Listed below are all the key updates, outcomes and developments from the world of Indian sports activities on Tuesday, December 5.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Akta wins title
Akta Banjare rode on her clear and jerk efficiency to win the 71kg gold medal within the Asmita Khelo India ladies’s weightlifting championships in Kolkata on Tuesday.
THE RESULTS
71kg
1. Akta Banjare (Cht) snatch 77kg, clear and jerk 98kg, whole 175kg; 2. Songita Sadhanidar (Asm) 79kg, 95kg, 174kg; 3. Shandrella (Man) 73kg, 98kg, 171kg.
76kg
1. Maganthi Keerthi (Odi) 75kg, 95kg, 170kg; 2. Soweta Kundu (WB) 68kg, 90kg, 158kg; 3. Cindy Lalparmawii (Miz) 53kg, 67kg, 120kg.
– Y.B. Sarangi
SHOOTING
Vivaan Kapoor beat Zoravar Singh Sandhu 4-3 within the shoot-off to win males’s entice within the Nationwide capturing choice trials on the Dr. Karni Singh Vary, Tughlakabad, on Tuesday.
Each Vivaan and Zoravar had shot very effectively in qualification to high the record with 121 out of 125. Former World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu was third, forward of Gyanchand Susheel Sharan, Balabhadra Tarasia and Shardul Vihan.
World Cup medallist this season, Prithviraj Tondaiman was tenth with 117. Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta was thirteenth with 116. Olympian Kynan Chenai was twenty fifth with 114 in a subject of 82 shooters.
In ladies’s entice, Olympic quota winner Rajeshwari Kumari beat Bhavya Tripathi 1-0 within the shoot-off after being tied on 43 for the highest spot. Rajeshwari had topped qualification with 118.
THE RESULTS
Lure: Males: 1. Vivaan Kapoor 44(3) 121; 2. Zoravar Singh Sandhu 44(2) 121; 3. Manavjit Singh Sandhu 35 (118). Girls: 1. Rajeshwari Kumari 43(1) 118; 2. Bhavya Tripathi 43(0) 114; 3. Shreyasi Singh 32 (116).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Prarthana and Anastasia sail into quarters in Dubai
Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Anastasia Tikhonova beat Alevtina Ibregimova and Anastassia Kovaleva 3-6, 6-1, [11-9] within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $100,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match in Dubai, UAE, on Tuesday.
THE RESULTS
$100,000 ITF ladies, Dubai, UAE: Singles (first spherical): Emily Appleton (GBR) bt Ankita Raina 6-2, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Prarthana Thombare & Anastasia Tikhonova bt Alevtina Ibregimova & Anastasia Kovaleva 3-6, 6-1, [11-9]; Stefania Bojica (Rou) & Ekaterina Yashina bt Eva Busaad & Jigyasa Narsinghani 6-0, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF males, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Filiberto Fumagalli & Samuel Ruggeri (Ita) bt George Gregoriou (Gre) & Aryan Lakshmanan 6-3, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Sonal Patil beats Aditi Rawat to enter quarterfinals of AITA Girls’s match
High seed Sonal Patil overcame a sluggish begin to beat qualifier Aditi Rawat 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.2,50,000 AITA ladies’s tennis match on the Ace Academy, Padilia, on Tuesday.
Within the quarterfinals, Sonal will play fifth seed Priyanshi Bhandari. Second seed Nemha Sarah Kispotta was additionally in a spot of hassle earlier than recovering for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 victory over Richa Chougule. Nemha will play Vidula Amar within the quarterfinals.
THE RESULTS (PRE-QUARTERFINALS)
Sonal Patil bt Aditi Rawat 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Priyanshi Bhandari bt Apurva Vemuri 6-3, 6-2; Yubrani Banerjee bt Vidhi Jani 6-2, 6-1; Khushali Modi bt Divya Bhardwaj 6-0, 6-1; Sanjana Sirimalla bt Saily Thakkar 6-3, 6-4; Pooja Ingale bt Siri Patil 6-3, 6-2; Vidula Amar bt Nidhitra Rajmohan 6-2, 6-2; Nemha Sarah Kispotta
bt Richa Chougule 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Lakshya and Amalgam Metal launch programme for women
Lakshya Sports activities in collaboration with Amalgam Metal has launched Venture Grand Slam to nurture ladies in tennis from the grassroots stage to Grand Slam stage.
The brainchild of Lakshya’s Vice President, Sunder Iyer, and Sourav Mishra, the Joint Managing Director of Amalgam Metal, the undertaking goals to assist the chosen gamers in each attainable method to assist them evolve into world class stars.
“Although this program, we wish to see at the very least 4 to 5 ladies play in any respect the junior Grand Slams commonly, and begin a brand new chapter for Indian tennis. This can even assist the women make an entry by way of the junior wild playing cards into the skilled occasions”, stated Sunder Iyer.

Maaya Rajeshwaran with Sunder Iyer of Lakshya Sports activities and
Vijay Pandey of Amalgam Metal on the launch of Venture Grand Slam in
Pune.
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Maaya Rajeshwaran with Sunder Iyer of Lakshya Sports activities and
Vijay Pandey of Amalgam Metal on the launch of Venture Grand Slam in
Pune.
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Particular Association
“We imagine that sports activities is crucial for holistic improvement, constructing character and instilling values reminiscent of crew work, self-discipline and resilience. We wish to have junior Grand Slam champions from India. Our goal is to provide chosen gamers important assets and help”, stated Vijay Pandey, president of HR at Amalgam Metal.
After rigorous evaluation, the undertaking has already chosen gamers within the 14-15 age group, Maaya Rajeshwaran, Prisha Shinde, Kaashvi Sunil, Aishwarya Jadhav, Rishitha Basireddy, Nainika Reddy, Yashika Shokeen, Sejal Bhutada and Akruti Sonkusare.
These gamers will probably be additional assessed by means of a collection of ITF junior occasions in India, earlier than additional pruning by April. There will probably be coaches touring for these occasions to assist the gamers and consider them. The undertaking could have famend coach Hemant Bendrey because the information. Coaches S Narendranath, Shivika Burman and Namita Bal will journey for the tournaments, together with physios and energy conditioning consultants.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Main Indian golfers to be in motion at SSP Chawrasia Invitational from Dec 7
Main golfers together with present Order of Advantage chief Om Prakash Chauhan, defending champion Manu Gandas, Kapil Dev-Grant Thornton Invitational champion Karan Pratap Singh and Rashid Khan will probably be seen in motion within the second version of the S.S.P. Chawrasia Invitational occasion to be performed on the Royal Calcutta Golf Membership course from December 7 to 10.
The Rs. 1 crore occasion, collectively staged by Take Sports activities and the Tata Metal Skilled Golf Tour of India, will function 124 professionals.
The town-based Chawrasia, a a number of Asian Tour winner and a two-time Indian Open champion, is the second Indian skilled golfer after Jeev Milkha Singh to have a PGTI occasion named in his honour.
“That is very particular for me. I’m internet hosting the occasion at my residence course. I’ll attempt to put up a very good present,” stated 45-year-old Chawrasia at a press convention right here on Tuesday.
Sixteen-year-old Canadian Sukhraj Singh Gill is the youngest golfer within the subject, which could have round 10 city-based gamers.
– Crew Sportstar
BADMINTON
Namita Pathania clinches ladies’s title in Inter-Ministry match
Namita Pathania of Delhi Audit beat crew mate Bhavya Rishi 21-19, 22-20 to clinch the ladies’s title within the Inter-Ministry badminton match on the AIIMS Gymkhana courts on Tuesday.
Lalita Dahiya of Ministry of Finance pipped Swati Sharma of Delhi Audit, after dropping the primary sport, for the bronze medal.
The secretary of Central Civil Companies Cultural and Sports activities Board (CCSCSB), Kulbhushan Malhotra, had inaugurated the match.
THE RESULTS
Girls (remaining): Namita Pathania bt Bhavya Rishi 21-19, 22-20; Third place: Lalita Dahiya bt Swati Sharma 16-21, 21-7, 22-20.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Ayush Shetty, Isharani Baruah qualify for major draw at Guwahati Masters
Junior world championship bronze medallist Ayush Shetty convincingly booked a major draw spot within the inaugural Guwahati Masters Tremendous 100 badminton match on Tuesday.
Shetty first defeated seventh seed Kiran Kumar Mekala 21-12, 21-15 earlier than taking down Siddharth Pratap Singh 21-14, 22-21. The teen will face compatriot Arunesh Hari within the opening spherical.
Assam’s upcoming star Isharani Baruah was the lone Indian qualifier in ladies’s singles.
Isharani first defeated compatriot Shriyanshi Valishetty 21-15, 21-12 earlier than getting the higher of Indonesia’s Deswanti Nurtertiati 21-19, 21-16 to qualify.
The teen, who had performed an necessary function in serving to the state clinch the ladies’s crew gold within the lately concluded Nationwide Video games in Goa, will now face third seed Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese language Taipei within the opening spherical.
– Crew Sportstar
BASKETBALL
Railways ladies march into Nationwide Championship quarters
Railways ladies received their matches with conviction to make sure a quarterfinal berth within the 73rd Nationwide basketball championship on the Guru Nanak Dev Indoor Stadium right here on Tuesday.
Railways outplayed West Bengal 152-50, after having crushed Tamil Nadu 89-53 in a single day.
Kerala ladies additionally confirmed their berth from the second group. Within the males’s part, defending champion Punjab and Tamil Nadu stayed unbeaten to make sure their quarterfinal berths.
THE RESULTS (LEAGUE)
MEN
Group A: Madhya Pradesh 86 (Rakesh Kumar 20, Shreyesh Raj 18, Harsh Tomar 14) bt Telangana 63 (Billa Nathan Abraham 27, G Suryakumar 17). Punjab 106 (Kanwar Gurbaj Singh 24, Nawaz Singh 22, Amritpall Singh 19, Manjot Singh 16, Yadwinder Singh 10) bt Madhya Pradesh 67 (Akash Bhasin 15, Harsh Singh 12, Deepak Chowdary 11).
Group B: Delhi 84 (Arjjun Singh 15, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 14, Joginder Singh 14, Ravi Bhardwaj 13, Rachit 11, Vishal Kumar 11) bt Gujarath 69 (Kuldeep Thamalia 19, Sagar Modi 17).
WOMEN
Group-A: Railways 152 (H Bhandhavya 23, Sruti Aravind 23, Madhu Kumari 18, Priyanka 17, Poonam Chaturvedi 16, Nisha Sharma 15, Kiran Yadav 10, Harshita 10) bt West Bengal 50 (Paulami Chatterjee 11, Megha Singh 10). Karnataka 72 (Roshni John 24, Varsha Nandhini 20, Chandana 11) bt Chhattisgarh 47 (Divani Ganwal 14, D Kirti 14). Railways 89 (Pushpa Senthilkuar 23, Sruti Aravind 15, Madhu Kumari 12, Rasi Kotan 12, Harshita 10) bt Tamil Nadu 53 (Nitika 13, Iswarya 11, Nishanthi 11).
Group-B: Kerala 79 (Aneesha Cleetus 17, Kavitha 13, Grima Merlin 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 48 (Megh Singh 19, Liprmaye Satapathy 16). Delhi 67 (Raspreet Sidhu 33, Ishika Choudhary 16) bt Punjab 64 (Manmeet Kaur 37, Kavya Singhla 18).
– Kamesh Srinivasan