Koneru Humpy wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award
March 09, 2021 11:06 ISTChess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020.
Chess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020.
Harmanpreet Singh's strike in the very first minute and two goals by Mandeep in the 28th and 59th minutes helped India remain undefeated on the tour.
After the final selection trials (Trial 3) at the Army Insitute of Sports in Pune, a six-strong squad which has three male and equal number of female archers was selected for the quadrennial extravaganza.
The Indian competed at The Players Championships four times. He missed the cut thrice, while finished Tied 74th in the 2019 edition.
In an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com, AFI president Adille Sumariwalla explains how champions like Neeraj are honed and handled with care while revealing that the athlete will be training and competing in Europe in May.
The Indian star wrestler defeated Mongolia's Tulga Ochir 2-2 by criteria in the 65kg freestyle final.
Deol had won many medals for the country and the state since 1951 and was awarded the Dhyan Chand National Award in 2009 for his lifelong contribution towards sports.
The 25-year-old Indian, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn't match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat
All three judges ruled in favour of the Indian with the score-line reading 80-72 80-72 80-72 in the fight.
Vinesh scored all her points in the first period and held on to her lead in the second to ensure a top-of-the-podium finish.
Olympic-bound Ashish Kumar (75kg) tested positive for the virus and as a result of being his roommates, Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) were forced to withdraw from the finals.
Manish defeated Denmark's Nikolai Terteryan in a split decision in his first competitive outing in a year
Sindhu, the reigning world champion, beat fourth seeded Blichfeldt 22-20 21-10 in 43 minutes to avenge her first-round loss to the Danish world No.12.
Sarita, 25, clinched the 59kg gold at the Asian Championship in Delhi last year. She is a seven-time national champion.
Sindhu took a minute less than an hour to see off a fighting Busanan, seeded fifth, 21-16 23-21 to set up a clash with fourth seed Denmark's fourth seed Mia Blichfeldt.
The 37-year-old olympic-bound star lost in a split decision after an exhausting contest that was also messy in equal measure.
The dead body of the 72-year-old Snesarev, who returned to India after a gap of two years to be at the helm till the end of September, has been sent to a government hospital for post mortem.
Chopra qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in January last year in an event in South Africa during his training stint in that country.
Seiko Hashimoto is trying to assure everyone that the Olympics will be safe and secure, a phrase she repeated a dozen times Friday in her inaugural news conference.
The Indian women's trap team won silver medal at the Shotgun World Cup.
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