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Sep 27, 2021

Jyothi Wins Silver at World Archery Championship

Jyothi Surekha Vennam bagged a silver medal in the women's compound event at the ongoing World Archery Championship in Yankton.
World number three Sara Lopez of Colombia defeated Jyothi 146-144 in the summit clash.
The Indian archer had defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico 148-146 to enter her third finals of the tournament.
Earlier, the Indian women's and mixed compound teams managed to win silver medals at the ongoing Archery World Championships in Yankton.
India women's team comprising Jyothi, Muskan Kirar and Priya Gurjar suffered a defeat at the hands of Colombia's Sara Lopez, Alejandra Usquiano and Nora Valdez. Colombia defeated India 229-224.

Sania Wins in Women's Double of Ostrava Open

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza won her first title of the season as she and her Chinese partner Shuai Zhang beat the pair of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the women's doubles final of the Ostrava Open.
The second seeded Indo-Chinese duo defeated the third seeded pair of American Christian and New Zealander Routliffe 6-3 6-2 in the summit clash.

Sep 26, 2021

Abhishek Verma Elected to World Archery's Athletes Committee

India's three-time World Cup gold medal-winning compound archer Abhishek Verma has been elected to World Archery's athletes' committee for a four-year term.
The 32-year-old was elected alongside reigning women's world champion Natalia Avdeeva of Russia after participants voted during the ongoing World Championships.
Verma, a former Asian Games gold-medallist, was the only male candidate but had to earn a majority while Avdeeva and Janine Meissner of Germany were the female candidates. The Russian received 69 per cent of the votes.
Verma, an Arjuna awardee, has won gold medals in the World Cups in Poland (2015) and Paris earlier this year. He also bagged the yellow metal in the team event in World Cup in Shanghai in 2018.

Sep 25, 2021

Odisha to Host Hockey Junior World Cup

Odisha will host the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium from November 24 to December 5.
At a function held Patnaik said that Hockey India had approached the Odisha government to support them for the Men's Junior World Cup to be held in two months time.
Patnaik also unveiled the logo and the trophy for the event.

Sep 24, 2021

Archery World Cup

The Indian women's compound archery team defeated hosts U.S.A. 226-225 to enter the finals but the men's team lost in the last-eight stage of the World Championship.
The seventh-seeded women's team, comprising Priya Gurjar, Muskan Kirar and Jyothi Surekha, held its nerves in a close battle with Linda Ochoa-Anderson, Paige Pearce and Makenna Proctor.
However, the men's team, led by the seasoned Abhishek Verma, lost 235-238 to Austria in the quarter-finals.
The Indian women's trio will next face top seeds Colombia in the final. Colombia defeated France 234-220 in its semi-finals match.

Sep 23, 2021

Beijing 2022 Launches Official Slogan: "Together for a Shared Future"

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics unveiled its official motto, "Together for a Shared Future", during a ceremony at the city's Capital Museum. The motto was chosen after a lengthy process that included a total of 79 different proposals. This motto embodies the Olympic spirit, the Chinese way of revealing the Olympic spirit.
That's because 'together' embodies a type of unity, cohesion and a way of overcoming difficulties. The Games will be held from February 4-20, with Beijing set to become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

Raja Rithvik Becomes India's 70th Grandmaster

Raja Rithvik has become India's 70th and latest chess Grandmaster, achieving his third and final norm at an event in Hungary.
Former world champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand praised the 17-year old Warangal native for entering the GM club.
Pune's Harshit Raja had become India's 69th Grandmaster.

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