PATIALA: The spikes worn by P.T. Usha in winning five gold medals and one bronze medal at 1985 Jakarata Asian Championship have been presented to the Sports Museum of the National Institute of Sports here.

* India’s track queen P.T. Usha the star attraction won the 400 meters race from the women clocking 5282 seconds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

BANGALORE: Zeehan Ali, one of India’s bright tennis prospects, has been selected by Institutional Tennis Federation for ITF team.

Ali will join players from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Pakistan. BOMBAY: Gavaskar and Kapil Dev have been included in the “Best of the World” team for the M.C.C. bicentenary test against the club’s team to be played at Lord from Aug. 2025.

PILA, ITALY, Reuter: Stephen Roche was poised for victory in the Giro D’Italia cycle race when he finished second in the penultimate 248km stage behind British mountain expert Robert Millar.

Article extracted from this publication >>  June 19, 1987