Wrestler Bajrang Punia becomes first Indian to achieve world number one ranking
November 11, 2018 9:41 ISTBajrang is the lone male Indian to figure in top-10 but the country has five female wrestlers who are in the top-10 bracket.
Bajrang is the lone male Indian to figure in top-10 but the country has five female wrestlers who are in the top-10 bracket.
Youth Olympic Games champions Manu and Saurabh finished with a score of 485.4 in the final, well ahead of the Chinese who managed 477.9.
It was Sindhu's third loss to Bingjiao, who had defeated her at the Indonesia Open and French Open in July and October this year.
Dabang Delhi snapped their three-match losing streak in Pro Kabaddi League with a close 39-33 win over Haryana Steelers.
This is Saurabh's fourth individual gold medal in as many months.
Sindhu stamped her authority with a 21-12, 21-15 win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the second round.
Fifth seed Srikanth, ranked 9th, saw off France's Lucas Corvee 21-12, 21-16 in 35 minutes to set up a clash with Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto.
Nitin Rawal caused issues to Haryana's raiders as he made some good tackles besides effective raids.
Angad shot a perfect 60 out of 60 in the final round to claim top spot ahead of China's Di Jin who shot 58.
Elavenil and Hriday earlier qualified for the five-team final in third position with a combined score of 835.8.
The Olympic silver medallist registered an easy 21-13, 21-19 win in a match that lasted less than 30 minutes.
Japanese promoter the RIZIN Fighting Federation on Monday said rules and the weight class for the bout have not been set.
Swapna, the first Indian to secure a gold medal in heptathlon at the Asian Games was born with six toes in both her feet.
The 2012 Olympic medallist took to Twitter to share the moments she spent with Rajnikanth.
Yogeshwar is only the third Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal - a bronze at the 2012 London Games after KD Jadhav and Sushil Kumar.
The 24-year-old Bajrang has savoured an extremely successful 2018 season, winning five medals including three at Major championships.
Lin Dan, at 35, is at the business end of his career but was awarded top billing at the event.
Patna Pirates started the match without their star raider Pardeep Narwal as he was tending to his wrist injury while Bengal Warriors started without Maninder Singh.
Mary Kom was seen engaged into a friendly boxing bout with Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Delhi, on Thursday.
Ashwini had won a World Championship bronze in 2011 and a gold and silver at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games respectively with her earlier partner Jwala Gutta.
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