Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
India women claim hockey CWG medal after 16 years
It was a smooth performance from Sindhu as she was hardly tested by the Taiwanese qualifier
Taken by surprise when heavily armed men ambushed their convoy but quickly gathering themselves, jawans of the 22 Garhwal regiment fired more than 5,100 rounds to protect their injured colleagues and forced the terrorists to retreat into Kathua's wooded hills, officials said.
'Sanjay Roy is not alone.' 'If he's kept alive, maybe we will know what happened.' 'Why was he in the chest medicine department that night when he never went there earlier?' 'Nobody will parade in front of a CCTV camera and then go and murder someone.' 'There are several people who are involved in this heinous crime. They have to be identified and punished.'
Only one male and five female wrestlers qualified for the upcoming edition. Here's a look at the strength and weakness of all the six contenders.
Sarabjot Singh locked the Paris Olympics quota by winning a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol.
A low-down on the eight runners -- four men and four women -- who finished second in their qualifying heats to make the Olympic cut.
Rani Rampal led the team to historic victories in the Women's Asia Cup in 2017, silver at the 2018 Asian Games and played a critical role in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in 2019 by scoring the deciding goal that helped India qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Kidambi Srikanth, Priyanshu Rajawat and Kiran George won their respective men's singles round-of 16 matches to advance to the quarterfinals late on Thursday night.
Lakshya had struggled through much of 2023 and early part of 2024. He fell behind in the qualification race but turned things around in time with two semi-final finishes at the All England Championship and the French Open to seal his place in the Olympics.
Although no fresh arrests were reported in the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation continued with its questioning of top officials of the RG Kar Hospital.
Swapnil Kusale shot his way to a gold in the 50m rifle 3 position event among junior men, as India added four more medals to their kitty on the penultimate day of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait City on Tuesday.
Indian shooters ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, at a creditable fourth position, finishing with three gold, four silver and three bronze.
Indian women's team captain Ritu Rani and senior's men's team drag-flicker V R Raghunath were on Wednesday recommended by Hockey India for the Arjuna Award.
World Championship medallist Amit Panghal and Sachin Siwach struck gold at the 75th Strandja Memorial tournament.
Taking a cue from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Hockey India advertised for the position for the first time on its website http://hockeyindia.org.
'Huge disappointment that we did not qualify for our third consecutive Olympics'
Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar produced a thrilling performance
Sandeep Jangra and Parth Sharma lost in the third round.
The 36-year-old goalkeeper, a veteran of 328 international matches, took to social media to announce his decision.
Mohit Kumar on Wednesday became the first Indian wrestler to win junior world champion since 2019.
Indian weightlifters bagged a gold and two bronze medals, on the last day of the Commonwealth Championships, to end their campaign on a high with 45 medals, including 29 gold, at Apia, Samoa on Saturday.
'Our consistency under pressure will be tested to the maximum at Paris.'
India's junior men's hockey team drew 1-1 against Canberra Lakers in their Pool B game of the AHL in Perth on Sunday.
India's only Asian Games individual medallist in recurve section, Tarundeep Rai, feels at least one from the men's archery team could win a medal in the Hangzhou edition and end a 13-year-long drought in the continental showpiece.
The Indian contingent added seven more medals, including five gold, to their kitty on day three of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, in Kuwait City, on Thursday.
In 2019, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was asked to guess the nationality of the reigning world champion in 2050. He responded: 'India will have had many by then!'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Mahi, Palak and 2 other Indians enter final at Asian Youth & Junior Boxing C'ships
Prabhjot Singh (6th minute), Shilanand Lakra (15th, 43rd), Harmanjit Singh (21st), Mohd Faraz (23rd), Abhishek (50th) and skipper Mandeep Mor (60th) were the goal scorers for India.
Swapnil Kusale isn't really superstitious but when fellow mates Akhil Sheoran and Shriyanka Sadangi gifted him a small key chain to ward off evil eye, he readily accepted it
WFI President Sanjay Singh on Friday assured that the protesting wrestlers' trio of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik would not face any discrimination and he would personally approach them for appearance in the Olympic Qualifiers trials, which will be held in Maharashtra.
The 19-year-old Indian cleared 66.84 metres in the javelin throw to make the grade in the IAAF World Junior Championships.
Nancy and Olympian Elavenil Valarivan came up with a grand performance in women's 10m air rifle
Hockey India (HI) secretary general Bhola Nath Singh on Saturday claimed that India will definitely win gold at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics if they miss out on the yellow metal in Paris next year.
Young shooters Varun Tomar and Esha Singh secured two Olympic quota places for India with gold medals.
Panghal's remarkable season has outshone even senior standout Vinesh Phogat, who shares the same weight category
Akashdeep Singh will lead an 18-member Indian squad in the seventh Junior Asia Cup hockey, scheduled to be held at Malacca, Malaysia, from May 3 to 13. Defender Amit Rohidas is the vice-captain. The nine-nation tournament features Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Seven Indians took the ring in the quarter-finals on Monday evening and four of them emerged victorious.
