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Indian Navy’s Niraj upstages Olympic bronze medallist Swapnil and Aishwary to win Nationwide Video games gold
Indian Navy’s Niraj Kumar surprised Paris Olympics bronze medallist Swapnil Kumar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar to win gold within the males’s 50-metre rifle 3 positions occasion on the Nationwide Video games on Thursday.
Representing Companies Sports activities Management Board (SSCB), the 25-year-old Niraj, who is not any stranger to successful medals in high competitions, shot a exceptional rating of 464.1 to safe the highest spot.
Madhya Pradesh’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar secured the silver with a rating of 462.4, whereas Maharashtra’s Swapnil, who made historical past as the primary Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal on this occasion along with his bronze on the Paris Video games final 12 months, settled for third place (447.7).
Niraj has undergone coaching on the Elite Taking pictures Academy on the Padukone Dravid Centre for Sports activities Excellence (CSE) in Yelahanka, Bangalore.
In the meantime, within the 10-metre air pistol combined group occasion, Haryana’s Suruchi Singh and Parmod defeated Rajasthan’s Anjali Shekhawat and Umesh Choudhary 17-7 to clinch the gold medal.
The bronze went to the Maharashtra mix of Rahi Sarnobat and Pranav Arvind Patil after the pair crushed Uttarakhand’s Abhinav Deshwal and Yashasvi Joshi 17-3.
These two occasions marked the tip of the capturing competitions on the ongoing Video games.
Within the combined occasion qualification, 19 groups fought for slots within the medal rounds.
Within the 3P closing, Niraj, who has 1 World Championship, 1 World Cup and a pair of Asian Championship medals beneath his belt, maintained his lead by way of the competitors to pip his extra fancied opponents.
Niraj has crushed the likes of Swapnil and Aishwary within the choice trials for the Paris Olympics too.
-PTI
FOOTBALL
IWL: East Bengal edges previous HOPS FC by way of Soumya Guguloth objective
East Bengal shrugged off its defeat within the earlier match to gather full factors when it beat hosts HOPS FC 1-0 within the Indian Girls’s League on Thursday.
Soumya Guguloth struck the winner within the fortieth minute.
The win helped East Bengal stays on the highest of the desk with 15 factors from six matches. To date, they’ve gained 5 and misplaced the one tie within the away encounter towards former champions Gokulam Kerala FC.
HOPS continues to languish on the backside with only one level in its kitty from the drawn match towards Kickstart FC in Bengaluru.
Satirically, the match hardly had any reflection of a battle between the league leaders and the underside spooners. The vast majority of the continuing was a listless affair with each groups indulging in some aimless play.
Whereas East Bengal, with a star studded line-up, struggled within the center to create the mandatory area, HOPS had been comfortable to resist the storm on the again and make occasional raids on the counter.
The truth is, the house facet had a chance to stroll residence with a degree at the very least however they conceded a fairly probability objective 5 minutes earlier than the breather. It was a state of affairs of sheer horror, for the HOPS FC bench at the very least.
After efficiently conserving the desk toppers at bay for a significantly very long time, the hosts discovered their fort breached with a objective that merely wasn’t there.
East Bengal striker Soumya, a daily with the nationwide group, acquired a ball simply inside a crowded HOPS field. She first did not faucet the ball together with her left after which unleashed a facet volley together with her proper that took a number of drops earlier than lazily rolling over the goalline.
HOPS goalkeeper Jyoti Tumung failed to gather because it slipped by way of her palms.
The second half belonged to East Bengal, however that was all they may do.
The Kolkata group camped themselves within the Delhi half and raided vigorously, however poor ending and a few good defending allowed HOPS to maintain the margin of defeat to reveal minimal.
East Bengal undoubtedly lacked the rhythm they displayed of their earlier matches and missed alternatives they shouldn’t have. Pictures fired by their strikers hit the publish and flew over the crosspiece on multiple event, however by no means made the designated space.
-PTI
CRICKET
WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants set for historic residence debut in Vadodara
L – R Shabnam Shakil, Harleen Deol, Michael Klinger, Sanjay Adesara at Gujarat Giants Jersey Launch for WPL S3.
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L – R Shabnam Shakil, Harleen Deol, Michael Klinger, Sanjay Adesara at Gujarat Giants Jersey Launch for WPL S3.
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Because the third season of the Girls’s Premier League approaches, Gujarat Giants is gearing up for its residence debut at a brand new venue in Vadodara. On Thursday, the group held a press occasion in Ahmedabad attended by Head Coach Michael Klinger, gamers Harleen Deol and Shabnam Shakil, and Adani Sportsline’s CBO, Sanjay Adesara.
Gujarat Giants additionally unveiled its jersey for WPL 2025, which is ready to start on March 14 and shall be performed throughout a number of venues, together with Vadodara, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Mumbai.
Addressing media on the occasion, Head Coach Michael Klinger laid down the ambitions for his group this season, aiming to win the final word prize this 12 months.
Sharing insights into the group’s preparations, he stated, “All the players are really excited. The overseas players will start arriving over the next day or two and then we can all start work together.”
“We’re certainly here to compete really hard. We’re looking forward to playing some really strong cricket and hopefully qualify for the finals. We’re not shying away from it, that’s going to be our aim this season. I feel we’ve got the team to do it, in terms of a few additions, but also one of the things I was really proud of is, since the last WPL season that we’ve had, is that six of our players playing in the A team, and some someone of them playing for the first time playing in the senior team. So, just with those experiences and exposure to the top-level cricket and other franchise cricket as well. That’s going to hold us in good stead,” he added.
Having missed the earlier season resulting from damage, India all-rounder Harleen Deol additionally expressed her pleasure to be again with the group, particularly in Vadodara, the place she has some fond reminiscences.
She talked about, “I missed the last season because of an injury, so I am even more keen to play this edition. I’ve got a lovely memory of scoring my maiden ton in Vadodara, but in cricket, you have start from zero every day. If you’ve scored runs before that doesn’t mean you have those runs in your pocket already. So, I’m very excited to be playing there for this tournament, and I’m looking forward to it.”
Recent from her second consecutive U19 World Cup triumph with Indian group, Shabnam Shakil, highlighted how being part of the Gujarat Giants within the WPL has helped her in her development as a participant.
She stated, “There have been plenty of learnings with the exposure to experienced players and foreign players. They helped me a lot, especially in season two when I got opportunities to play four matches. I would say that the Gujarat Giants and the WPL gave me the platform to have a lot of experience and exposure to express myself.”
Gujarat Giants will tackle the defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the WPL 2025 opener on February 14, 2025 at BCA Stadium in Vadodara.
-Group Sportstar
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