For the men, Sachin (57kg), Ananta Chopade (54kg), Kuldeep Kumar (48kg), and Jugnoo (92kg) secured bronze medals, while Sonia Lather (57kg), Jyoti Gulia (52kg), Babita Bisht (81kg), Neema (63kg), Sakshi (54kg) and Lalita (70kg) won six bronze medallists for India in the women’s category.

Reigning Youth World champions Gitika and Alfiya Pathan delivered sensational performances to bag gold medals for India at the inaugural edition of the Elorda Boxing Cup in Kazakhstan’s Nur-Sultan on July 4.

Two other women boxers, Jamuna Boro and Kalaivani Srinivasan, also signed off with silver medals for the country.

Indian Boxers Pushing Down Competition!

With the acquisition of two gold medals, two silver medals and 10 bronze medals on the conclusion day, the 33-member Indian delegation concluded its campaign with a total grand tally of 14 medals, reported The Times Of India.

During her bout, Alfiya cruised past her opponent and secured a unanimous 5-0 verdict in the women’s 81kg final as she turned out to be too powerful for her opponent Lazzat Kungeibayeva, the 2016 world champion.

Prizes Galore For Indian Boxers!

Meanwhile, Gitika managed to secure an exhilarating 4-1 win over compatriot Kalaivani in an ecstatic all-Indian women’s 48kg final. Both Gitika and Alfiya also bagged prize money of $700 for their gold-winning bouts on their debut at a senior international event.

Meanwhile, the silver and bronze winners received a reward of $400 and $200, respectively.

Furthermore, the 2019 World Championships Bronze medallist, Jamuna, faced a tough 5-0 defeat to Nigina Uktamova from Uzbekistan in the 54kg final.

For the men, Sachin (57kg), Ananta Chopade (54kg), Kuldeep Kumar (48kg), and Jugnoo (92kg) secured bronze medals, while Sonia Lather (57kg), Jyoti Gulia (52kg), Babita Bisht (81kg), Neema (63kg), Sakshi (54kg) and Lalita (70kg) won six bronze medallists for India in the women’s category.

The tournament also recorded top players in action from countries such as Kazakhstan (hosts), Uzbekistan, India, China, Mongolia and Cuba.

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Jasprit Bumrah breaks Lara’s world record, smashes Broad for 29 runs in an over.

The world record stayed with Brian Lara for 18 years; he scored 28 runs off Robin Peterson in 2003-04.

India captain Jasprit Bumrah bludgeoned a hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a world record for maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian Lara’s feat by one run.

The world record stayed with Lara for 18 years — he had hit South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson for 28 runs in a Test match in 2003-04, which included four fours and two sixes off six legal deliveries.

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The Indian Under-15 Greco Roman Wrestling Team clinched two gold, two silver and four bronze medals in the Under-15 Asian Wrestling Championship being held at Bahrain.

On Saturday bouts in all 10 weight categories of Greco Roman Style were held and India clinched a total of 8 medals.

The medal winners are, Sachin in the 68 kg, while Abhay in the 72 kg bagged gold medals in their respective categories.

While Pranay Choudhary bagged silver in 52 kg and Varun Kumar in 62 kg category. Varun Sonkar (38 kg), Aditya Kumar (48 kg), Tushar Patil (57 kg) and Hardeep (85 kg) bagged bronze medals in their respective categories.

Iran clinched Asia Title with 205 Points while Kazakhstan was runner-up with 192 Points and India secured 3rd place as they gained 172 Points.

On Sunday bouts in all 10 weight categories of women’s wrestling will be held. 

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Olympian Srihari Nataraj, Mihir Ambre and Aneesh Gowda won golds in the 17 ^th Singapore National swimming championships here on Thursday.

National record holder Nataraj clocked 55.32s for the 100m backstroke gold while Ambre produced a personal best 24.66s for the 50m butterfly title. Meanwhile, Gowda won the 800m freestyle gold in 8:14.08s.

In the women’s section, Olympian and national record holder Maana Patel bagged the 100m backstroke silver.

The results (Indian medallists only):

Men: 800m free: 1. Aneesh Gowda (8:14.08s). 50m butterfly: 1. Mihir Ambre (24.66s). 100m back: 1. Srihari Nataraj (55.32s), 3. Sridhar Siva (57.58).

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India won a bronze medal in the para-rowing competitions at the 2022 World Rowing Cup 2 at Poznan, Poland, finishing third in Final A of the PR3 Men’s Coxless Pair event.

The Indian duo of Narayana Konganapalle and Kuldeep Singh won the bronze medal with a timing of 7 minutes 33.35 seconds in the event held in Poznan’s Lake Malta on Saturday.

They finished third behind the pairs from France, who finished in 6:52.08 and set a World Best time, and Ukraine 7:29.20, according to information provided by the Rowing Federation of India.

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ATP Challenger Tour

Balaji and Jeevan won the doubles title at Bratislava, Slovakia.

This is 8th challenger title for Balaji- 5 with Vishnu, 1 each with RamK, Elrich and now with Jeevan.

9th challenger title for Jeevan – 2 with Austin Krajicek, 1 each with Saketh, Purav, Rungkat, Arevalo, Skugor, Lopez-Perez and now Balaji.

Balaji will be now up to #140 firmly as India #3 ahead of Divij now and Jeevan at #164.

Only Ramkumar played in singled but lost in first round. These are results for our players this week at challenger level.

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The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6 to secure her a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won gold at the Para Shooting World Cup with a world record score of 250.6 in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 in Chateauroux, France on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6 to secure her a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

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India made a stunning comeback from being three-goal down to beat Poland 6-4 to win the summit clash.

A magnificent India made a stunning comeback from being three-goal down to beat Poland 6-4 in a pulsating final to clinch the inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship here on Sunday.

India, who had topped the five-team league standings with three wins and one draw en route final, ended their campaign with an unbeaten record.

India had topped the five-team standings after the round-robin league stage with 10 points from three wins and one draw. India had beaten hosts Switzerland 4-3 and drawn with arch-rivals Pakistan 2-2 on Saturday.

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