Nitu, Manisha enter world boxing quarter-finals

NEW DELHI: Former youth world champion Nitu (48kg) and 2019 Asian Championships bronze medallist Manisha (57kg) became the first Indians to enter the quarter-finals of the women’s world boxing championships, after registering contrasting wins in Istanbul on Saturday. Nitu, who won gold in the Strandja Memorial tournament in Sofia this year, beat Spaniard Lopez del Arbol by a unanimous decision in the prequarterfinal bout. She will face Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova in the quarter-finals on Monday.

Manisha (57kg) prevailed 4-1 over Svetlana Staneva of Bulgaria in a hard-fought bout that saw both boxers trade punches throughout the three rounds. She will take on youth world bronze medallist Namuun Monkhor of Mongolia next.

Trap teams bags two silver at Junior WC

NEW DELHI: The Indian men’s and women’s trap teams picked up two more silver medals to consolidate its lead at the top of the standings in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.

The women’s trap trio of Preeti Rajak, Sabeera Haris and Bhavya Tripathi went down 2-6 to the Italian team in the gold medal contest. Then, Shardul

Vihaan, Arya Vansh Tyagi and Vivaan Kapoor lost their gold medal match against the US by a narrow margin of 4-6.

India finish second in shooting at Deaflympics

NEW DELHI: India wrapped up their shooting assignment at the 24th Deaflympics in Caxais do Sul, Brazil by finishing in second place with three gold and two bronze medals.

Only Ukraine finished ahead of the 10-strong Indian contingent for the event.