Former badminton world champion and current world number 17, PV Sindhu, announced that former Malaysian shuttler Muhammad Hafiz Hashim will be her new coach.
World champion powerlifter-turned-shooter Gaurav Sharma visited different areas, including Yamuna Bazar, and met the people displaced from the flood plains of the Yamuna.
India finished day three of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Juniors in Changwon, Korea, on top of the medal tally, sneaking ahead of China with four gold medals to their kitty.
The first batch of male and female Jiu-Jitsu national team athletes has completed the official weigh-in procedures ahead of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship competitions, set to begin today and last for three days, in Mongolia.
This was India’s third gold of the competition and they find themselves, on second spot, in the medal tally currently, with a silver and two bronze medals to boot. China leads the tally with the same number of gold and bronze as India, but with an additional silver to show for their efforts.
Varun said that he started to play badminton at the age of seven. The shuttler said that Chinese player Lin Dan, who is a two-time Olympic champion and five-time World Champion, is his role model.
ISSF Junior World Championships are underway at Changwon Shooting Range, Republic of Korea. The junior shooting world championships, now in its third edition, will see 90 Indian shooters vie for medals in pistol, rifle and shotgun competitions in the under-21 age category.
Vinesh Phogat, a two-time world championships medallist and the reigning Asian Games champion, was expected to compete in the 55kg weight class on Saturday.
This win marks her return to the mat on a commendable note by winning the bronze play-off by 6-2 against the crowd's favourite Hungarian, Viktoria Borsos, who is the U-20 World Championship silver medallist.
The junior shooting world championships, now in its third edition, will see 90 Indian shooters vie for medals in pistol, rifle and shotgun competitions in the under-21 age category.
Indian athlete Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched fourth gold for India in men's shot put with a best throw of 20.23m at the Asian Athletics Championships on Friday.
The UAE National Jiu-jitsu Team is set to leave for Mongolia today to participate in the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, with their eyes set on capturing the title for the fourth year in a row. The championship, organised by the Jiu-Jitsu International Federation and hosted in the capital city