Delhi govt yet to honour CWG star Manika with cash reward
NEWDELHI: Table tennis star Manika Batra, arguably India’s best athlete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, is yet to receive the cash reward promised by the Delhi government, more than three months after her historic effort in Gold Coast.
The Delhi-based Manika had won an unprecedented four medals at the Games including two gold medals (team and singles), a silver (doubles) and bronze (mixed doubles).
As per the existing policy of the Delhi government, a CWG gold medallist gets Rs 14 lakh for gold, Rs 10 lakh for silver and Rs 6 lakh for bronze. Since the amount of the cash prize was a lot lesser than what the athletes from Haryana and Tamil Nadu get, a revised proposal had gone to the Delhi government for approval. A gold medal winner from Haryana receives Rs 1.5 crore and Tamil Nadu government gives Rs 50 lakh for the yellow metal.
JUNIORS BAG SIX MEDALS IN JORDAN
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.
In an all-india final of the junior girls’ category, India 2 comprising of Prapti Sen, Swastika Ghosh and Surbhi Patwari prevailed over the India 1 team of Selena Selvakumar and Yashini Sivasankar 3-1 to win the gold.
SHARMA SETS GOALS FORWGC-BRIDGESTONE
OHIO, US: Shubhankar Sharma has two simple goals to achieve at this week’s World Golf Championships-bridgestone Invitational and one of them is to gather enough courage and introduce himself to Tiger Woods. The second goal is of course to keep his PGA TOUR dream alive with a strong showing at the iconic Firestone Country Club here.
The 22-year-old Indian will make his debut on Thursday in the USD 10 million showpiece headlined by title holder Hideki Matsuyama, World No. 1 Dustin Johnson, newly-crowned Open Championship winner Francesco Molinari, 29 golfers from the top-30 of the Fedexcup standings and 14-time major winner Woods, who will be playing in his first WGC event in four years.
TAKALE FINISHES 14TH IN FINLAND WRC EVENT
JYVASKYLA,FINLAND: Sanjay Takale added another feather to his cap by becoming the first registered driver from India to finish a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC).
Pune-based Takale and his British co-driver Darren Garrod survived the 23 Special Stages over a total of 317.26 kmss