GOLF
Diksha Dagar wins Hero Shot abilities problem
Two-time Olympian Diksha Dagar received the Hero Shot abilities problem and pocketed $4,000 in a contest that includes eight gamers assembled for the $400,000 Hero Ladies’s Indian Open on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership on Tuesday.
Within the last, two-time Women European Tour winner Diksha beat compatriot Tvesa Malik, in getting the ball closest to the pin from 110 yards on the 18th gap.
The 2 Indian gamers beat Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz and England’s Alice Hewson within the semifinals, after having emerged among the many prime 4 within the quarterfinals when the competitors was from 80 yards.
The runner-up received $2,000, whereas the semifinalists ($1000) and quarterfinalists ($500) shared the remainder of the prize from a complete purse of $10,000.
The Government Chairman of Hero MotoCorp, Dr. Pawan Munjal introduced the prizes.
The president of Ladies’s Golf Affiliation of India, Kavita Singh was happy to see
one other version of the championship getting underway from Thursday, with 114 gamers from 30 international locations.
The vp of Hero MotoCorp, Sanjay Bhan reiterated the dedication of the organisation to assist the occasion and the game develop.
Chiara Tamburlini, the best ranked participant at No.66, from Switzerland, Alice Hewson of England, Mannon De Roey of Belgium other than the three Indian ladies Diksha, Tvesa and Hitaashee Bakshi, expressed their pleasure about competing on the difficult course that referred to as for excellent tee-shots and the beautiful potential to sort out the quick greens.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Cyclone Dana postpones Junior Athletics meet
With cyclone ‘Dana’ anticipated to hit Odisha on Wednesday, the thirty ninth Nationwide junior athletics championships which had been to start in Bhubaneswar on October 25, have been postponed.
The brand new dates of the five-day meet shall be introduced quickly.
-Stan Rayan
SWIMMING
Karnataka wins Nationwide Para-Swimming Championships group title
Karnataka secured the general title with a formidable 392 factors on the twenty fourth Nationwide Para-Swimming Championships which concluded right here on Tuesday.
Maharashtra completed second with 378 factors, whereas Rajasthan took the third spot with 248 factors.
The occasion witnessed participation of 518 swimmers from 28 states, with 360 males and 158 ladies competing throughout numerous classes. Remarkably, 231 of the contributors had been first-time rivals.
Within the particular person classes, Mohammed Aasim of Kerala emerged as the lads’s senior champion, showcasing his distinctive abilities within the pool. Ravi Karthik of Andhra Pradesh received the lads’s junior title, whereas Revansh of Haryana triumphed within the males’s sub-junior class.
Within the ladies’s division, Karnataka’s Sharanya clinched the ladies’s senior title. Maharashtra’s Saee Pujair received the ladies’s junior championship and Abha Ganesh took residence the ladies’s sub-junior title.
-PTI
PICKLEBALL
PWR700 occasion to be held in Delhi from October 24
Round 750 newbie and professional gamers are set to compete within the India Masters, a PWR700 occasion, on the DLTA Advanced right here from October 24, the organisers introduced on Tuesday.
It will likely be first match in India, absolutely owned and operated occasion by Pickleball World Rankings (PWR) following the profitable launch of the PWR World Tour in July 2024 in Dubai, UAE.
The contributors embrace prime worldwide gamers akin to Dustin Boyer (United States), Phuc Huynh (United States), Roos Van Reek (Netherlands), Mitch Hargreaves (Australia), Emilia Schmidt (Australia), Pei Chuan Kao (Chinese language Taipei), in addition to main Indian gamers like Armaan Bhatia and Aditya Ruhela.
They’ll compete for a prize pool of USD 50,000.
-PTI
BASKETBALL
Shumalaya guides Apex Public Faculty to last of Hansraj Prabhakar Match
Shumalaya scored 19 factors in guiding Apex Public Faculty to a 36-34 victory over Bal Bharati Faculty, Pitampura, within the under-17 ladies last of the thirty fifth Hansraj Prabhakar Basketball Match on the Oxford Faculty courts, Vikaspuri, on Tuesday.
Shumalaya was adjudged the ‘finest participant’ within the ladies part. Ishant Singh (under-18 boys), Naitik Dhaka (under-16 boys) and Arjun Lakra (under-14 boys) had been the opposite gamers to be introduced the ‘finest participant’ award.
Mohit Gulia received the open free throw competitors, whereas Sarthak Thakur received the open three-pointer competitors. Probably the most promising participant award was given to Raj Singh, whereas Anvay Malik emerged the ‘highest scorer’ with 104 factors.
The outcomes (finals):
Underneath-18 boys: Military Public Faculty, Dhaula Kuan, 65 (Ishant 22) bt Delhi Public Faculty, Vasant Kunj, 59 (Anvay 21).
Underneath-17 ladies:Apex Public Faculty 36 (Shumalaya 19) bt Bal Bharati Faculty, Pitampura, 34 (Parnika 31).
Underneath-16 boys: SD Public Faculty 50 (Naitik Sharma) bt Oxford Faculty 32.
Underneath-14 boys: Bal Bharati, Pitamppura, 34 bt Venkateshwar 14.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Manjeet and Arjun scored the targets to assist Military Boys Sports activities Firm, MEG Bangalore, to a 3-1 victory over Odisha Naval Tata Academy, Bhubaneswar, in a superleague match of the Kanwarji 52nd Nehru junior hockey match on the Shivaji Stadium on Tuesday.
Deepak Pradhan lowered the margin for the Bhubaneswar group.
The outcomes (superleague):
Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, 3 (Sabian Kiro 2, Satyam Pandey) bt Pritam Sports activities Foudnation, Sonipat, 0.
RoundGlass Hockey Academy 10 (Sukhdev Singh 2, Gurwinder Singh 2, Jagjit Singh, Abhay, Anurag Sngh, Amandeep, Jaswinder Singh, Om Rajnesh Saini) bt Guru Gobind Singh Sports activities Faculty, Lucknow, 2 (Dhiraj Pal 2).
Military Boys Sports activities Firm, MEG Bangalore, 3 (Arjun 2, Manjeet1) bt Odisha Naval Tata Academy, Bhubaneswar, 1 (Deepak Pradhan).
Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, Bhopal, 6 (Subhan Abid 2, Vivek Pal 2, Tauheed Ahmad, Ritendra Pratap Singh) bt Sangrur Hockey Academy, 0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Mukund enters second spherical of Santaizi ATP Challenger
S. Mukund beat qualifier Thanapet Chanta of Thailand 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 within the first spherical of the Santaizi ATP Challenger tennis match in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday.
The outcomes:
€2,540,835 ATP, Basel, Switzerland: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (Fra) bt Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned) & Joe Salisbury (GBR) 3-6, 7-5, [10-8].
$164,000 Challenger, Taipei, Taiwan: Singles (first spherical): S Mukund bt Thanapet Chanta (Tha) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0; Kokoro Isomura (Jpn) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(3), 7-6(5).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinal): Toshihide Matsui & Kaito Uesugi (Jpn) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Niki Poonacha 6-7(6), 6-1, [10-4]; Cristian Rodriguez (Col) & Matthew Romios (Aus) bt Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF males, Sharm Elsheikh, Egypt: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lucas Deliano (Ger) & Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Sidharth Raat & Kristjan Tamm (Est) 1-6, 7-5, [10-7].
$25,000 ITF ladies, Heraklion, Greece: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ilinca Amariei (Rou) & Elena Korokozidi (Gre) bt Annika Kannan & Styliani Roussopoulou (Gre) 6-2, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan