Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani clinch gold

IMAGE: Shiva Thapa outpunched Kazakhstan's national champion and Asian bronze-winner Sanatali Toltayev. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Shiva Thapa (63kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) clinched gold medals,......

Sports Shorts: Jayaram runner-up at Vietnam; Lorenzo wins Austrian GP

IMAGE: Second consecutive runner-up finish for Ajay Jayaram. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters Ajay Jayaram had to be content with a runner-up finish at the Vietnam Open after losing to Shesar......

Sports Shorts: Jayaram enters Vietnam Open final

IMAGE: India’s Ajay Jayaram in action. Photograph: PTI India's Ajay Jayaram stood a step away from his first title of the season as he made it to the finals of the Vietnam Open after......

Sports Shorts: Jayaram, Mithun enter Vietnam Open semi-finals

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday Ajay Jayaram and Mithun Manjunath put in the hard yards to progress to the men's singles semi-finals with contrasting wins at the......

Sports Shorts: Saina out of top 10, Srikanth at 8th spot in BWF ranking

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal. Photograph: Twitter Following their poor run of form at the badminton World Championship, Saina Nehwal dropped......