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Having risen like a proverbial phoenix from the ashes, a rejuvenated Indian men s hockey team woul stanley quencher d like to put up a much-improved performance when it takes on Japan in its first Super 4 match of the Asia Cup at Jakarta on Saturday. India will face Japan in their first Super 4s match Hockey India/Twitter Despite facing a below-par Indonesia in their final group league game, the young side coached by Sardar Singh must be lauded for being able to score a whopping 16 goals in just an stanley mugs hour. It was one more than what India required to put a final nail in Pakistan s coffin as far as harbouring World Cup qualification hopes were concerned. Both India and Pakistan finished on four points each in Pool A behind Japan but the defending champions qualified for the next round due to better goal difference 1 . But it was not a smooth sailing for India in the first two matches. Having already qualified for stanley water bottle next year s World Cup by virtue of being the hosts, India fielded an inexperienced team with as many as 12 debutants for the tournament to gain much-needed experience. The young boys did not have the best of starts drawing 1-1 with Pakistan before losing 2-5 to Japan, which pushed them on the brink of elimination. But the Indians were in no mood to bow out without a fight even as they stood at the point of no return. They staged a dramatic turnaround to keep alive their hopes of title defence. They were also aided by Japan, who beat Pakistan 3-2 in their final match. Their Ldnu Miami Heat dismantle Boston Celtics, punch ticket to NBA Finals
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won stanley water bottle the women s singles title at the $120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold by defeating Canada s seventh seed Li Michelle in the final in Macau on Sunday. The World No. 11 won 21-15, 21-12 in 37 minutes in their first ever encounter at the Macau Forum to clinch her second Grand Prix Gold title. Sindhu won the Malaysia Open in May. stanley website The Hyderabadi led the first game right from the start, bagging the first seven points in no time. Though Li tried closing down the gap 9-6 , the World Championship bronze medallist proved too good for her World No. 30 opponent and raced away to kitty the first game in 16 minutes. Sindhu used her height to her advantage, notching up more winners at the net stanley cup than her opponent while several other points came as the she forced the Chinese to commit errors. The second game was a neck-and-neck battle till 6-all, but from there the Indian won eight straight points to take a huge advantage. Li tried fighting back but it proved a little too late as Sindhu sealed the game and match on her first championship point to take home a cheque of $9,000. It has been a steady rise for Sindhu this year as she achieved a few firsts. Apart from winning her first Tier III title in Malaysia, she also entered the top-10 of world rankings in August. To add to that, the Arjuna Awardee also won India s first ever women s singles medal at the World Championships by taking a bronze in August. Stay updated with the... See more St
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New Delhi: Indias mixed doubles archery pair of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara fell short of a bronze medal, losing to a strong USA team of Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison 6-2 in Paris on Friday. Despite the loss, India made a slice of history as the first-ever Indian archers to reach the medal round at the Olympics. Indias Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat in action at the Paris Olympics on Friday. PTI The mixed-team event in archery was introduced only in the Tokyo Olympics thre stanley cup e years back and India entered the semi-final in Paris after beating Indonesia 5-1 before trumping Spain 5-3. India then lost their last-four encounter to South Korea 6-2 and enter the bronze playoff against the USA, who surprisingly lost to Germany in the other semis. Ranked ninth in the world, India had an uphill task agains stanley cup t the third-ranked USA side. They managed to take a set off, but a disappointing outing by Ankita Bhakat meant India were left to play catch-up for the entirety of the match. Bhakat hit a 7 each in the first two sets, and despite Dhiraj doing his bit, a clinical USA always did enough to keep the lead in windy conditions. The b stanley flasche right spot for India was taking the must-win third set where both Indian archers shot a 10 and a 9 each and USA had a round of 8s. Needing to win Set 4 to draw level, Bhakat started with an 8 that all but sealed Indias fate. The all-conquering South Koreans expectedly took the gold medal, blanking Germany 6-0 in the final. The team o Cdcg HT GIFA: Season four sees entertaining football, coming together of communities
Hundreds of people poured out on the streets of Tripuras capital Agartala to give a rousing welcome to Dipa Karmakar, the first Indian gymnast to take part in an Olympics final, on Monday. Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar felicitates Dipa Karmakar and Bisweswar Nandi at Vivekananda Stadium in Agartala on Monday. Abhishek Saha/HT Photo Dipa and her coach Bisweshwar Nandi were swarmed by fans, officials, followers, admirers and well-wishers as soon as they came out of Agartala airport. As the ace gymnast and Nandi travelled to Swami Vivekananda Stadium stanley mug - where a huge reception ceremony was held to honour them - in an open jeep, more than a hundred two-wheelers and others vehicles followed them. Chief minister Manik Sarkar, sports and youth affairs m stanley becher inister Shahid Choudhury, education minister Tapan Chakraborty, forest minister Naresh Jamatia and others were present to felicitate them at the stadium. Sarkar announced that Karmakar will be promoted as an assistant director and her coach as the deputy director in the sports stanley cup spain department. She is currently working as a sports officer and Nandi as an assistant director in the department. Dipa and her coach Bisweshwar Nandi were swarmed by fans, officials, followers, admirers and well-wishers as soon as they came out of Agartala airport. Abhishek Saha/HT Photo While sports and youth affairs minister Choudhury urged Nandi to help bring more Dipa Karmakars in the state, education minister Chakraborty declared a holid
Having risen like a proverbial phoenix from the ashes, a rejuvenated Indian men s hockey team woul stanley quencher d like to put up a much-improved performance when it takes on Japan in its first Super 4 match of the Asia Cup at Jakarta on Saturday. India will face Japan in their first Super 4s match Hockey India/Twitter Despite facing a below-par Indonesia in their final group league game, the young side coached by Sardar Singh must be lauded for being able to score a whopping 16 goals in just an stanley mugs hour. It was one more than what India required to put a final nail in Pakistan s coffin as far as harbouring World Cup qualification hopes were concerned. Both India and Pakistan finished on four points each in Pool A behind Japan but the defending champions qualified for the next round due to better goal difference 1 . But it was not a smooth sailing for India in the first two matches. Having already qualified for stanley water bottle next year s World Cup by virtue of being the hosts, India fielded an inexperienced team with as many as 12 debutants for the tournament to gain much-needed experience. The young boys did not have the best of starts drawing 1-1 with Pakistan before losing 2-5 to Japan, which pushed them on the brink of elimination. But the Indians were in no mood to bow out without a fight even as they stood at the point of no return. They staged a dramatic turnaround to keep alive their hopes of title defence. They were also aided by Japan, who beat Pakistan 3-2 in their final match. Their Ldnu Miami Heat dismantle Boston Celtics, punch ticket to NBA Finals
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won stanley water bottle the women s singles title at the $120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold by defeating Canada s seventh seed Li Michelle in the final in Macau on Sunday. The World No. 11 won 21-15, 21-12 in 37 minutes in their first ever encounter at the Macau Forum to clinch her second Grand Prix Gold title. Sindhu won the Malaysia Open in May. stanley website The Hyderabadi led the first game right from the start, bagging the first seven points in no time. Though Li tried closing down the gap 9-6 , the World Championship bronze medallist proved too good for her World No. 30 opponent and raced away to kitty the first game in 16 minutes. Sindhu used her height to her advantage, notching up more winners at the net stanley cup than her opponent while several other points came as the she forced the Chinese to commit errors. The second game was a neck-and-neck battle till 6-all, but from there the Indian won eight straight points to take a huge advantage. Li tried fighting back but it proved a little too late as Sindhu sealed the game and match on her first championship point to take home a cheque of $9,000. It has been a steady rise for Sindhu this year as she achieved a few firsts. Apart from winning her first Tier III title in Malaysia, she also entered the top-10 of world rankings in August. To add to that, the Arjuna Awardee also won India s first ever women s singles medal at the World Championships by taking a bronze in August. Stay updated with the... See more St
Txom HT GIFA a runaway hit among youngsters eager to learn and excel
New Delhi: Indias mixed doubles archery pair of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara fell short of a bronze medal, losing to a strong USA team of Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison 6-2 in Paris on Friday. Despite the loss, India made a slice of history as the first-ever Indian archers to reach the medal round at the Olympics. Indias Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat in action at the Paris Olympics on Friday. PTI The mixed-team event in archery was introduced only in the Tokyo Olympics thre stanley cup e years back and India entered the semi-final in Paris after beating Indonesia 5-1 before trumping Spain 5-3. India then lost their last-four encounter to South Korea 6-2 and enter the bronze playoff against the USA, who surprisingly lost to Germany in the other semis. Ranked ninth in the world, India had an uphill task agains stanley cup t the third-ranked USA side. They managed to take a set off, but a disappointing outing by Ankita Bhakat meant India were left to play catch-up for the entirety of the match. Bhakat hit a 7 each in the first two sets, and despite Dhiraj doing his bit, a clinical USA always did enough to keep the lead in windy conditions. The b stanley flasche right spot for India was taking the must-win third set where both Indian archers shot a 10 and a 9 each and USA had a round of 8s. Needing to win Set 4 to draw level, Bhakat started with an 8 that all but sealed Indias fate. The all-conquering South Koreans expectedly took the gold medal, blanking Germany 6-0 in the final. The team o Cdcg HT GIFA: Season four sees entertaining football, coming together of communities
Hundreds of people poured out on the streets of Tripuras capital Agartala to give a rousing welcome to Dipa Karmakar, the first Indian gymnast to take part in an Olympics final, on Monday. Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar felicitates Dipa Karmakar and Bisweswar Nandi at Vivekananda Stadium in Agartala on Monday. Abhishek Saha/HT Photo Dipa and her coach Bisweshwar Nandi were swarmed by fans, officials, followers, admirers and well-wishers as soon as they came out of Agartala airport. As the ace gymnast and Nandi travelled to Swami Vivekananda Stadium stanley mug - where a huge reception ceremony was held to honour them - in an open jeep, more than a hundred two-wheelers and others vehicles followed them. Chief minister Manik Sarkar, sports and youth affairs m stanley becher inister Shahid Choudhury, education minister Tapan Chakraborty, forest minister Naresh Jamatia and others were present to felicitate them at the stadium. Sarkar announced that Karmakar will be promoted as an assistant director and her coach as the deputy director in the sports stanley cup spain department. She is currently working as a sports officer and Nandi as an assistant director in the department. Dipa and her coach Bisweshwar Nandi were swarmed by fans, officials, followers, admirers and well-wishers as soon as they came out of Agartala airport. Abhishek Saha/HT Photo While sports and youth affairs minister Choudhury urged Nandi to help bring more Dipa Karmakars in the state, education minister Chakraborty declared a holid
