16-year-old Gurunaidu Sanapathi has won a gold medal with a total effort of 230kg (104kg+126kg) in the boy's 55kg event to become India’s first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico on Sunday. While Sanapathi, the bronze medallist at the 2020 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship, was crowned the world youth champion, Saudi Arabia’s Ali Majeed 229kg (105kg+124kg) claimed the second position, and Yerassyl Umrov of Kazakhstan 224kg (100kg+124kg) stood third. Besides Sanapathi, fellow citizen Soumya S. Dalvi secured the bronze in her event on
On Sunday, Floyd Mayweather Jr., inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, was reduced to tears during a banquet on the eve of his big day. As he accepted the award, his voice was tinged with emotion. He credited his mother, father, and sister for his successful career. In his acceptance speech, he said, "I've done a lot in my career, but this is by far the best." "I want to thank the International Boxing Hall of Fame for giving me this. This right here is going to my dad because he deserves it. Bernard Hopkins said it best, ‘You’ve got to earn it’, and my dad earned this
The 20-year-old Avani Lekhara won her second gold medal at the ongoing Chateauroux 2022 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in France. She had already won the R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 gold medal with a world record effort on day one of the games, ensuring Inai a quota for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Lekhara shot 458.3 in the R8 Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 finals by managing to hold off the challenge posed by more experienced Paralympic stars Veronica Vadovicova (456.6) from Slovakia and Anna Normann (441.9) from Sweden. Veronica won silver and Anna took bronze.
Ethiopia knocked out six-time African champions, Egypt, with a 2-0 win in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying. The fast Ethiopian forwards made it difficult for a slow Egyptian defence in the first half, and goals from skipper Shemeles Bekele and Dawa Hotessa gave them a two-goal half-time advantage. Despite having more assets, the Pharaohs managed only three shots, out of which only one was on target, which all came in the second half. A major drawback for the Egyptian team was the absence of the injured captain and the prolific Liverpool scorer, Mohamed Salah, because of
Team Kenya has topped the medal standings for a second consecutive time at the Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritius on Sunday. The Kenyans won 23 medals, out of which 10 were gold, to finish ahead of South Africa, who finished with 36 medals overall, falling short of Kenya by one gold medal. Javelin star Julius Yego secured a historic fourth straight title in a row after defeating old rival Ihab Addelrahman of Egypt. Yego, the 2015 World Champion, said the victory had given him the confidence to perform at the upcoming global championships in America. The last two years ha
On Saturday, the son of a tailor, Adil Altaf, created history by winning the first cycling gold medal for Jammu and Kashmir in the Khelo India Yo Games. Adil was awarded a silver in a 28km individual time trial a day before the finals, prompting even Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Manoj Sinha to congratulate him. While making his way through the crowded by-lanes of Lal Bazar in Central Kasmir while helping his father with deliveries, Adil decided to cycle as a professional. For the first time, he participated in a race organized at his school when he was just 15. His father wor
On Tuesday, India announced its first national air sports policy to promote sporting activities like aerobatics, paragliding, and skydiving. The policy will cover aerobatics, aeromodelling, model rocketry, amateur and experimental aircraft, drones, ballooning, gliding, powered gliding, powered hang gliding, skydiving, parachuting, base jumping, wingsuit flying, paragliding, and para-motoring. The government announced earlier it would make India one of the top air sports nations by 2030. The Indian Air Sports Federation will serve as the governing body for such sports. It will provide
17-year-old Chandigarh wrestler Yashveer Malik won gold in the Khelo India Youth Games at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex with a 6-2 win over Nishant in the boys’ 65 kg Greco Roman category on Monday. 2022 has been a good year for Yashveer Malik as he won a gold medal each in U-15 National Wrestling Championship and Sub-Junior National Championship and now another gold in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG). In May this year, he was selected in the Indian wrestling squad to represent the country in the upcoming Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship to be held at Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) from
Australian Minjee Lee won the U.S. Women's Open by defeating the 32-year-old Mina Harigae at Pine Needles on Sunday to earn $ 1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women's golf. Le, 26, won by four strokes, closing at an even-par 71 in the final round to finish at 13-under on the series and claimed the second major victory of her career after winning the Evian Championship in July 2021. Lee, who entered the week with a world ranking of number 4, made an aggressive start to the match that gave her a big shot lead and was able to just finish the game to victory. All through th
Rafael Nadal defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud in straight sets on Sunday to win his 14th French Open trophy and record-breaking 22nd Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Nadal revealed after his 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 victory that he took an injection to numb his ailing foot for Sunday's final. He said "The preparation was not ideal," as he had a stress fracture of the rib and a prolonged foot pain caused by Mueller-Weiss syndrome, and that a doctor was with him throughout the match. During the match-winning ceremony, Nadal expressed his gratitude to his family and support team for helping him, for