India bags Gold in Archery World Cup Stage 4 competition in Wroclaw, Poland.

India bagged a Gold medal in the Archery World Cup Stage 4 competition in Wroclaw, Poland yesterday. In the Women's Recurve Team final, the sixth seeded Indian team of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Buriuly defeated the top seeded Korean team of Yun Ok-Hee, Ki Bo Bae, and Joo Hyun Jung, 219-215 to clinch the coveted yellow metal. Before setting up a final with heavy weights Korea, India had defeated Indonesia (217-216), Mexico (211-202) and Denmark (214-206).

This is the Indian trio's second successive Gold. They had brought laurels to the country in July this year, after winning the Stage 3 meet at Medellin, Colombia.

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India to take on South Korea in 9th Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament at Malaysia, today.

South Korea will take on India while Bangladesh will meet Oman in the two Pool B matches of the 9th Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia today. Yesterday, Holders South Korea started their title defence with a resounding 8-0 win against Bangladesh in their first Pool B match. In the second Pool A match yesterday, Three-time champions Pakistan became the first team to qualify for the semifinals after defeating Malaysia 4-1.

Meanwhile, in an earlier Pool A match, Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 5-1 to register their first win in the tournament. In the opening match played on Saturday, India hammered Oman 8-NIL.

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Sports Info Crux June 2013

•Who was re-elected as President of the National Rifle Association 'of India for a 4-year term?  Raninder Singh 

• Who retained to win the title of 11th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2013?

Suresh Raina

• Which country will host ICC World T20 2014? 

Bangladesh 

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