In the first heavyweight title fight to be held in the Middle East, Joshua toyed with an out-of-shape Andy Ruiz Jr. over 12 unspectacular rounds to win a unanimous points decision, reclaim the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, and avenge a stunning upset by his Mexican-American opponent six months ago.
India are comfortably at the top of the medal tally at the South Asian Games with 110 gold medals.
23-year-old Satnam Singh has failed a dope test and is provisionally suspended by NADA.
India came from a goal down to defeat their opponents after New Zealand's Olivia Shannon (4th minute) had scored for her side.
Manpreet Singh has been nominated for the FIH Player of the Year award after playing a crucial role in India's qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
India bagged 10 medals in badminton at the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal.
Brian Lara heaped praise on Tiger Woods' 'willpower', and also revealed how he started playing golf.
More than a week after the brutal incident took place in Hyderabad, police shot dead all the four accused in an alleged 'encounter' near Shadnagar town of Telangana's Ranga Reddy district in the wee hours of Friday.
Arjuna awardee- Abhishek Verma won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the men's compound archery team event, along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar.
Sathiyan beat the higher-ranked Simon Gauzy of France and Jonathan Groth at the World Cup in Chengdu, China.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran's exploits at the World Table Tennis Cup has helped them better that.
Mehuli's effort will, however, not be considered as a world record, as the South Asian Games' results are not recognised by the international body (ISSF) for the purpose of records.
Sourabh Verma had a decent season in which he claimed two BWF Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam and also won the Slovenia International series in May.
Yohan Blake said that he wants Indian athletes to believe in themselves more and work harder.
India will then host world champions Belgium on February 8 and 9, followed by two more home fixtures against Australia on February 22 and 23.
The six-time Formula One champion is now only seven wins behind seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher’s record of 91, which he could realistically overtake next season.
The 26-year-old Indian, who won two BWF Super 100 titles in Hyderabad and Vietnam this year, went down 15-21 17-21 to world no 22 Tzu Wei in a 48-minute summit clash to miss out on his maiden Super 300 crown here.
Besides Rijiju, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was also present as the composite logo, players jersey, Mascots and the theme song of the 3rd edition of the Games was launched.
The only Indian remaining in contention for the title, Verma registered a hard-fought 21-17, 16-21, 21-18 win over his Korean opponent Heo Kwang Hee in the semifinal.
The squad is a mixture of top athletes and some talented youngsters.
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