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India Beat China to Lift Asian Women Hockey Championship Trophy
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fter Men’s hockey team lifting Asian Hockey
Championship title beating Pakistan 3-2 in the
finals, Indian women’s hockey team lifted its
maiden Asian Champions Trophy after Deepika
Thakur struck in the final minute to give her team a
thrilling 2-1 win over China in the final. Deepika slotted
the rebound in from a penalty corner in the 60th minute
of the game to give her team a memorable victory.
Earlier, Deep Grace Ekka converted a penalty corner
to take India into the lead in the 13th minute before
China’s Zhong Mengling equalizer in 44th minute of
play. India’s best finish in the Women’s Asian Champions
Trophy came in the last edition in 2013 when it finished
runner-up to Japan. It had finished third in the inaugural
edition in 2010.
Tiger Woods Confirms Bahamas Comeback on December 1
T
iger Woods will make his long-awaited return
from injury at next month’s Hero World
Challenge in the Bahamas, the former world
number one confirmed in a statement. Woods
jolted the golf world last month after aborting his
planned comeback at the Safeway Open in California,
sparking fresh uncertainty about his career after a 16month layoff. However the 40-year-old 14-time major
winner said he would now be ready to host and play in
his December 1-4 tournament at Albany in the Bahamas.
“I am excited to make my return at the Hero World
Challenge at Albany and play in this terrific
tournament,” Woods said. Woods had already hoped to
play in the Bahamas despite the concerns over his form,
which prompted him to withdraw from the Safeway in
Napa.
Saina Nehwal Unsure of Future Following Injury Lay-off
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aking a comeback after undergoing a
knee surgery, top Indian shuttler Saina
Nehwal says that she sometimes feels
her badminton career could come to an
end due to the injuries. Saina, recently made a member
of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletics
Commission, is returning to action at the China Super
Series Premier starting November 15.
The 26-year-old Saina had developed a knee problem
a week before she was to leave for Rio Olympics and
she carried the injury through the Games before she
made an early exit there. “It is okay, many people will
think my career will end and I won’t come back. I also
think somewhere deep in my heart that maybe it is the
end of my career,” Saina was quoted as saying by www.
espn.in.
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