GOLF
Diksha more likely to make lower at Jabra Women Open
Diksha Dagar may very well be the one Indian golfer making the lower on the weather-hit Jabra Women Open after being positioned tied twenty sixth, whilst Sneha Singh waits in suspense.
Diksha was 1-over via 12 holes within the second and was 2-over for the event following her first spherical 1-over 72.
Diksha was provisionally positioned tied twenty sixth, whilst the opposite Indians had completed and have been ready for the lower line to be determined.
With the lower possible at 5-over or 6-over, Sneha Singh (74-74) was 6-over and tied 68th, whereas it seemed bleak for Tvesa Malik (77-72) at 7-over and T-74. It was a positive missed lower for Amandeep Drall (76-76), whereas Pranavi Urs and Vani Kapoor withdrew after the primary rounds of 79 and 81.
Morgane Metraux of Switzerland holds a five-stroke in a single day lead over France’s Agathe Sauzon after the second-round play was suspended for the day. Play was suspended for the primary time resulting from inclement climate at 2.55pm on Friday and, after a one-hour delay, for a second time at 6.08pm, as thunderstorms moved throughout the Evian Resort.
Ranging from the sixth – gamers begin from the primary and the sixth and the 15h on the Evian Resort Golf Membership this week – Diksha parred her first six holes earlier than dropping a shot on the twelfth gap.
She bought again that loss with a birdie on the thirteenth however gave one other shot away on the 18th.
At six-under-par, Sauzon is three strokes forward of 5 different gamers. Jana Melichova and Moa Folke have been within the clubhouse, with Chiara Tamburlini, Lauren Walsh and Nastasia Nadaud but to finish their rounds.
-PTI
Sharma makes lower comfortably in Belgium, Elvira in lead
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma hit 4 birdies in a row on his first 9 to make sure a clean passage into the weekend rounds of the Soudal Open.
The 2-time DP World Tour champion, Sharma, who missed the lower when he performed the occasion final two occasions, adopted up his first spherical 69 with a second spherical 67 to get to 6-under.
He was tied-Twenty third on the midway stage, however eight photographs behind the chief, Spain’s Nacho Elvira (64-64).
The opposite Indian in fray, Om Prakash Chouhan continued to wrestle as he missed the lower with 72-74.
Chouhan, who got here to the DPWT by topping the Indian Tour Order of Advantage, has made only one lower in 9 begins on the DPWT and one in two begins on the Problem Tour.
Spaniard Elvira will take a one-shot lead into the weekend after consecutive rounds of 64 in Antwerp.
The Spaniard went bogey-free over the opening two days to get to 14-under par as he chases a second DP World Tour title on the Rinkven Worldwide Golf Membership.
Sharma, taking part in alongside the chief, Elvira, started from the tenth and had 5 birdies and a bogey on the again 9 of the structure. It included 4 birdies in a row from fifteenth to the 18th. On his second 9 had one birdie and one bogey.
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Atwal will survive lower in senior PGA Championships, Jeev to overlook out
India’s Arjun Atwal will survive the 36-hole lower on the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship regardless of a closing double bogey in a second spherical of 4-over 75 after a primary spherical 69.
Nonetheless, fellow Indian Jeev Milkha Singh had a disappointing second day with a 79 following his 69. Jeev will miss the lower.
England’s Richard Bland, taking part in his first occasion for Over 50s, shot 5-under 66 on Friday and took a one-shot lead over current Champions Tour winner Scott Dunlap (65) into the weekend at Harbor Shores.
Atwal, India’s solely winner on the PGA Tour, opened with a bogey and ended with a double however in between birdied third and the fifteenth and dropped photographs on the eighth, eleventh and the thirteenth.
That is his second season on the Champions Tour and in 2023 he had seven begins with one Prime-10 and in 2024 he has made the lower in every of his three begins earlier than this week.
Ranging from the tenth, Jeev had 5 birdies and two doubles on the Par-5 fifteenth and Par-4 seventeenth, sixth and eighth holes. His solely birdie of the day got here late within the spherical on the eight, his seventeenth gap of the day.
The 51-year-old Bland, who received his first DP World title of his profession (2021 British Masters), made six birdies in opposition to a lone bogey to get to 12-under 130 at Harbor Shores.
-PTI
SQUASH
Senthilkumar, Abhay bow out in QSF 3 squash quarters in Doha
Nationwide champion Velavan Senthilkumar prolonged Egyptian high seed and world No 8 Tarek Momen to 4 shut video games earlier than bowing out within the quarterfinals of the celebrated USD 53,500 QSF 3 squash – a PSA World Tour Bronze occasion – in Doha.
World No 55 Senthilkumar received the second sport after a detailed opener earlier than the skilled Momen received the following two to advance with a 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8 victory on Friday.
In the meantime, Asian Video games medallist Abhay Singh, ranked 67 on the planet and contesting his maiden World Tour quarterfinals, went down to 3rd seed and world No 15 Eain Yow Ng, with the Malaysian successful 11-6, 11-9, 11-4.
-Workforce Sportstar
HOCKEY
Indian junior ladies’s hockey staff emerges victorious in opposition to Belgium in shootout
The Indian junior ladies’s hockey staff registered an emphatic victory in opposition to Belgium, successful the shootout 4-2 after the rating was tied 2-2 on the finish of regulation time, as they continued their Tour of Europe. Kanika Siwach scored a powerful brace to guide India’s efforts in entrance of objective.
The Indian Junior Ladies’s Hockey Workforce was fast to search out their type and assert themselves within the first quarter. An early penalty nook for India resulted in Kanika Siwach sounding the boards to take the lead. Quickly after, Kanika scored her second objective for the evening in the identical quarter to make it 2-0.
Sustaining their momentum, India noticed via a goalless second quarter to limit the Belgian unit and discover themselves in a commanding place at halftime. Belgium discovered alternatives within the third quarter, together with an important penalty nook, nonetheless, the Indian defensive unit managed to limit Belgium and keep the excess.
Within the ultimate quarter, Belgium lastly broke the shackles, scoring twice in fast succession to tie the rating at 2-2, minutes earlier than fulltime. Within the ensuing shootout, India emerged victorious to win the competition 2-2 (4-2 SO).
The Indian staff will play their subsequent match in opposition to Germany in Breda on twenty sixth Might.
-Workforce Sportstar