WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu to meet Iga Swiatek in Stuttgart
British teenager Emma Raducanu used three sets to down Germany's Tamara Korpatsch 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 on Thursday in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany.
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Asian Wrestling Championships: Sarita Mor, Sushma Shokeen Bag Bronze For India
Sarita Mor and Sushma Shokeen won bronze medals for India in their respective women's freestyle weight categories at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Thursday. Two-time Asian Champion Sarita Mor won two of her four group matches in the 59kg division to finish third in the field of five grapplers. Sarita lost to eventual gold medallist Sara Natami of Japan via technical superiority and suffered a narrow 2-1 loss to Shoovdor Baatarjav of Mongolia in her first two matches.
Indian women's boxing team leaves for Turkey for World Championship camp
Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, left for Istanbul, Turkey in the early hours of Thursday to participate in the training camp as part of the team's preparation for 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships. At the camp, the Indian team will train alongside boxers from countries like Kazakhstan, Turkey, Algeria, Panama, Lithuania, Morocco, Bulgaria, Serbia, Dominican Republic and Ireland.
Sarita Mor, Sushma take bronze at Asian Wrestling Championship
Sarita Mor was not at her best but still managed to win a bronze medal while Sushma Shokeen also earned a podium finish at the Asian Wrestling Championship on Thursday. Competing in the five-wrestler 59kg category, Sarita, the 2021 World Championship bronze medallist, began with two defeats against Mongolia's Shoovdor Baatarjav (1-2) and Japan's Sara Natami (VSU) -- but made a comeback by winning her last two bouts. She first beat Uzbekistan's Dilfuza Aimbetova by technical superiority and then followed that up with a 5-2 win over Diana Kayumova.
MMA Fighter From Manipur Becomes First Indian To Win Gold At GAMMA World Championship
Manipur's Laishram Surbala Devi has become the first Indian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter to win Gold at the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) World Championship 2021 held in March 2022 at Amsterdam. Her victory has scripted a new chapter in the history of Indian MMA. Surbala defeated Tomiris Zhussupova of Kazakhstan in the finals via decision and bagged the gold in the GAMMA championship.
Asian Wrestling Championship: Harpeet, Sachin add two more bronze to tally, India's Greco-Roman contingent ends with five medals
Sachin Sahrawat and Harpeet Singh grabbed bronze medals on Wednesday as India's Greco Roman contingent cherished its second best show at the Asian Championship with five medals. Competing in the 67kg category, Sachin dominated the bronze play-off, winning by fall against Uzbekistan's Mahmud Bakhshilloev. This was after he lost his quarterfinal in a similar manner to Meiirzhan Shermakhanbet from Kazakhstan.
India's Greco Roman wrestlers win 3 bronze on opening day of Asian Championship
Asian Wrestling Championship, three of the five Greco Roman grapplers in action, including Sunil Kumar, won bronze medals, here on Tuesday. This is for the second time that Sunil has earned a podium finish at the Asian championship, having won the 87kg title in the 2020 edition. The 23-year-old opened up a huge 5-0 lead early in his bronze medal bout against Mongolia's Batbayar Lutbayar and eventually won by technical superiority.
MMA Fighter From Manipur Becomes First Indian To Win Gold At GAMMA World Championship
Manipur's Laishram Surbala Devi has become the first Indian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter to win Gold at the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) World Championship 2021 held in March 2022 at Amsterdam. Her victory has scripted a new chapter in the history of Indian MMA. Surbala defeated Tomiris Zhussupova of Kazakhstan in the finals via decision and bagged the gold in the GAMMA championship.