Vinesh wins 3rd successive gold in 53kg in Poland Open
New delhi
Vinesh Phogat bagged her third consecutive gold in the women’s 53kg category after winning the Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw. The 24-year-old from Haryana beat local wrestler Roksana 3-2 in the final. Vinesh had earlier beaten Sofia Mattson of Sweden, the Rio Olympics bronze medallist, in the quarterfinals. The top Indian woman wrestler had stood atop the podium also at Grand Prix of Spain and at the Yasar Dogu International at Istanbul last month.
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India A beat Windies A by 7 wickets, win series
Openers Mayank Agarwal and Priyank Panchal struck half-centuries as India A registered a seven-wicket win over West Indies A in the second unofficial Test. Chasing 278, Agarwal made 81 off 134 balls while Panchal scored 68 off 121 deliveries to set up the win. Agarwal and Panchal shared 150 runs for the opening stand to set the platform for India A’s chase. Abhimanyu Easwaran also chipped in with an unbeaten 59 while Anmolpreet Singh contributed 51 not out as India A reached 278/3 in 79.1 overs to win the match and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. — Agencies
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)
U-23 India beat China, NZ
India started their campaign in the Asian Mens U-23 Volleyball Championship on a strong note by registering back-to-back wins over China and New Zealand. India will play their final Group D fixture against Thailand tomorrow. The top two teams from the group will progress to the next round.
New Delhi
India top Bolivia in COTIF Cup
The Indian women’s senior national team defeated Bolivia 3-1 in their second match of the COTIF Cup football tournament in Spain. A Ratanbala Devi brace and a Bala Devi goal led the Indian women to a comfortable win over the South American side. Bala Devi fired in a volley to restore parity. Ratanbala Devi then gave India the lead in the 36th minute when she headed home. Shortly after, Ratanbala got her second goal to extend India’s lead to 3-1.
Ostrovacice (czech republic)
Marquez wins Czech MotoGP
World champion Marc Marquez won the rain-affected Czech MotoGP in Brno, his sixth victory of the season, and became only the fourth rider to achieve 50 premier-class victories. Marquez finished ahead of Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso and Jack Miller of the non-works Pramac Ducati team.
New delhi
Sathiyan wins it for Delhi
Dabang Delhi TTC put up another sterling performance to be virtually assured of a semifinal berth in the Ultimate Table Tennis. They thrashed RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata 10-5 to join U Mumba at the top of the table with 33 points with G Sathiyan leading from the front and amassing 5 out of the 6 possible points that he could garner. Sathiyan won the opening men's singles (3-0) and then combined with Bernadette Szocs in the mixed doubles to clinch a 2-1 win. Agencies
