Madappa who has a single win on the Asian tour maintained a top spot for the title before things went downhill for him. A triple bogey on the third day pushed him down the ladder and he carded an even par 71 on Sunday.
With 10 points in his kitty, the Indian GM leads the field with four more rounds to go in the prestigious tournament which features some of the best players in the sport.
The 52-year-old Indian legend had posted wins over France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vaselin Topalov of Bulgaria and China's Hao Wang in the first three rounds.
Sakshi Malik made a grand comeback as the wrestler grabbed her first gold medal after a long wait of five years at the UWW Ranking Series event.
Keeping in mind the upcoming commonwealth games, the event will have as many as 25 types of sports and will be organised across 5 venues including anchkula, Ambala, Shahabad, Chandigarh, and Delhi
Anjum who had been extraordinary went down in the finals to Denmark’s Rikke Maeng Ibsen by 12-16.
Karnataka is all set to launch Grand Prix Badminton League - its own version Premier Badminton League.
Leading by example, Thakur along with 750 young cyclists peddled for a distance of 7.5kilometers. Kiran Rijiju who is a health & fitness freak himself flagged off the event from Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
Mirabai Chanu who is being considered one of India's biggest hope to win the medal at CWG is all set to headline the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Youth, Junior and Senior National ranking women weightlifting championships to be held at Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh from June 14 to 22.
Maintaining his reputation, Anand won the Armageddon early on Friday
Recalling one of James's previous interviews with GQ way back in 2014, he had quoted "If it happens. It’s my biggest milestone. I want to maximize my business. And if I happen to get it, if I happen to be a billion-dollar athlete, ho. Hip hip hooray! Oh, my God, I’m gonna be excited".
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament.
The 12-member Indian rifle squad now has one gold and one silver, moving up to fifth on the medal table from overnight ninth.
While Panghal secured a berth in the 51kg division, Thapa sealed a spot in the 63.5 kg division for the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the latest boxing sensation Nikhat Zareen, along with Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda - who won bronze medals in the recently concluded Istanbul event.
A total of 16 teams will be competing in the mixed event and they have been drawn into four groups with the top two nations progressing to the knockout stage.
Recalling the historical Thomas Cup, Chirag, one half of India's best doubles pair says "The feeling of that week remains but it's time to get back to training and face the next challenges, starting with the Commonwealth Games, World Championships, and Asian Games"
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu Lakshya Sen and P Kashyap will be some of the star Indian shuttlers in action at the Indonesia Masters, a Super 500 event on the BWF World Tour, to be held from June 7-12 at Jakarta.
Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita and Shreya Agrawal won the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Lakshya Sen, the World Championship bronze medallist will train with World No. 1 Victor Axelson in Dubai from Sunday with the Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) approving his request.
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