Hima scripts history, clinches gold
TAMPERE (FINLAND): Hima Das on Thursday scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships as she clinched to top spot in the women’s 400m final race on the third day of competitions here.
The 18-year-old Das clocked 51.46s to win the gold. She now joins the illustrious company of star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold in Poland in the last edition in 2016 in a world record effort. In fact, Das is the first Indian track athlete to have won a medal in the history of this competition.
MANU, ANISH CONTINUE GOLDEN RUN
NEWDELHI: Pistol shooters Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala continued their golden run with gold medals at the Junior Women’s 10m Air Pistol and Junior Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol respectively, at the Meeting of the Shooting Hopes in Pilsen, Czech Republic.manu led throughout in the eight-woman final win with a score of 238.7. Bhanwala shot 33 out of 40 to clinch gold with a resounding five hits out of five finish.
SINDHU ENTERS THAI OPEN QUARTER-FINALS
BANGKOK: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced into the quarter-finals of the USD 350,000 Thailand Open World Super 500 tournament here on Thursday.
Sindhu recorded a 21-16 21-14 win over Hong Kong’s Yip Pui Yin. However, P Kashyap lost to Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama 18-21 21-18 19-21 while H S Prannoy lost to Sony Kuncoro 18-21 14-21.
BOXER DROWNS IN CANAL, BODY FOUND
MUZAFFARNAGAR : The body of 21-year-old national-level boxer Abhishek Sharma, who had drowned in the Ganga canal in Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday, has been recovered, police said on Thursday.
Sharma had come to Khatoli town from Muzaffarnagar to bath but drowned in the canal.
GOA SIGNS DEFENDER NIRMAL CHHETRI
MARGAO: FC Goa have announced the signing of Sikkimese defender Nirmal Chhetri for the upcoming season.
Chhetri has been a veteran in the Indian Super League since its inception, playing for two clubs before joining the Gaurs ahead of the 2018-2019 season. NOTTINGHAM: Already reeling from the heartbreak in football World Cup, England sports received a double blow within 24 hours as India added to their agony with a crushing 8-wicket win in cricket on Thursday.
While the football heroes went down in a blaze of glory in Russia, fighting till the final whistle against Croatia, it was abject surrender by their cricketers at their bastion, Trent Bridge, in the opening One-day international.
Led by inspired performances from left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav and opener Rohit Sharma, India routed the hosts to go one-up in the threematch series.
After Kuldeep again exposed England players’ limitations against spin bowling to bundle them out for 268, Rohit Sharma lit up the arena with a stroke-filled 137 (114 balls; 15 fours, 4 sixes).
He cashed in on the easy conditions to add 167 runs with skipper Virat Kohli (74, 82 balls) in an entertaining secondwicket partnership and made light of the chase.
It was Rohit’s second successive hundred, after the sublime unbeaten 100 in the T20 game at Bristol on Sunday.