Rituparna Das loses in semifinals of Syed Modi International
November 30, 2019 16:41 ISTRituparna Das went down fighting 22-24, 15-21 to Chaiwan in a 39-minute women's singles semifinal match.
Rituparna Das went down fighting 22-24, 15-21 to Chaiwan in a 39-minute women's singles semifinal match.
The construction and inspection of the National Stadium for Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been completed.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran faced a crushing defeat in the round-of-16 of the ongoing ITTF World Cup at the hands of Germany's Timo Bull.
Third seed Srikanth continued to struggle as his run was cut short by former world no. 1 Son Wan Ho.
In a match that lasted for more than an hour, Sathiyan beat Simon 4-3 to register his maiden victory over the French paddler.
The Indian trio of Deepika, Ankita and Laishram Bombayala Devi competed under a neutral flag due to the current suspension of the Archery Association of India (AAI), which is in administrative turmoil right now.
Third seed Srikanth, who had lifted the title in 2016, eked out a thrilling 18-21 22-20 21-16 win over compatriot Parupalli Kashyap, who is also a former two-time champion here.
Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium will host the game's showpiece tournament for the second consecutive time after successfully conducting the event in 2018, which was won by Belgium.
Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold in the compound mixed pair event at the Asian Archery Championship in Bangkok.
Magnus Carlsen finished the tournament with a whopping 27 points and broke his own record in the Grand chess tour, bettering his 26.5 points scored at Abidjan, Ivory Coast earlier this year.
After Atanu Das won the bronze medal in men's recurve event, Indian archers continued their solid show at the Asian Archery Championship.
Over 500 wrestlers will be vying for top honours in the men's freestyle, greco roman and women events during the championship.
P V Sindhu was retained by Hyderabad Hunters for Rs 77 lakh in the auction. World number 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei was also bought for the joint highest amount by defending champions Bengaluru Raptors.
Atanu Das beat Jin Hayek Oh of South Korea in the shoot-off in bronze medal match.
Anand started with a loss to Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi but then went on to beat Armenian Levon Aronian and Wesley So of the US. He then lost to Carlsen while the rest of the games were drawn.
Three-time former champion Saina, who has been battling illness and injuries, is going through a bad patch, having lost six times in the first round this season.
The Indian archers, playing under the neutral flag due to the suspension of the Indian federation, secured two medals at the Asian Archery Championship.
Manavaditya Singh Rathore won three gold medals in two days at the recently-concluded 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship.
Indian star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has pulled out of the Premier Badminton League to concentrate on international tournaments.
The 26-year-old from Guntur, who had guided Bangalore Raptors to their maiden title win in the last PBL, will not feature in the fifth edition scheduled to be held from January 20 to February 9.
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