NEW DELHI: The first-ever Olympic Selection Trials (OST) 1&2 in Rifle/Pistol concluded at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range here with the final day throwing up four new winners in the air events. Arjun Singh Cheema won the first final (men’s 10M Air Pistol OST T2) of the day, followed by Esha Singh (women’s 10M Air Pistol OST T2), Divyansh Singh Panwar (men’s 10M Air Rifle OST T2) and finally Elavenil Valarivan, who won the women’s 10M Air Rifle OST T2 final in a cliff-hanger.

Bogota: Colombia and Bolivia will play a friendly in June as they finalize preparations for this year's Copa America in the United States, the Colombian football federation (FCF) said on Friday.

NEW DELHI: National champion Velavan Senthilkumar stormed into the semifinals of the Batch Open squash, a USD 12,000 PSA Challenger Tour event, in Paris with a straight-games victory over Jakub Solnicky of the Czech Republic

Shanghai: Jyothi Surekha Vennam won the gold medal in the women’s individual compound category after beating Andrea Becerra 146(9*)-146(9) of Mexico to win her third gold at World Archery on Saturday.

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Super Giants assistant coach Sridharan Sriram was hopeful of speed sensation Mayank Yadav’s participation in the match against Rajasthan Royals at Ekana Cricket Stadium after the star bowler suffered a soreness in the lower abdominal area during the match against Gujarat Titans.

Hyeres: India's Nethra Kumanan qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 in sailing after finishing fifth on Day 5 of the Last Chance Regatta in the ILCA 6 Category in France. Nethra scored 69 points and finished fifth on the leaderboard.

NEW DELHI: Sift Kaur Samra stole a march over her four rivals in the Olympic Selection Trial (OST) in the women’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3P), winning back-to-back trials here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, also entered the OST winners' circle, winning the men’s 3P T2 final in a classic 0.22 scrap to the finish line.

Narainpur (Chhattisgarh): Telangana came from behind to beat Sikkim 2-1 and qualify for the quarter-finals of the Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's National Football Championship at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ground on Friday.

CHENNAI: Corporate brand owners may now look at the Indian teenage chess Grandmaster (GM) D. Gukesh for endorsing their brands, said a top official of MGD1 eSports LLP, a talent management company.

NEW DELHI: With a full domestic calendar in place, Indian football has recorded a historic 138 percent surge in registration of women players for the last two years, indicating a healthy growth in the popularity of the sport as well as an increase in young female athletes opting for football, professionally.