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Asian U18 athletics: Girls team wins medley race; Bapi Hansda scripts history with silver in 400m
The Indian girls' team won gold in the medley relay while the boys' team finished with a silver medal. Bapi Hansda scripted history at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships on Sunday as he became the first Indian ever to win silver in the men's 400m hurdles event.Bapi clocked a time of 51.38s, easily his personal best. His timing was also better than the previous Championship Record of 51.96s. In the previous editions of the tournament, Bapi's timing in the final would have been good enough to secure gold.
Badminton: Host China announces squad for Sudirman Cup
According to the Chinese Badminton Association, Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, and Lu Guangzu will play in the men's singles, while the women's singles players are He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi, and Olympic champion Chen Yufei. Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi and Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang Will participate in the men's doubles, while the women's.
World Boxing Championships: India's Hussamuddin, Varinder to begin their campaign
Experienced campaigner and 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Hussamuddin will fight against Alen Rustemovski of Macedonian on Monday in the first round, while Varinder Singh will go up against Mujibillo Tursunov of Uzbekistan. Tokyo Olympian and 2019 Asian Championships silver medallist Ashish Chaudhary will take on Meysam Gheshlaghi of Iran in the 80kg opening round on Tuesday. Debutant Harsh Choudhary (86 kg) will look to make an instant impact as he will take on Australia's B. Mcallister on Tuesday.
Formula 1: Perez wins in Azerbaijan, Verstappen completes 1-2 for Red Bull; Leclerc places third
After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Verstappen of the Netherlands was leading the 2003 Driver Standings with 93 points with Mexico's Perez reducing the margin to 87 points. Former World Champion Fernando Alonso of Spain is in third position with 60 points while Multiple-time World Driver's Champion Lewis Hamilton is a distant fourth with 48 points.
IPL 2023: Can think about sending him earlier, DC skipper David Warner on Axar Patel
DC failed to chase down the 198-run target as they were restricted to 188/6 in 20 overs. Mayank Markande led from the front with the ball with an excellent spell of 4-0-20-2 as SRH bowlers bounced back and survived Phil Salt's (59 off 35) and Mitchell Marsh's blitzes (63 off 39) to break the three-match losing streak on Saturday night.
IPL 2023: Jaiswal's 124 in vain as Suryakumar, David carry Mumbai to six-wicket win
Mumbai looked in trouble when they were 104/3 in 12 overs. But Suryakumar smashed 20 runs off the 13th over from Kuldeep Sen and from there on, he never looked back, hitting eight fours and two sixes while David was brilliant in hitting two fours and five humongous sixes for Mumbai to go to seventh place at the points table.
IWL 2023: Sethu Madurai roll over Lords FA Kochi, Kickstart beat Odisha FC
A brace by Kajol D'Souza and a goal each by Sumita Kumari and Naorem Priyangka Devi helped last season's runners-up to a convincing victory. In other matches on the day, CRPF FC registered their first win of IWL 2023 against Churchill Brothers FC; Kickstart FC stunned the star-studded Odisha FC while Eastern Sporting Union won the second consecutive match.
'We never gave up after losing first game', says Shetty-Rankireddy after becoming Asian Champions
The Indian men's doubles pair created history on Sunday as they clinched the gold medal after beating Malaysia's Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in the final of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023. Shetty and Rankireddy defeated the Malaysian pair 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 in a thrilling men's doubles final that lasted an hour and seven minutes.
Madrid Open: Swiatek downs Pera to reach fourth round, Chinese duo out of women's doubles
With this win the Polish star extended her clay-court winning streak this season to six after winning against her opponent from the United States, thus clinching her place in the fourth round. Swiatek needed just 75 minutes to dispatch Pera and move through to a fourth-round meeting with either No.22 seed Zheng Qinwen or No.16 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.
IPL 2023: 'Beating CSK in Chennai is special', says PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan after winning last-ball thriller
PBKS picked up three runs off the final delivery and got a memorable win, going on to set the record for the highest run-chase at M.A. Chidambaram stadium and they also go level on points with CSK. Devon Conway (92* off 52) smacked his fifth half-century of the season to propel CSK to 200/4 as Dhoni provided finishing touches in Dhoni style with two sixes off the final two balls to the delight of the home crowd
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