Geeta Phogat misses out on CWG 2018 berth

LUCK NOW: Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik on Saturday secured a spot in the Indian women’s wrestling squad for next year’s Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships while ‘Dangal’ star Geeta Phogat missed out.

Sakshi booked her place in the 62 kg category while Geeta, whose life was the subject of popular Bollywood film ‘Dangal’, lost to Pooja Dhanda in the trials for the 57 kg division.

Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Babita Kumari (54kg), Divya Karan (68 kg) and Kiran (76kg) are the other members of the Indian squad to make the cut at the Sports Authority of India Training Centre here.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held in the Australian city of Gold Coast, while the 2018 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship is scheduled to be staged in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

LOSING ONLY ONE GAME AN ACHIEVEMENT, SAYS VIS H WA NATHAN AN AND

CHENNAI: Chess ace Viswanathan Anand termed losing just one game at the World Blitz Championship in Riyadh as a huge achievement after capturing the title at the World Rapid event.

“It is a fantastic feeling to finish on the podium in the Rapid and Blitz. Because they are both very different formats. Losing just one game is a huge achievement in such an event,” he said after his third place finish behind Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin.

“One is 15 minutes plus 10 seconds, which is much slower, similar to a half-an-hour game. The second one is three minutes and two seconds, which is the equivalent, of let’s say a five-seven minute game. So very different rhythms. Doing well in one doesn’t meant doing well in the other as well,” he added.

INEED TIME TO GET TO FULL FITNESS: SAINA

NEW DELHI : Recovering from an ankle injury, star India shuttler Saina Nehwal said she will look to get back to her full fitness during the three weeks break after the India Open next month.