Indian sports activities wrap, February 24

GOLF

Diksha 4th, Pranavi thirteenth in Morocco after second spherical

Diksha Dagar positioned herself for an excellent end as she moved into the tied fourth spot on the finish of the second spherical of the Lalla Meryem Cup on the Women European Tour right here on Saturday.

Diksha, third on the LET Order of Advantage in 2023, shot 2-under 73 and moved to 4-under 142 whole.

Fellow Indian Pranavi Urs, enjoying her first full season on the LET, appeared set for a excessive place after the second gap as she was 3-under by way of the entrance 9 and 5-under for the occasion at that stage.

Pranavi then dropped a double bogey on the 14th and a bogey on the seventeenth to drop again to even par 73. At 2-under whole, she was tied thirteenth on the Par-73 Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course.

Mexico’s Maria Fassi continued to dominate the occasion after producing a robust second spherical of 69 (-4).

Fassi has held the lead for the reason that begin of the match carding a spherical of 65 (-8) on day one.

Diksha, who shot 2-under 71 within the first spherical, opened the second spherical with 5 pars earlier than discovering a birdie on the sixth. She gave that shot again on the ninth, however birdies on the tenth and the 18th noticed her end at 2-under.

Pranavi, who had six birdies towards two bogeys and a double bogey, birdied second, fourth and seventh. She dropped a double bogey on the 14th, and it was her second double, as she had one on the primary day, too. She additionally had a bogey on the seventeenth on the second day.

Regardless of a shaky begin, a double bogey on gap two, Fassi, an LPGA participant, dusted off her nerves to roll in three birdies on the entrance 9 on holes 5, six and eight.

On the flip, Fassi continued her advantageous type by rolling in an extra 4 birdies with solely a bogey on the seventeenth to blemish her again 9 scorecard.

Residence favorite Ines Laklalech sits in solo third after a spherical of 73 (par). The Moroccan received off to a robust begin, carding two birdies in her first 4 holes earlier than dropping photographs on holes 9 and fifteen.

Six gamers are tied for fourth on four-under-par; Czech Republic’s Sara Kouskova and Klara Davidson Spilkova, England’s Bronte Legislation, Diksha, Norway’s Madelene Stavnar and Spain’s Fatima Fernandez Cano.

-PTI

ARCHERY

Asia Cup Stage-1: Indian compound archers bag two gold medals

Indian compound archers bagged two of the three workforce gold medals within the Asia Cup Stage-1 in Baghdad on Saturday.

Whereas India claimed males and combined workforce occasion gold medals, it suffered a shock defeat to Iran within the girls’s workforce last.

-Y.B.Sarangi

FOOTBALL

Karnataka holds Mizoram 2-2 to grab some extent

Defending champion Karnataka held former champion Mizoram to a 2-2 attract a Group B league encounter of the 77th Nationwide Soccer Championship for Santosh Trophy, on the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday.

Mizoram went within the lead early off a strike from M.S. Dawngliana within the thirteenth minute earlier than Malsawmzuala doubled the rating proper after the break within the forty seventh minute. Karnataka fought again properly within the last quarter of the motion and restored parity as Prabin Tigga (67th minute) and R. Vishal (69th) discovered the Mizoram web as soon as every in a span of two minutes.

Having drawn its first spherical match towards Delhi (1-1), Karnataka netted two factors from two outings whereas Mizoram, which misplaced its first spherical match towards Maharashtra (1-3), picked up its first level after the draw.

Manipur beat Maharashtra 2-1 in one other Group B match. Maharashtra went within the lead within the 14th minute off Azfar Noorani however Manipur restored parity within the fortieth minute when Rojen Wahengbam discovered the goal. Kabiraj Singh fetched the winner late within the 88th minute to offer Manipur the complete quota of factors. Manipur tallied 4 factors from a win and draw whereas Maharashtra remained on three factors.

– Amitabha Das Sharma

POLO

Gen. Sparrow Cup semifinal outcomes

Santiago Marambio scored six objectives in serving to Delta Polo to a 7-4 victory over Military Service Corps (ASC) within the semifinals of the Gen. Sparrow Cup polo match on the Jaipur Polo floor on Saturday.

Within the last to be performed on Sunday, Delta Polo will face Mayfair Polo which beat 61st Cavalry-Royal Enfield 7-6.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Rian Sharma and Prachi Malik win within the U-18 AITA Nationwide collection

Rian Sharma and Prachi Malik received the girls and boys titles respectively within the AITA Nationwide collection under-18 tennis match on the Joygaon Academy.

It was a double crown for Rian, as he received the doubles title as properly, in partnership with Arnav Bishnoi.

– Kamesh Srinivasan