Double bronze for SA's Evans, Piketh at World Bowls Indoor Championship
South Africa pair Jason Evans and Colleen Piketh won bronze medals at this week's World Bowls Indoor Championship at the Bristol Indoor Bowling Club.
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Anshu Malik, Radhika clinch silver medals in Asian Wrestling Championship, Manisha wins bronze
Anshu Malik finally lost in the title clash after winning three earlier bouts in a dominant fashion to clinch a silver in the 57kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships on Friday. Radhika also won a silver in 65kg category while Manisha bagged a bronze in the 62kg division. Anshu lost to Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan by fall in the gold medal bout.
Lucy Bronze: 'Barcelona's Camp Nou sell-outs prove popularity of women’s football'
In her exclusive column for GiveMeSport Women, England and Manchester City superstar Lucy Bronze discusses record attendances for women’s football and selling out Old Trafford for Euro 2022.
Anshu Malik to fight for Asian Championship gold, Manisha to wrestle for bronze
Anshu Malik was dominance personified as she won all her three bouts by technical superiority to breeze into the 57kg title clash while Manisha will fight for 62kg bronze at the Asian Championship on Friday. The 20-year-old defending champion from Haryana's Nidani village dished out a strong performance and literally toyed with her opponents to assure herself a third Asian Championship medal. She had won a bronze in the 2020 edition at home and won the 57kg title last year in Almaty.
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.
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.
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.