Telangana Government has passed a bill in Vidhansabha that has confirmed group 1 jobs for India cricketer Mohammed Siraj and boxer Nikhat Zareen. Both of them have excelled in their respective sport being the World Cup winner and the world champion respectively.
It was a largely positive day for India at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 31 with the likes of PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, and Deepika Kumari advancing to the next round of their respective events while Swapnil Kusale made it to men's 50m rifle 3 positions final. Day 6 holds more promise.
After an opening day of disappointment, all eyeballs will be on the trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari. Ankita, Bhajan and Deepika will be seen competing in the quarterfinal of the women's archery event.
A total of six boxers will represent India at the Paris Olympics 2024 starting from July 26 and the draw for them has been finalized. India's medal hopefuls Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain have been handed tough draws while Nishant and Amit directly qualify for the round of 16.
Nikhat Zareen is set to feature in her first Olympic Games as she will be playing in the 50kg category at the Paris Games. Zareen has been in some serious form since 2022, having lost only two bouts during this time. She is the two-time World Champion.
Indian contingent added five more medals to the tally on Saturday, September 30 including a couple of Gold medals in mixed doubles in tennis in the men's squash team event. The tally now stands at 38 with more in the offing on Sunday with the Badminton team headlining the medal events.
At the age when people start thinking about retirement, Abdullah Al-Rashid won the gold medal in a sport like Shooting, defeating all the young shooters.
Asian Games 2023: Nikhat Zareen registered a win by RSC in her quarterfinal bout against Jordan's Hanan Nassar in the women's 50kg category. She has confirmed a medal for India at the Asiad 2023.
In Shooting for India, the men's team won the gold medal in 50 meter rifle 3 positions. India Players showed an amazing game and won the Gold Medal. China's team stood at second place.
Today in the Boxing Event, India's Nikhat Zareen will enter the ring against Jordan's Nassar Hanan in the 50 kg category and by performing well, she would like to take another step towards a medal.
Indian contingent will be in action on Day 4 in search of more medals as shooters, chess players, sailors and wushu stars will be in action to fight for a podium finish. The equestrian stars who won in team event will be in action in their individual events while women's boxers take center stage.
"India’s greatest boxing champion deserves no less than India’s greatest off-roader," Mahindra Tweeted on Wednesday.
Women's World Boxing Championships: Nikhat Zareen crowned World champion for second consecutive time.
Lovlina will face Australia's Caitlin Parker in the final on Sunday. On the other hand, Saweety will take on Wang Lina of China.
For India, however, it was a roller-coaster day as the other four pugilists lost the quarterfinals.
Competing in her first international tournament in the 50 kg weight category, Nikhat defeated Mexico's Patricia Alvarez Herrera
Last year's World Championships bronze medallist Manisha (57 kg) and World Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur (60 kg) also continued their good run to make it to the final.
Nikhat Zareen along with her counterparts Nitu Ganghas and Mohammed Hussamudin advanced to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games as they have assured the country of three boxing medals.
CWG 2022: While Zareen knocked out Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique
The Indian boxer who clinched the gold medal in the 52kg category in Thailand has now said that she is the representative of India and not of any particular community.
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