Bahrain: Cricket tournament, ‘KSB champions trophy 2024’ hosted by the ‘Kannada Sangha Bahrain’ was inaugurated on Saturday (January 6) at the Indian Club Grounds here.

The 7A side softball cricket tournament will feature 50 teams playing in acrossthree categories, Men's (open to Indian expat players), Ladies (open to all women players), and Under 16 Boys (open to all).

Former top Indian Pace Bowler and current ICC (International Cricket Council) Referee, Javagal Srinath will grace as the Chief Guest at the finals which will take place on January 26 at the Indian Club Grounds.

‘Kannada Sangha Bahrain’ will felicitate Srinath at the Kannada Bhavana on January 26, where Indian Ambassador His Excellency Vinod K Jacob will be present as the Chief Guest.

The Kannada Sangha will also award the winning teams and individual performances.

Mithun of BFC, Cassius Pereira- President Indian Club, Mahesh Kumar- Acting President of KSB , Ramprasad Ammenadka- General Secretary of KSB, Pradeep Shetty- former President of KSB, Kiran Upadhyaya-former General Secretary of KSB, Ajith Bangera- former President of Bahrain Billawas, Nithin Shetty- President of Bunts President, Guruprasad Yekkar Basappa- President of Kulals Bahrain, Ajay Kumar- Cricket Secretary of Indian Club Bahrain, John Deepak D'Sa- Sports Secretary of KSB, D. Ramesh- Chief Coordinator of KSB Champions Trophy, Coordinators- Ashwin Poojary, Hemanth Salian, Remi Pinto, Hithin Poojary, Scorer and Executive Committee members of KSB, and others were present during the inauguration ceremony.

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Paris, Sep 7: India's Navdeep Singh's silver medal was upgraded to gold after Iran's Beit Sayah Sadegh was disqualified following a dramatic men's javelin throw F41 final at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.

This is India's first-ever gold medal in the men's javelin F41 category.

Starting the competition with a foul, the 23-year-old para-athlete from Haryana, who had finished fourth at the Tokyo Games three years ago, came up with a throw of 46.39 metres in his second attempt, propelling him to the second place. But it was his third throw that electrified the stadium.

With a monstrous throw of 47.32 metres, Navdeep shattered the Paralympic record and surged into lead, only for Sadegh to better the Indian's mark and clinch the gold with a record-breaking effort of 47.64 metres in his fifth attempt.

However, the Iranian was disqualified some time after the end of the final, leading to the Indian athlete taking the top spot.

The F41 category is for athletes, who are of short stature.