SPORTS

National Shooting Championship

  • Tilottama Sen won the women’s 50m rifle 3-positions gold at the National shooting championships.

World Rapid Chess Championship 

  • Magnus Carlsen and Aleksandra Goryachkina emerged as the winners at the World rapid chess championship.
  • For India, Arjun Erigaisi and Koneru Humpy won the bronze medals, in the Open and women’s sections, respectively.
  • World Rapid Chess Championship held at Qatar.

Senior National Badminton Championships

  • Surya Charishma Tamiri claimed the Women’s Singles crown at the 87th Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada.
  • In the Men’s Singles final, “Rithvik Sanjeevi S” emerged champion.
  • The Men’s Doubles title was won by “A. Hariharan” and “Ruban Kumar”.

Badminton World Federation Athletes

  • Two-time Olympic medallist “P.V. Sindhu” has been elected Chair of the Badminton World Federation Athletes’.
  • BWF is the world governing body for badminton.
  • PV Sindhu won Olympic silver in 2016 and bronze in 2020.
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