Indian badminton team leaves for Paralympics

New Delhi: A seven-member Indian para badminton team for the Tokyo Paralympics was accorded a warm send-off. Badminton will make its debut at the Paralympics and India have some of the brightest medal prospects like world No. 1 Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar and Tarun Dhillon in their ranks.

Wroclaw (poland)
Cadet archers make clean sweep in team events

India’s archers achieved their best-ever show in the Youth World Championships by grabbing three gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the compound section here on Saturday. In the absence of Asian heavyweights South Korea and China, the Indian archers ruled the roost in the under-18 (cadet) section, where the men’s, women’s and mixed teams emerged champions.

London
Sharma overcomes early woes to make cut

Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma endured a tense stretch of eight holes with four bogeys in the second round before making the cut at the Cazoo Classic here. The 25-year-old is tied-34th. Gaganjeet Bhullar, SSP Chawrasia, Shiv Kapur and Ajeetesh Sandhu missed the cut. —Agencies