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Shooter Deepak Kumar handed India it's third medal at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games after he clinched silver in the Mens 10m Air Rifle category here on Monday.

Express Shuttle Club Trust under the aegis of Haryana Badminton Association is organizing 27th Smt.Krishna Khaitan Memorial Yonex Sunrise All lndia Junior Prize Money Selection Badminton Tournament at Tau Devi Lal Multipurpose lndoor Stadium in Sector - 3, Panchkula from September 25 to 30.

The Chandigarh State Badminton Championship 2018 will be organized at Sector 43, Sports Complex Badminton Hall from August 30 to September 2.

GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA: An outrageous 94 not out off 36 balls from Darren Bravo, ably supported by Brendon McCullum (68 from 42), propelled Trinbago Knight Riders to an extraordinary victory over St Lucia Stars as the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) produced another miracle match in which a world-record 34 sixes sailed into the stands at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground on Thursday night.

Khalsa College Public School student Amritpal Kaur won Gold Medal in the under 42 kg weight category in Sub Junior Open State Boxing Competition Tournament held at Bathinda recently.

Chahal, who returned to the longer format after a gap of two years, finished the two-match four-day India A series against South Africa A with four wickets.

Left handed Canadian Denis Shapovalov today gained a sweet revenge against Frances Tiafoe who had beaten him in ATP World Tour Delry Beach semi-finals by 7-5, 6-4. Shapovalov moved ahead at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event here. Shapovalovold rallied in the third set to advance to face 14th seed Kyle Edmund.

The players from Punjab form a large number of the Indian sports contingent going to take part in Jakarta Asian Games. After hockey, it’s the rowing team that comprises of a huge number of Punjab players. In the rowing team (Men) 7 players from Punjab have been included while the women's team has 2 players. The performance of the players from Punjab has been exceptional in rowing during the recent past. In the future, rowing would also come to be identified with Punjab players just as Athletics, Hockey and Shooting.

 Manchester United survived a late surge by Leicester City to prevail 2-1 here in the opening match of the 2018-2019 Premier League season.

Riding high on the runners-up performance at last month's Champions Trophy, former India hockey captain Manpreet Singh is targeting the gold medal at the upcoming Asian Games.

CHANDIGARH: CLTA trainees Ajay Singh and Suryanshi Tanwar won singles title in boys under-16 and girls under-18 titles in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Gurmit Singh Sodhi today said that the Punjab Government has decided to organize 'Global Kabbadi League' under Mission Tandarust Punjab from  October 14 till November 3 this year. However the minister did not divulge the details of the format of the Global Kabbadi League. Will it be old wine in new bottle?

 India lost the opening pair of Murali Vijay (0) and Lokesh Rahul (8) before rain once again played spoilsport to the proceedings, shortly after the toss on the second day of the second Test against England at the Lord's here on Friday.

Indian and men and women teams will participate in the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Hockey5s events taking place between October 7 to 14.

Ajay Singh, Suryanshi Tanwar and Poorvi Bhatt are in line for a double each as they entered the Under-16 as well as Under-18 singles finals in their respective categories in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

 The Sports Minister, Punjab, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi today flagged off the India U-12 team for the BFA Asia Cup tournament scheduled to be held in Taiwan from 13th-19th August, 2018.

CHANDIGARH: Unseeded Jitin Kumar Chetry  od Punjab  toppled the top seed Krishna Hoodaan Hooda of CLTA trainee from Haryana  1-6, 7-6(7), 6-3  in the boys under-18 singles semi-finals in the n the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament  at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

 CLTA trainee Ajay Singh moved into Quarterfinals in both Boys under-16 and 18 singles events in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

 Patiala defeated Chandigarh by 26 runs in their under 19 D.P Azad Trophy fourth round match played at Dhruv Pandove Stadium in Patiala and garnered four points while Chandigarh got zero. Overnight rains forced the match to be reduced to 25 overs. Patiala winning the toss and deciding to bat were 153 for 8 in 25 overs.

Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) announced that Peggy Edwards, Director of Communications and Editor of TennisPro Magazine, was presented a 2018 APEX Award (Awards for Publishing Excellence).