Shruti Vora scripts history and becomes the first Indian rider to win 3-star Grand Prix event

June 14, 2024 7:58 AM

Shruti Vora scripts history and becomes the first Indian rider to win 3-star Grand Prix event

In Equestrian, Shruti Vora scripts history as she becomes the first Indian rider to win a three-star Grand Prix event. Shruti along with her astride Magnanimous, scored 67.761 points in the CDI-3 event in FEI Dressage World Cup held in Lipica, Slovenia.   She finished ahead of Moldova’s Tatiana Antonenco, who scored 66.552 points. On the historic feat, General Col Jaiveer Singh, Secretary of Equestrian Federation of India said, this is a great news for the Indian equestrian fraternity and Shruti...

China Open: Kento Momota beats Tien Chen to win 10th title of 2019

November 10, 2019 7:19 PM

China Open: Kento Momota beats Tien Chen to win 10th title of 2019

Kento Momota won his 10th title as Japan's world number one defeated Taiwan's world number two Tien-chen to retain his Fuzhou China Open Badminton crown on Sunday. Momota battled past Chou 21-15, 17-21, 21-18 at Fuzhou.  Home hope Chen Yufei similarly successfully defended the women's title with a victory over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara. Chen lost the first game 21-9 to Okuhara but recovered to lift the Fuzhou title for the second year in a row by winning the next...

Indian junior boys win bronze medal in Serbia Serbia Junior & Cadet Open

September 29, 2019 5:47 PM

Indian junior boys win bronze medal in Serbia Serbia Junior & Cadet Open

In Table Tennis, Indian junior boys Raegan Albuquerque and Yashansh Malik paired with the Netherlands' Lode Hulshof won the bronze medal at the Serbia Junior and Cadet Open in Mumbai today.   The team put up a big fight before going down 2-3 in the semi-finals to the Czech Republic trio of Radek Skala, Tomas Martinko and Ondrej Kveton. Starting the proceedings, Raegan lost 2-3 to Radek but Lode got them back into the tie, beating Martinko 3-2. Yashansh then increased the lead in his tea...

Abhay, Tanvi win Bengal Open squash titles

July 23, 2019 8:17 PM

Abhay, Tanvi win Bengal Open squash titles

Abhay Singh of Tamil Nadu and Asian Games medallist Tanvi Khanna clinched the men's and women's titles respectively in the sixth Bengal Open squash tournament in Kolkatta today. Second seed Singh defeated top seed Abhishek Pradhan 11-6 11-6 11-4, while Tanvi fought her way past Tamil Nadu's Aparajitha Balamurukan 11-7 11-6 5-11 13-11. Earlier, the under-15 category witnessed a thrilling battle with fifth-seeded Tamil Nadu girl Shameena Riaz upsetting top seed Soniya Ba...