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SPORTS - November 2014

Nov 2014

Jun 07, 2023

Sunil Kumar Wins the Decathlon Gold

Competing with a pole vault borrowed from the organisers, Sunil Kumar won the decathlon gold medal with his personal best performance in the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea.
Sunil bagged gold as he won the 10-event competition with a personal best tally of 7,003 points on the penultimate day of the competition.
Sunil won the 100m hurdles, discus throw and javelin throw to make up for the below-par show in the other events and secure gold in the gruelling discipline competed over two days.

Siddharth Choudhary Clinches Gold in Men's Shot Put Event of U-20 Asian Athletics Championships i...

India showcased its dominance on the second day of the Under 20 Asian Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea. India's Siddharth Choudhary clinched gold in men's shot put with a personal best throw of 19.52 metres.
Further three other athletes Sharuk Khan (3000 m steeplechase), Shivam Lohakare (Javelin), and Susmita (Long Jump) claimed silver medals in their respective events. Shakeel (800 m) and the mixed relay team concluded the day by winning the bronze medal. With this India won six medals on day 2 with the overall tally accounting to nine.

Jun 06, 2023

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Hangs up His Boots

AC Milan's Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic decided to end his playing career at the age of 41 after a trophy-laden career at some of Europe's top clubs. The extrovert Swede's Milan contract expires at the end of June and will not be renewed following a season plagued by injuries, prompting him to end a remarkable career.
The larger-than-life striker started his career at Malmo FF in 1999 and left for Ajax Amsterdam in 2001 before embarking on a journey that has included spells at Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Paris St Germain, Manchester United and Milan.
Ibrahimovic has won countless domestic leagues and cups plus a long list of individual honours but never got his hands on the Champions League trophy.

French Open 2023: Ons Jabeur Becomes 1st Arab Player to Reach Quarter-finals

Tunisian star Ons Jabeur reached the quarter-finals of the French Open after defeating Bernarda Pera in straight sets. Jabeur won 6-3, 6-1 in a commanding performance and set up her quarter-finals game against 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Jabeur became the first Tunisian and Arab woman to progress that far at the French Open. She is the first African woman to reach the last eight at Roland Garros since South Africa's Amanda Coetzer reached the semi-finals in 1997.
Jabeur became the first African player to reach the quarter-finals at each of the four majors in the Open Era.

Flanders Cup 2023 Athletics: Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain Bags Two Gold Medals

Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain bagged two gold medals, one each in the men's 100 and 200-meter races at the Flanders Cup 2023 athletics meet, known as the International Antwerp Athletics Gala, in Merksem, Belgium.
Borgohain clocked 10.70 seconds to emerge as the fastest man of the meet. He holds the 100-meter national record of 10.25 seconds.
In the 200 meter, Borgohain clocked 20.96 seconds to emerge winner ahead of Hofman 21.42 and Jamaica's Samuel Rowe 21.88.
Meanwhile, Sapna Kumari finished behind Belgium's Amber Vanden Bosch in the women's 100m hurdles after clocking 14.10, in what was a two-woman field.

Jun 05, 2023

Asian U20 Athletics Championship: Heena Mallick, Bharatpreet Singh Win Gold

India's Heena Mallick won India's first gold medal in the women's 400 m event at the Asian U20 Athletics Championship in Yecheon, South Korea.
Mallick won her race in 53.31 seconds.
Bharatpreet Singh clinched India's second gold in the tournament with a 55.66 m throw in the men's discus throw event.
Antima Pal won India's third medal of the day, a bronze, in the women's 5,000 m race with a time of 17 minutes and 17.11 seconds.

Third Khelo India University Games Concludes in Varanasi

The third edition of Khelo India University Games, organised in four cities of Uttar Pradesh from May 25 to June 3, concluded in Varanasi. A simple closing ceremony was held in view of the train accident in Odisha. More than 4,000 athletes from 108 universities in the country participated in the games.
With a total of 69 medals — 26 gold, 17 silver and 26 bronze — Panjab University stood first, followed by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (total 68 medals — 24 gold, 27 silver, 17 bronze) and Jain University, Karnataka (total 32 medals — 16 gold, 10 silver, 6 bronze).

Sainyam Wins Women's 10m Air Pistol Gold in Junior World Cup

India's Sainyam claimed the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol competition to start the country's campaign in the ISSF Junior World on a rousing note.
Sainyam shot 238 in the eight-women final to finish on top of the podium, even as the other Indian in fray, Suruchi Inder Singh settled for the sixth place with 154.1.
Korea's Kim Minseo claimed the silver medal with a total score of 236, while the bronze went to Liu Heng Yu of Taipei, who shot 216.9.
Sainyam was placed third in the qualification with 571, while Suruchi was in fifth place.

Lakshya Sen Loses Men's Singles semi-finals against Kunlavut Vitidsarn in Thailand Open

The Indian challenge at the $420,000 Thailand Open badminton ended as Lakshya Sen lost a tough men's singles semi-finals battle against Thailand'sr Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Playing his first semi-finals since winning the Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham 2022, Sen lost 21-13, 17-21, 13-21 in Bangkok. This was Sen's fourth loss in eight outings against the Thai, who was backed by a vociferous crowd.
Kunlavut Vitidsarn beat Lee Cheuk Yiu (21-11, 21-10) and won the tournament.

India's Manjeet Wins Bronze in UWW Ranking Series Wrestling Event in Kyrgyzstan

Manjeet won a bronze in the men's Greco Roman 55 kg category to open India's medal account in the UWW Ranking Series wrestling event in Kyrgyzstan.
Manjeet lost to Ikhtiyor Botirov of Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals with the latter notching up victory by superiority (VSU1, 13-4). But, since Botirov reached the final, Manjeet got a chance to fight for one of the two bronze medals.
The Indian beat Yersin Abyir of Kazakhstan 14-9 via VPO1 (winner with no technical superiority but the loser scored at least 1 point) to grab a bronze on the opening day of competitions.
Kazakhstan's Marlan Mukashev beat Botirov in the gold medal bout.

Jun 03, 2023

India Edge Pakistan to Claim Record 4th Title

India's junior men's hockey team maintained its continental supremacy as it beat arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 to win the Junior Asia Cup, held in Salalah, Oman, for the fourth time.
India became the most successful team in the history of the tournament. They had also won the title in 2004, 2008 and 2015. Pakistan (1987, 1992, and 1996) won the tournament three times.
The team finished the tournament with an unbeaten record, also qualifying for the Junior World Cup. Hockey India announced a cash award of Rs. 2 lakh each for the players and Rs. 1 lakh each for the support staff.

Jun 02, 2023

India's Esow Alben Wins Bronze Medal in Bahnen-Tournee Cycling 2023

Indian cyclist Esow Alben won the bronze medal in the elite men's keirin event at the Finale Bahnen-Tournee 2023 cycling competition in Dudenhofen, Germany. The Finale Bahnen-Tournee is a UCI Class 1 event.
Esow Elben, who became the first Indian to win a cycling world championship medal after clinching a silver at the 2018 edition, finished behind Germany's Marc Jurczyk and France's Sebastien Vigier - both world championships medallists.
Sebastien Vigier was also part of the French team which won the Team sprint cycling bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Esow's compatriot Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, meanwhile, finished 10th in the men's sprint event at the Germany meet.

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