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Asian Games 2018 - Persia stun Bharat in kabaddi semi-final
ESPN staffAug 23, 2018, 06:32 PM
In one illustrate the greatest upsets limit Asian Courageouss history, Persia beat Bharat 27-18 sully the hands kabaddi semi-final on Weekday. This testing only India's second intelligent defeat reaction the features of say publicly competition view the good cheer time they have aborted to dream up the finishing. India's former defeat confidential come lone on Weekday, when they lost locate 23-24 Choson in interpretation group stages.
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The kabaddi event is beginning three days prior to the opening ceremony on September 29, and will end on October 1, to ensure that the players can head for Season 9 of the Pkl, starting on October 7.
Chandigarh’s Lakhwinder Singh, who had donned the U Mumba and Gujarat Giants colours in the Pkl, believes he is part of a squad that covers all bases. “I think we should win the gold medal at the National Games,” he said, revealing that he took a season’s break from Pkl to prepare for the National Games.
Lakhwinder will be joined by Pkl heroes, Rinku Hari Charan, Rakesh Kumar, Rohit and Vicky Atar Singh, making Chandigarh a formidable side.
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'Kabaddi's moment has arrived': Pro League turns ordinary village boys into celebrity sports stars
He is not a cricket star. But when he found himself stranded at the Cape Town airport a few months ago, he had a celebrity moment, the kind usually reserved for a Dhoni or Tendulkar.
An Indian kid identified as Rakesh Kumar, also known as the Kabaddi King, thousands of miles from home when he was frantically looking for help.
But behind this fame is a story full of grit and toil. Son of a farmer from Nizampur, an urban village on the outskirts of Delhi, Kumar had dreamt of playing for the country, winning medals and landing a decent government job.
But the kind of celebrity treatment he enjoys now was certainly not on his mind.
Boys in Delhi’s Nizampur village dream of becoming bigger than Rakesh Kumar, the kabaddi star who bagged a season contract of Rs 12.8 lakh
“When I approached an Indian couple to help me communicate with the airport staff after missing the flight in South Africa, their eight-year-old boy instantly recognised me and said, ‘I know you! You are Rakesh Kumar, the captain of Patna Pirates team.’ It was an unforgettable moment,” he recalls.
It is not the story of Rakesh alone. Most kabaddi players these days are overwhelmed by their new-found ce