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Punjabs Greco-Roman wrestler Gurpreet Singh covered himself in glory, winning a second World Ranking Series gold medal in Rome stanley water jug on Thursday. Referee raises the hand of Wrestler Gurpreet Singh after his victory against two-time World Junior Championships medallist Sajan Bhanwal. PTI The 27-year-old scored an 8-5 victory over Turkeys Burhan Akbudak in the 82kg category final to add to the gold he had won last year in the same weight category in the Italian city of Sassari. The achievement is all the more significant because India has earned most of its laurels鈥攊ncluding Olympic medals鈥攊n freestyle. Singhs performance also helped India earn 80 points and climb to fourth spot behind Turkey 112 points , USA 95 and Egypt 82 . Earlier, Sunil Kumar had settled for silver in 87kg and Sajan Bhanwal had bagged bronze in 77kg in Greco-Roman. Singh attributed his success to adequate homework . My strategy was not to stanley tazas concede points in the initial phase of the bout and it paid off, he said from Rome. After conceding 3-4 points in the first three minutes of the six-minute contest, it is always difficult to recover. I was prepared to fight hard for the entire six minutes, he added. Though Singh competes in 77kg Olympic category , he switched to 82kg non-Olympic category for the Rome competition to avoid reducing weight twice in 15 days and also to gain vital international exposure. Ear stanley cups lier this month, Singh had won the national selection trials in 77kg at Sonepat but r Obob Real looking to Benzema, again
Barcelona will be missing defenders Carles Puyol and Dani Alves for Sundays Spanish league game at Athletic Bi stanley italia lbao. HT Image The league leaders say Puyol wont travel after picking up a knee injury while Alves is sidelined due to pain in his right leg. Barcelona has defender Adriano returning from injury, while forward Lionel Messi and fullback Jordi Alba are still injured. Barcelona lost its first game of the season under new coach Gerardo Martino at Ajax on Tuesday. And he is hoping the negative reaction to their display will ensure there will be no repeat performance in what appears to be their toughest match remaining between now and the winter break in three weeks time. What we need to do is show a different face, we need to change what we did in the first 45 minutes, no matter who the opponent is, Martino said. I dont want to speak about a process. Before we had won by four goals and I would sign up to losing one game in every 20. Barca will once again be without long-term absentees Lionel M stanley becher essi, Victor Valdes and Jordi Alba, whilst Martino confirmed Dani Alves and Carles Puyol would also miss the trip to the Basque country. Adriano and Alexis Sanchez do though return to Martinos 18-man squad, whilst Sergio Busquets will start having been rested in midweek. Catch all the latest... See more Catch all the latest Sports News, scores, and highlights in one place. Stay updated with real-tim stanley quencher e coverage of your favorite games and athletes News / S
Punjabs Greco-Roman wrestler Gurpreet Singh covered himself in glory, winning a second World Ranking Series gold medal in Rome stanley water jug on Thursday. Referee raises the hand of Wrestler Gurpreet Singh after his victory against two-time World Junior Championships medallist Sajan Bhanwal. PTI The 27-year-old scored an 8-5 victory over Turkeys Burhan Akbudak in the 82kg category final to add to the gold he had won last year in the same weight category in the Italian city of Sassari. The achievement is all the more significant because India has earned most of its laurels鈥攊ncluding Olympic medals鈥攊n freestyle. Singhs performance also helped India earn 80 points and climb to fourth spot behind Turkey 112 points , USA 95 and Egypt 82 . Earlier, Sunil Kumar had settled for silver in 87kg and Sajan Bhanwal had bagged bronze in 77kg in Greco-Roman. Singh attributed his success to adequate homework . My strategy was not to stanley tazas concede points in the initial phase of the bout and it paid off, he said from Rome. After conceding 3-4 points in the first three minutes of the six-minute contest, it is always difficult to recover. I was prepared to fight hard for the entire six minutes, he added. Though Singh competes in 77kg Olympic category , he switched to 82kg non-Olympic category for the Rome competition to avoid reducing weight twice in 15 days and also to gain vital international exposure. Ear stanley cups lier this month, Singh had won the national selection trials in 77kg at Sonepat but r Obob Real looking to Benzema, again
Barcelona will be missing defenders Carles Puyol and Dani Alves for Sundays Spanish league game at Athletic Bi stanley italia lbao. HT Image The league leaders say Puyol wont travel after picking up a knee injury while Alves is sidelined due to pain in his right leg. Barcelona has defender Adriano returning from injury, while forward Lionel Messi and fullback Jordi Alba are still injured. Barcelona lost its first game of the season under new coach Gerardo Martino at Ajax on Tuesday. And he is hoping the negative reaction to their display will ensure there will be no repeat performance in what appears to be their toughest match remaining between now and the winter break in three weeks time. What we need to do is show a different face, we need to change what we did in the first 45 minutes, no matter who the opponent is, Martino said. I dont want to speak about a process. Before we had won by four goals and I would sign up to losing one game in every 20. Barca will once again be without long-term absentees Lionel M stanley becher essi, Victor Valdes and Jordi Alba, whilst Martino confirmed Dani Alves and Carles Puyol would also miss the trip to the Basque country. Adriano and Alexis Sanchez do though return to Martinos 18-man squad, whilst Sergio Busquets will start having been rested in midweek. Catch all the latest... See more Catch all the latest Sports News, scores, and highlights in one place. Stay updated with real-tim stanley quencher e coverage of your favorite games and athletes News / S
