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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.

Jun 01, 2023

Junior Asia Cup: India Storm into Final

The Indian hockey team produced a dominant performance to outclass South Korea 9-1 and entered the final of the Junior Asia Cup. In the title clash tomorrow, India will meet Pakistan, who beat Malaysia 6-2 in the second semi-finals
The Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.
The tournament has been won by four different teams: India and Pakistan have the most tiles with three. Malaysia and South Korea have both won the tournament once.
The Junior Asia Cup 2023 was hosted by Oman.

Savitribai Phule Pune University Clinches First Gold Medal with Win over Osmania University in Wo...

In Khelo India University Games, Savitribai Phule Pune University conquered their final quest with a 2-0 victory over defending champions Osmania University and clincheed their first gold medal in the women's tennis event in Ekana International Tennis Stadium Lucknow.
Meanwhile, women tennis players of Jain University outdid the University of Madras 2-0 to clinch the bronze medal.
Defending champions Anna University had to sweat it out against Bharthiar University as it went to a decider double where ultimately they pulled off a win in the super tie-break.
For the bronze medal as well it was a nail-biting finish for Gujarat University as they overcame Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed to be University) (KIIT) by 2-1.

May 31, 2023

India Clinches Title of CAVA Women's Challenge Cup 2023

India won the title of NSC-CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup held in Kathmandu. India won the title by defeating Kazakhstan in the final at the National Sports Council's Covered Hall in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu.
India defeated Kazakhstan in a shared set of 3-0. India won the first set 25-15, the second set 25-22, and the third set 25-18. Along with this, India finished the competition by remaining undefeated.
The event was organised by the Nepal Volleyball Association and was supported by the NSC, eight nations participated in it. In the competition, Kazakhstan became the runner-up, Nepal third, Uzbekistan fourth, Sri Lanka fifth, Kyrgyzstan sixth, Maldives seventh, and Bangladesh eighth.

UP Hockey Wins 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2023

Uttar Pradesh Hockey won the 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2023 after defeating Hockey Association of Odisha 7-1 in the final at the iconic Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Rourkela, Odisha. Meanwhile, Hockey Haryana beat Hockey Madhya Pradesh to finish third in the competition.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Hockey reached the Final by defeating Hockey Haryana 7-0 while Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Madhya Pradesh 3-1 in the semi-finals.

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