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Aparna ranked 28th in worldBANGALORE: Aparna Popat, who recently won the French Open ladies badminton title, has moved up from 40th to 28th ...

Aparna ranked 28th in world

BANGALORE: Aparna Popat, who recently won the French Open ladies badminton title, has moved up from 40th to 28th position in international singles ranking, according to a fax message from the International Badminton Federation received by the Karnataka State Badminton Association here.

The city-based national champion, trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, became the first Indian woman to win an international title when she beat top-seeded German Katja Michalowsky in the French Open finalon March 22.

Vinod Sridhar packs off Marcus Hilpert

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CHENNAI: Only Gaurav Natekar among the seeded players still survives after Day Three of the Indian Oil Servo invitation tennis tournament. In Saturday’s semi-finals, Vinod Sridhar plays Harsh Mankad in a battle of unseeded players while Natekar meets unseeded Manoj Mahadevan.

Top seed Marcus Hilpert, the National champion lost 3-6, 3-6 to Vinod Sridhar. Third seed Vasudeva Reddy conceded the match to ManojMahadevan after leading 4-1 in the first set. Fourth seed Vishal Uppal lost to Harsh Mankad 6-3 6-1, while Natekar won 6-2 6-3 over CV Anand.

Moras, Paite migrate to Bagan

MUMBAI: Local league champions Air-India’s star defender and international Jeevan Moras and speedy mid-fielder Khentang Paite would be donning the green and maroon colours for Calcutta giants Mohun Bagan this season. Air-India and Maharashtra State football coach Bimal Ghosh, who returned from Bangalore after hunting for new talents, said today that it was a big loss for his team as both Moras and Paite had performed impressively in the just concluded National League.

Pratibha, Subhashini share lead

KOZHIKODE: Y Pratibha and T S Subhashini, both from Tamil Nadu, emerged as joint leaders with five points each at the end of the sixth round of the 14th National Sub-junior Girls Chess Championship at the indoor stadium here today.

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Important 6th round results: C V Rajalakshmi (TN) 4.5 lost to Y Pratibha (TN) 5. TSSubhashini (TN) 5 bt JE Kavitha (TN) 4, C Delphin (TN) 4.5 bt Baisakhi Das (WB) 4, RA Mahima (TN) 3.5 lost to Koneru Humpy (AP) 4.5, Ananya Sarkar (WB) 4.5 bt Madhuri M Patil (Mah) 3.5, Manasi Dadarkar (Mah) 3 lost to Kanjula James (TN), K Charanya (TN) 3 lost to P Sumathi (TN) 4, B Vijaya Deepthi (AP) 3 lost to Ashwini Kulkarni (Mah) 4, Monalisa Malakar (Mah) 3.5 drew with Eesha Karavade (Mah) 3.5.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the designation gives law enforcement “enhanced powers to combat a group that has instilled fear through violence and intimidation”.

Canada designates Lawrence Bishnoi gang a terrorist entity

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The Canadian government has labeled the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist group, granting authorities more authority to combat their violent behavior. The gang, operating in British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta, has been connected to 50+ violent incidents since 2023.

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