NEW DELHI: Here is the huge sports events coated up for Sunday (July 21) that comprise the Indonesia Open, the last conflict between PV Sindhu and Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi.
CUTTACK: In an amazing trip for India, 15 paddlers won entry into the person event’s principle draw on the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here Saturday.
While 9 paddlers certified within the ladies’ class, the men’s qualifiers noticed six Indians sailing to the principal draw.
The girls will be part of the already seeded Archana Kamath, Ayhika Mukherjee, and Madhurika Patkar inside the predominant draw.
The Indians that did not make the reduction blanketed Pooja Sahasrabhude, Reeth Risya, and Surbhi Patwari.
Surbhi managed just one victory over Malaysian A Xin Tee while she defeated her 11-five, 3-11, 11-6, eleven-6 losing an important shape to Rui Xuan Goi of Singapore in straight games of eight-11 1-11, eleven-thirteen.
In institution 12, Reeth Rishya, clubbed with four gamers, registered a win over Sri Lankan Chamathsara eleven-four, 11-7, 11-nine but lost to Singapore’s Eunice Zoe Lim 11-nine, 10-12, 11-7, 11th of September, 13-15. The Indian had more than one healthy point but turned into not capitalizing on them to finish 2d inside the institution.
It was a bad day within the office for Pooja, who finished 0.33 despite being seeded on the pinnacle of institution 14. After beating Scotland’s Lara Sterling 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, Pooja suffered a shock loss to Nigeria’s Ajoke Ojomu 6-11, 7-11, eleven-thirteen. She finished her campaign with but some other defeat to Singapore’s Tan-Lin Jassy. Pooja misplaced three-11, thirteen-11, five-11, 12-10, 7-11.
Singles Qualifiers:
Men: Bode Abiodun (NGR), Thomas Jarvis (ENG), Sushmit Sriram, Manush Shah, Lucan Tan (SGP), Muhamad Rizal (MAS), Jeet Chandra, Ronit Bhanja, Azeez Jamiu (NGR), Yu En Koen Pang (SGP), Marios Yiangou (CYP), Sudhanshu Grover, Javen Choong (MAS), Clarence Zheyu Chew (SGP).
Women: Chunyi Feng (Aus), Krittwika Sinha Roy, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Alice Li Sian Chang (MAS), Nimotalia Aregbesola (NGR), Sreeja Akula, Mousumi Paul, Prapti Sen, Xin Ru Wong (SGP), Selenadeepthi Selvaumar, Rui Xuan Goi (SGP), Eunice Zoe Lim (SGP), Divya Deshpande, Choke Ojomu (NGR), Sagarika Mukherjee, Anusha Kutumbale.
AGRA: India has to start prevailing medals in “double digits” inside the Olympics if it desires to understand the dream of web hosting the 2032 Summer Games, Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra stated on Saturday.
Batra became felicitated via the Athletics Federation of India on Saturday for his latest election as a member of the International Olympic Committee on the concluding day of its Annual General Body Meeting right here.
“We are bidding for the 2032 Olympics, 2030 Asian Games, and 2026 Youth Olympics. Unless we start triumphing medals in the Olympics, it can be tough to host the Olympics properly. People will say India has gained few medals in Olympics,” Batra said.
“So we must begin winning in double-digit medals. We can target 10 to twelve medals in Tokyo, 25 in 2024, and round forty in the 2028 Olympics.
“Unless we set goals, we can now not attain whatever. I experience these are potential targets,” he brought.
Asked about IOA’s stand on doping being made a crook offense, he said, “It could be very tough to reply the question. Doping is a critical issue, and it should be tackled by using taking stringent measures.”
