New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Star Indian golfer Shiv Kapur is worried that Indian and other Asian players will find it increasingly difficult to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics due to the “flawed” world ranking system. The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) was revamped in August last year to make it more equitable but has been criticised by many top players, including Tiger Woods. “Look, I think the world ranking system in general is flawed at the moment. All the other tours other than the PGA Tour are receiving way fewer points,” Kapur, who is an ambassador of…
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नयी दिल्ली, 24 नवंबर (भाषा) एशियाई चैंपियनशिप के छह बार के पदक विजेता शिव थापा (63.5 किग्रा) और 2019 विश्व चैंपियनशिप के रजत पदक विजेता अमित पंघाल (51 किग्रा) उन शीर्ष मुक्केबाजों में शामिल हैं जो शिलांग में 25 नवंबर से एक दिसंबर तक होने वाली सातवीं पुरुष राष्ट्रीय मुक्केबाजी चैंपियनशिप में चुनौती पेश करेंगे।
New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and 2019 World Championships silver winner Amit Panghal (51kg) will be among the top boxers set to compete in the seventh men’s National Boxing Championships to be held in Shillong from November 25 to December 1. Assam’s Thapa, who won the gold medal in the last edition, will look to repeat the feat while Panghal, who represents Services, will also aim to win the gold in the prestigious competition. Other big names who will be seen competing in the nationals include Tokyo Olympian Ashish Kumar (80kg), 2021 Asian…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) The players’ auction ahead of the 2024 edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be held on December 9 in Mumbai, the BCCI announced on Friday. The second edition of the WPL could take place in February-March next year. Mumbai Indians are the defending WPL champions, as they had beaten Delhi Capitals by seven wickets in the final on March 26 at the Brabourne Stadium earlier this year. Mumbai were led by Harmanpreet Kaur, while the recently-retired Meg Lanning captained Delhi in 2023. The five franchises — Mumbai, Delhi, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Giants…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) India’s top two singles players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have conveyed to the national tennis federation that they won’t travel to Pakistan for the next Davis Cup tie and the baffled AITA has decided to discuss the players’ refusal at its next Executive Committee meeting. Nagal is India’s best-ranked singles player at number 141 in the ATP chart and Mukund is second-best at number 477. The two players have conveyed their unavailability for the World Group I play-off tie to be played in February but have not specified the reason behind their decision.…
शेनजेन, 24 नवंबर (भाषा) एशियाई खेलों के चैंपियन सात्विकसाईराज रंकीरेड्डी और चिराग शेट्टी की पुरूष जोड़ी ने चीन मास्टर्स सुपर 750 बैडमिंटन टूर्नामेंट में शुक्रवार को यहां इंडोनेशिया के लियो रोली कारनांडो और डेनियल मार्टिन की जोड़ी पर सीधे गेम में जीत दर्ज करके सेमीफाइनल में प्रवेश किया।
Shenzhen, Nov 24 (PTI) Asian Games champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men’s doubles semifinal with a straight-game win over Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Friday. The top seeded Indian pair dished out an attacking game to outwit the world no. 13 Indonesian combination 21-16 21-14 in 46 minutes. Satwik and Chirag, who won the Indonesia Super 1000, Korea Super 500 and Swiss Super 300 this year, will face the winner of the other quarterfinal match between two Chinese pairs — He Ji Ting and…
सिडनी, 24 नवंबर (भाषा) आस्ट्रेलियाई बल्लेबाज मार्नस लाबुशेन ने कहा कि भारत के खिलाफ विश्व कप फाइनल के दौरान पैट कमिंस ने जिस तरह की गेंदबाजी की, वैसी गेंदबाजी करते हुए उन्होंने कभी किसी को नहीं देखा।
Sydney, Nov 24 (PTI) Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne said he had “never seen” someone bowl like the way Pat Cummins did during the World Cup final against India, which they won by six wickets for a record-extending sixth title. Cummins had the best economy rate in the 10 overs he had bowled and also grabbed two wickets to restrict Rohit Sharma’s side to 240. With an economy rate of 3.40 to go with the wickets of Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer, Cummins put the skids on India. “I think that was certainly Pat’s best day with the ball,” Labuschagne told…