India's top squash player Joshna Chinappa fell at the final hurdle after giving a close fight to top seed Joelle King of New Zealand in the PSA HKFC International squash tournament in Hong Kong on Saturday. The New Zealander won 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9. After coming through two five-game encounters earlier, the third seed Indian still looked fresh for another battle. Only once has Joshna beaten Joelle earlier in their eight meetings and that too seven years ago. Much has happened since. Joelle is 9th in the world, four rungs above Joshna but it proved a lively match with points going neck and neck. In fact the Indian had led 9-8 in the first game where Joelle came up with three winning drives.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Here's a look at Indian athletes' performance on Monday, Day 4 of the Games.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
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Senior players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa lost their matches against Joey Chan and Annie Au, 1-3 and 0-3, respectively. Sunayna Kuruvilla, who is Pallikal's cousin, kept India in the hunt with a fighting win over Tze Lok Ho in the second singles.
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Dinesh Karthik turned 34 on Saturday as wishes poured in for the cricketers from all quarters.
UK environment minister Lord de Mauley hosted a round-table meeting here with representatives of mango and vegetable importers and exporters from the UK and India, Deputy Indian High Commissioner to the UK Virendra Paul, and senior regulators from Defra and the Food and Environment Research Agency.
With the men's squash team clinching a silver medal after losing to Malaysia in the final, India ended their campaign at the 2nd Asian Youth Games in Nanjing at the 10th spot and with an impressive tally of 14 medals (3 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze).
Following is the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 14th day of the Asian Games in Jakarta, on Saturday.
Indian athletes' performance on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India's Dipika Pallikal claimed her third WISPA title of the year when she overcame a spirited challenge from fourth seed Joey Chan to win the 7th Crocodile Challenge Cup squash tournament in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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Officials also said that the move to send out the emails was a conscious choice as part of a communication strategy for public interest.
Luckily, the KKR skipper had wife Dipika Pallikal, the international squash player, also dealing with the situation and he drew inspiration from her.
Star player Joshna Chinappa clinched the gold in women's individual squash after beating Maria Toorpaki Wazir of Pakistan in a tense and ill-tempered summit clash to make up for India's disappointment in the men's event, in Guwahati, on Monday.
Dipika Pallikal bagged a bronze medal, India's first in women's singles squash at the Asian Games.
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Meet Sourav Ghosal, the World No 1 junior squash player.
Sahara Force India enjoyed a double points finish at the 'home' British Grand Prix with Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez finishing eight and ninth to collect six points for the team, in Silverstone, on Sunday.
India's highest-ranked squash player Dipika Pallikal has decided to put the controversy over the dubious Asian Games draw behind and confirmed her participation for the upcoming Incheon edition, saying "she has always put country first and it is no different this time".
Dipika Pallikal's exclusion from the Indian team for Asian Squash Championships may have kicked up a storm, but national coach Cyrus Poncha said the British Junior Open champion has only herself to blame for the omission by refusing to attend a mandatory trial camp.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) finalised a four-member delegation, which will accompany Sports Ministry officials, for a meeting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on May 15 to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
It is for the first time that two Indians have qualified into the main draw of the Super-Series Squash Championship.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Virushka's wedding was, of course, the biggest Indiansports shaadi of the year, but other athletes too tied the knot this year.
The Indian advanced to the main draw of the British Open Squash with a straight-game victory over Aaron Frankcomb.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The contingent comprises 277 men and 247 women athletes. In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Indian contingent featured 541 athletes across 28 disciplines.
Ghosal became the first Indian ever to win the coveted British Junior Open U-19 Squash title, defeating Adel El Said of Egypt in the final at Sheffield in England.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
On the last day of the competition, Yash Vardhan and Shreya Agrawal bagged three gold medals each.
Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal succumbed to COVID-19 on May 1. After retiring from the Indian Army, the major became a successful actor in films and television. An old friend salutes a wonderful human being.
