GOLF
Tvesa, Pranavi lead Indian problem in LET La Sella Open
Tvesa Malik and Pranavi Urs will lead the Indian problem on the La Sella Open because the Women European Tour resumes motion after a break because of the Solheim Cup.
Tvesa and Pranavi, who’ve had modest seasons, shall be joined by Ridhima Dilawari and invitee Seher Atwal. Diksha Dagar has taken a break whereas Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall are enjoying on the home Hero WPG Tour.
La Sella Open got here on the LET calendar in 2023 and returns this 12 months with the 72-hole stroke play competitors happening at La Sella Golf Resort.
A discipline of 132 gamers shall be teeing it up with a reduce to the highest 60 professionals and ties on the finish of the second spherical.
– PTI
FOOTBALL
AIFF renames Junior Ladies Nationwide Championship to honour Dr Talimeren Ao
The AIFF on Wednesday rechristened the Junior Ladies’ Nationwide Championship within the identify of India’s first males’s Olympic soccer captain Physician Talimeren Ao in its bid to recognise his contribution to the sport.
Ranging from the 2025-26 season, the match shall be referred to as the “Dr. Talimeren Ao Nationwide Soccer Championship for Junior Ladies”, the AIFF acknowledged.
This alteration marks the primary nationwide tribute to Dr Ao by the Federation, acknowledging his pioneering function and achievements within the sport.
The championship, now in its 18th version, has been dominated by Manipur with 11 titles and two runners-up finishes.
Along with the match renaming, the AIFF plans to fee a biography detailing Dr Ao’s exceptional journey from his native Changki village in Nagaland to turning into a distinguished determine in Indian soccer, with notable achievements together with main the nationwide group on the 1948 Summer season Olympics.
It is usually reported that Dr Ao obtained gives from prestigious English golf equipment reminiscent of Arsenal FC throughout his profession. He reportedly declined the contract to finish his medical research and fulfill his father’s dream.
“Dr Talimeren Ao is an inspiring determine, and his journey have to be dropped at life in as we speak’s context, else I’m afraid we in all probability be the final era to know of the legends,” AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey acknowledged.
“The naming of our Junior Ladies Nationwide Championship and a biography ebook, in my opinion, shall be a humble ode by the federation to our nationwide hero — who went on to captain the primary unbiased Indian soccer group and the 1948 Summer season Olympics.” Born in 1918 in Nagaland’s Changki village, Dr Ao was India’s first soccer captain and the nation’s flag bearer on the 1948 Olympics.
Regardless of his father’s want for him to turn out to be a health care provider, Ao excelled in soccer with Mohun Bagan and captained India on the Olympics.
Ao grew to become a distinguished doctor, serving because the director of Well being Providers in Nagaland.
Posthumously he was honoured with the Mohun Bagan Ratna Award in 2002.
The AIFF has not too long ago named the Senior Ladies’s Nationwide Championship trophy after Rajmata Jijabai and devoted the Underneath-20 Boys Nationwide Championship trophy to Swami Vivekananda Cup.
– PTI
Former NRAI secy-general Baljit Sethi no extra
Baljit Singh Sethi, who served as secretary-general of the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation of India for almost 25 years — from 1985 until 2009 –, died right here on Wednesday.
He was 89 and is survived by his spouse, a daughter and a son
– PTI