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Ahmedabad: Maharashtra bagged five golds and the title while Tamil Nadu finished runners-up with three as the Roller Sports events in the 36th National Games ended here at the picturesque Sabarmati Riverfront.

Gandhinagar: Armyman Gulveer Singh set up a new Games record while clinching the gold in the 10,000m Athletics competition and in the process helped Services consolidate their position at the top of the 36th National Games medal charts here on Monday.

Brazil, the largest populated country in Latin America, failed to elect its next President in the national elections held on October 2 as the front runner in opinion polls Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the left-wing former president got 48.4 per cent of the votes polled-slightly less than the required 50 per cent. The right-wing opponent, the current president Jair Bolsonaro got 43.2 per cent much more than anticipated by the political analysts.

Chennai: Veteran Rajini Krishnan, Mathana Kumar, Jagruti Penkar and Sarvesh Balappa raced to titles in their respective categories as the fifth and final round of the MRF Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras International Circuit here on Sunday.

New Delhi: National Cadet Corps (NCC) and 10+2 Zila School, Chaibasa West Singhum, Jharkhand recorded wins in the opening day of 61st Subroto Cup Juniour Boys (Under 17) international football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Sunday.

Ahmedabad: Swimmer Aneesh S Gowda scripted a fairy-tale victory over seasoned Sajan Prakash in the men’s 200m Freestyle final as five national records were sunk in the National Games Aquatics competition at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex in Rajkot.

New Delhi: Defending Champions Team ‘BMW Deutsche-Motoren’ won 6 of their 7 matches to take a huge 22 points lead from two outings in their Group after Day-3 of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League here on Sunday.

Surat: Top seeds Telangana had to wage a bitter fight to edge out Maharashtra 3-2 to set up a title clash with Kerala in the Badminton Mixed Team Championship in the 36th National Games here at the PDDU Stadium on Sunday.

Ahmedabad: Pole-vaulter Rosy Meena Paulraj (T N) shared the spotlight with Weightlifter and state-mate N Ajith, as both rewrote National records in the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar on Saturday.

Gandhinagar: Assam sprinter Amlan Borgohain and Andhra's Jyothi Yarraji emerged fastest man and woman respectively of the 36th National Games here on Saturday.