuttler to contact the embassy in the Hague.
Later in the day, Rathore tweeted to Kahyap assuring the latter of help. The Indian badminton player replied to the union minister confirming that he had received his temporary documents.
Kenya’s world half marathon record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei has been added to the women’s elite field for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, brightening prospect of a mouth-watering head-to-head with three-time Olympic gold medallist Tirunesh Dibaba.
The pair have met twice before. Firstly, at last year’s Ras al Khaimah Half Marathon when Jepkosgei finished third and the Ethiopian legend was fifth; secondly in May this year at the Manchester 10km when Dibaba got the upper hand with a convincing win — 31:08 to 31:57 — with the Kenyan runner second.
However, Jepkosgei will come for the October 21 race in fine form buoyed by a half marathon win over a classy local field in a high-altitude race in her native Kenya last Sunday.
“The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon is my first-ever trip to India and so I am very much looking forward to visiting and also competing against, once again, Tirunesh Dibaba as well as the rest of the field of accomplished and confident women,” said the 24-yearold Jepkosgei, who set a world half marathon best of 64:52 in Prague in April 2017 and improved that mark by one second to 64:51 in 12 months ago.
Sandwiched between these two record-breaking half marathon outings, Jepkosgei also became the first woman to run under 30 minutes for 10km on the roads when she he ran a world record of 29:43 on her return to Prague in September 2017.
KRISH, GARAGI WIN UNDER-16 TENNIS TITLES
NEWDELHI: Krish Patel outclassed Denim Yadav 6-0, 6-1 to emerge Under-16 boys champion while Gargi Pawar took the U-16 girls crown after fighting off the challenge of Vipasha Mehra 6-4, 6-3 as the Fenesta Open National Championships concluded here on Saturday. In the Under-14 boys final, Udit Gogoi turned on the heat with some smart play from the back court to crush Aman Dahiya 6-1, 6-4. Renee Singh won the U-14 girls title after getting the better of top seed Vaishnavi Adkar 7-5, 6-2.
TELUGU TITANS BEAT UP YODDHA IN PKL
SONEPAT: Telugu Titans registered their second consecutive win of Pro Kabaddi Season VI as they beat UP Yoddha 34-29 here on Saturday.
It was an all-round effort from the Titans with Rahul Chaudhari and Nilesh Salunke chipping in with raid points.
Abozar Mighani and Vishal Bhardwaj kept the UP Yoddha raiders quiet for most part of the match. Prashanth Kumar Rai scored 11 points for UP Yoddha but his effort went in vain.