Birmingham: Putting aside the mental and physical struggles that pegged her back, an intimidating Vinesh Phogat pounced on her rivals to complete a hat-trick of CWG gold medals while Ravi Dahiya too went unchallenged in his gold-winning show, here on Saturday. Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games gold […]
Hyderabad: Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) stepped up efforts to set up an integrated sports village in a 15-acre plot in Gajwel town to benefit the sportspersons, according to Authority chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy here on Sunday. Following the direction from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to develop sports infrastructure, the SATS chairman visited […]
Priya Malik won in the women's 73kg weight category and she has given the country another reason to smile as, on Saturday, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Malik, the 2018 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist, had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 125kg category at the World Olympic Qualifier event in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The top two in each weight category are eligible for the Olympic quota place. In the 57kg final, the 19-year-old Anshu will face Mongolia's Khongorzul Boldsaikhan.
The firing took place at the wrestling centre which is adjacent to a private college.
According to police, the firing took place due to an old rivalry.
The qualifying age bracket for the Soldier GD category is 17½ to 21 years while for Soldier Tech (AT), Sol Clk/SKT & Sol Tdn categories, it is 17½ to 23 years.
