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  • Paris Olympics 2024: Nikhat Zareen In Tears After Crashing Out In Round Of 16 Following Loss Against Wu Yu | Other

    Ace India boxer Nikhat Zareen bowed out after defeat against People’s Republic of China’s Wu Yu in the women’s 50kg round of 16 match at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. Nikhat Zareen lost 5:0 against the People’s Republic of China’s Wu Yu. Wu Yu advanced to the last eight and is one win away from winning an Olympic medal. Wu Yu dominated the first round. However, Zareen bounced back in the second but the Chinese boxer edged the round. Meanwhile, in the third round, Wu Yu won unanimously.

    Earlier in the previous round, Nikhat Zareen powered her way into the women’s 50kg pre-quarterfinals by defeating Germany’s Maxi Karina Kloetzer in a hard-fought 32-round bout. The 28-year-old Indian boxer emerged victorious with a 5-0 unanimous decision win on Sunday.

    Zareen’s journey in this Olympic campaign has been nothing short of impressive. The bout was challenging and messy, yet Zareen’s experience and tactical prowess saw her through to the next round. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Swapnil Kusale helped India to win their third medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics. (Swapnil Kusale’s Journey: From Railway TT To Paris Olympics 2024 Medal Winner For India)

    Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3P event at the ongoing Paris Olympics. Kusale also became the first Indian shooter to win a medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3P event.

    Nikhat zareen couldn’t control her emotions in the mix zone.

    I’ve never seen Nikhat in tears. You are a fighter Nikhat. We are proud of you. The entire country is with you.@nikhat_zareen #Paris2024 #OlympicGames #Olympics pic.twitter.com/JAnYhJ6LF3

    Abhijit Deshmukh (@iabhijitdesh) August 1, 2024

    Kusale clinched the bronze medal for India in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Final after finishing in third place with an aggregate of 451.4. He secured India’s 3rd medal in shooting overall.

    In the qualification round, Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale finished seventh in the qualification round of men’s 50m 3P to qualify for the final at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

    Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale both appeared in the men’s 50m 3P qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics. On his Olympic debut, Kusale finished seventh with a score of 590-38x. While Tomar ranked 11th with a total of 589-33x. Only the top eight shooters qualified for the final round, and Tomar failed to make his place in the final round. Kusale was also the first Indian shooter to make a place in the men’s 50m rifle 3P medal event at the Olympics. (With ANI Inputs)

  • Asian Video games 2023 Day 4 Reside Rating and Updates: India hunt for medals in capturing and crusing

    India gained a ancient Gold medal on the Asian Video games on Tuesday, September 26 because the the Dressage Workforce completed on most sensible step of the rostrum, bagging the rustic’s first yellow steel in Equestrian after 41 years. Then again, India added to their medal tally with two extra crusing medals.

     

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  • Asian Video games 2023 Day 1 Are living Updates: India in girls’s cricket semi-final, rowers in medal occasions

    Asian Video games Day 1 Are living: India in girls’s cricket semi-final, rowers in medal occasions

  • This medal is for my India: Nikhat Zareen after successful 2nd international championship

    Nikhat Zareen who received her 2nd international Championships after defeating Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam within the 50kg class on Sunday stated that this used to be the hardest festival she used to be part of in her occupation.

    “This used to be the hardest festival in my boxing occupation. I had 6 bouts and every opponent used to be difficult however on the finish I received the gold medal which makes me more than pleased,” Zareen stated after the fit.

    She additionally thanked her trainer and the enthusiasts for his or her toughen announcing, ” I’m more than pleased to be topped international champion for the second one time. I want to thank my coaches in addition to the supporting body of workers who helped me get ready for the Global Championships. I’d additionally love to thank the house crowd who supported me from the beginning. I gave it my all and the credit score is going to everybody. This medal is for my India.”

    2️⃣x Global Champion ?? @nikhat_zareen ’s response proper after scripting historical past ??@AjaySingh_SG l @debojo_m#itshertime #WorldChampionships #WWCHDelhi @Media_SAI @anandmahindra @IBA_Boxing @Mahindra_Auto @MahindraRise @NehaAnandBrahma https://t.co/29Wd7lBDfx percent.twitter.com/kLcmJzLdcw

    — Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) March 26, 2023

    On Sunday, Zareen upstaged Tam via a 5-0 verdict and changed into most effective the second one Indian after the mythical MC Mary Kom to win the distinguished identify two times.

    On Saturday, Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) and Saweety Boora (81kg) had been topped international champions.

    Hosts India are heading in the right direction to compare their best-ever efficiency on the subject of gold medals received with Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain set to take the hoop later within the day.

    India had received the 4 golds within the 2006 version at house which used to be additionally the rustic’s very best ever show with a haul of 8 medals, together with a silver.

  • Global Boxing Championships: Lovlina Borgohain advances to 75kg finals after beating China’s Li Qian

    Lovlina Borgohain made her approach via to the overall of the Global Boxing Championships after beating China’s Li Qian within the 75kg class semi-finals.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 23, 2023 21:23 IST

    Global Boxing Championships: Lovlina advances to 75kg finals after beating Li Qian. Courtesy: Reuters

    By means of India Nowadays Sports activities Table: India’s Lovlina Borgohain complex to the overall of the Global Boxing Championships after beating China’s Li Qian within the 75kg class semi-finals. She received the fit 4-1 in opposition to the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist through a break up resolution.

    Lovlina received the primary spherical, and then her Chinese language opponent struck again in the second one. The Indian boxer held her nerve to come back up trumps within the last spherical. She has already confident India a silver medal and can be combating for gold within the last. It is going to even be the primary time that Lovlina fights within the last of the WBC.

    Borgohain, on Wednesday, March 22, confident India a medal after beating Rady Gramane of Mozambique. She defeated final 12 months’s Global Championships bronze medallist 5-0 and added a 3rd medal to her kitty within the historical past of the event. The 25-year-old got here up trumps after a unanimous resolution.

    Saweety, Nikhat and Nitu additionally via to the overall

    Previous within the day, Nikhat Zareen defeated Ingrit Valencia of Colombia within the semi-final of the 50kg class after a unanimous resolution. 22-year-old boxer Nitu Ghanghas additionally made her approach to the overall of the event within the 48kg class after beating most sensible seed Alua of Kazakhstan.

    With the exception of Lovlina, Zareen and Nitu, Saweety Boora additionally certified for the overall within the 81kg class. She defeated Australia’s Emma Greentree. The 30-year-old from Hisar received the fit 4-3 through a break up resolution. His victory intended that India have confident themselves a minimum of 4 silvers within the event.

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  • Lovlina Borgohain, Nikhat Zareen input finals; 8 Railways boxers too win in ladies’s boxing nationals

    Reigning International Champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain persisted their tremendous run to growth to the finals of Ladies’s Nationwide Championships on Sunday.

    8 Railways boxers, together with 2019 International Championships silver medallist Manju Rani (48kg) and 2017 International Early life Champion Jyoti Gulia (52kg), additionally made it to the summit conflict.

    Nikhat (50 kg), who’s representing Telangana, with ease gained 5-0 towards AIP’s Shvinder Kaur to arrange a summit conflict with Anamika for the coveted yellow steel.

    Assam’s Lovlina (75 kg) too had a very easy day trip towards Madhya Pradesh’s Jigyasa Rajput as she dictated the phrases all over the bout and gained by way of unanimous determination to advance to the finals.

    She can be up towards 2021 International Early life Champion Arundhati Choudhary of SSCB within the gold medal bout. Protecting Champions Railway Sports activities Promotion Board (RSPB), on the other hand, ruled the lawsuits with 8 in their boxers generating some sensational efficiency within the event.

    Manju confirmed nice composure towards Madhya Pradesh’s Anjali Sharma in a one-sided bout. She performed from lengthy vary and convincingly gained the bout 5-0 to arrange a last date with S Kalaivani of Tamil Nadu.

    Jyoti began at the backfoot towards Uttar Pradesh’s Sonia and took a while to gauge her opponent’s technique.

    Alternatively, she bounced again within the closing two rounds, performed from shut distance and landed common punches to safe a 4-1 verdict in her favour.

    She’s going to sq. off towards SSCB’s Sakshi within the ultimate. The opposite 6 Railways boxers who moved into the finals are Anupama (50 kg), Shikhsa (54kg), Poonam (60 kg), Shashi (63 kg), Anupama (81 kg) and Nupur (81+kg).

    Remaining 12 months’s International Championships bronze medallist Manisha (57 kg) and International Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur (60 kg) additionally persisted their excellent run to make it to the overall.

    Manisha defeated RSPB’s Sonia Lather 4-1 in a detailed bout and can battle towards Vinakshi of Himachal Pradesh within the ultimate, whilst Simranjit were given the easier of AIP’s Kros Hmangaihsangi with a comfy 5-0 unanimous verdict. She’s going to tackle RSPB’s Poonam within the summit conflict.

    The on-going prestigious tournament has been witnessing participation of 302 boxers, competing throughout 12 weight classes. The finals can be performed on Monday.

  • Commonwealth Video games 2022, Day 11, Reside Updates: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag, Sharath Kamal, males’s hockey to struggle for gold

    Harmanpreet & Co. falter at finish to leave out ladies’s cricket goldShivani Naik is trotting round Brummie land in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Video games. Because the Brummies say, her options are ‘bosting’ (good!). As ever, some improbable tales are pouring in from the lives of inspirational athletes to how they do what they do of their game. Did you understand how a lady born in China landed up in Canada to grow to be a gold medallist? Or the hysteria round Mirabai Chanu on the Video games. Watch the CWG drama spread thru Shivani’s eyes and knowledge by means of clicking right here.

    In the meantime, in Chennai, wizards of Chess from all over the place the sector have accrued for the Chess Olympiad. From Magnus Carlsen, who walked in like a deity, to native land’s love R Praggnanandhaa, everyone seems to be there. Additionally provide is our personal Sandip G, weaving poetic-prose with insights on some wonderful existence tales of avid gamers and tactical recreation play. He doesn’t leave out a beat, in order that you don’t leave out the importance of any transfer. Please click on right here for Sandip G’s tales.

  • CWG 2022, Day 10 Agenda: India vs Australia in cricket last, 4 boxers goal Gold 

    After having received 14 medals and secured a couple of extra on Saturday, India will glance so as to add extra to their tally at the penultimate day of Commonwealth Video games 2022. It could become a Tremendous Sunday for India because the spirited athletes from the rustic will struggle for Gold medals in cricket, boxing, athletics, and desk tennis amongst others.

    All eyes shall be on Harmanpreet Kaur’s women as they’re a win clear of being topped because the champions of the Commonwealth Video games in ladies’s cricket debut on the Video games.

    Savita Punia’s women can even glance to place at the back of the discontentment of dropping the hockey semi-final as they tackle New Zealand within the bronze medal fit.

    Indian shuttlers shall be in motion within the semi-finals in singles and doubles. Whilst PV Sindhu & Co are favourites to growth to the finals, center of attention can be on males’s doubles stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Gayatri Gopichand/Jolly Treesa.

    In the meantime, Sharath Kamal shall be having a look so as to add two extra Gold medals to his green with envy selection of CWG medals whilst the spectacular Sreeja Akula can even struggle for bronze in ladies’s singles.

    Annu Ranni and Shila Rani shall be in motion within the ladies’s javelin throw whilst DP Manu and Rohit Yadav will glance to make up for Neeraj Chopra’s absence.

    India at CWG 2022: Day 9 ScheduleHockey – Ladies’s Bronze Medal Fit

    1:30pm India vs New Zealand

    Badminton – From 2 pm IST

    2 pm – Ladies’s Singles Semifinal: PV Sindhu

    3:10pm – Males’s Singles Semifinal 1: Lakshya Sen

    3:10pm – Males’s Singles Semifinal 2: Kidambi Srikanth

    4pm – Ladies’s Doubles Semifinal – Gayatri Gopichand/Jolly Tressa

    4:50pm – Males’s Doubles Semifinal – Satwiksairaj/Chirag Shetty

    Athletics – From 2:45 pm IST

    Males’s Triple Bounce Ultimate: Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldhose Paul, Praveen Chitravel – 2:45pm

    Males’s 10,000m Race Stroll Ultimate: Amit, Sandeep Kumar – 3:50pm

    Ladies’s Javelin Throw Ultimate: Shilpa Rani, Annu Rani – 4:05pm

    Ladies’s 4 x 100m Relay Ultimate: 5:24pm

    Males’s Javelin Throw Ultimate: Rohit Yadav, DP Manu – 12: 10am (Monday)

    Males’s 4 x 400m Relay Ultimate: 1am (Monday)

    Boxing – From 3 pm IST

    Ladies’s Minimal Weight Ultimate Nitu Ghanghas – 3 pm IST

    Males’s Flyweight Ultimate Amit Panghal – 3 pm IST

    Ladies’s Gentle Flyweight Ultimate – Nikhat Zareen – 7 pm IST

    Males’s Heavyweight Ultimate – Sagar Alhawat – 1 am IST (Monday)

    TABLE TENNIS & PARA TABLE TENNIS – From 3:35 pm IST

    Ladies’s Singles Bronze Medal Fit: Sreeja Akula – 3:35pm

    Males’s Doubles Gold Medal Fit: Achanta Sharath Kamal/G Sathiyan – 6:15pm

    Males’s Singles Semifinal 1: Achanta Sharath Kamal

    Males’s Singles Semifinal 2: G Sathiyan

    Blended Doubles Gold Medal Fit: Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula – 12:15am (on Monday)

    CRICKET

    Ladies’s T20 Ultimate: India – 9:30pm IST

    SQUASH

    Blended Doubles Bronze Medal Fit: Dipika Pallikal/Saurav Ghosal – 10:30pm

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  • Nikhat, Lovlina get simple opening attracts: Commonwealth Video games 2022

    Global champion Nikhat Zareen and reigning Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain had been passed a fairly simple opening spherical attracts within the girls’s boxing festival of the Commonwealth Video games which starts right here with the hole rite on Thursday.

    Nikhat will open her marketing campaign within the girls’s 48-50kg gentle flyweight class towards Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique on Sunday. A victory would see her pitted towards every other simple opponent in Helen Jones of Wales within the quarterfinals. Lovlina may also be up towards the lesser-known Ariane Nicholson of New Zealand in her opening gentle center weight (66-70kg) bout on Saturday, and a win will pit her towards Gold Coast silver medallist Rosie Eccles of Wales within the quarterfinals.

    The Welsh boxer, who gained a silver medal in 2016 and a bronze in 2019 Eu Championships, were given a bye within the first spherical.

    Group ?? is in the home. Carry it on!?⚡️#CWG2022#TeamIndia#Boxing percent.twitter.com/kiBPblkzTU

    — Nikhat Zareen (@nikhat_zareen) July 26, 2022

    Within the light-weight (57-60kg) department, Jasmine will function immediately within the quarterfinals after you have a primary spherical bye. However a difficult quarterfinal ultimate awaits Jasmine as she can be up towards 2018 Gold Coast bronze medallist Troy Garton of New Zealand on August 4.

    Within the girls’s minimal weight (45-48kg) class, Nitu wishes only a win to protected a medal as handiest 8 boxers are featured within the draw. She is going to sq. up towards Nicole Clyde of Northern Eire within the quarterfinals on August 3.

    Amongst males, Asian Video games gold medallist and 2018 CWG silver medallist Amit Panghal will kick-off his marketing campaign towards Vanuatu’s Namri Berri within the flyweight (48-51kg) class on August 1.

    Then again, Mohammad Hussamuddin, who gained bronze medallist within the remaining CWG, will play Amzolele Dyeyi of South Africa in his opening featherweight (54-5kg) bout on July 30.

    Former Asian and Global Championships medallist Shiva Thapa will tackle Pakistan’s Suleman Baloch within the first spherical of sunshine welterweight (60 to 63.5kg) class on Friday, whilst welterweight (63.5 to 67kg) pugilist Rohit Tokas were given a primary spherical bye and can tackle Alfred Kotey of Ghana in his 2nd bout on August 2.

    Sumit too were given a primary spherical bye within the middleweight (71-75kg) department and can face Callum Peters of Australia in the second one spherical on Sunday.

    Within the males’s gentle heavyweight (75 to 80kg) tournament, Ashish Kumar too were given a bye within the opening spherical and can face Travis Tapatuetoa of Niue on August 1, whilst Sanjeet will tackle Ato Leau Plodzicki-Faogali of SAM within the heavyweight first spherical on Saturday.

    Sagar can be up towards Maxime Yegnong Nijeyo of CMR within the first spherical of the tremendous heavyweight (over 92kg) elegance on Sunday.

  • Commonwealth Video games 2022: India’s best medal contenders

    After having accomplished their best-ever efficiency at Olympic Video games in Tokyo final yr, India might be geared as much as put their splendid foot ahead on the Commonwealth Video games, beginning July 28 in Birmingham.

    With the Asian Video games postponed to 2023, India’s best carrying heroes might be in Birmingham, making an attempt their splendid to win the rustic laurels. India gained as many as 66 medals, together with 26 gold medals, to complete third within the 2018 Commonwealth Video games in Gold Coast, Australia — which was once additionally their second-best appearing on the Video games since India gained 101 medals on the Delhi Commonwealth Video games in 2010.

    Alternatively, with taking pictures got rid of from the record of sports activities for the approaching Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham, India’s medal tally is prone to take a beating. Particularly, India have 135 medals out of 503 gained throughout all editions of CWG in taking pictures.

    Nevertheless, all eyes might be on India’s emerging heroes as the rustic seems to make a mark in Birmingham in the following couple of days. IndiaToday.in takes a take a look at the county’s greatest medal potentialities for CWG 2022 in Birmingham.

    Neeraj Chopra

    Neeraj Chopra is India’s greatest gold medal hope at CWG 2022 (Picture Courtesy: Instagram)

    India’s greatest gold medal hope for the Commonwealth Video games is indubitably the Tokyo Olympics hero Neeraj Chopra. The javelin throw celebrity has been warming as much as the Video games in Birmingham by means of breaking his personal nationwide data at will. He’s going to be occupied with protecting the gold medal that he gained in 2018.

    The Haryana athlete broke his personal nationwide file on the Diamond League in Stockholm in June as he registered a non-public splendid throw of 89.94m. The Tokyo Olympic gold medalist ignored the 90m mark by means of a whisker however he’s going to be pushing himself to complete at the best step of the rostrum.

    Neeraj, who will compete on the Athletics International Championships sooner than he heads to Birmingham, will face a stiff take a look at from reigning international champion Anderson Peters. who has a season-best throw of 93.07m. Particularly, Peters completed forward of Neeraj within the Stockholm Diamond League with some other 90-plus throw.

    Peters had completed with the bronze within the 2018 CWG with a throw of 82.20m whilst Neeraj took gold with a throw of 86.47m.

    PV Sindhu

    PV Sindhu seems to win her maiden Commonwealth Video games gold medal (AP Picture)

    India’s badminton stars might be hoping to make merry on the Commonwealth Video games. After the lads’s group’s luck in Thomas Cup, the Asian giants might be having a look to protect the blended group gold medal that they gained in 2018.

    India may not have the 2018 ladies’s singles gold medalist Saina Nehwal however the point of interest might be on PV Sindhu, who’s having a look to win her third directly CWG medal after a bronze in 2014 and silver in 2018.

    Sindhu, in contrast to at the excursion, won’t face stiff checks however she’s going to keep watch over the likes of Kirsty Gilmour and Michelle Li.

    Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy might be having a look to profit from their contemporary shape at CWG however they’re going to face stiff checks from Loh Kean Yew and Lee Zii Jia within the males’s singles box.

    The doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also are in rivalry to win a gold medal in Birmingham.

    Mirabai Chanu

    India are one of the vital a success international locations on the subject of weightlifting on the Commonwealth Video games with 125 medals within the historical past of the Video games.

    Indian weightlifters reigned perfect within the 2018 Gold Coast Video games, bringing house a wealthy haul of 9 medals together with 5 golds. With 15 weightlifters heading to Birmingham, India might be hoping for some other a success appearing from the contingent.

    Mirabai Chanu is sort of a simple task to win a gold medal in Birmingham, which might be her third CWG medal.

    Mirabai’s private splendid within the ladies’s 49kg stands at 207kg (88kg clutch and 119kg blank and jerk). Her nearest rival, Nigeria’s Stella Kingsley’s splendid effort up to now is 168kg (72kg and 96kg) and thus prison lifts is all that Mirabai wishes.

    The Indian is acutely aware of the sector at CWG however she stated she might be competing with herself and glance to set new data in Birmingham.

    “CWG is quite simple for me, I will be able to be preventing with myself. We have now deliberate to raise 91kg or 92kg (clutch) on the CWG. Expectantly, it is going to occur,” Mirabai had advised PTI information company.

    Ravi Dahiya

    Ravi Dahiya had flown beneath the radar forward of the Tokyo Olympics however made heads flip together with his silver-medal-winning efficiency final yr. The bonafide wrestling celebrity certified for the Commonwealth Video games within the 57kg class by means of profitable the nationwide trials in New Delhi.

    Ravi has warmed up for the CWG by means of profitable a gold medal on the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

    All eyes can also be on Bajrang Punia, who will glance to retain his Commonwealth Video games name and win his third medal within the Video games. Bajrang gained a bronze on the Tokyo Olympics however the wrestler will wish to sign his intentions for Paris 2024 with a robust display in Birmingham.

    Nikhat Zareen

    International Champion Nikhat Zareen will glance to win her maiden CWG medal (PTI Picture)

    Nikhat Zareen is appearing numerous promise to develop into the following giant boxing celebrity from India. The younger pugilist is heading to Commonwealth Video games to compete within the 50kg class and it is a nice alternative for her to emerge out of Mary Kom’s shadows.

    Nikhat could not have requested for higher arrangements because the Telengana boxer gained the sector championships name in Istanbul in Might, months after she gained a historical 2d gold medal at Strandja Memorial Match.

    Along side Nikhat, Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain can also be having a look so as to add to India’s medal tally in boxing in Birmingham. Lovlina will compete within the 70kg class at CWG 2022.

    Manika Batra

    Manika Batra created a frenzy when she rallied towards odds and gained a historical gold medal in ladies’s singles in Gold Coast 4 years in the past. The celebrity paddler, with extra enjoy and composure by means of her facet, might be having a look to protect her crown in Birmingham.

    With Manika within the fray for the group occasions as smartly, India can also be hoping for robust appearing from G Sathiyan who’s making fast strides on the easiest stage and the veteran Sharath Kamal, who might be hoping so as to add to his tally of 8 CWG medals.

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