VOLLEYBALL
Pakistan Volleyball Federation invitations India for match in Islamabad
The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has prolonged an invite to India to ship its workforce for the Asian Problem Volleyball League, to be held in Islamabad subsequent month.
Chaudhary Yaqoob who heads the PVF mentioned that that they had additionally despatched invites to the Indian volleyball federation for the occasion wherein 10-12 groups are anticipated to take part.
“We gained the bid to host the Asian problem volleyball championship after a lot effort and we want to see all the highest groups within the continent competing within the occasion from 11-17 Might,” he mentioned.
Iran, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan have confirmed their entries whereas different confirmations are awaited.
Yaqoob mentioned that the coaching camp for the Pakistan gamers is already underway in Islamabad.
– PTI
TENNIS
Houston Open: Balaji-Begemann pair knocks out high seeds to achieve quarterfinals
Sriram Balaji, in partnership with Andre Begemann, beat high seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-6] within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the ATP 250 occasion in Houston, USA.
The Indo-German pair was scheduled to face the Indian pair of Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan within the quarterfinals.
On the ATP 250 occasion in Marrakech, Morocco, the Indo-French duo of Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti reached the lads’s doubles semifinals with a 7-6(5), 6-7(1), [10-7] win over third-seeded pair of Nicolas Barrientos (Colombia) and Rafael Matos (Brazil).
Within the $60,000 ITF ladies’s occasion in Break up, Croatia, Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Valentina Grammatikopoulou made the doubles semifinals.
RESULTS
ATP 250, Houston, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Austin Krajicek & Rajeev Ram (USA) 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-6]; Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Luis David Martinez (Ven) 6-4, 6-2.
ATP 250, Marrakech, Morocco
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (Fra) bt Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rafael Matos (Bra) 7-6(5), 6-7(1), [10-7]
(pre-quarterfinals): Boris Arias & Federico Zeballos (Bol) bt Sumit Nagal & Aleksandar Vukic (Aus) 6-7(5), 6-4, [10-3].
$164,000 Challenger, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rithvik Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha bt Federico Gaio & Alessandro Giannessi (Ita) 6-3, 7-6(5).
$60,000 ITF ladies, Break up, Croatia
Doubles (quarterfinals): Valentina Grammatikopoulou (Gre) & Prarthana Thombare bt Anna Rogers (USA) & Olivia Tjandramulia (Aus) 7-5, 6-2;
Pre-quarterfinals: Valentina & Prarthana bt Nigina Abduraimova (Uzb) & Veronica Miroshnichenko 6-4, 7-6(6); Lena Papadakis (Ger) & Radka Zelnickova (Svk) bt Mariana Drazic (Cro) & Vasanti Shinde 6-3, 7-6(3).
$40,000 ITF ladies, Kashiwa, Japan
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ankita Raina & Chia Yi Tsao (Tpe) bt Sohyun Park (Kor) & Naho Sato (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF ladies, Bujumbura, Burundi
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Alice Robbe (Fra) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) bt Shria Atturu (USA) & Abhilasha Bista (Nep) 6-2, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first spherical): Tanisha Kashyap bt Olivia Cameiro (Bra) 6-2, 6-4.
– Group Sportstar
WRESTLING
Federation Cup to be held in Varanasi from April 24
The Federation Cup wrestling match will likely be held in Varanasi from April 24 to 26.
In accordance with a notification from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), 15 states taking part within the Pune Nationwide championships, which was performed by the WFI and didn’t have the Sports activities Ministry’s approval, will likely be eligible to ship entries in all three types — freestyle, Greco Roman and ladies.
Nevertheless, the WFI has given wild card entries to 10 items, together with a number of non-traditional states, apparently to incorporate the wrestlers who competed within the Jaipur Nationals performed by the Indian Olympic Affiliation appointed ad-hoc committee, in choose classes.
– Group Sportstar
GOLF
Angad strikes into joint lead with Yashas and Ortolani at Chandigarh Open golf
Angad Cheema carded five-under 67 to maneuver into joint lead together with Mysuru’s Yashas Chandra (66) and Italian Michele Ortolani (69) at 11-under 133 in spherical two of the Rs one crore Chandigarh Open golf match on Thursday.
Metropolis-based Gaganjeet Bhullar (67) was in fourth place and one shot off the lead on the Chandigarh Golf Membership. Ajeetesh Sandhu (71) and Karandeep Kochhar (72) have been tied for eighth at seven-under 137.
Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh (73) ended the day in tied thirty second place at two-under 142.
Jeev’s 14-year-old son Harjai Milkha Singh adopted up his spectacular first spherical of 71 with a 74 on the second day for a complete of one-over 145 and narrowly missed the reduce by one shot.
The reduce was utilized at even-par 144 with 60 professionals making it to the cash rounds. Angad (66-67), who was in a single day tied fifth and two off the lead, made essentially the most of a very good begin to achieve 4 spots on Thursday.
A ten-feet birdie putt on the primary and a 20-feet eagle conversion on the second acquired the 34-year-old Cheema’s spherical going.
Angad, a winner on PGTI, who has been performing consistency since final season having completed fifth on the PGTI Order of Benefit in 2023, added three extra birdies and a bogey to his card.
He completed with a flourish, sinking a 12-feet birdie on the final gap.
“It was a gentle spherical barring one mistake on the 14th. I’m trying to profit from my good kind at my dwelling course. I began nicely and that saved the momentum going. The remainder was all about conserving it so simple as doable. I really feel I’ve a very good understanding of my sport for the time being and that’s serving to me carry out nicely,” mentioned Angad.
Yashas Chandra (67-66), who was in a single day tied eighth and three off the lead, posted a bogey-free 66, the day’s joint lowest spherical, to maneuver up seven spots into the joint lead.
His spherical featured 4 birdie conversions from 10 to 25 ft. Like Angad, Yashas too has dropped only one bogey over the primary two rounds.
Ortolani (64-69), the in a single day joint chief, continued on the high of the pack following his 69 on Thursday. He chipped in for birdie on the seventeenth.
-PTI