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May 23, 2022

Indian Men's Compound Team Wins Successive World Cup Archery Gold

The Indian men's compound team won gold medal in Archery World Cup 2022 Stage-Two in Gwangju, South Korea. The Indian team came from behind, after trailing in first two sets, to prevail over France by two points in an intense finish to win the gold medal in successive World Cup stages. Fourth-seeded Indian men's team, comprising Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini, and Rajat Chauhan repeated the Stage-One final. They took over with an immaculate finish in the third end sealing a 232-230 win over their sixth-seeded rivals, Adrien Gontier, Jean Philippe Boulch, and Qentin Baraer. The same Indian trio had defeated France by one point, in the last World Cup final at Antalya in April 2022.
The team of Abhishek Verma and Avneet Kaur also won the bronze in the mixed event. They beat higher-seeded Turkey's Amircan Haney and Ayse Bera Suzer 156-155. For Kaur, this was her second bronze having won a team bronze in the women's event earlier.

India Finishes with 23 Medals at Bahrain Para Badminton

The Indian para badminton team finished with a rich haul of 23 medals, including seven golds, at the Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama. Promising doubles shuttler Manisha Ramdass shot into limelight with her twin gold medals, while Pramod Bhagat and Tarun Dhillon also clinched couple of gold medals each.
Manisha produced a strong show combining with Mandeep Kaur to win the gold in women's doubles SL3-SU5 finals. They took just 23 minutes to defeat the Paralympian pair of Palak Kohli and Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar 21-11, 21-11.
Asian Youth Para Games champion Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan continued her good run of form to defeat England's Rachel Choong 21-15, 21-15, while Mandeep settled for the second place after going down to Turkey's Halime Yildiz 21-5, 21-17 in the women's SL3 finals.

May 22, 2022

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers to win UEFA Europa League

Eintracht Frankfurt's 42-year wait for a European trophy is over. The German club ended its title drought with a penalty shootout win over Rangers in the Europa League final. Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp came up with a big save at the end of extra time and another in the shootout to help give Frankfurt the 5-4 win on penalties. The game ended 1-1 after regulation and extra time.
Colombia striker Rafael Borré, who scored a second-half equalizer for Frankfurt, converted the decisive penalty to clinch the club's first European trophy since the 1980 UEFA Cup, a predecessor to the Europa League. The win also secures a first appearance in the Champions League next season for Frankfurt.
Rangers was trying to win its first European title since the Cup Winners' Cup in 1972. The Scottish club also lost to Zenit St. Petersburg in the 2008 UEFA Cup. It was trying to cap a comeback 10 years after it was sent to the lower divisions because of a financial meltdown.

May 21, 2022

Boxer Nikhat Zareen Becomes World Champion, Only Fifth Indian Woman to Achieve Feat

Nikhat Zareen, shedding tears of joy, hugged coach Bhaskar Bhatt after earning a 5-0 unanimous decision over Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong to become the world champion in the 52kg division at the World Championships in Istanbul. After her victory, Bhatt lifted Nikhat to his shoulder and she went out of the hall in a blaze of glory, amidst camera flashes and applause from the stands.
This glory was well earned for the 25-year-old boxer from Nizamabad in Telangana. She not only won the biggest prize of her start-stop career, but she also truly broke out of the giant shadow of multiple World Championships medallist Mary Kom. Injury, loss of confidence and Boxing Federation of India (BFI) officials' preference for London Olympics bronze medallist Mary Kom had all but stalled Nikhat's career and dreams.
Nikhat becomes only the fifth Indian woman boxer to win gold at the World Championships. For the record, Mary Kom has won six gold medals in the tournament. Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC are the only other women pugilists from India who have won gold at the World Championships.

May 20, 2022

Odisha Wins Hockey India Senior Women's National Championship

Odisha was crowned as the champions of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh with a thrilling 2-0 victory over Karnataka in the final of the competition.
The final match was a closely contested affair between Karnataka and Odisha. Both the teams started well, as they created several goal-scoring opportunities. However solid defensive performances from both the sides ensured that the match went into the half time with the scoreline reading 0-0. Punam Barla in the 34th minute opened the scoring in the match in the third quarter as Odisha picked up the lead. Ashim Kanchan Barla in the 59th minute sealed the game with a late goal as Odisha beat Karnataka 2-0 to claim the Championship.
Jharkhand beat Haryana 3-2 to earn third-place finish.

May 19, 2022

India Wins Eight Gold at the 2021 Deaflympics

India's largest contingent ever at a Deaflympics – 65 athletes – returned with the country's richest haul from the event in Caxias do Sul, in southern Brazil. A total of 16 medals were won over the fortnight-long quadrennial event, including eight gold, one silver and seven bronze. The medals came from five of the 11 sports the Indians were competing in. It was the shooting contingent that first put India on the board when Dhanush Srikanth and Shourya Saini won gold and bronze respectively in the men's 10m air rifle event.
Jerlin Jayaratchagan was the most decorated competitor from India at this edition of the Games, winning three gold medals. She helped the badminton mixed team finish on top, then won gold in the women's singles and mixed doubles event to earn three gold medals.

Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru: Kipkorir Kimeli (Men's) and Irene Cheptai (Women's...

Course records fell by the wayside as Kenyans Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai emerged victorious in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) World 10K Bengaluru. Kimeli (27:38s) took six seconds off the elite men's course record set by Geoffrey Kamworor in 2014. In the elite women's event, Irene (30:35s) smashed the mark set by the late Agnes Tirop (31:19s) in 2018. Tadese Worku and Hellen Obiri, who finished second in elite men's and women's categories respectively, also went under the course records.
The quick timings were thoroughly commendable, given the less-than-ideal conditions. Heavy rains, which stopped just an hour before the start of the elite runs, left big puddles for the runners to navigate. The start times (7.10 a.m. for women, and 8 a.m. for men) meant that the runners felt the heat, and the humidity only made it tougher.

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