Luka Modric oldest player to play for Real Madrid

Pontevedra

Captain Luka Modric became the oldest player to compete in an official match in Real Madrid’s history in Vigo. The Croatian appeared in the match against Celta in Balaidos at the age of 39 years and 40 days, surpassing Ferenc Puskas’ previous record. The captain, who took to the field at Balaidos at the age of 39 years and 40 days, beat the record that Puskas had held since 1966, by four days. The Hungarian played his last official match for our club in 1966 at the age of 39 years and 36 days.

Panaji

Para Swimming Nationals: Lakhan Singh wins gold

Rajasthan’s Lakhan Singh claimed the gold medal in the men’s S4 100m freestyle with an impressive time of 3:04.50 in the National Para-Swimming Championship here on Sunday.

He was followed closely by Kamalkant from Odisha and Haryan’s Balraj, who secured silver and bronze, respectively.

Odisha’s Narhari secured victory in the S5 100m freestyle with a remarkable time of 1:54.73, edging out Lakshmarao from Andhra Pradesh and Shams Aalam of Bihar.

New Delhi

Nagal loses, Bollipalli-Khade wins 1st ATP 250 title in Almaty

Nagal crashed out in the second round of qualifying at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, even as the unheralded pair of Rithvik Choudhary Bollipalli and Arjun Khade won the Almaty Open men’s doubles title on Sunday. Nagal, an Olympian and India’s top singles player, lost 6-4 7-6(2) against James Duckworth of Australia in the qualifiers in Basel. But it was a dream-come-true moment for Bollipalli and Khade in Almaty.

Bangkok

Overnight leader Bhullar finishes T-7 in Thailand

Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar dropped a crucial double bogey and a bogey over the last 11 holes to finish T-7 in the Black Mountain Championship. Bhullar, 19-under after three days, could not find a birdie on the final nine and instead gave away a bogey and carded even par 72 to stay at 19-under. The 11-time Asian Tour winner Bhullar dropped to tied-seventh, which was still his best this season but disappointing considering he led by three shots after three rounds.

Mexico

Fuge misses maiden medal, Jyothi makes quarters exit

Rising star Prathamesh Fuge pushed defending champion Mathias Fullerton in the men’s compound semifinal at the Archery World Cup Final before missing out on medal after losing a tense shoot-off.

Both archers shot perfect 10s throughout all five regulation ends, totaling 15 arrows each, without dropping a single point. The match was deadlocked 150 all, forcing a nail-biting shoot-off to decide the winner.