Gymnast Abhijit Nimbalkar would head to Goa this week for the 37th National Games determined to clinch a gold medal in Trampoline Gymnastics, having secured a bronze in the last edition in Gujarat last year.
Sanyukta Kale, who had won a record five gold medals at the Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula last year, did show her prowess by bagging the individual all-round gold medal last year and has now set her eyes on yet another clean sweep in the 37th National Games.
Hailing from Assam, the top-ranked under-15 boys' singles shuttler in the Badminton Association of India further solidified his reputation on the Asian stage by defeating Fan Hong Xuan of China.
Assam bagged the first gold medal of the 37th National Games when their women's badminton team blanked Maharashtra 3-0 in the finals at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Goa on Saturday.
Riding on the success of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian tennis star Rutuja Bhosale is now aiming to secure 2024 Paris Olympics quota and break into top-200 to ensure more Grand Slam presence in her career.
In the Sub-Junior Men's category Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Hockey by 8-1 to claim the bragging rights. Chhattisgarh Hockey finished third in the tournament. The Sub-Junior Women's category Final ended with Hockey Madhya Pradesh beating Chhatt
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over the 7th convocation of Shoolini University in Solan district on Monday conferred the PhD degrees to 63 students and honoured 77 students with gold medals.
The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, felicitated the Kabbadi players of Himachal Pradesh and the gold medalists of the Asian Games on Monday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday felicitated kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat, who was a member of the team that clinched gold in the Asian Games.