In Brief: Saikia appointed acting secretary of BCCI

New Delhi

Devajit Saikia has been appointed as the BCCI’s acting secretary by president Roger Binny, replacing Jay Shah who recently took over as the new ICC president. Saikia, who hails from Assam, is a former First-Class cricketer. He is currently the BCCI joint secretary.

New Delhi

Gyaneshwari finishes fifth in 49kg at World Championships

India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav, who claimed gold medal in last year’s Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, finished fifth in the 49kg category at the IWF World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, on Saturday. Yadav managed lifts of 80kg in snatch and 102kg in clean and jerk for a total of 182kg.

Bhubaneswar

Punjab’s Amanat improves decade-old U-18 meet record

Punjab’s Asian U-20 silver-medallist Amanat Kamboj hogged the limelight by erasing the meet record in the women’s U-18 discus throw event on the opening day of the 39th National Junior Athletics Championships. On her way to winning gold, the 17-year-old recorded 52.89m to improve the previous meet record of 49.54m set by Navjeet Dhillon in 2012.

Bengaluru

Services wrestlers dominate mat with six gold

Services Sports Control Board’s wrestlers dominated the mat on the second day of the Senior National Wrestling Championship, clinching six gold medals to surge to the top of the team standings. SSCB’s earned 220 points, leaving Haryana with two golds (146 points) and Delhi with one gold (132 points) trailing.