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Asian Junior Boxing: Rohit, Bharat bag gold; silver for Gaurav
According to information received here, Rohit defeated Mongolia's Otgonbayar Tuvshinzaya to hand the country its first gold medal at the ongoing championships. Playing in the junior bo's' 48kg final, the boxer from Chandigarh continued his impressive form in the prestigious continental event and showed good tactical brilliance.
Turning out to be an epic National Sports Day: Anurag Thakur
"This is turning out to be an epic National Sports Day! #IND has won it's 3rd Medal at #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics. "#VinodKumar delivered a winning throw! Well done & heartiest congratulations!!! Bronze in discus throw F-52 Final event, New Asian Record at 19.91m," Anurag Thakur tweeted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took to social media to congratulate Vinod Kumar.
Inzamam wants Kohli, Pujara, Rahane to get big hundreds
Kohli and Pujara have not scored a century for over two years while Rahane's last ton came in December last year. Pujara scored 91 in the second innings in the third Test at Headingley while Kohli scored 55. Inzamam's remarks came after India were bowled out for 278 on Day 4 of the third Test against England at Headingley, losing the match by an innings and 76 runs.
Paralympics: Vinod Kumar claims bronze in discus F52, India's 3rd medal for the day
The 42-year-old Vinod, who took up para-athletics in his 30s, cleared 19.91 in the seated/standing discus throw event on his fifth effort. He finished third behind Poland's gold medallist Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) and Croatia's Velimir Sandor (19.98). At one stage, the 42-year-old from Rohtak in Haryana was placed second before Sandor cleared 19.98 in his fifth throw to take the silver medal.
Paralympics: Nishad wins silver in high jump, second medal for India on Sunday
Nishad finished second behind Roderick Townsend of the United States, who set a world record by clearing 2 metres and 15 centimetres. The 21-year-old Nishad who hails from Una in Himachal Pradesh started with 1.89 metres which he cleared easily. He cleared 1.94 in his second effort and 1.98 in his third jump. His best effort of 2.06 came in his fifth jump.
Asian Junior Boxing: Rohit Chamoli clinches India's first gold
According to information received here, playing in the junior boys' 48kg final, the boxer from Chandigarh continued his impressive form in the prestigious continental event and showed good tactical brilliance. After making a cautious start, Rohit's timely and precise punches gave him edge over his Mongolian opponent as the Indian managed to secure a 3-2 win as well as the gold medal.
'Hockey teams' performance at Olympics is tribute to Dhyan Chand'
In a video message, Patnaik said, "This time we celebrate this day with all happiness, glory and splendour. The performance of the Indian hockey teams at the Olympics is a true tribute to the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand." On this day, the State government has given Biju Patnaik Awards for sports and bravery. Over the past few weeks, Odisha's model of sports is being hailed all over the country.
India tour of Australia: All matches to be played in Queensland
It is also reported that the start of the series will be delayed by two days. "After the quarantine, the Indians will play a practice match in Brisbane on September 18. It is understood that the BCCI had asked for the warm-up game and multiple training sessions ahead of it (series) following completion of quarantine, based on their takeaways from India's tour of UK earlier this year.
India did not have the determination and right mindset: Vaughan
Vaughan equated the five-match Test series to a tennis match and said that the series is still open for it takes a couple of hours for the match to change direction. "In a five-match series, particularly with modern players, I think you have weeks where teams write off a match quickly if they go behind early. They almost treat it like a tennis match. It is as if they think, 'we will give you this set and start again next week'.
Paralympics: India beat Thailand to reach quarters in mixed team compound archery
The Indian pair, which had qualified as the sixth-best with a score of 1370, shot 35 in the first round of four arrows, the same as the Thai opponents. They went behind in the next round as they managed 36 points because of an eight on the first arrow followed by two 9s and a 10. Thailand got 37 with an inner 10 and three 9s as they led 72-71.
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