Squash player Ramit Tandon is focusing on the Asian Games in September, using the Indian Open as preparation. He highlights the advantage of competing at home and the challenges of international travel.
Anahat Singh continued her dominant run with a straight game win while Egypt's Ibrahim Elkabbani defeated men's top seed Yahya Elnawasany to pull off one of the biggest upsets at the Indian Open squash tournament.
India's top-ranked squash player Anahat Singh is focusing on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as the sport is all set to make its Olympic debut.
Joshna will now take on fourth seed Egyptian Rana Ismail in the last-four stage.
Akanksha, 26, will take on Delhi's teen sensation Anahat, who rallied to beat state-mate Tanvi Khanna 3-11, 11-5, 11-0, 11-9, in the title round.
The immediate job at hand is the Asian Games where the men's team will defend the gold it won in Incheon four years ago.
14-year-old Anahat Singh was on Tuesday included in India's squash squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, starting on July 28.
Saurav Ghosal and Ramit Tandon came up with wonderful displays to help India win the battle of Asians against Hong Kong and enter the quarter-finals of the WSF Men's World Team Squash Championship in Mulhouse, France.
Aiming for that elusive singles Commonwealth Games medal Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa will make one last-ditch effort to break the jinx in Birmingham.
Indian squash player Ramit Tandon thrashed higher-ranked Geoffrey Demont of France in a crucial tie to help India reach the final of the Chennai Open World Junior Cup in Chennai on Saturday.
Dipika Pallikal saved seven match before edging past Nour El Sherbini in a thriller but India lost 1-2 the summit clash to Egypt to end ruuners-up in the Chennai Open World Junior Cup Team championship in Chennai on Sunday.
Saurav Ghosal went down fighting in a gruelling five-match battle against World No 1 Diego Ellias in the pre-quarterfinals of the Squash World Championships in Chicago.
The fifth seeded pair, who had a shaky pre-quarterfinal match against a Malaysian duo, was in terrific touch in the quarterfinal match against third seed Tesni Evans and Peter Creed of Wales.
The Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal stormed to the final of the squash mixed doubles event of the Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast on Friday.
Chasing a third successive Asian Games medal, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) made a strong start, out-punching Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout in Jakarta, on Monday.
India bagged two medals in Kurash, a form of wrestling indigenous to central Asia, with Pincky Balhara and Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav winning silver and bronze respectively
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
The eight players picked for the Asian Games have been training without a full-time coach and most of them don't train regularly with Kumari and Poncha, who has been a longtime national coach.
Check out India's schedule on Day 9 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Friday.
Check out India's schedule on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Wednesday.
Check out India's schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
India dominated the range and the ring as Shreyasi Singh's double trap gold shored up the medal tally while the entire men's Indian boxing contingent made the semi-finals to be assured of podium finishes in an unprecedented performance on Day 7 of the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast on Wednesday.
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