Nithya wins gold, Bhagat silver in para badminton

New Delhi: India’s Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan won the gold medal in the women’s singles SH6 class, while world No. 1 Pramod Bhagat finished runner-up in the men’s singles SL3 category in the 4 Nations Para Badminton International in Dublin today. The mixed doubles pairing of Chirag Baretha and Mandeep Kaur settled for silver in the SL3-SU5 classification.

Arnhem (Netherlands)

Vani climbs to second, Dagar slips to fifth

Indian golfer Vani Kapoor carded a 1-under 71 to sit one shot off the lead at tied-2nd after the third round of the Big Green Egg Open. As three-time Major champion Anna Nordqvist moved to 7-under, Kapoor was 6-under alongside Austria’s Sarah Schober (73). Diksha Dagar shot a 73, which included a rough patch of three bogeys in four holes, to slip to T-5. She was only three shots off the lead. Amandeep Drall (74) was T-30 and Ridhima Dilawari (77) slipped to 63rd. Meanwhile, Aditi Ashok and Thailand’s Pajaree Annanarukarn finished T-24 after a 7-under final round of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland (USA).

Jakarta

Basketball team out of Asia Cup after third loss in a row

The Indian men’s basketball team bowed out of the FIBA Asia Cup after suffering its third consecutive in the competition here today. India lost 63-104 to Lebanon in their final Group D match. India had lost 47-100 to New Zealand and 59-101 to Philippines.

London

Spain seal Euro last-eight clash with England

Spain booked a quarterfinal meeting with Women’s Euro hosts England after a 1-0 win over Denmark on Saturday ensured they finished as runners-up in Group B.

CARCASSONNE (France)

Philipsen wins Stage 15 of Tour de France

Belgian Jasper Philipsen claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France when he won a bunch sprint in the 15th stage as overall leader Jonas Vingegaard and his team suffered a bad day. Vingegaard retained the yellow jersey but hit the deck and lost two of his Jumbo-Visma team mates as Steven Kruijswijk crashed out and Primoz Roglic did not take the start of the 202.5-km ride from Rodez after failing to recover from injuries. Agencies