Right here is all that’s taking place on the earth of sports activities of Indian curiosity
WEIGHTLIFTING
The Indian dominance on the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships continued on Day Three of the competitors on Friday with the host lifters including three extra medals to the tally within the senior class to take the tally to 11.
Whereas N Ajith, the reigning nationwide champion and the lone Indian participant right here from the Asian Video games squad, topped within the 73kg with a mixed elevate of 308kg (138kg snatch+170kg clear and jerk), Ajay Singh defended his 81kg title with a 306kg elevate to finish his hat-trick.
Among the many ladies, Commonwealth Video games medallist Harjinder Kaur completed second within the 71kg with a complete elevate of 211kg, 5 kilograms adrift of top-placed Jacqueline Nichele of Australia.
The outcomes (Day 3, Indians until acknowledged):
Males:
Junior: 73kg: Malisha Dilshan Karunaratna Loku Kankanalage (SL, 255kg), Cian Llewelyn Inexperienced (Wal, 245kg), Jonathan Trumble (SA, 230kg); 81kg: Valluri Ajaya Babu (309kg), Rylee Borg (241kg), Lachlan Watt (240kg); Youth: 73kg: Hrudanandas Das (250kg), Nehemiah Kida William Elder (Fij, 242kg), Ayrton Risby (Aus, 217kg); 81kg: Lalruatfela (280kg), Rylee Borg (Mlt, 241kg), Lachlan Watt (Aus, 240kg); Senior: 73kg: N. Ajith (308kg), Jonathan Chin (Eng, 286kg), Indika Chaturanga Dissanayake Mudiy (SL, 285kg); 81kg: Ajay Singh (306kg), Chintana Geethal Vidanage (SL, 290kg), Yuan Yee Loh (Sin, 289kg).
Girls:
Junior: 71kg: Kathryn Lee (Can, 192kg), Taiamoni Pakoti (Aus, 179kg), Miriama Waruvono Taletawa (Fij, 174kg); 76kg: Sanjana (196kg), Essence Hunt (Aus, 177kg), Divya Nethmi Sanjana Wedaarchchi Patabendige (SL, 150kg); Youth: 71kg: Taiamoni Pakoti (Aus, 179kg), Chelsi (153kg); 76kg: Sanjana (196kg); Senior: 71kg: Jacqueline Nichele (Aus, 216kg), Harjinder Kaur (211kg), Ketty Lent (Mri, 208kg); 76kg: Essence Hunt (Aus, 177kg), WMAS Wickramasingha (SL, 160kg), Divya Nethmi Sanjana Wedaarchchi Patabendige (SL, 150kg).
– Uthra Ganesan
BADMINTON
India’s marketing campaign involves an finish on the Badminton Asia Junior Championships
India’s marketing campaign on the ongoing Badminton Asia Junior Championships got here to an finish on the third day as two ladies’ singles gamers and one ladies’ doubles pair misplaced within the spherical of 16 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Friday.
Within the ladies’ doubles pre-quarterfinal match, Taneesha and Karnika displayed a troublesome combat in opposition to the duo of Chen Fan Shu Tian and Jiang Pei Xi from China. The Indian pair began brilliantly within the first recreation and confirmed nice coordination en route their 21-17 victory, however their opponents mounted a comeback within the final two video games to win the tie with a scoreline of 21-17, 13-21, 13-21 in a match that lasted 50 minutes.
File Photograph: Rakshitha Sree in motion.
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Within the ladies’ singles spherical of 16 matches, Rakshitha Sree S was up in opposition to China’s Huang Lin Ran. The Indian shuttler began effectively however couldn’t discover a sustained rhythm all through the match earlier than finally dropping with a rating of 15-21, 13-21.
Within the different ladies’ singles pre-quarterfinal match, Tara Shah failed to seek out any momentum and went down 13-21, 8-21 in opposition to China’s XU Wen Jing in a one-sided affair.
-Staff Sportstar
BOXING
Junior Boys Nationwide Boxing Championships: Devang and Hemant shine as 9 SSCB Boxers make their approach into the finals on the
The companies sports activities management board (SSCB) continued its domination as 9 of its pugilists progressed into the finals on day 5 on the fifth Junior Boys Nationwide Boxing Championships in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
Devang (54kg) gave the right begin to crew SSCB with a sensational 5-0 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Sundram Yadav. Devang checked out his very best within the bout and managed the sport all through to seize the win. That is Devang’s third consecutive unanimous win within the competitors. He can be up in opposition to Nenthok Hodong of Arunachal Pradesh within the summit conflict.
Devang (in blue) in motion in opposition to UP’s Sundram Yadav on the Junior Boys Nationwide Boxing Championships. He received the bout 5-0.
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Hemant Sangwan (80+kg), alternatively, obtained the higher of Maharashtra’s Saifali Zari in a unanimous resolution win. He’ll face Vedant Dhauta of Himachal Pradesh within the finals.
Different SSCB boxers who sealed their spot in finals are Mahesh (48kg), Divash Katare (50kg), Sahil Baord (52kg), M Kabiraj Singh (63kg), Rahul Kundu (70kg), Sahil (75kg), Hardik Panwar (80kg).
Within the 48kg class, Haryana’s Sikander put ahead a stellar efficiency to seize the unanimous resolution win in opposition to Maharashtra’s Ravindra Padvi within the semifinals. He’ll go face to face in opposition to Mahesh of SSCB within the quest to safe a gold medal.
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Punjab’s Shriyansh (80kg) secured a spot within the finals with a convincing win over Hamza Mohd Ahmed of Telangana. He’ll tackle Hardik Panwar of SSCB within the finals.
4 younger pugilists from the host Arunachal Pradesh Techi Jacky (46kg), Gayki Rie (52kg), Nenthok Hodong (54kg), Tagio Liyak (57kg) may also combat to win the yellow steel within the finals.
-Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Manishi units up last in opposition to Yashika
Manishi Singh beat second seed Shagun Kumari 6-1, 6-4 to arrange a title conflict with Yashika Shokeen within the AITA Nationwide collection junior tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Friday.
The boys last can be between Swastik Sharma and Arjun Rathi.
The outcomes:
Underneath-18 boys (semifinals): Swastik Sharma bt Jason David 7-6(4), 3-0 (retired); Arjun Rathi bt Deepam Malik 6-2, 6-1. Doubles (last): Kanishk Jetley & Kabir Chothani bt Arun Rathi & Sachin Rana 6-0, 6-3.
Underneath-18 ladies (semifinals): Yashika Shokeen bt Aditi Rawat 6-2, 7-5; Manshi Singh bt Shagun Kumari 6-1, 6-4. Doubles (last): Sohini Mohanty & Saily Thakkar bt Presha Shanthamoorthy & Gia Pereira 2-6, 6-0, [10-1].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Karman-Stacey pair stun prime seeds Victoria and Renata in quarterfinals
Karman Kaur Thandi in partnership with Stacey Fung beat the highest seeds Victoria Hu and Renata Zarazua 7-6(5), 6-4 within the doubles quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event in Saskatoon, Canada.
Within the €145,000, Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat Sumit Nagal and Manuel Guinard 6-2, 6-2 to make the doubles last.
The outcomes:
€145,000 Challenger, Salzburg, Austria: Doubles (semifinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Manuel Guinard (Fra) & Sumit Nagal 6-2, 6-2; Quarterfinals: Guinard & Nagal bt Maximilian Neuchrist & Lukas Neumayer (Aut) 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (quarterfinals): Enzo Wallart (Fra) bt Niki Poonacha 6-3, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF males, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand: Singles (quarterfinals): Sidharth Rawat bt Shinji Hazawa (Jpn) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
$60,000 ITF ladies, Rome, Italy: Doubles (semifinals): Yuliana Lizarazo & Maria Perez-Garcia (Col) bt Prarthana Thombare & Ekaterina Yashina 6-4, 3-6, [10-4].
$60,000 ITF ladies, Saskatoon, Canada: Doubles (quarterfinals): Stacey Fung (Can) & Karman Kaur Thandi bt Victoria Hu (USA) & Renata Zarazua (Mex) 7-6(5), 6-4.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand: Doubles (semifinals): Monique Barry (Nzl) & Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Anri Nagata & Kisa Yoshioka (Jpn) 6-3, 5-7, [10-7].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Atwal shoots 72 to be Twenty ninth in Senior PGA Tour
India’s Arjun Atwal overcame an early double bogey to handle a card of two-over 72 within the first spherical of the USD 3.5 million Kaulig Corporations Championship in Ohio.
The Indian, enjoying his maiden season on the Seniors Tour for over 50s, was mendacity Tied-Twenty ninth as the sector was led by Steve Stricker and Harrison Frazar, who carded five-under 65 every.
Atwal, who completed T-11 in his first Senior begin at Invited Movie star Traditional and was then T-49 in his first Senior Main, the Senior PGA, began with a double bogey on Par-4 first.
He then had three pairs of a birdie and a bogey on successive holes as he completed at 2-over 72 at Senior Tour’s fourth Main of the 12 months.
Atwal grew to become the one Indian to win on the PGA TOUR when he claimed the 2010 Wyndham Championship title.
Rookie Stewart Cink, making his second begin on PGA TOUR Champions, sits in third after taking pictures four-under 66.
The 46-time PGA TOUR Champions winner Bernhard Langer, a three-time winner of the Kaulig Corporations Championship (2014, 2015, 2016), opened with one-over 71 and sits at T20.
The World Golf Corridor of Fame member performed his first 5 holes three-under earlier than carding 4 bogeys over his last 13 holes.
Two-time Kaulig Corporations Championship winner (2020, 2022) Jerry Kelly additionally sits at T20 after opening with one-over 71.
The Kaulig Corporations Championship is likely one of the PGA Tour Champions’ main occasions.
-PTI