Over 10.5 kg of smuggled gold and Rs 1.74 lakh were seized from three places in the city and four persons were arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, an official statement said on Wednesday.

Indian women's singles star shuttler P.V. Sindhu may have missed out on her third consecutive major individual title but she sees a lot of positives with her consistent run, adding that she is hopeful of a gold medal in the future.

A Bangladeshi smuggler was arrested from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday and gold biscuits worth over Rs 21 lakh were seized from him, a senior BSF officer said.

Wojciech Nowicki won gold in the men's hammer throw after achieving a distance of 80.12 meters with his final attempt at the inaugural multi-sport European Championships at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. This is Nowicki's second career gold medal, after clinching his first at the 2018 Athletics World Cup in London in July, reports Xinhua news agency. Nowicki's fellow countryman and three-time World Champion Pawel Fajdek finished second with 78.69 meters on Tuesday, followed by Hungary's Bence Halasz who threw 77.36 meters. "I am OK with winning silver. Wojciech is my good friend and he was the champion today. Next year I will take my time to be back on top," Fajdek said. Bronze medal winner Halasz was delighted with his achievement. "Of course I am very happy, it's the perfect birthday present for me. It feels amazing. In the last few weeks I trained less than usual, but that was part of getting fit for these championships." The European Championships is a new multi-sport event, bringing together the existing European Championships of seven different federations every four years.

Britain's Zharnel Hughes took the gold medal in the men's 100 meter sprint, while Dina Asher-Smith dominated the women's competition at the inaugural multi-sport European Championships here. In a close men's final on Tuesday, Hughes finished the race with a championship record time of 9.95 seconds. Compatriot Reece Prescod grabbed silver in 9.96 after a stunning comeback, followed by Turkey's Jak Ali Harvey, who clocked 10.01 seconds, reports Xinhua news agency. "I am happy and the job is done. I felt a bit of cramp so I don't think I could have gone any faster. I'm just happy. Reece Prescod is a fast finisher so I knew I had to stay relaxed as he would challenge me towards the end. I am happy that we came out victorious," Hughes said after the race. Meanwhile, Dina Asher-Smith secured her gold medal with a line-to-wire victory in the women's 100m final after crossing the finish line in 10.85 seconds. "I did everything right, which in a final is really, really good. I was really, really happy to have nailed it in the final because there are so many talented women alongside me and when you're in that kind of field you've just got to go out and run your race and ignore what they're doing," Asher-Smith noted afterwards. Germany's Gina Lueckenkemper finished second after clocking 10.98, followed by the Netherlands' Dafne Schippers, who secured the bronze in a time of 10.99 seconds. "A medal counts so I am happy to have it and this was also my best race of the season, so I am glad. A medal is always ok. Coming as the defending champion, I did not feel the pressure. All the girls are very strong and I think the level of sprinting in Europe is rising," European record holder Schippers said. The European Championships is a new multi-sport event, bringing together the existing European Championships of seven different federations every four years.

Actor John Abraham has said the makers of his upcoming film "Satyameva Jayate" chose August 15 as the film's release date as it is a very commercial date in terms of doing business.

Sleuths of Customs Division on Saturday nabbed two international gold smugglers from a parking lot in Imphal.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report has faulted the Goa government's industrial corporation for dishing out gold coins as mementos to its employees in commemoration of the golden jubilee of the institution, causing a loss to the state exchequer to the tune of Rs. 19.84 lakh.

Akshay Kumar starrer Gold seems to be a must-watch film as it talks about the struggle to win first Olympic gold medal in hockey as a free nation in 1948. The upcoming sport drama sets the reflective period of the 1940’s India when the country was fighting to get independent.

All paddlers have landed in top gear for the 48th All India Inter-Institutional Championships starting at the Bharatiar University Indoor Hall here on Tuesday.