BOXING
Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing: India pugilists verify report 43 medals
Astana (Kazakhstan): Akash Gorkha, Vishvanath Suresh, Nikhil and Preet Malik superior to the U-22 males’s finals as Indian boxers confirmed an unprecedented 43 medals throughout classes on the ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships right here on Saturday.
Senior nationwide champion Akash prolonged his dominating run within the 60kg class with a 5-0 win over Ilyasov Sayat of Uzbekistan within the semi-finals.
Reigning youth world champion Vishvanath (48kg) gained 5-2 in opposition to Baricuatro Bryan of Philippines after the bout was reviewed.
The opposite two semi-finalists, Nikhil (57kg) and Preet (67kg) additionally gained their bouts with the same 5-2 scoreline after a evaluate in opposition to Mongolia’s Dorjnyambuu Ganbold and Almaz Orozbekov of Kyrgyzstan respectively.
In the meantime, it was a heartbreak for M Jadumani Singh (51kg), Ajay Kumar (63.5kg), Ankush (71kg), Dhruv Singh (80kg), Jugnoo (86kg) and Yuvraj (92kg) as they ended their campaigns with bronze medals following their losses within the U-22 semis.
9 girls boxers, together with Olympic-bound Preeti (54kg), will likely be in motion within the U-22 semi-finals.
The U-22 finals will likely be performed on Tuesday.
Within the youth girls’s semi-finals performed on Friday evening, reigning junior world champion Nisha (52kg) and Asian youth champion Nikita Chand (60kg) together with 5 different boxers entered the finals.
Lakshay Rathi (92+kg), Annu (48kg), Yatri Patel (57kg), Parthavi Grewal (66kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg) and Nirjhara Bana (+81kg) have been defeated and ended their campaigns with bronze medals within the youth class.
The youth finals will now have 14 Indian pugilists with seven every in each males’s and girls’s class preventing for the gold. The finals for the youth class will likely be performed on Monday.
General, Indian boxers have secured 43 medals within the prestigious event, which has been witnessing high-voltage motion with the presence of 390-plus boxers from greater than 24 international locations, together with sturdy boxing nations resembling China, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan preventing for the medals throughout 25 weight classes.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Haryana, Madhya Pradesh win in Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League
Ranchi: Haryana and Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal and Maharashtra respectively on the Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League 2024 (Section 1) right here on Saturday.
Whereas Haryana defeated Bengal 4-3 in a thriller to register their third consecutive win, Madhya Pradesh obtained the higher of Maharashtra 2-1 in one other match.
Within the opening match of the day, Bengal was off the blocks and operating very quickly with Silbiya Nag (2nd minute) changing a penalty nook early within the sport.
Selestina Horo (nineteenth) then doubled their lead with a penalty nook conversion within the second quarter.
Haryana captain Neelam (twentieth) rapidly retaliated with a penalty nook conversion to cut back the deficit as Bengal led 2-1 at halftime.
Nandni (forty first) transformed one other penalty nook for Haryana to stage the scores earlier than Shashi Khasa (forty third) transformed yet one more penalty nook to assist Haryana take the lead.
Pinki (forty sixth) scored a subject purpose early within the ultimate quarter to take Haryana to a 4-2 lead.
Shanti Horo (51st) scored a subject purpose for Bengal to create a chance of a comeback however Haryana held onto their result in emerge winners.
Within the day’s second showdown, Madhya Pradesh defeated Maharashtra 2-1.
After a quiet first half with none objectives, Madhya Pradesh broke the impasse late within the third quarter with a subject purpose from Aanchal Sahu (forty fifth) to take the lead.
Maharashtra captain Ashwini Kolekar (fiftieth) scored a subject purpose in just below 5 minutes into the ultimate quarter to stage the scores.
Nevertheless, Swati (54th) put Madhya Pradesh again within the lead with a subject purpose.
Thereafter, Madhya Pradesh performed a good defence sport to retain their one-goal lead.
Later within the day, Mizoram will tackle Manipur, whereas Jharkhand will lock horns with Odisha.
GOLF
Chawrasia slips to tied 24 at Maekyung Open
Seoul: SSP Chawrasia carded a sloppy 2-over 73 to slide right down to tied twenty fourth on the GS Caltex Maekyung Open right here on Saturday.
Within the third spherical of the Asian Tour occasion, he’s now 1-under 212 and 10 behind chief Junghwan Lee after being tied thirteenth a day earlier.
Different Indian participant Ajeetesh Sandhu who made the reduce was tied 51 after 74 on the par-71 course.
Lee birdied three of the final 5 holes to take the third-round result in give himself an opportunity of enhancing upon his joint second place end right here final yr.
The Korean, whose nickname is ‘Ironman’ due to his sturdy iron play, carded a five-under-par 66 to guide on 11-under on the Namseoul Nation Membership by a shot from Thailand’s Chonlatit Chuenboonngam, the chief at first of the day, who returned a 70.
Canadian Richard T Lee (69) and Hongtaek Kim (71) from Korea are one other two strokes again – within the sixth occasion of the Asian Tour’s season.
This yr’s Asian Tour Qualifying College winner Kristoffer Broberg (71) from Sweden and Korean Kyungnam Kang (73) are an extra two photographs behind.
The 32-year-old Lee began the day three behind the chief Chonlatit and trailed the Thai for a lot of the day.
Nevertheless, Chonlatit, who had a two-shot lead after 9, made a expensive double bogey on the par-four sixteenth – the place he left a chip brief and did not rise up and down – whereas Lee was in a position to take to the entrance because of birdies on 14, 15 and 17.
TENNIS
Indian over-50 finishes runner-up in world championship
NEW DELHI: Nitten Kirrtane went down preventing in three units to Davide Gregianin as India misplaced 1-2 to Italy within the ultimate of the Fred Perry Cup ITF tennis masters over-50 world championship in Mexico Metropolis on Friday.
Nitten was crushed 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by Gregianin after Lorenzo Pennisi had given a powerful begin for Italy with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jagdish Tanwar.
The Italians gave a walkover within the inconsequential doubles to hurry up their celebrations.
It was a commendable efficiency by the Indian crew because it gained all its matches within the league part in opposition to Turkey, France and Canada earlier than beating Britain within the semifinals.
The outcomes: Males’s over-50 (ultimate): Italy bt India 2-1 (Lorenzo Pennisi bt Jagdish Tanwar 6-1, 6-1; Davide Gregianin bt Nitten Kirrtane 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; Andrea Caldarelli & Andrea Monti misplaced to Ajit Sail & Nitten Kirrtane w.o.).
NEW DELHI: Sriram Balaji and Andre Begemann beat second seeds Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler 6-1, 6-4 within the doubles semifinals of the €205,000 Challenger tennis event in Cagliari, Italy, on Saturday.
Within the ultimate, the Indo-German pair will play Boris Arias and Federico Zeballos of Bolivia.
The outcomes: €205,000 Challenger, Cagliari, Italy Doubles (semifinals): Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (Aut) 6-1, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (semifinals): Stuart Parker (GBR) bt Karan Singh 7-6(5), 6-3.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia – Singles (semifinals): Mariia Tkacheva bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.