Shaving off Myth: When Sachin Tendulkar got a shave from female barbers
May 04, 2019 16:16 ISTTendulkar also presented barbers Neha and Jyoti with a Gillette scholarship to cover their educational and professional needs.
Tendulkar also presented barbers Neha and Jyoti with a Gillette scholarship to cover their educational and professional needs.
It has been learnt that the recovery is likely to take three to four months, putting his participation at the prestigious Worlds (September-October) in serious doubt.
Bajrang got the better of the local favourite 13-8 in his final bout after being down 0-5 at one stage.
Chandela shot a world record score of 252.9 to clinch gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in February.
Hockey India has also recommended RP Singh and Sandeep Kaur for the Major Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The 29-year-old Olympic bronze medallist and world number nine lost 16-21, 23-21, 4-21 to her 19-year-old opponent in the women's singles match that lasted one hour and seven minutes.
An 18-year-old senior at Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, ran the event at Texas's Region III-6A track and field meet on Saturday.
Nehwal, seeded second, will begin her quest for the second title this year when she will take on China's Wang Zhiyi in the first round of the women's singles.
Anjum Moudgil (rifle), Shahzar Rizvi (pistol) and Om Prakash Mitharwal (pistol) have been nominated for the Arjuna Awards.
Bajrang and Vinesh's names were sent by WFI owing to their remarkable performances in the last couple of years.
India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total.
On the penultimate day of the competition, Gurpreet had to be satisfied with a second spot finish after being handed a 0-8 defeat by Hyeonwoo Kim of Korea in the final.
Verma secured India's fifth Olympic quota place in shooting, winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Beijing on Saturday.
With this gold, the 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist also secured a fifth quota for India in shooting for the 2020 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo.
Much was expected from fourth seed Sindhu but the Rio Olympic silver medallist was stunned by an unseeded local girl Cai Yanyan.
India ended the event with 13 medals -- two gold, four silver and seven bronze medals -- in the tournament which was held simultaneously for men and women for the first time.
Amit Panghal, who won the Asian Games gold medal last year, defeated Korea's Kim Inkyu Korea in a unanimous decision.
It was a positive start to the day for India with national champion Deepak advancing to the final without exchanging a single blow after getting a walkover from Kazakhstan's Temirtas Zhussupov due to injury.
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudary won gold in the 10m Air pistol mixed team event in the ISSF Shooting World Cup, claiming India's second gold.
India are placed in Pool A alongside Poland (ranked 21), Russia and Uzbekistan (43rd), while Pool B consists of South Africa (16th), Asia Games gold medallist Japan (18th), USA (25th) and Mexico (39th).
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