Soccer-South Korea coach Bento heralds Son's Golden Boot success
By Michael Church
North Korea Sport News
South Korea coach Bento heralds Son's Golden Boot success
South Korea coach Paulo Bento hailed Son Heung-min's Golden Boot-winning performance as a landmark moment for football in the country after the Tottenham Hotspur forward ended the season as the Premier League's joint top scorer with Mohamed Salah.
Tottenham put five past Norwich to seal Champions League football in style
Son Heung-Min and Dejan Kulusevski scored twice as Tottenham thrashed Norwich 5-0 at Carrow Road, ensuring Champions League football for Antonio Conte's side next year. Rodrigo Bentancur set up the two Spurs goals in the first half latching onto a Pierre Hojberg long ball and squaring for Kulusevski to nudge home the opener, before intercepting Tim Krul's pass out and dinking a lovely cross into the box for Harry Kane to turn home with a diving header.
Archery World Cup: India Compound Mixed Team To Fight For Bronze
India's mixed team of compound archers will be fighting for a bronze medal after its semi-final defeat while the recurve team put up yet another dismal show at the World Cup (Stage Two) here on Friday. The mixed pair of Abhishek Verma and Avneet Kaur ousted Denmark (157-155), fancied Mexico (156-153) before going down to 10th seed Estonia (156-158) in a close semi-final to end up in the bronze medal play-off round. The sixth seeded Indian mixed team will take on fourth-seeded Turkey in its bid to win country's third bronze medal from the meet.
Bahrain Para Badminton: Bhagat, Dhillon bag golds as India set for rich medal haul
Pramod Bhagat secured two golds to lead the Indian badminton team's medal rush at the Bahrain Para Badminton International in Manama on Saturday. Bhagat received a walkover from arch-rival Daniel Bethell of England in the men's singles SL3 final, while he paired up with Manisha Ramdass to outwit Thailand's Siripong Teamarrom and Saensupa Nipada 21-14 21-11 in the summit clash of mixed doubles SL3-SU5 class. World number one Bhagat, who had settled for two bronze medals in the Brazil Para Badminton International recently, registered a convincing 21-16 21-14 win over compatriot and Paralympic bronze medallist Manoj Sarkar in the SL3 semifinals.
Archery World Cup: India Compound Mixed Team To Fight For Bronze
India's mixed team of compound archers will be fighting for a bronze medal after its semi-final defeat while the recurve team put up yet another dismal show at the World Cup (Stage Two) here on Friday. The mixed pair of Abhishek Verma and Avneet Kaur ousted Denmark (157-155), fancied Mexico (156-153) before going down to 10th seed Estonia (156-158) in a close semi-final to end up in the bronze medal play-off round. The sixth seeded Indian mixed team will take on fourth-seeded Turkey in its bid to win country's third bronze medal from the meet.
Archery World Cup: Compound mixed pair fights for bronze; flop show by recurve team
The mixed pair of Abhishek Verma and Avneet Kaur ousted Denmark (157-155), fancied Mexico (156-153) before going down to 10th seed Estonia (156-158) in a close semi-final to end up in the bronze medal play-off round. The sixth seeded Indian mixed team will take on fourth-seeded Turkey in its bid to win the country's third bronze medal from the meet. India have won a bronze each in the women's compound and recurve team events with at least another silver being assured with the compound men's team playing the final on Saturday.
Thailand Open: PV Sindhu Eases Into Quarter-Finals, Sets Up Clash With Akane Yamaguchi
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu beats Yu Jin Sim of South Korea in straight games in the second round match of the Thailand Open in the women's singles category in Bangkok on Thursday. The sixth seed Sindhu won the opening game 21-16 where the Korean did put fight but in the second game Sindhu dominated and won by a comfortable margin of 21-13 winning match 21-16 21-13 that lasted for 37 minutes. With this win the double Olympic medallist sets up a quarterfinal clash with second-seeded Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi.