Briefly: Divanshi’s 2nd gold helps India sweep at ISSF Junior Worlds

Lima

Indian pistol shooter Divanshi secured her second individual gold in the women’s 25m standard pistol event, leading a remarkable clean sweep in the event at the ISSF Junior World Championship here. India’s young shooters added five more medals to their kitty, including two gold on Friday taking the tally to 21 medals to remain at the top of the standings -- 13 gold, two silver and six bronze.

New Delhi

Vaishnavi stars as India win Asian Youth Archery silver

Promising archer Vaishnavi Pawar showed impressive presence of mind to help India clinch team silver in the recurve U-18 women’s category at the 2024 Asian Youth Archery Championship in Chinese Taipei. Vaishnavi took the first shot for the three-member Indian team, also comprising Pranjal Tholiya and Jannat, in every round and handled the pressure well as they pipped fancied South Korea in the semifinal in a shoot-off.

London

Sarin powers Alaskan Knights to sole lead in Chess League

Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin helped PBG Alaskan Knights emerge as the sole leaders in the Global Chess League after day two that was full of drama with world Number one Magnus Carlsen suffering a shock defeat on time against Alireza Firouzja. The Alaskan Knights won all three of their matches and secured nine match points to take the pole position, while the Ganges Grandmasters languished in last place without any point in the season two of the meet.

London

Pogba doping ban reduced from 4 years to 18 months

Paul Pogba has had his four-year ban for doping reduced to 18 months after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The ruling means the France World Cup winner will be free to resume his career in March 2025. CAS confirmed earlier reports that the ban has been reduced.

Maldives

Farewell to 182-year-old horse racing tradition in Singapore

Land-scarce Singapore bade farewell to a 182-year-old British-era tradition of horse racing on Saturday, as the iconic racecourse closed its doors to make way for housing and other development projects. Thousands of racegoers turned out at the Kranji facility for one last hurrah on Oct 5, ahead of the closure of the Singapore Turf Club (STC).