On Wednesday's final day of the National Games, Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain defeated former World Championship silver medalist Saweety Boora 5-0 to claim the gold medal in the women's 75kg category. As a middleweight, Lovlina will make her international debut at the upcoming Asian championships in Amman after switching weight classes. Despite suffering a nose injury during the selection trials for the continental event and entering the games at the last minute, Lovlina managed to find some rhythm against Saweety. Using her lanky frame, Lovlina dodged Saweety's attacks and
In the third match of the series, India thrashed a below-par South Africa side by seven wickets to secure a 2-1 victory. The hosts bowled brilliantly to limit South Africa to 99 runs in their innings. With 34 off 42, Heinrich Klaasen rescued his team from embarrassment. The first ball was bowled by Team India after winning the toss. There were some changes in the South African starting lineup compared to the Shikhar Dhawan-led side from the second ODI. A 26/3 scorecard was recorded by the Proteas after the first powerplay. The hosts took complete control of the proceedings to pile pr
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands became the F1 drivers’ world champion, during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, Sunday. Verstappen successfully concluded his world title defense to claim his second consecutive Formula One championship with four races to spare. The victory in Japan was Verstappen’s 12th win of the season after starting from the pole position to reach the chequered flag before any other driver on the grid. Despite the rain in Suzuka, Verstappen retained his title at the same venue where he made his debut as t
On Sunday, Novak Djokovic won his 90th career title and fourth of 2022 by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the ATP final in Astana. Djokovic, 35, won the match 6-3, 6-4 in 75 minutes to add to his three titles this season in Israel, Rome and Wimbledon. As a result of the win, the fourth seed assured himself a spot at the ATP Finals in 2022. On his won 90 titles, he said, “I dared to dream actually, I always hoped that I would be going to have a great career. Obviously, didn’t know the number of finals I was going to play, the number of tournaments I was going to win, but my intention wa
In the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers, India won 3-0 against Kuwait because of Thanglalsoun Gangte's brace. In their previous match, India won 5-0 against the Maldives. Three points were earned by the Indian side thanks to two goals from Gangte. Sahil also stood out with a remarkable performance, making a number of crucial saves and keeping the score clean. As soon as the game began, the Indians were in command. After a corner-kick opportunity, Gangte headed the ball into the net in the ninth minute. There was, however, a foul called by the referee in the build-up. A low, fizzing sh
India defeated South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring Twenty20 international in Guwahati on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series as David Miller and Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 174-run proved futile. India's imperious batting performance helped them post 237 runs on the scorecard. Miller played a brilliant knock (106 off 47 balls) and opener De Kock posed danger to India at one stage but eventually fell short of 16 runs and help India clinch victory and their first home T20 series win over South Africa. South Africa was struggling at 5-2 at the end of the
Suryakumar Yadav became the first batsman in the history of cricket to hit 50 sixes in the shortest format of the game in a single calendar year. He reached this milestone during the second T20I match against South Africa at Guwahati. In the match, Yadav scored an extraordinary 61 off just 22 balls. His five towering five sixes and five speedy fours amused players and fans alike. Now Suryakumar has amassed 50 sixes in the 2022 calendar year. Pakistan's wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, who had hit 42 sixes last year, is his closest rival. New Zealand's experienced opener Martin G
Fans attending the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar must show proof of a negative COVID-19 before being allowed to enter the venue. The test report is mandatory even for those who are fully vaccinated, the organisers said in a statement on Thursday. All visitors aged six and over will have to present a negative result from a PCR test taken within 48 hours before their departure or from a rapid antigen test taken in the 24 hours before arriving, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy said. But that is not all. Results of the rapid antigen tests will only be accepted if they are from
The Indian trio of Shardul Vihan, Shapath Bharadwaj, and Arya Vansh Tyagi won the trap team junior men’s gold, defeating Italy 6-4 in the shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia, on Saturday. It was an aggressive performance by the Indian team, as it came through to the gold contest by winning a shoot-off against the USA 2-0 after both teams stood tied with 205 in the qualification round. Contrastingly, Italy had topped the qualification field, scoring 206, one point ahead of India. It was the Italian team of Emanuele Iezzi, Gianmarco Barletta, and Edoardo Antonioli that had
On Sunday, Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own world record at the Berlin Marathon by running 2:01:09, 30 seconds faster than his previous record set in 2018. In a sanctioned world marathon, Kipchoge, who won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, is getting close to breaking the 2-hour barrier. During the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in 2019, he became the first person to ever run a marathon in under two hours, but the IAAF did not recognize it as a world record. After covering the first ten kilometres in 28:23, the 37-year-old runner clocked 42:32 at 15K, hinting at a sub-t