Youth Olympic: Suraj Panwar clinches silver in men's 5000m race walk event in Argentina

October 16, 2018 1:23 PM

Youth Olympic: Suraj Panwar clinches silver in men's 5000m race walk event in Argentina

Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games to open India's medal account in athletics at Buenos Aires in Argentina.  Panwar's total time of 40:59.17s  was over seven minutes slower than Patin Oscar of Equador, who topped the event. Puerto Rico's Jan Moreu finished third to claim the bronze.  This is India's first athletics medal in this edition and third overall. Arjun and Durgesh Kumar had won a s...

Indian women's team enter Hockey Semi Final of Youth Olympics at Buenos Aires defeating Poland.

October 13, 2018 1:04 PM

Indian women's team enter Hockey Semi Final of Youth Olympics at Buenos Aires defeating Poland.

In Youth Olympic Games, the Indian women's team notched up a comfortable 3-0 win over Poland to enter the semifinals of the Hockey  competition of the 2018  in Argentina. Lalremsiami , captain Salima Tete and Baljeet Kaur  contributed to the U-18 team's victory with a goal each . The first period of the quarterfinal game started with Poland finding the first chance in the second minute as Viktoria Zimmermann tested the Indian goalkeeper Bichu Kharibam. The two quick-fire goals ...

Youth Olympics: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen qualifies for men's singles badminton finals

October 12, 2018 7:55 PM

Youth Olympics: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen qualifies for men's singles badminton finals

Title favourite Indian Lakshya Sen recovered from a game deficit to beat Kodai Naraoka of Japan to enter the final of men's singles badminton competition to at least be assured of a silver medal in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sen, the reigning Asian junior champion, lost the first game 14-21 but came back to beat Naraoka in the next two to pocket the semifinal match last night. The Indian levelled the match by winning the second game 21-15. The deciding game was a neck-to-neck affair with ...

Youth Olympics: Archana Kamath enters semifinals in table tennis

October 10, 2018 5:55 PM

Youth Olympics: Archana Kamath enters semifinals in table tennis

India's Archana Girish Kamath has entered the semifinals in the table tennis event of the Youth Olympics. In the event being held in Buenos Aires, she overcame Azerbaijan's Nign Jing by 4 games to 3 in the quarterfinals.          In the semifinals, Archana will take on China's Yingsha Sun. A win against the Chinese will put her into the medal round straightaway, failing which the Indian will have a shot at the playoff for the bronze.