Olympic countdown: Rani Rampal, the undisputed queen of Indian hockey
Tue, Jul 13 2021 10:34:49 AM
By B Shrikant
Mumbai, Jul 13 (IANS): Rani Rampal has been the mainstay of the Indian women s hockey team since she was 14-years-old. That was the year in 2010 when she played her first senior World Cup and top-scored for India with seven goals and was declared the Young Player of the Tournament .
As she gears up for the Tokyo Olympics her second successive appearance in the quadrennial extravaganza Rani is still the mainstay of the team. She scored the goal that clinched India s berth in Tokyo, in the final qualification match against the United States in Bhubaneswar.
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A YEAR 6 pupil has been ranked fourth globally and second in England in a world maths challenge.
Ore Oni, along with the rest of his class who came first in the country and third globally in the competition, has received praise for his mathematical prowess.
The 10-year-old who attends the Bronte School in
Gravesend, and his fellow pupils beat nearly 1.9 million competitors from 150 schools worldwide as part of the annual Mathletics Challenge – a global event which sees schools go head-to-head in maths quizzes to mark World Maths Day on May 5.
Pupils took part in 20 rounds of number-based questions before having to answer as many sums as possible in 60 seconds.