GOLF
Jeev, Jyoti amongst Indian stars to compete in nation’s inaugural Legends Tour occasion from August 30
Jeev Milkha Singh will play the twin function of an organiser and participant within the HSBC India Legends golf championship to be performed on the Jaypee Greens in Higher Noida from August 30 to September 1.
The three-day competitors, which boasts of participation from former US Open champion Michael Campbell amongst different luminaries, will supply a complete prize purse of $5,00,000. The champion will get $74,250, whereas the second and third locations will fetch $49,000 and $32,700 respectively.
The robust area, with gamers from 17 nations, can be anticipated to characteristic 9 Indian gamers.
“I hope all of the gamers have an excellent expertise and benefit from the Indian delicacies and tradition,” mentioned Jeev Milkha Singh, in a press convention right here on Tuesday.
The event can be preceded by the Professional-Am occasion on August 28 and 29.
“I’m coming to India after 15 years and searching ahead to some good golf,” mentioned Michael Campbell.
“We’re excited to companion with the Legends Tour because it debuts in India. This marks a historic second for skilled golf in India because it opens up new avenues for main senior Indian professionals to compete in opposition to the perfect on this planet,” mentioned Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO of the PGTI.
The opposite Indian gamers within the fray, other than Jeev and Jyoti Randhawa, can be Mukesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh, Harmeet Kahlon, Vijay Kumar, Amandeep Johl, Vishal Singh and Sanjay Kumar.
“Jaypee Greens golf course has persistently upheld its popularity as a championship-level course. We’re honoured to host India’s inaugural Legends Tour occasion,” mentioned Dhruv Pal Singh, Senior Common Supervisor of Jaypee Greens Golf Course.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Semwal, Nirupma clinch titles in GCH All India SRFI Squash Championship
Om Semwal and Nirupma Dubey clinched the lads’s and ladies’s open titles respectively within the second version of the Garware Membership Home All India SRFI Squash Championship right here.
Within the males’s open closing, Mumbai’s Semwal defeated his Sri Lankan opponent and No 2 seeded Shamil Wakeel 3-2 to clinch the Sharad Pawar Trophy, profitable 11-4, 4-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-4.
Within the girls’s closing, Nirupma trumped compatriot Tanishka Jain 3-1 as she gained 11-6, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9 within the closing of the event held right here from August 19 to 25.
The occasion, held underneath the aegis of the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI), witnessed greater than 470 entries with 70 per cent youngsters from over 20 states within the nation. It had prize cash of USD 1000 every for the lads’s open and ladies’s open classes.
“With the steerage from the Squash Rackets Federation of India, together with dedication and assist from our GCH workplace bearers and our squash committee, we had been capable of ship a completely skilled occasion,” mentioned Mohit Chaturvedi, GCH director and chairman of the squash committee.
Outcomes:
Males’ open: Om Semwal (India) beat Shamil Wakeel (Sri Lanka) 3:2 (11-4, 4-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-4)
Girls’s open: Nirupma Dubey (India) beat Tanishka Jain (India) 3:1 (11-6, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9)
Different winners: Isha Shelke ladies’ U-11, Vihaan Chandhok boys’ U-11, Divyanshi Jain ladies’ U13, Devansh Aggarwal boys’ U-13, Aarika Mishra ladies’ U-15, Saharsh Shahra boys’ U-15, Vyomika Khandelwal ladies’ U-17, Priyaan Thakker boys’ U-17, Anika Dubey ladies’ U-19, Karan Yadav boys’ U-19.
-PTI
BADMINTON
Taarini Suri clinches double badminton crowns
Taarni Suri from Mumbai clinched ladies’ doubles and blended doubles titles within the Kotak India Junior U-19 Worldwide Badminton event, held in Hyderabad.
The event was held on the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad.
The 17-year-old Taarini, who trains on the Cricket Membership of India underneath Hufrish Nariman, teamed up with Shravani Walekar to beat the Indonesian mixture of Keyla Putri and Micha Wardoyo 21-10, 21-15 within the ladies’ doubles closing.
Taarini and Bhavya Chhabra then produced an upset in opposition to the highest seeded Attawut Sreepeaw and Pannawee Polyiam of Thailand 21-13, 19-21, 21-14 within the blended doubles closing.
Taarini and the Nashik-based Shravani have been enjoying collectively since their U-13 days however it was solely earlier this 12 months that they determined to focus solely on doubles.
Within the semifinal, Taarini and Shravani had overwhelmed the Thailand pair of Kodchaporn Chaichana and Pannawee Polyiam.
Chhabra trains on the Nationwide Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, Assam, and has additionally saved her give attention to doubles.
Taarni is part of the Indian workforce which can take part within the World Junior Championship in Nanchang, China from September 30.
-PTI
BASKETBALL
State championship: Alappuzha to satisfy Kozhikode in ladies closing
Alappuzha staved off a robust third-quarter problem from Thrissur and entered the woman’s closing of the fortieth Kerala State youth basketball championship on the Carmel CMI Public College, Vazhakulam, on Tuesday.
Alappuzha led 38-18 at half-time, however Liya Maria, with a powerful present (29 factors), led Thrissur’s restoration within the subsequent quarter. Thrissur was simply two factors behind Alappuzha, at 49-47, at one stage, however the latter bounced again to take the match 80-71.
Thrissur’s Liya Maria’s effective efficiency (29 factors) went in useless in opposition to Alappuzha within the woman’s semifinal.
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Thrissur’s Liya Maria’s effective efficiency (29 factors) went in useless in opposition to Alappuzha within the woman’s semifinal.
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In the meantime, defending ladies champion Kozhikode breezed previous Kollam 86-39 and arrange a closing conflict with Alappuzha.
The outcomes
Boys: Quarterfinals: Kottayam 66 (Milen Jose Mathew 15, Abhinav Santhosh 11, R.S. Abhijith 11) bt Thiruvananthapuram 35 (Dhruv Radhakrishnan 13); Thrissur 64 (Abhishek R. Pradeep 16, A.S. Advaith 10) bt Malappuram 28 (Muhammed Shihan 14); Kozhikode 69 (Vignesh Siva 15, S. Ashique 11, Anantha Krishnan 11) bt Pathanamthitta 37 (Kevin Paul Titus 10); Idukki 69 (Naijal Jacob 15, Albert Regi 13, Dominic Sanu 11) bt Alappuzha 57 (Akshay Alex 21, Alan Cleophas Jain 12).
Women: Semifinals: Kozhikode 86 (Ok. Arthika 24, Diya Biju 11) bt Kollam 39 (Brisa Binu 15); Alappuzha 80 (Thejas Thobhias 18, Anju A. Joseph 16, Subadra Jayakumar 13, Niranjana 12) bt Thrissur 71 (Liya Maria 29, Ann Rose 19, Adina Maria 12).
Quarterfinals: Thrissur 65 (Anna Rose 17, Adina Johnson 12) bt Idukki 38 (Ok.S. Arshitha 16); Alappuzha 46 (Subhadra Jayakumar 15, S. Hridhya 11) bt Thiruvananthapuram 21.
-Stan Rayan
TENNIS
ITF Masters: Chandril Sood wins blended gold in world championship
Chandril Sood gained the blended doubles gold with Kerstina Peckl of Austria within the over-30 occasion of the ITF Masters tennis World Championship in Lisbon, Portugal, lately.
Kerstina Peckl and Chandril Sood with the blended doubles gold within the ITF Masters tennis World Championship in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Kerstina Peckl and Chandril Sood with the blended doubles gold within the ITF Masters tennis World Championship in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Chandril and Kerstina gained 3-6, 6-3, [17-15] within the closing in opposition to Kadi Liic Saar and Samuel Martinez of Spain.
Chandril additionally gained the lads’s doubles bronze medal along with his twin brother Lakshit Sood. The Indian pair was overwhelmed within the semifinals by the eventual champions Goncalo Falcao and Joao Ferreira of Portugal.
Apparently, Lakshit in partnership with Joanne Homza of Canada was overwhelmed within the blended doubles semifinals by Kerstin and Chandril, and gained the bronze medal.
The outcomes
Over-30: Blended doubles (closing): Kerstin Peckl (Aut) & Chandril Sood bt Kadi Liic Saar (Est) & Samuel Martinez (Esp) 3-6, 6-3, [17-15]; Semifinals: Kerstin & Chandril bt Joanne Homza (Can) & Lakshit Sood 6-1, 6-2.
Males’s doubles (semifinals): Goncalo Falcao & Joao Ferreira (Por) bt Chandril Sood & Lakshit Sood 7-6(4), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Challenger event: Anirudh Chandrasekhar-Hernandez duo wins in doubles pre-quarterfinals
Anirudh Chandrasekar in partnership with David Hernandez of Spain fought his well beyond Joan Nadal Vives and Abdullah Shelbayh 7-6(6), 6-7(5), [10-8] within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €74,825 Challenger tennis event in Manacor, Spain, on Tuesday.
The outcomes:
€74,825 Challenger, Manacor, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & David Hernandez (Esp) bt Joan Nadal Vives (Esp) & Abdullah Shelbayh (Jor) 7-6(6), 6-7(5), [10-8].
$25,000 ITF males, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Singles (first spherical): S Mukund bt Krittin Koaykul (Tha) 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sai Karteek Reddy & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (Tha) bt Tomohiro Masabayashi (Jpn) & Thantub Suksumrarn (Tha) 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Singles (first spherical): Matthew Summers (GBR) bt Sidharth Rawat 7-5, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Parth Aggarwal & Edison Ambarzumjan (Ger) bt Igor Panin & Pavel Shchaya-Zubrov 6-4, 6-4; Adil Kalyanpur & Vishnu Vardhan bt Dev Javia & Aryan Shah 6-3, 6-4.
$40,000 ITF girls, Jinan, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): I-Hsuan Cho & Yi Tsen Cho (Tpe) bt Riya Bhatia & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) 6-0, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF girls, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Watsachol Sawatdee & Tanuchaporn Yongmod (Tha) 2-6, 7-6(0), [10-8].
$15,000 ITF girls, Valladolid, Spain
Singles (first spherical): Liu Min (Chn) bt Aaddi Gupta 6-1, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first spherical): Hanna Bougouffa (Fra) bt Himadri Kashyap 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai & Celine Simunyu (Irl) bt Polina Kalbekova & Ralina Kalmulina 6-2, 6-0.
– Group Sportstar
FOOTBALL
Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy: FC Goa beats Brisbane Roar in, climbs to prime of Group A
FC Goa secured a big 1-0 victory over Australian A-League Males aspect Brisbane Roar FC in a fiercely contested match on the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy 2024 on Tuesday to ship the aspect on prime of the Group A desk.
Albanian ahead Armando Sadiku scored the solitary aim.
Earlier within the day, Head Coach Manolo Marquez named a robust beginning XI, that includes all 5 obtainable overseas gamers, with solely Iker Guarrotxena lacking out as he had simply arrived in Goa.
Arshdeep Singh began between the posts, whereas the attacking trio of Sadiku, Dejan Drazic, and Borja Herrera led the cost up entrance.
The match was intense from the outset, with each groups displaying physicality of their play. Identified for its aggressive fashion, Brisbane Roar stayed true to it and was not hesitant to make use of power to thwart FC Goa’s advances.
As the primary half drew to a detailed, tempers flared, culminating in Brisbane’s Benjamin Halloran receiving a direct purple card within the first minute of added time for a reckless problem, lowering the guests to 10 males.
FC Goa capitalized on its numerical benefit early within the second half, scoring the decisive aim within the 51st minute.
– Group Sportstar