WEIGHTLIFTING
Harjinder Kaur, Lalruatfela set new Nationwide Data at Nationwide weightlifting championships
Punjab’s Harjinder Kaur created three new nationwide data – one in snatch (98kg) , one in clear & jerk (125kg) and one in complete (223kg) – bettering her personal outdated data of 96kg, 124kg and 220kg, respectively on the Nationwide Weightlifting Championships in Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
Lalruatfela of Mizoram created a brand new nationwide report in clear & jerk – 174 kg bettering the outdated report of 171 kg of Manish of Haryana. G. Ravisankar of Andhra Pradesh’s new report for a complete – 311 kg bettered the outdated report of 304 kg held by Ramkaran Prajapati of Uttarakhand.
Outcomes
Ladies (71kg): 1. Harjinder Kaur (Punjab) – 98kg snatch, 125kg clear and jerk, and complete 223kg; 2. S. Pallavi (Andhra Pradesh) – 94kg snatch, 114kg clear and jerk, and 208kg complete; 3. M. Lekha Maalya (RSPB) – 83kg snatch, 112kg clear and jerk, and 195kg complete
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
Dagar Diksha misses reduce narrowly in Taiwan
Indian golfer Diksha Dagar made a valiant try on the again 9 however couldn’t save herself from lacking the reduce on the inaugural Wistron Girls Open right here on Friday.
Diksha got here again from 2-over, however she might card solely two birdies.
She missed some birdie possibilities too, and missed the reduce to exit from the event early for the second time in as many weeks. She completed T-63rd as 62 gamers made the reduce.
Diksha paid the value of 6-over 78 within the first spherical, and even a 72 on the second with two birdies and two bogeys couldn’t preserve her within the occasion.
She is subsequent as a result of play the Hero Ladies’s Indian Open at dwelling. The LET has no occasion subsequent week.
Aditi Tied-Forty sixth after two rounds in Shanghai
India’s Aditi Ashok endured a combined day for an even-par 72 within the second spherical of the Buick Open to lie tied Forty sixth right here.
The three-time Olympian is looking for her first win on the LPGA. Within the second spherical, Aditi had two birdies and two bogeys after beginning on the tenth tee. Within the first spherical she had three birdies towards two bogeys for a one-under card.
Korea’s Sei Younger Kim shot 62-70 on the primary two days to take a one-shot lead over Japan’s Mao Saigo (68-65) at Qizhong Backyard Golf Membership.
Lucy Li of the US is tied second with Saigo at 11-under. She had rounds of 65-68. Australian Minjee Lee is fourth with 67-67 and American Yealimi Noh is fifth with playing cards of 68-67.
– PTI
Gradual begin for Shubhankar in French Open golf
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma’s patchy type continued as he carded a topsy-turvy one-over 72 within the opening spherical of the FedEx Open de France that left him tied 77th within the standings in Paris.
Sharma struck 4 birdies towards 5 bogeys.
He was one of many early starters and stumbled to a bogey on the second gap however rapidly made amends with two fantastic birdies on the fourth and the sixth.
On the again 9, he had begin with a birdie to go to two-under.
Then got here three bogeys on the trot from eleventh to the thirteenth and he was not in a position to recuperate from that, managing a birdie-bogey end within the final two holes.
The reduce seems to be probably at even par or higher and Sharma will want a strong spherical to make the reduce, after lacking out final week.
– PTI
HOCKEY
HIL will revive India’s golden period: Sardar Singh
The revival of the Hockey India League will put the game on an excellent path, feels former captain Sardar Singh.
Over 1,000 gamers have registered for the HIL 2024-25 Gamers’ Public sale. The lads’s Public sale is scheduled for October 13 and 14, whereas the historic girls’s public sale will happen on October 15.
The league is about to make a comeback after seven years.
“The HIL can be larger and higher this time round and with a Ladies’s league being held concurrently, the League is about to revive Indian hockey’s golden period,” Sardar was quoted as saying in a Hockey India assertion.
“A bigger variety of Indian gamers can be in line to expertise hockey on the highest stage, resulting in a bigger pool of potential gamers for the Indian Hockey Groups.” Within the first version, in 2013, the 38-year-old competed for Delhi Waveriders and was named participant of the event. He performed all editions of the league, rubbing shoulders with gamers like Jamie Dwyer, Moritz Fürste and plenty of extra.
“The HIL was an unforgettable expertise; we have been in a high-performance surroundings for an prolonged time frame, enjoying towards and alongside a number of the greatest gamers on the earth.
“This created a studying surroundings for gamers by exposing them to completely different cultures and mindsets. For an impressionable younger participant, there may be nothing extra essential than optimistic publicity,” Sardar commented.
Sardar Singh was the youngest participant to captain the Indian workforce, at 21 years of age, when he led the aspect on the 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
“Present mainstays within the workforce; Harmanpreet, Mandeep, Sumit and plenty of extra have been recognized and groomed within the HIL. Captain Harmanpreet performed HIL in 2015, which helped him develop faster and he went on to guide the workforce to victory, scoring 3 essential objectives as a 19-year-old,” he added.