Akil Kumar advanced into quarter finals with more punches

Today on 15 th August all indians got a good news from bejing olympics that indian boxer Akhil Kumar advanced to quarter finals of men's 54 kg category by defeating world champion sergey vodapoyanov of russia.
Akhil, a 27 year old boxer from Haryana rained blows on the world champion and had abated the margin to 7-8 by the end of the round.coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu is harbouring hopes of winning medals and is leaving no stone unturned to shape his wards to rise to the occasion on their big day.












Both the boxers were locked at 9-9, but at last judjes has signed to Akhil for landing more punches than sergey.This decision made the world champion depress and he broken down into tears.The Indian is now just a bout away from an Olympic medal.

Abhinav Bindra is first person who received first individual gold medal

Huree.... this is good day for all Indians because India got its first individual Olympic gold medal in 10m air rifle at Beijing.This happiness is given by our sports hero Abhinav Bindra who has succeeded in his target.
"I can't describe how happy I am,",the ever-calm Bindra explains journalists about his success"It's the thrill of my life. That's about it. It's hard to describe. I just went for it. I knew I was lying in fourth. Thankfully it went my way and I just went for it."

















"I was just trying to concentrate on shooting," he said. "I wasn't thinking of making history. I was two points behind the leaders. I was just trying to shoot good shots. I wanted to shoot well and shoot aggressively. And that's what I did."he aded
His 10.8 of a possible 10.9 on his final shot sparked loud celebrations from group of fans from India.
In this 10m air rifle Abhinav Bindra from India won gold,Zhu Qinan of china got silver and Henri Hakkinen of Finland got bronze.

Dhoni is the second after Sachin toget Khel Rathan Award

On monday it is revealed that twenty-20 winning captain Mahendra singh Dhoni was chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. This award will given for those who plays an outstanding performance in that year.
An expert committee, chaired by Milkha Singh, on Monday met here to discuss the nominees and they decided to confer the award on Dhoni for leading India to the Twenty20 World Cup triumph -- making him only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to get the honour.











Meanwhile, BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty hailed the decision. Shetty said what impressed him most about Dhoni was the way he conducted himself."What I like most about Mahi, apart from his cricket, is the way he leads. He is a cool customer and never gets agitated. I'm also impressed by his clarity of thought. He speaks his mind even if it may not be seen in the right sense," he added.









The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sharad Pawar,said that“We are very happy. He has represented the country with distinction, and deserves the honour. His exemplary leadership and demeanour under pressure, especially in the ICC World Twenty20 and the tri-series in Australia, mark him out as the ideal role-model for millions of young Indians, who want to make a mark in life,”