India’s Mittal wins gold at Asian Shotgun Championship
AL AIN: India’s impressive run at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship continued as Ankur Mittal clinched the gold medal in men’s double trap event, giving the country its fourth yellow metal in the continental event here on Thursday. The 22-year-old shot 141 in the qualification round and 28 each in the semifinal and gold medal contest to bag the top honours. Teammate Mohd Asab won the bronze after reaching the finals with a score of 139 in the qualification. He shot 27 in the semifinal stage and 28 in the bronze medal match. It may be recalled that in the Continental championship that began on November 1, Seema Tomar had won the woman’s trap event and team gold alongside Shagun Chaudhary and Shreyasi Singh. Then Manavaditya Rathore, son of Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, won the junior trap event. India could have further bolstered its gold tally, but the team event in the double trap men event was cancelled due to inadequate entries from the Asian countries. (PTI)
Durand Cup: Pune FC to clash with Salgaocar in final
Margao: Pune FC scored a goal in each half of their semifinal match to get the better of Sporting Clube de Goa 2-1 here on Thursday and set up title clash with Salgaocar FC in the final of the 127th Durand Cup. Pune FC took the lead in the 20th minute through Bineesh Balan. Sporting Clube de Goa retaliated and restored parity in the 23rd minute by Boima Karpeh.ams were tied at 1-1. Sueoka led the charge for the visitors, then scored the winner in the 62nd minute. Earlier, Salgaocar FC had defeated Bengaluru FC in another semifinal encounter. The final is slated for November 8.
Indian eves play out draw against New Zealand
Stratford: The Indian junior women’s hockey team put up a brave fight to hold New Zealand 2-2 in their second match of a six-match series being played at the TET Multisports Centre here on Thursday. The hosts started brightly with Kelsey Smith scoring to put them ahead in the first half and held on to the lead at the first break. India upped the ante in the second half and levelled through forward Anupa Barla. India’s equaliser intensified the contest as both teams went forward in search of goals with the visitors pulling ahead.(IANS)