Nationwide SUP Championship: Sekar Patchai defends title, Tanvi Jagdish dethrones Monika P
Sekar Patchai and Tanvi Jagdish of Tamil Nadu have been topped champions within the Males’s and Ladies’s Technical classes, respectively, on Day 1 of the Palkbay Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) Problem 2024, the Nationwide SUP Championship.
Karnataka’s Akash Pujar walked away with a SUP Technical Blended Groms title. Competing on the picturesque Pirappanvalasi Seaside in Palk Bay, Sekar efficiently defended his title with a timing of 21:08.48 minutes within the 4km race.
Fellow Tamil Nadu stand-up paddlers Manikandan M and Santhosan secured second and third place with the timings of twenty-two:10.07 minutes and 24:44.48 minutes, respectively, finishing a clear sweep for the hosts.
Tanvi Jagdish crossed the end line with a timing of 28:16.29 minutes to grab the title from the previous champion, Monika P of Tamil Nadu, who accomplished the race at 30:32.63 minutes.
Vijayalakshmi Irulappan, additionally from Tamil Nadu, accomplished the rostrum with a time of 31:19.29 minutes, securing third place.
-Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Tvesa and Pranavi miss reduce in France
Indian golfers Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik confronted disappointment on the Lacoste Girls Open de France, as each missed the reduce after struggling of their second rounds.
Pranavi carded 79 after a first-round 72 to overlook the reduce by an enormous margin, whereas Tvesa, who shot 72 within the first spherical, added 76 and missed by one shot because the reduce fell at 5-over 147.
Tvesa had two birdies in opposition to seven bogeys, whereas Pranavi had 4 bogeys and two doubles to be 8-over for the day.
Swiss rookie Chiara Tamburlini will take a one-shot lead into the ultimate spherical after carding a four-under 67 on Friday to maneuver to seven-under par.
-PTI
Sandhu, Kochhar tied-Twenty first in Taipei
Ajeetesh Sandhu and Karandeep Kochhar have been positioned tied-Twenty first at 8-under after three rounds of the USD 1 million Yeangder TPC, an occasion on the Asian Tour.
Sandhu had rounds of 67-72-69, whereas Kochhar shot 67-68-73.
The 2 have been among the many 4 Indians to make the reduce, with the others being Shiv Kapur (68-70-72) at tied-Thirty seventh and Yuvraj Sandhu (65-71-74) at 6-under.
Rashid Khan, SSP Chawrasia, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Varun Chopra missed the reduce.
Suteepat Prateeptienchai continued his spectacular march to a second title on the Asian Tour when he stored the lead for the third successive day.
He carded a four-under-par 68 on Saturday for a fantastic event complete of 18-under and a two-shot benefit over Filipino Miguel Tabuena, on the Linkou Worldwide Golf & Nation Membership.
-PTI
Sharma fights again to make reduce in Spain
India’s Shubhankar Sharma fought again within the second spherical, carding a 1-under 70 to make the reduce in tied-57th place on the 2024 Acciona Open de Espana.
The Indian, who had a disappointing 3-over 74 on the primary day, carded 1-under 70 with three birdies and an eagle in opposition to two bogeys on day 2, and at 2-over 144 for 36 holes, he made the grade.
Spain’s Angel Hidalgo surged to a commanding four-shot lead after carding a 67 within the second spherical.
-PTI
TENNIS
Fenesta Open Nationwide Tennis Championship: High seed Dheeraj, Sandesh transfer ahead in qualifiers
High seed Dheeraj Ok S started the twenty ninth Fenesta Open Nationwide Tennis Championship with a straight-set victory over Hitesh Yalamanchili within the first spherical of the qualifiers, whereas Sandesh Kurale produced an upset in opposition to twelfth seed Fardeen Mohammed on the DLTA Advanced in New Delhi on Saturday.
Tamil Nadu’s Dheeraj stamped his authority within the males’s singles match from the start and registered a 6-2, 6-2 victory in opposition to Hitesh of Telangana to maneuver nearer to qualifying for the primary draw.
In one other thrilling first-round conflict of the qualifiers, ranked 101 Maharashtra’s Sandesh upset twelfth seed Fardeen of West Bengal 6-0, 6-0 in straight units.
High seeds within the ladies’s singles occasion, Laxmi Dandu (1) of Telangana and Gujarat’s Vidhi Jani (2) obtained byes within the first spherical of the qualifiers.
Ranked 300 in India, Vaibhav Charotia of Uttar Pradesh produced one of many performances of the day to upset twelfth seed Uttar Pradesh’s Arjun Bhati in a three-set thriller 5-7, 6-3, [10-6] within the boys u-18 singles class. First and second seeds Ojas Mehlawat (Delhi) and Murtuza Huzefa Ok (Gujarat) obtained byes to maneuver into the second spherical of the qualifiers, respectively.
The ladies u-18 class additionally noticed prime seeds, Haryana’s Dhatri Dave (1) and Gujarat’s Pal Upadhyay getting byes within the first spherical.
The primary draw might be performed from September 30 to October 5. The Boys and Women Beneath-16 & Beneath-14 class matches might be performed from October 6 to October 12.
-Staff Sportstar
FOOTBALL
Tremendous League Kerala: Calicut FC holds Kannur Warriors to 1-1 draw
P.M. Britto celebrating is purpose for Calicut FC in opposition to Kannur Warriors.
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P.M. Britto celebrating is purpose for Calicut FC in opposition to Kannur Warriors.
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The 2 groups on prime of the Tremendous League Kerala desk got here nose to nose right here on Saturday night time. The expectations have been certainly excessive in regards to the conflict between Calicut FC and Kannur Warriors, and there was crowd, too.
Simply when it appeared the native followers must go residence disenchanted, P.M. Britto produced some magic. He scored the equaliser within the damage time and the match was drawn 1-1.
The Warriors thus have retained their pole place, having taken their tally to 9 factors from 5 video games. Calicut has seven factors.
Calicut would have remained on six although, if not for that splendid effort from Britto. After dribbling previous the Kannur defence, he drove firmly into the purpose from the sting of the field.
That purpose was a results of the strain placed on the Kannur defence by the Calicut males late into the sport. They appeared keener to assault after conceding the lead, quarter-hour into the second half.
Asier Gomes did effectively to chest down the lengthy ball he obtained from deep inside his personal half and handed it on to Adrian Sardinero, who moved swiftly into the field and slotted the ball residence.
The end result: Calicut FC 1(P.M. Britto 90+1) drew with Kannur Warriors 1. (Adrian Sardinero 60).
-P.Ok. Ajith Kumar
CHESS
Megha begins with win on powerful day for Indians in world junior blind chess
Asian Para Video games medallist Megha Chakraborty of India began her marketing campaign within the World Junior and Ladies Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired with a fantastic win over Sweden’s Mork Kristina on Saturday.
Chakraborty grabbed some extent following the win. Chakraborty, enjoying with black items, adopted the Dutch defence and superior the G-pawn.
Thereafter, she reached an advantageous place within the center recreation, and scored an excellent tactical victory.
However her compatriots couldn’t do an encore, succumbing to their respective opponents.
Tijan Gawar, one other Asian Para Video games medallist, faltered in the long run recreation to lose to Emilia Tryjanska.
Shobha Lokhande went all the way down to Worldwide Grasp Lubov Lisenko.
Nonetheless, Vruthi Jain managed a draw in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Yenlik Yegembayeva to bag half some extent.
Within the boy’s part, Ashwin Rajesh of India misplaced to Racis Micheal of Poland.
Rajesh opted for Sicilian Defence however a mistake within the center recreation with white piece allowed Micheal to emerge the winner.
-PTI