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Watch: Lovlina Borgohain Out-punches Mexican Rival, Enters World Championships Quarter-final In Style

Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain made a winning start to her campaign as she and Sakshi Chaudhary moved to the quarterfinals of the Women's World Championships with dominant victories in New Delhi on Monday. Both Sakshi (54kg) and Lovlina (75kg) notched identical 5-0 unanimous decision wins respectively. While Lovlina out-punched Mexico's Vanessa Ortiz, Sakshi got the better of Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan to progress to the last eight stage.

Stadium Named After Hockey Star Rani Rampal, First Woman To Get This Honour

Indian team's star hockey player Rani Rampal has become the first woman in the sport to have a stadium named after her, in Rae Bareli. The MCF Rae Bareli has renamed the hockey stadium as 'Rani's Girls Hockey Turf'. Rani shared photos on her social media handles, where she is seen interacting with the players and inaugurating the stadium alongside other staff members.

South Korea's An bags women's title at All England Open

BIRMINGHAM, England: South Korea's An Se Young smashed her way to the women's singles title at the All England Open badminton championships on Sunday (Mar 19), beating Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medallist Chen Yu Fei of China.

Table tennis-Twice Olympian Jha handed one-year ban for whereabouts failures

Kanak Jha, who competed for the United States in table tennis competitions at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, has been given a one-year ban for three whereabouts failures, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Monday.

Watch: Lovlina Borgohain Out-punches Mexican Rival, Enters World Championships Quarter-final In Style

Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain made a winning start to her campaign as she and Sakshi Chaudhary moved to the quarterfinals of the Women's World Championships with dominant victories in New Delhi on Monday. Both Sakshi (54kg) and Lovlina (75kg) notched identical 5-0 unanimous decision wins respectively. While Lovlina out-punched Mexico's Vanessa Ortiz, Sakshi got the better of Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan to progress to the last eight stage.

Alice Dearing backed for Paris Olympics push

Alice Dearing has been told her turbulent Tokyo experience will harden her for the heat of Paris Olympic battle. The Birmingham marathon swimming star, 25, became the first black female swimmer to represent Britain at an Olympic Games last year where she finished a disappointing 19th-place in the 10km event. Ad But Keri-anne Payne, a Beijing 2008 marathon swimming silver medallist, believes that crucial first Olympic experience combined with three years more training will mean Dearing can challenge for a medal in Paris.

Hannah Dines bounces back from Tokyo disappointment with surfing career

Surfing star Hannah Dines transformed Tokyo turmoil into a new life riding the waves. Former cyclist Dines, 29, competed at the Rio 2016 Paralympics but was left out of the squad for the Tokyo Paralympics and instead found herself as a pundit on Channel 4. Ad Initially unsure of what direction to take her career in, the Glasgow ace decided to try a watersport after time competing on land as a cyclist and previously a runner.

Matty Lee urged to embrace 'golden boy' mantle

Matty Lee has been told to inherit Tom Daley's mantle as the golden boy of British diving with exactly 500 days to go until the Paris Olympic Games. Leeds star Lee, 25, catapulted himself into the spotlight by winning Olympic gold in Tokyo alongside Daley — but is also a European champion and went on to win gold and bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last summer.

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Watch: Lovlina Borgohain Out-punches Mexican Rival, Enters World Championships Quarter-final In Style

Stadium Named After Hockey Star Rani Rampal, First Woman To Get This Honour

South Korea's An bags women's title at All England Open

Table tennis-Twice Olympian Jha handed one-year ban for whereabouts failures

Watch: Lovlina Borgohain Out-punches Mexican Rival, Enters World Championships Quarter-final In Style

Alice Dearing backed for Paris Olympics push

Hannah Dines bounces back from Tokyo disappointment with surfing career

Matty Lee urged to embrace 'golden boy' mantle