Sindhu to be India’s flagbearer at opening ceremony of CWG
1888-PRESENT Held annually by the Indian army, the Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest football tournament. With shrinking space in the domestic calendar, it has lost prominence in recent years. Most successful team: Mohun Bagan (27 titles). (1891 TO 2000-01)
Once one of India’s most important competitions, it was discontinued after the 2000-01 edition. There have been attempts to revive it since. Bangalore Muslims were the first Indian team to win the competition in 1937. Most successful team: Mohun Bagan (14 titles).
PV Sindhu has been named flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast next month. According to sources in the Indian Olympic Association, 2016 Olympic silver medallist Sindhu’s rising stature in recent years clinched the issue in her favour for the coveted position. The opening ceremony will be held on April 4.
Having won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics two years ago, the Hyderabad-based World No. 3 Sindhu is one of the favourites to win the badminton women’s singles title in Gold Coast.
In the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, Sindhu bagged a bronze in women’s singles.
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CAVENDISH RULED OUT
The injuries picked up by the Isle of Man sprint ace Mark Cavendish in a Milan-San Remo horror fall last week have ruled him out of the Commonwealth Games, his Dimension Data team confirmed on Friday.
Cavendish hit a traffic island bollard head on at high speed last Saturday landing heavily after doing a mid-air summersault, but avoiding long-term or serious injury.
“I am hugely disappointed to have to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games,” said the 32-year-old sprinter who broke a rib and hurt his ankle in the fall.
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