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Lusofonia Games: Paddlers give India first gold medals

Panaji: India's first gold medals in the third Lusofonia Games came via table tennis when the country's men and women paddlers kept their top billing intact in the five-team pool events.Portugal, despite putting up a


The Lusofonia Games 2014 are the third edition of the Portuguese Commonwealth Games. The first two were held in Macau in 2006 and in Lisbon in 2009.

Results (5th round):

Men:

Harmeet Desai beat Andre Silva 3 - 1 (11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9)
Soumyajit Ghosh lost to Diogo Silva2 - 3 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 4-11, 7-11)
Amalraj Anthony beat Jorge Costa 3 - 2 (8-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6)
Soumyajit Ghosh beat Andre Silva 3 - 1 (7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-6)

Women:

Shamini Kumaresan beat Joana Mota 3 - 1 (11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 13-11)
Ankita Das beat Raquel Andrade 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)
Madhurika Patkar beat Joana Fins 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-5)