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Hello Jammu News at 2:24:00 PM 0

New Delhi, Sept 18: India's Sajan Bhanwal assured himself of at least a silver after advancing to the finals of 77kg Greco-Roman event in the Junior World Wrestling Championship at Trnava, Slovakia.

The Haryana wrestler, who had won the gold at Junior Asia Championship in July, defeated Dmytro Gardubei from Ukraine in the semifinals to enter the summit clash.

Sajan, who had also won a bronze in the 2017 World Junior Championship at Tampere, Finland, will now take on Russia's Islam Opiev in the gold medal match.

Sajan, the national junior champion, had defeated Norway's Per Anders Kure in the quarterfinals.

Besides Sajan, two other Indians -- Vijay and Sagar had entered the semifinals in the 55kg and 63kg categories respectively. However, they couldn't make it to the finals and would play for bronze in their respective categories. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 12:53:00 PM 0

Changwon, Sep 13: Udhayveer Singh, all of 16, shone bright with an individual gold in the junior men's 25m pistol event after spearheading India to the team gold in the World Shooting Championships here Thursday.

Singh shot a score of 587 (291 in precision and 296 in rapid) in the individual competition to grab the gold ahead of American Henry Leverett (584) and Korean Lee Jaekyoon (582).

Compatriot Vijayveer Sidhu finished fourth with a score of 581, while Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu took the 20th spot with a score of 568.

The trio's combined score of 1736 fetched the team gold for India followed by China, which totalled 1730. The bronze medal went to Team Korea, which shot a score of 1721.

In the senior competition, Sheeraz Sheikh was the best-placed Indian at eighth after day one of the men's skeet qualification with a score of 49.

Angad Vir Singh was 69th after shooting 47, while Mairaj Ahmed (41) was further down at 79th.

The Indian team, comprising the trio, was 16th in the overall standings with a score of 137.

There were no medals for India in the 25m centre fire pistol event with Gurpreet Singh managing the 10th spot with a score of 581, followed by London Olympics silver-medallist Vijay Kumar.

Kumar tallied 576 to end a disappointing 24th. A spot behind him was Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Anish Bhanwala, who shot the same score but had lesser inner-10s to his credit.

The team signed off fourth with a score of 1733.

India are placed fourth in the medals tally with nine gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 24, making this their best performance in the International Shooting Sport Federation's showpiece.

The country has managed to clinch two Olympic quota places from the first qualifying event for Tokyo 2020 Games. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 5:36:00 PM 0

Changwon (South Korea), Sep 8: Ankur Mittal claimed the men's double trap gold medal in the ISSF World Championship for his career's biggest triumph, as the Indian shooting team continued its dominance in the premier tournament here Saturday.

The multiple World Cup medallist shot 140 out of 150 to go into a shoot-off for gold with China's Yiyang Yang and Slovakia's Hubert Andrzej. The 26-year-old overcame the Chinese 4-3 to emerge triumphant after the Slovakian had missed his second shoot-off clay target to settle for bronze.

Ankur also won the team bronze in the event along with compatriots Md. Asab and Shardul Vihaan, their tally of 409 points putting them behind China's 410 and the gold winning team Italy's tally of 411.

In other events of the day, two Indian women missed out on the finals of their respective events by the narrowest of margins.

Anjum Moudgil, who has already won a silver here in 10m air rifle and a 2020 Olympic quota place for India, shot 1170 in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions qualifying round to finish ninth. The top eight make it to the finals.

Anjum shot the same score as the eighth placed Nina Christen of Switzerland, but Nina's 66 inner 10 shots were higher than Anjum's tally of 56 inner 10s, putting the Swiss ahead in the rankings.

Manu Bhaker, in the women's 25m pistol, tallied 584 in qualification to finish 10th.

At the end of the second rapid fire qualification round, four shooters -- Singapore's Xiu Hong Teh, Qatar's Aldana Saad Almubarak, Greece's Olympic and world champion in the 10m air pistol Anna Korakaki and Manu, were tied at the same score.

However, Xiu and Almubarak made it through as their tally of 22 and 21 inner 10s were better than Anna's 19 and Manu's 16.

In the trap mixed team junior event, Manisha Keer and Manavaditya Singh Rathore reached the six-team final with a qualification score of 139, which placed them second.

They eventually finished fourth, with a score of 24 in the final. The Italian pair of Erica Sessa and Lorenzo Ferrari won the gold medal with junior world record score of 42 in the final.

After the seventh day of competition, India have 20 medals -- seven gold, seven silver and six bronze, putting them in the second position behind Korea and ahead of China.

India has also secured two Olympic quotas, making it the country's best performance ever at the World Championship. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 2:47:00 PM 0

Changwon (South Korea), Sep 7: There was no stopping the golden run of India's junior shooters with Hriday Hazarika claiming the men's 10m air rifle top honours before the women's team combined for a new world record and gold at the ISSF World Championships here Friday.

Hazarika, the lone Indian to qualify for the men's final with a score of 627.3, was tied with Iran's Mohammed Amir Nekounam on 250.1 once the field was pruned to the regulation top eight.

But the 17-year-old Indian clinched the yellow metal after prevailing in a shoot-off at the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) tournament.

The bronze went to Russia's Grigorii Shamakov, who managed a score of 228.6 in the final.

The women's 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan (631), Shreya Agarwal (628.5) and Manini Kaushik (621.2) then produced a sensational performance to total 1880.7 for a gold with a world record to boot.

The score by Elavenil, a junior world cup gold-medallist, was also a new junior world record.

The men's team, comprising Hazarika, Divyansh Panwar and Arjun Babuta, finished fourth with a combined total of 1872.3.

There was disappointment for the country in the senior men's 50m rifle three position competition as none of the Indians in fray managed to make the cut for the finals.

Asian Games silver-medallist Sanjeev Rajput was the lowest placed Indian at 58th with a score of 1158.

Swapnil Kusale was 55th with a score of 1161 while Akhil Sheoran took the 44th position with 1167.

The Indian team, comprising the trio, ended 11th with a total of 3503. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 2:40:00 PM 0

Changwon (South Korea), Sep 7: Indian shooter Hriday Hazarika notched up a gold medal in the 10m air rifle junior men's event of the ISSF World Championships here Friday.

Hazarika, the lone Indian to qualify for the final with a score of 627.3, was tied with Iran's Mohammed Amir Nekounam on 250.1 once the field was pruned to the regulation top eight.

But the 17-year-old Indian claimed the top honours after prevailing in a shoot-off at the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) tournament.

The bronze went to Russia's Grigorii Shamakov, who managed a score of 228.6 in the final.

The Indian team, comprising Hazarika, Divyansh Panwar and Arjun Babuta, finished fourth with a combined total of 1872.3.

There was disappointment for the country in the senior men's 50m rifle three position competition as none of the Indians in fray managed to make the cut for the finals.

Asian Games silver-medallist Sanjeev Rajput was the lowest placed Indian at 58th with a score of 1158.

Swapnil Kusale was 55th with a score of 1161 while Akhil Sheoran took the 44th position with 1167.

The Indian team, comprising the trio, ended 11th with a total of 3503. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 2:30:00 PM 0

Changwon (South Korea), Sep 6: Asian Games gold-medallist Saurabh Chaudhary shattered the world record to claim the junior 10m air pistol gold at the ISSF World Championships here Thursday but senior shooters failed to impress yet again.

Arjun Singh Cheema settled for a bronze in the same event and the Indian team took the silver, propelled by Chaudhary's phenomenal individual performance.

The 16-year-old Chaudhary, who won the Asiad gold last month, qualified third with a score of 581 before shooting down his own world record with a score of 245.5 in the final. Singh managed 218 once the field was pruned to eight following the qualifying round.

Chaudhary first set a world record in the 10m air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in June.

Korean Hojin Lim, who made the finals as the top qualifier, finished second with a final score of 243.1 for the silver medal.

The Indian team of Chaudhary, Singh and Anmol, who could not make the individual final, claimed the silver with a combined score of 1730.

The gold was snared by the Korean team, which broke the world record with its total of 1732. Russia picked up the bronze with a score of 1711.

Chaudhary, son of a farmer based in Kalina Village in Meerut surprised everyone with his maturity to keep calm under the pressure at the Asian Games.

He picked up the sport only three years ago. A student of class XI Chaudhary learnt the tricks of the trade at Amit Sheoran's academy at Benoli near Baghpat, 53 kilometres from Meerut.

However, there was disappointment for senior shooters, who endured a successive barren day. Asiad bronze-medallist Abhishek Verma raised hopes for a medal by qualifying third for the 10m air pistol event for men.

However, the lawyer-cum-marksman disappointed with an eighth place finish in the final after shooting a score of 118.

Korea's Jin Jongoh claimed the gold in this event. The local favourite was tied on a score of 241.5 with Russia's Artem Chernousov but prevailed in the shoot-off.

So far, Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela are the only Indian shooters to secure quota places for the Olympics by winning a silver and finishing fourth respectively in the women's 10m air rifle event.

Though the two shooters have secured quotas, as per the stated policy, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) will take the final call on selection, based on the aggregate scores of shooters (in international tournaments and selection trials) leading up to the Olympic Games. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 8:40:00 PM 0
Breda (Netherlands), Jun 23 : India once again reasserted their supremacy over Pakistan as they clinically decimated the arch-rivals 4-0 in the opening match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.

Coming into the tournament on the back of a disastrous Commonwealth Games campaign at the Gold Coast, where they finished a disappointing fourth, the Indians scored four fantastic field goals to make intentions clear that they meant business here.

Ramandeep, who was dropped from the CWG squad, answered his critics in style finding the net in 26th minute before young Dilpreet Singh (54th), Mandeep Singh (57th) and Lalit Upadhayay (60th) too joined the scorers list.

India, eyeing its maiden Champions Trophy title, will play reigning Olympic champions Argentina in their next round-robin league match tomorrow.

The win also marked a positive start to India's chief coach Harendra Singh's fourth stint with the senior national side. Harendra took over the reigns of the team after swapping roles with Sjoerd Marijne, following India's dreadful CWG campaign.

The Indians looked a compact side in all departments of the game with the strikers utilising the opportunities that came their way while the defence came up with a superlative show during the entire 60 minutes to keep Pakistani forwards at bay.

The dominating victory also can be looked upon as a sweet revenge for India after Pakistan, which is being coached by former India coach and High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans, scored a late equaliser to eke out a 1-1 draw in Gold Coast.

The Indians started positively and applied pressure on the Pakistani defence from the word go and in the process secured a penalty corner in the 13th minute but Harmanpreet's attempt was saved by goalkeeper Imran Butt.

India got another set piece soon after the start of second quarter but once again wasted the chance.

But it didn't took long for India to break the deadlock. In the 26th minute Ramandeep deflected in a Simranjeet Singh's reverse pass to start the proceedings.

A minute before half time, an agile Butt once again came to Pakistan's rescue keeping away Vivek Prasad's deflection from top of the circle as went into the break with a slender one goal advantage.

Pakistan, however, came out all guns blazing after the change of ends and dominated the proceedings in the third quarter with repeated raids but failed to break the resolute Indian defence.

Two minutes into third quarter, Ali Shan scored an opportunistic goal but to their dismay found the goal being disallowed for a foul after India's Harmanpreet Singh asked for the referral.

Minutes later, Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh made a fine save to deny Toseeq Arshad.

Pakistan kept up the pressure and earned a penalty corner in the 43rd minute but to no avail. After successfully weathering the storm, India doubled its lead in the 54th minute through 17-year-old Dilpreet, who beautifully picked up a long pass from Simranjeet and then dodged past an onrushing Butt to slot home.

Down by two goals, Pakistan were forced to withdraw its goalkeeper for an extra player but the move backfired as Indian pumped in two more goals in an open net in a span of three minutes to register the convincing win.

First Mandeep tucked in an empty net a measured long ball from Varun Kumar and then Lalit dived full stretch to deflect in Ramandeep's pass just at the stroke of hooter to add salt to Pakistan's woes.  PTI

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Hello Jammu News at 2:06:00 PM 0
New Delhi, Jun 22: Debutant Vanhlimpuia (75kg) and Etash Khan (56kg) advanced to the semifinals to assure themselves of medals at the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia today.
However, the experienced L Sarita Devi (60kg) lost a closely-contested quarterfinal bout to Chinese Taipei's Shih Yu Wu to go out of the tournament. 
Vanhlimpuia, competing in his maiden international tournament, defeated Korea's Song Myong Su in a unanimous verdict, producing a power-packed performance.
Etash, on the other hand, had to slog it out a bit against China's Jia Wei Lu before fetching a split verdict in his favour from the judges.
India were earlier assured of four more medals when world and Asian silver-winner Sonia Lather (57kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Himanshu Sharma (49kg) and Ashish (64kg) advanced to the semifinals. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 7:13:00 PM 0


~ Largest badminton open-platform to identify and train underprivileged shuttlers ~
~ Championship expanded 10 cities including Lucknow, Kochi and Guwahati ~
 Jammu, May 23: PNB MetLife, one of India’s leading life insurance company, announced the launch of its fourth edition of national badminton tournament ‘PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship (JBC) 2018’ - recognised by the Badminton Association of India (BAI), today.
PNB MetLife aims to revive the spirit of the sport by nurturing players and the right talent at an amateur level, thereby fostering their growth and ability to perform on a global scale. The company’s vision is to promote badminton, India’s second-most popular sport, in the 7-to-15 year age group*. As such, JBC4 falls under the ambit of the company’s ‘Health for Happiness’ initiative which aims to encourage sports and an active lifestyle amongst children.
Health for Happiness has been instrumental in highlighting fitness initiatives such as the Satara Hill Half Marathon (SHHM) in an attempt to inculcate the importance of health and fitness amongst its stakeholders. While SHHM focuses on adults, JBC aims to foster the fitness mantra amongst children.       
Registrations for JBC4 are open across centres in the country. To reach a larger talent pool, this year, the applications have been extended to 10 cities — New Delhi, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata and Guwahati.
This year, the Championship has observed an exponential rise in participation, following positive feedback on its previous editions. In the past, endorsement from badminton giants such as Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, Dinesh Khanna, to name a few, has helped in fostering interest in this initiative.
Under the JBC initiative, PNB MetLife’s sole focus remains to identify and nurture talent. In a world dominated by gaming consoles, their aim is to build awareness within children as regards health and fitness. In its efforts to reach the right target audience, JBC as a project assumes further significance for

its association with CRY (Child Rights and You). Over the past three years as a part of JBC, underprivileged children were trained in badminton. The children are pitted against each other to compete for the trophy to earn them a full scholarship to a badminton academy in their home city. Over the past three years, PNB MetLife has awarded scholarships to 140 underprivileged children.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Managing Director and CEO, PNB MetLife India Insurance Company, said, “We are delighted to launch the fourth edition of PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship. In our journey with this property so far, it was our endeavour to nurture talent and create equal opportunities in the sport of badminton at the grassroot level. The diversity that badminton is able to bring in resonates deeply with our brand values and solidifies   our belief that physical fitness is as important to an individual's happiness as fiscal fitness.  Through the past three editions, the tournament has allowed thousands of young kids to showcase their skills. We look forward to make the fourth season even bigger and better. The platform also strengthens our CSR initiative and reinforces our commitment to provide underprivileged children with the opportunity to be trained by professionals in the sport. We believe that JBC will continue to cultivate positive responses from our participants in the years to come.”

This year, the JBC registration process involves a mix of the digital and the traditional. The basic process would involve online registration wherein one can register through more than 200 micro communities and 6,000 mum bloggers. Participants can also call on the toll free number (+919172530523) to facilitate the registration process. Additionally, schools, sports academies and badminton associations will also be involved in the registration process, to invite participation from all parts of India.

Soha Moitra, Regional Director (North), CRY – Child Rights and You, said, “We are glad to be partnering with PNB MetLife’s Junior Badminton Championship programme. The platform brings together children from various sections of the society, and prompts them to engage and communicate with each other. Sports and activities are integral to children’s growing years and this initiative drives home the very point successfully.”
The first match will be kicked off from Chandigarh’s Sports complex Sector-42. Following is the complete schedule of this edition:
Sr No
Cities
Event Dates
1
Chandigarh
24th May – 26th May
2
Bangalore
24th June – 28th June
3
Kochi
30th  June – 2nd July
4
Lucknow
30th June – 2nd July
5
Pune
3rd July – 5th July
6
Mumbai
6th  July – 10th July
7
Kolkata
8th July – 10th July
8
Hyderabad
12th July – 15th July
9
Guwahati
14th July – 16th July
10
Delhi
17th July – 21st July
11
Delhi finale
9h Aug – 10th Aug


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New Delhi, Nov 23: India's ace star P V Sindhu entered the quarter-final of the Hong Kong Super Series on Thursday.
Ranked 2nd in world rankings, Sindhu defeated Aya Ohori of Japan in straight sets 21-14, 21-17, finishing the game in just 39 minutes. This is Sindhu's third career win against Ohori. Earlier this year, the Indian shuttler had defeated her Japanese opponent at the Asian Championship. Sindhu will now face Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter-finals. Earlier on Wednesday, Sindhu had defeated Hong Kong's Leung Yuet Yee 21-18 21-10 in the opening round. UNI
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