Sports Top 10 News
Sports Top 10 News: Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has won the first medal for India in Olympics 2024. Winning a medal on the second day of the Olympics is a very good sign for India. India is hoping for more medals this time. On the other hand, talking about cricket, the Indian women’s cricket team had to face defeat in the final of the Asia Cup against the Sri Lankan women’s team. With this, the Sri Lankan women’s team won the Asia Cup title for the first time. At the same time, the Indian men’s cricket team has won the T20 series played against Sri Lanka. They have won the second match of the series. The third match will now be played on July 30. In such a situation, let’s take a look at 10 such big news of the sports world together.
10 big news of sports world
India’s first medal in Olympics 2024
India’s medal account has been opened in Paris Olympics 2024. Young shooter Manu Bhaker has won the bronze medal in 10 meter air pistol in shooting. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting in the history of Olympics. She finished third in the final round. Manu won the bronze medal with a score of 221.7 in the final round of eight shooters.
Manu Bhaker said this after the victory
After winning the bronze medal in the Olympics, Manu Bhaker said that I am very happy. I was able to win a medal for the country. In the coming time, we will win medals in shooting and other events. When you go to the podium and receive a medal, then you understand whatever struggles and problems you had. You have reached here by overcoming them and then you forget everything. I was very nervous at first. I did not hear any score board or announcement in the entire match. I was trying to focus completely on work. I was thinking that Arjun, focus on your work and do not worry about the result. When it was announced that it was a bronze medal, then I came to know what I had won.
How was the second day of Olympics for India
India participated in many events on the second day of the Olympics. Apart from the medal in shooting, Indian athletes have qualified for the next round in some other sports. PV Sindhu has made a great start in badminton from India. She won her first match against Maldives. Apart from this, HL Prannoy also won his match against Germany. Balraj won in rowing and made it to the quarter-finals. In boxing, Nikhat Zareen won 5-0 in her first match. The day was great for shooting. Apart from Manu Bhaker’s medal, Ramita Jindal and Bhabhuta Arjun have made their place in the finals.
Disappointment in these games
India faced disappointment in some sports on the second day of the Olympics. Swimming is one of those sports. In swimming, Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu could not reach the semi-finals of their respective events. Due to which India’s journey in swimming ended in the Olympics. The same was the case in tennis and archery. Where Indian athletes had to face defeat. In table tennis, Harmeet Desai also had to face defeat by 0-4.
Babuta and Ramita reached the finals
Arjun Babuta showed a brilliant performance in the qualification round of the men’s 10 meter air rifle event and confirmed his place for the medal event. Apart from Arjun, India’s female shooter Ramita Jindal has also confirmed her place in the final of the women’s 10 meter air rifle event. Talking about Arjun, he finished at the 7th position with a score of 630.1 in 6 series in the qualification round. Ramita Jindal finished at the 5th position in the qualification round.
Balraj’s wonder in Paris Olympics
Balraj Panwar, the only sailor representing India in the Paris Olympics, has performed brilliantly in the rowing event. He participated in the qualifying round of rowing on 27 July. Where he finished fourth in his heat. To go to the quarterfinals, he had to finish in the top 3. After this, he could qualify for the next round through repechage and on 28 July, due to finishing second in the repechage, he has reached the quarterfinals. Balraj Panwar completed his lap in 7:12.41 seconds in the repechage round.
The second T20 match between India and Sri Lanka was played at Pallekele Stadium. In this match, Indian team captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Sri Lankan team, batting first, gave the Indian team a target of 162 runs to win. But it rained at the beginning of the Indian innings and Team India got a target of 78 runs in 8 overs. Team India achieved the target thanks to the explosive batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. Team India won this match by 7 wickets.
Sri Lankan women’s team won the Asia Cup
Sri Lanka’s women’s team, under the captaincy of Chamari Atapattu, won the final match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024 against India by a one-sided 8 wickets. In this match, the Indian team decided to bat first after winning the toss, after which, on the basis of Smriti Mandhana’s innings of 60 runs, Team India scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, a brilliant batting performance was seen from the Sri Lankan women’s team and Chamari Atapattu and Harshita Samarawickrama scored half-centuries from their side and won the match for their team.
England clean sweeps West Indies
England, under the captaincy of Ben Stokes, won the third match of the 3-match Test series being played at home against West Indies by 10 wickets. In the fourth innings of the third and final match of this series played at Edgbaston ground, England got a target of just 82 runs which they achieved without losing anything in which Stokes, who came in as an opener in this innings, scored an unbeaten 57 runs in just 28 balls. With this, England also succeeded in clean sweeping this series.
England has advantage in the WTC points table
The England team managed to win the series 3-0 by winning the third Test match of the series played against West Indies at Edgbaston ground by 10 wickets. Before the start of this series, the England team was at the last position in the points table of the World Test Championship 2023-25, but now after the end of the series, it has reached the sixth position directly. At the same time, the West Indies team is now at the last position in the points table of the third edition of the WTC.