Indian sports activities information wrap, July 30

The foremost developments from the world of sports activities on July 30 the place Indians took half are as follows:

CRICKET

Nikhil Chopra to go DDCA’S CAC

Former worldwide cricketer Nikhil Chopra will head the three-member DDCA Cricket Advisory Committee. As per the announcement, Surinder Khanna and Anjali Sharma have been the opposite members. The committee is tasked with advising the President with the appointment of choice committee members, coaches, managers and help workers for varied groups of the DDCA. 

– Rakesh Rao

WEIGHTLIFTING

Siddhanta Gogoi topped 61kg junior Asian champion; Gyaneshwari, Koyel win silver medals

India’s Siddhanta Gogoi clinched the lads’s 61kg junior title whereas Gyaneshwari Yadav and Koyel Bar secured silver medals within the ladies’s 49kg occasion on the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships on Sunday.

The 19-year-old Siddhanta, who had upstaged senior Shubham Todkar earlier this month on the Commonwealth Championships, lifted 265kg (116kg+149kg) to present host India its first gold medal of the continued version.

It was 5kg higher than his 260kg (112kg+148kg) effort that fetched him the CWC junior title and would have gained him the senior title as properly had he competed.

It was double delight for the host within the males’s 61kg junior occasion as Sankar Lapung clinched the bronze medal with a finest effort of 256kg (114kg+142kg).

Earlier within the day, Gyaneshwari completed runner up among the many juniors, whereas Koyel got here second within the ladies’s 49kg youth class on day three of the Championships on the Gautam Buddha College right here.

Gyaneshwari lifted a complete of 175kg (78kg+97kg). Two failed makes an attempt – one every in snatch and clear and jerk part – prevented her from matching her gold-winning effort on the Commonwealth Senior Championships held earlier this month.

Spearheading India’s marketing campaign within the absence of Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, the 20-year-old had recorded her private finest within the snatch (78kg) in addition to the clear and jerk part (98kg).

Philippines’ Rosegie Ramos was topped the Asian Junior Champion for her effort of 182kg (83kg+99kg) whereas Vietnamese lifter Birch Tram Ngyun 169kg (76kg+93kg) took dwelling the bronze.

Within the youth occasion, Koyel heaved 69kg in snatch and 86kg in clear and jerk for a complete effort of 155kg. One other Phillippine lifter, Jhodie Peralta, gained the gold 160kg (73kg+87kg) whereas Thailand’s Phanida Denduang 151kg (67kg+84kg) got here third.

– PTI

BADMINTON

Govind lifts maiden State males’s title, Andrea retains her crown

There was one section early within the second recreation of the Kerala State senior badminton championship’s males’s closing on Sunday when Govind Krishna felt all was misplaced.

The 22-year-old from Kozhikode, but to get better absolutely from a latest hamstring harm, had misplaced the opening recreation towards Ernakulam’s S. Abhishek and was down 0-4 within the subsequent.

Govind Krishna (left) and Andrea Sarah Kurien
| Picture Credit score:
Stan Rayan

“At that stage, I assumed the match was gone, I felt I didn’t have something to lose so I performed a bit extra freely. After which, I acquired into the zone,” Govind stated after defeating Abhishek 13-21, 21-15, 21-17 for his maiden State senior title on the CSN Belief corridor right here.

“He made many errors in that second recreation, he misplaced the rhythm and I acquired in.”

And instantly Abhishek, from Ernakulam, who had seemed so impressed within the opening recreation, appeared to have critical doubts about himself within the second recreation as Govind levelled at 9 after which broke away to a 19-15 lead with some telling smashes.

The 2 have been degree for a significant a part of the decider however Abhishek gained a 15-12 lead. However as soon as Govind equalised at 15, the previous turned jittery and dedicated a sequence of errors.

The highest-seeded Andrea Sarah Kurien retained her State ladies’s title however she was additionally stretched to a few video games by second-seed Farza Nazrin.

Farza, who trains on the Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru, had misplaced the under-19 closing to Andrea a few days in the past however she appeared to have picked up some priceless classes from that encounter.

She seemed higher and stronger initially and moved Andrea round and took the opening recreation.

Andrea, from Ernakulam, seemed to be in some discomfort at that stage.

“My weight coaching hasn’t been common so my legs are actually weak now. The extra I moved, the extra I acquired drained so I attempted to be actually gradual,” she stated.

“However then within the second set, I had no selection. I actually didn’t suppose I’d win as a result of I used to be actually drained.”

However whereas her legs have been weary, her thoughts didn’t give in. She grabbed the openings that got here her manner and gained a 17-11 benefit within the second recreation after Farza tousled a flick and a smash. She held on to it and slowly broke away and by no means seemed again.

– Stan Rayan

BOXING

Three-nation camp for boxers to begin on July 31

Elite Indian female and male boxers shall be a part of a week-long three-nation camp, beginning at NIS Patiala from Monday.

A 21-member workforce from Philippines and a 31-member workforce from Russia have reached Patiala and their boxers can have sparring periods with the house boxers, who will make the most of the expertise to arrange for the Asian Video games.

The primary and second rung Indian boxers will transfer to China within the first week of September for one more camp previous to the Asiad.

-Y. B. Sarangi

TENNIS

Rishab and Ishaque lose doubles closing

Rishab Agarwal and Ishaque Eqbal have been overwhelmed 7-5, 3-6, [10-8] by high seeds Man Orly Iradukunda and Aziz Ouakaa within the doubles closing of the $ 25,000 ITF males’s tennis event in Brazzaville, Congo.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Karthik Karunakaran wins AITA wheelchair event

High seed Karthik Karunakaran overcame a late resistance from Shekar Veeraswamy for a 6-1, 7-5 victory within the closing of the AITA Rs. 200,000 wheelchair tennis event on the DLTA Advanced on Sunday.

Karthik led 6-1, 4-1 earlier than Shekar gained many rounds of applause from the appreciative gathering along with his delectable recreation. Nonetheless, on the crunch, Karthik was capable of assert himself for a straight-set triumph.

Karthik Karunakaran (left) is congratulated by Shekar
Veeraswamy within the AITA wheelchair tennis event in Delhi on
Sunday.
| Picture Credit score:
Kamesh Srinivasan

In reality, Karthik had dropped solely six video games in all on his option to the ultimate.

Later, Karthik was overwhelmed within the doubles closing, in partnership with Mariappan Durai, by Indra Pandey and Balachandar Subramanian 10-8 within the tremendous tie-break.

Within the ladies’s closing, high seed KP Shilpa beat Prathima Rao in straight units, albeit after a tussle.

The singles champions have been offered Rs. 12,500 every, and the runners-up Rs. 8,400. The doubles champions obtained Rs. 6,200.

The president of AITA, Dr. Anil Jain and the president of DLTA, Rohit Rajpal, offered the prizes.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

MORE SPORTS

CRPF athletes win 5 gold, 1 silver for India in World Police and Hearth Video games

Athletes from Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF) fetched 5 gold and one silver medal for India on the opening day of the World Police and Hearth Video games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Luwangthem Gunao and M Dhiren Singh gained two gold medals every in males’s physique and physique constructing, whereas Ritu Rani added one other yellow steel in ladies’s 59kg wrestling.

Rohit Kumar bagged a silver in males’s 74kg freestyle occasion, in line with CRPF DIG (Sports activities) Ajay Kumar Vashist.

Nineteen CRPF athletes, together with eight ladies, have been amongst 138 gamers from varied Central Armed Police Forces and state police representing India within the Video games, stated Vashist.

– PTI

MOTORSPORT

Three in a row for Arjun Rao on the Indian Nationwide Rally Championship

The phases have been extraordinarily tough and seemed all chewed up. However Arjun Rao (co-driver Satish Rajagopal) of Mandovi Racing) discovered it to his liking and rallied his option to a commanding win within the Rally of Coimbatore, the third spherical of the FMSCI Blueband Sports activities Indian Nationwide Rally Championship for 4 wheelers, right here on Sunday.

There have been 4 phases for the day and Arjun got here out the quickest in three of them.

It’s Arjun’s third total victory this season. “That is the perfect ever efficiency in my 22 years of rallying profession. Three back-to-back victories and I can’t be happier than this,” stated the younger man after the race.

There have been 4 phases for the day and Arjun got here out the quickest in three of them. “That’s as a result of the tyres (MRF) had the best grip. In reality, your complete workforce has labored arduous for this win and kudos to every one among them,” he added.

Earlier within the day, in a single day chief Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik) of Arka Motorsport loved a 19-second edge over Arjun going into the primary stage. However he bumped into points proper at first.

His exhaust manifold opened and there was no engine energy, additional down the street a stone hit the brake caliper and the fluids leaked leading to a brake failure. Regardless of that, he gave his finest solely to complete third behind Philippos Mathai (co-driver P.V. Srinivasa Murthy).

– Rayan Rozario

GOLF

Aditi slips on third day as Boutier retains lead

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok had one other tough spherical at a Main as she slipped to Tied-57th after carding a 3-over 74 on day three of the Amundi Evian Championship.

France’s Celine Boutier carded a 4-under 67 to keep up her second spherical lead.

She leads by three strokes at 11-under and is being chased by Nasa Hataoka, Minjee Lee, Brooke Henderson, Nelly Korda and Yuka Saso.

Enjoying in a gentle drizzle on Saturday, Aditi, who’s taking part in her twenty sixth Main however nonetheless searching for a maiden High-10 end and a primary win on the LPGA Tour, shot 3-over with three bogeys on sixth, 14th and fifteenth.

– PTI

Jeev rises to eleventh amid very robust winds at Senior Open in Wales

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh compiled a extremely creditable even par 71 to rise to eleventh place on a day when among the star gamers on the Senior Open suffered on the windswept Royal Porthcawl Golf Membership that confirmed its tooth.

Jeev (69-77-71) was 4-over tied eleventh, however solely 4 pictures behind the chief Alex Cejka (68-71-74) at even par.

Discovering 4 birdies to make up for his 4 bogeys, Jeev was one of many solely seven gamers to shoot even par 71, which was the perfect rating of the day with nobody going beneath par.

Alex Čejka birdied the final gap to maneuver into the lead because the German carded 4 birdies and 7 bogeys. He battled to a 3 over par 74 on day three and regardless of shifting backwards to degree par for the occasion.

No participant was below par. Cejka was adopted by Eire’s Pádraig Harrington and Englishman Phillip Archer who have been in a tie for second place with New Zealand’s Steven Alker and three-time Main winner Vijay Singh on 1-over.

– PTI