SPORTS & GAMES

India won Gold medal in the Women’s event at Asian Air Gun Championship
Indian pistol shooter Heena Sidhu won the gold medal in women’s 10 meter air pistol event at the 8th Asian Air Gun Championships in New Delhi. Heena is the India’s first pistol shooter to be ranked number one in the world. India’s Shweta Singh won the Silver medal and Korean shooter Seon A Kim took the bronze medal.


Sania-Hingis pair won the Wuhan Open Women’s Doubles Title
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis pair won the Women’s doubles final at the Wuhan Open tennis tournment held on 2 October, 2015 in central China’s Hubei Province. They defeat the Romania’s Irina Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in the finals. This is the 7th title for the Sania-Hingis pair. They have won the Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, the US Open, Guangzhou and Wuhan Open this year. They have 7 WTA doubles titles won together this year. This is the 8th title for Sania Mirza.


Harikrishna wins PokerStars Isle of Man International Chess Tournament 2015
Andhra Pradesh Grand Master P. Harikrishna won the PokerStars Isle of Man International Chess Tournament 2015 held on 11 October in British Islands. About 39 Grand Masters and 66 other chess players are participated in this event. In the women’s event another Andhra Pradesh Grand Master Dronavalli Harika stood at third place.


Johor Cup Hockey winner Great Britain
Great Britain on 18 October 2015 defeated Indian junior men’s hockey team and captured Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC). Great Britain defeated defending champions India by 4-3 in sudden death penalty shootout in the final. For the third place, the host Malaysia defeated Argentina to settle for Bronze.


Novak Djokovic won the Shanghai Masters Tennis Championship
World Number 1 ranking Novak Djokovic on 18 October 2015 won the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters tennis title in the men’s singles category. The top seeded Serbian player defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-4 in the final match held in Shanghai, China. It was the third Shanghai title for Djokovic in four years.


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