Seasoned hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and woman cricket Test skipper Mithali Raj were also recommended for the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna by the selection committee.
The 24th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship (JKNRC) 2021 will be held at the Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore on Oct 23-24.
Srikanth, who had claimed the title in 2017, outsmarted compatriot B Sai Praneeth 21-14 21-11 in 30 minutes.
Bhavani Devi is currently ranked 50th in the world and is the top-ranked fencer from India.
Sindhu, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, had taken a break due to the hectic schedule but she would be itching to make a winning return at the Denmark Open.
The 40-year-old six-time Winter Olympian has been approved as one of the 17 candidates to fill in two vacant places of the IOC's Athletes Commission
The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) selection tournament will comprise three events for men, women and boys under-21.
A former world-ranked South African swimmer has told an Australian television network that he was abused by a coach who has been implicated in several other sexual assault cases involving swimmers.
In the first match of the quarter-final tie, Malvika Bansod lost her match to world number five Akane Yamaguchi 12-21, 17-21.
The announcement came hours before Macron was scheduled to play in a charity soccer match to raise money for the Hospitals' Foundation, alongside former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
The tournament is being hosted by the Goregaon Sports Club (GSC) from October 17 to 27, 2021.
Only the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty could manage a win in the men's team championship tie.
Having already sealed their place in the quarter-finals, the match against Thailand was to determine the table-topper in Group B of the competition.
Ningombam said the lndian players and coaches have legitimately won the polls in most cases across all categories but the achievement has been totally undermined by negative comments by fellow athletes and national associations.
Athletics Kenya said it was still working to uncover details of the incident but it had been informed of Tirop's death. She was 25.
Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das, who is making a comeback from a hamstring injury, on Wednesday revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19.
It was a second straight 5-0 win for India, the team having beaten the Netherlands with an identical margin on Sunday.
Distance runner Mary Cain, whose career fizzled after what she has called four miserable years at the Nike Oregon Project, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and their employer, Nike.
16-year-old Rupal was the cynosure of all eyes, with her girls U-18 triumph coming in a personal best time of 53.73 seconds. She bettered her previous best of 55.37 seconds.
The Indian team will take on a strong Thailand on Wednesday. India has twice (2014, New Delhi and 2016, Kunshan) reached the semifinals of the tournament.
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