WEIGHTLIFTING Achinta Sheuli finishes 8th in men’s 73kg Group D of World Championships Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Achinta Sheuli was far from his best as he finished a disappointing eighth in Group D of the men’s 73kg event at the World Championships here on Friday. -PTI TENNIS Lakshmi Prabha wins AITA women’s tennis title Lakshmi Prabha beat Kavya Khirwar …
TENNIS Lakshmi Prabha reaches AITA women’s tennis tournament final Third seed Lakshmi Prabha beat top seed Sahira Singh 6-3,, 5-7, 6-0 in the semifinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Thursday. Doubles: Tanushri Pandey & Kavya Khirwar bt Ishwari Matere & Kashish Bhatia 6-4, 7-6; Prathiba Narayan & Arthi Muniyan bt Gauri Mangaonkar & …
GOLF Karandeep Kochhar shoots 65 to grab lead at Chennai Open Golf Championship Chandigarh’s Karandeep Kochhar made light of the short course, “tricky” greens and narrow fairways to shoot a seven-under 65 and lead the field on the opening day of the Impiger Technologies-Chennai Open golf tournament at the Cosmo-TNGF course here on Tuesday. Results Boys’ Singles 1st Round Kandhavel …