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Bajrang Punia wins eight-man invitational meet in the FloWrestling in Austin, Texas. 

 

Returning to competitive wrestling after almost a year-long COVID-enforced hiatus, Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia showed little signs of rust as he won the eight-man invitational 150lbs (68kg) FloWrestling meet in Austin, Texas, on Friday.

Punia, who is one of the four Indian wrestlers to have won a quota place for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, beat two-time world championships medallist James Green 8-4 in the final to clinch the title and the $25,000 prize money.

 

 

 

 

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UWWrestling Rankings

 

Men's Freestyle

57 Kg  - Ravi Kumar   - 4th Rank

61 Kg  - Rahul Aware  - 2nd Rank

65 Kg  - Bajrang         - 2nd Rank

74 Kg  - Jitender        - 14th Rank

79 Kg  - Jitender        -15th Rank

             Gourav Bhaliyan  - 17th Rank

86 Kg  - Deepak Punia - 2nd Rank

92 Kg  - Parveen         - 13th Rank

97 Kg  - Satywart        - 12th Rank

 

Men's Greeco-Roman

55 Kg  - Arjun       - 17th Rank

67 Kg  - Ashu        -  7th Rank

82 Kg  - Gurpreet  - 20th Rank

87 Kg  - Sunil         - 4th Rank

 

Women's Freestyle

50 Kg  - Nirmala        - 7th Rank

53 Kg  - Vinesh          - 3rd Rank

55 Kg  - Pinki             - 10th Rank

57 Kg  - Anshu           - 8th Rank

59 Kg  - Pooja            -9th Rank           

65 Kg  - Sakshi          - 12th Rank

68 Kg  - Divya            - 6th Rank

72 Kg  - Preet            - 16th Rank

 

 

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Cologne Boxing World Cup 2020 , India bags 9 medals including 3 gold
Men

 

Gold

52Kg - Amit Panghal

Bronze

+91Kg - Satish 

57Kg - Gaurav, Hussamuddin

 

Women

 

Gold

57Kg - Manisha 

60Kg - Simranjit

Silver

57Kg - Sakshi

Bronze

57Kg - Sonia

75Kg - Pooja

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Men Golf Rankings

 

Rashid Khan    - 286

Udayan Mane  - 293

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BHULLAR WINS PGTI TATA STEEL TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Gaganjeet Bhullar sees it home with hard-fought 68 at the TATA Steel Tour Championship, moving to World No. 572 from 807. Bhullar, who totalled an outstanding 24-under-264 for the week, thus collected his 10th trophy on the PGTI and first in nine years on the tour.

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Ramkumar wins another UTR PRO Tennis series title

 

Ramkumar won his 4th UTR tourney within a month, winning the BMW $25K tournament in Naples, Florida.

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Women Golf Rankings

 

A Ashok   - 172

D Dagar   - 400

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FIH Rankings

 

Men       - 4

Women  - 9

 

India is the #1 ranked Asian team in both Men's & Women's section.

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Men Golf Rankings

 

Rashid Khan    - 287

Udayan Mane  - 294

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5 Maharashtra Athletes to Get Aid for Tokyo Olympics Preparations

 

Ace shooters Rahi Sarnobat and Tejaswini Sawant were among the five sportspersons from Maharashtra who were given aid of Rs 50 lakh each to help them prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, which got rescheduled to 2021 from 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. International para-shooter Swaroop Unalkar, Steeplechaser Avinash Sable and archer Pravin Jadhav were also given Rs 50 lakh aid as part of the state's 'Mission Olympics' scheme to prepare for the mega event.