OLYMPICS
Twelve College students from KIIT-DU Qualify for Paris Olympics
12 college students from KIIT-DU efficiently certified for the Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26. KIIT is the primary college within the nation to be sending the biggest contingent of athletes amongst all universities in India.
The athletes who’ve earned their spots are — Amit Rohidas in Males’s Hockey, Kishore Kumar Jena in Javelin Throw; Parul Chaudhary in 3000m Steeplechase & 5000m; Priyanka in 20 km Race Stroll & Marathon Race Stroll Combined Relay; Annu Rani in Javelin Throw; Jyothi Yarraji in 100m Hurdles; Tajinderpal Singh Toor in Shot Put; Abha Khatua in Shot Put; Prachi within the 4x400m Relay Workforce; Ankita in 5000m; Paramjeet Singh Bisht in 20km Race Stroll and Suraj Panwar within the Marathon Race Stroll Combined Relay Workforce.
The Founding father of KIIT and KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta has introduced Rs 7 lakh to every of the athletes, encouraging them to provide their finest within the subject and convey glory to the nation.
– Workforce Sportstar
SQUASH
World Squash Junior Workforce Championship: Indian boys, women start with 3-0 wins
India made a profitable begin within the workforce occasion of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston on Thursday, with the boys easing previous Kuwait 3-0 in Group F and the women placing it previous Chinese language Taipei by an similar margin in Group D.
On Friday, the boys play Brazil whereas the women have two matches scheduled – towards Brazil and Australia.
RESULTS
Boys (Group F): India bt Kuwait 3-0 (Arihant KS bt Abdullah Ali 11-9,11-8,11-6; Ayaan Vaziralli bt Khaled Walead Al Fouzain 11-6, 5-11,11-8, 11-4; Yuvraj Wadhwani bt Jassim Adel Al Ghareeb 11-4, 10-12,11-5,11-0).
Ladies (Group D): India bt Chinese language Taipei 3-0 (Nirupama Dubey bt Shu-Yu Lee 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; Shameena Riaz bt Shaw Jen-Ju Pearl 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Anahat Singh bt Cheng Yu-Chen 11-1,11-1,11-4).
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
The 152nd Open Championship: Shubhankar Sharma shoots 76 on robust opening day
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma opened his marketing campaign on the 152nd Open with a disastrous five-over 76, battling by means of a gentle drizzle and windy situations, to be tied one hundred and first in Troon, Scotland.
The efficiency will make his job of celebrating his twenty eighth birthday with a last spherical at Royal Troon fairly tough.
Two birdies towards seven bogeys meant he was manner behind among the many 156 starters. But, he was forward of the likes of World No. 2 Rory McIlroy at seven-over 78 and World No. 11 Indian-American Sahith Theegala at six-over 77.
– PTI
TENNIS
Yuki Bhambri, Olivetti win doubles semifinals in Gstaad
Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti beat fifth seeds Sander Arends and Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6(4) within the doubles semifinals of the €651,865 ATP tennis match in Gstaad, Switzerland, on Friday.
Within the €2,047,730 occasion in Hamburg, Germany, third seeds Sriram Balaji and Rohan Bopanna have been overwhelmed 6-1, 6-4 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals by Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner.
Within the $60,000 ITF girls’s occasion in Evansville, USA, Sahaja Yamalapalli reached the singles quarterfinals and the doubles semifinals.
Olympian Vishnu Vardhan did nicely to win three matches within the day, to succeed in the singles semifinals and the doubles last with Adil Kalyanpur within the ITF males’s occasion in Thailand.
The outcomes:
€2,047,730 ATP, Hamburg, Germany
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jakob Schnaitter & Mark Wallner (Ger) bt Sriram Balaji & Rohan Bopnna 6-1, 6-4.
€651,865 ATP, Gstaad, Switzerland
Doubles (semifinals): Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (Fra) bt Sander Arends & Robin Haase (Ned) 6-3, 7-6(4).
$742,350 ATP, Newport, USA
Doubles (quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Arjun Kadhe bt Christian Harrison & Vasil Kirkov (USA) 6-4, 1-6, [10-7].
€36,900 Challenger, Pozoblanco, Spain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Liam Hignett & James Mackinlay (GBR) bt Thoms Fancutt (Aus) & Divij Sharan 6-3, 2-6, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF males, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Singles (quarterfinals): Vishnu Vardhan bt Amit Vales (Isr) 6-4, 7-6(5).
Doubles (semifinals): Vishnu Vardhan & Adil Kalyanpur bt Ajeet Rai & James Watt (Nzl) 6-3, 7-6(6); Quarterfinals: Vishnu & Adil bt Yuta Kawahashi & Daisuke Sumizawa (Jpn) 6-4, 3-6, [10-6].
$100,000 ITF girls, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Maria Ramirez (Mex) & Noelia Melgar (Bol) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Yulia Strodubtseva (Ukr) 6-4, 6-4.
$60,000 ITF girls, Porto, Portugal
Doubles (quarterfinals): Anna Rogers (USA) & Kateryna Volodko (Ukr) bt Karola Bejenaru (Rou) & Riya Bhatia 6-1, 6-4; Arianne Hartono (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare w.o. Maja Chwalinska (Pol) & Gabriela Knutson (Cze).
$60,000 ITF girls, Evansville, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) 6-3, 7-6(5).
Doubles (quarterfinals): Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) & Sahaja Yamalapalli w.o. Chase Boyer & Marina Fuduric (USA).
$40,000 ITF girls, Nottingham, Britain
Singles (quarterfinals): Mingge Xu (GBR) bt Ankita Raina 7-6(4), 6-0.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Victoria Allen & Amelia Bissett (GBR) bt Viktoria Hrunckova (Svk) & Ankita Raina 6-4, 7-6(9).
$15,000 ITF girls, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Singles (quarterfinals): Hikaru Sato (Jpn) bt Akanksha Nitture 6-3, 6-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Akanksha bt Dang Yiming (Chn) 6-4, 6-2.
– Workforce Sportstar