| Services dominate junior national boxing
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| Services emerged as the top team as their men bagged nine gold medals on the concluding day, while Haryanas women topped the chart with five gold medals at the Junior National Boxing Championships here on Tuesday.
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| Services take men's title with nine gold, Haryana take women
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| Biswaamitra (48kg), S Victor Singh (50) and A Naoba Singh (52) were among nine gold medals for Services, which emerged the top men's team while Haryana's women topped the chart with five gold medals at the BFI's second Junior National Boxing Championships, here Tuesday. Services had 12 boxers in the final but three had to settle for silver medals. In contrast, Haryana who bagged nine medals in all failed to win any silver though they added four bronze medals to boost their overall tally. Manipur and Punjab women had finished behind Haryana. Among the men boxers, two gold medals went to HaryanaSumit (70kg) and Vinit (75) while one each was won by Uttar Pradesh's Manish Rathore (48) and Chandigarh's Younam Kamboj (80). Haryana's Sumit was adjudged the best boxer of the tournament. For Services, the other gold medal winners were Yaithaba (54), TH Lakhmani (57), L. Bilotson Singh (60), Ajay Kumar (63), Aakash Sai (70) and Vishal Gupta (+80). In women section, Lipakshi of Rajasthan ...
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| Bhadoria, Yadav march to victories at squash tournament
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| Servicescontenders Ajay Singh Bhadoria and Akhilesh Kumar Yadav on Tuesday posted wins in contrasting fashion in their respective men's open qualification third round matches in the 75th CCI Western India Open 2018 squash championship here. Bhadoria worked hard to overcome Delhi's Ashraf Hussain 11-2, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, while Yadav had an easy time in defeating Maharashtra's Vicky Gagat 11-7, 11-9, 11-7. Results: Boys U-15 qualification - Round 2:Akanksh Nair (AP) beat Ranbir Minocha (MH) 7-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-8, 11-9; Pravin Sanap (MH) beat Rohan Jain (MH) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3; Aaron D'Mello (MH) beat Aditya Godbole (MH) 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7; Aamey Surana (WB) beat Kshitig Seth (MH) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4. Round 3:Uday Pandey (MH) beat Aditya Belwalkar (MH) 9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6; Rohan Ray (KA) beat Kabir Taraporewala (MH) 11-4, 11-3, 11-5; Dhairya Shah (MH) beat Krish Dembla (MH) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; Abhishek Paswan (MH) beat Siddhant Patil (KL) 11-4, 11-3, 4-11, 10-12, 13-11; ..
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| PM to lay foundation for flood lighting at Manipur stadium
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| Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stones for flood lighting systems at Khuman Lampak sports complex here on January 4, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Tuesday. The prime minister will the lay the foundation of the lighting systems at the Main Stadium and Hockey Stadium of the sports complex, Singh said at an event here. The chief minister also said a Rs 10-crore astro-turf would be laid at Manipur's Imphal West district, two other footballs grounds at Mayang Imphal in the same district and another football ground at Thoubal district.
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| Formula One: Force India to unveil 2019 car on February 13 in Canada
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| Formula One team Force India has revealed that they would be launching their 2019 season car on February 13 during the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.With the announcement, Force India has become the second Formula One team after Ferrari to reveal the date.The launch date was announced by the Force India on their official Twitter handle."Exciting news: our 2019 season will be launched on the 13th of February at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto @autoshowcanada. Stay tuned for more info soon!" they wrote.Force India was recently renamed as Racing Point Force India after it was taken over by an association led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll.
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| Pb CM asks officials to work out modalities for sports univ
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| Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday directed the state's sports department to work out the modalities for setting up a sports university in Patiala. The chief minister also asked the officials to seek clearance from the finance department and present the legislation before the council of ministers in the next Cabinet meeting. Amarinder said the university should be in line with the draft legislation submitted to him by the steering committee headed by International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Randhir Singh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said Randhir Singh discussed the draft legislation with the CM and sports minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, at the PGIMER hospital where Amarinder is recuperating after undergoing a surgery for kidney stone removal. The spokesperson further said that once the proposal is cleared by the cabinet, the process for other requisite formalities would be initiated on fast track. The university would generate capabilities for the ...
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