GOLF
Amardeep Malik fires 67 to take first-round lead in Digboi
Noida’s Amardeep Malik fired a stable five-under 67 to take the first-round lead on the IndianOil SERVO Masters on the Digboi Golf Hyperlinks right here on Wednesday.
Former champion Honey Baisoya of Delhi, Pune’s Divyansh Dubey, Bangladesh golfer Jamal Hossain, Bengaluru’s Syed Saqib Ahmed and Panchkula’s Abhishek Kumar had been all tied for second place at four-under 68.
Deven Bhumij was the highest-placed among the many Digboi-based professionals after he returned a spherical of 73 to be tied fiftieth.
Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya, final week’s winner in Jaipur, was one of many 5 gamers bunched in tied seventh place at 69.
Two of the distinguished names collaborating this week, Angad Cheema and Udayan Mane, struck scores of 72 to be tied thirty sixth.
Amardeep, a two-time winner on the PGTI, combined six birdies with a bogey throughout his opening spherical, as he was glad to be again within the combine after a few abnormal weeks on tour.
He discovered his groove so far as his hitting was involved as he struck his tee photographs effectively and landed his approaches inside 5 to 10 toes of the flag on no less than three events.
-PTI
Nayanika takes one-shot chief over Hitaashee and Jasmine in fifteenth Leg of Hero WPGT
Nayanika Sanga, searching for her maiden win on the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour, carded a stable four-under 68 to take a slender one-shot lead after the opening day within the fifteenth and remaining leg of the Tour right here on Wednesday.
Nayanika, 20, had seven birdies, together with three in a row on the again 9 from the eleventh to the thirteenth on the Boulder Hills Golf & Nation Membership.
She had one shot edge over final week’s winner, Hitaashee Bakshi (69) and Jasmine Shekar (69).
4 gamers, Amandeep Drall, Gaurika Bishnoi and Sneha Singh, alongside Sri Lankan newbie Kaya Daluwatte, had been tied for fourth place with playing cards of 2-under 70 every.
Nayanika, who turned professional in 2022, had an early bogey on the second, however birdies on the fourth and the eighth ensured she turned in one-under.
A bogey on the tenth pulled her again to even par, however a hat-trick of birdies from the eleventh to the thirteenth and two extra on the fifteenth and 18th with a bogey in between on sixteenth noticed her end at 68.
Hitaashee had a bogey early on the second however birdies on the fifth, seventh and the ninth holes noticed her flip in a wholesome 2-under 34. On the again 9, she birdied the eleventh and fifteenth and dropped a shot on the Par-4 thirteenth.
Jasmine Shekar had an excellent begin with 4 birdies within the first seven holes, however then three bogeys in opposition to one birdie between the ninth and the thirteenth noticed her fall again. A closing birdie on the 18th ensured she completed at 69 and was nonetheless near the chief.
Khushi Khanijau (71) was sole eighth whereas 4 others, together with Vidhatri Urs, Anvitha Narender, Seher Atwal and newbie Srihita Mandava had been tied ninth with scores of one-over 73 every.
-PTI
FOOTBALL
Santosh Trophy qualifying: Kerala beats Railways 1-0, Pondicherry wins in opposition to Lakshadweep
Kerala scraped by by a objective in opposition to Railways because it opened its marketing campaign on a successful observe within the Santosh Trophy qualifying match on Wednesday.
The host gained 1-0 on the Company Stadium, due to the objective scored by Muhammed Ajsal within the 72nd minute.
It wasn’t probably the most convincing of reveals by Kerala in what was going to be probably its largest problem within the group.
The objective got here off a wonderful by ball by Nijo Gilbert, following a feeble clearance from the Railway defence. Ajsal slotted the ball neatly into the nook.
Earlier, an old school hat-trick by Dhileepan helped Pondicherry beat Lakshadweep 3-2. Mohammed scored each objectives of Lakshadweep to present his group the lead twice.
The outcomes
Group H
Kerala 1 (Muhammad Ajsal 72) bt Railway 0.
Pondicherry 3 (Dhilipan 29, 79 & 90+3) bt Lakshadweep 2 (Mohammed 18 & 41).
-P.Okay. Ajith Kumar
Bhaichung Bhutia colleges to conduct trials
The Bhaichung Bhutia Soccer Colleges (BBFS), in collaboration with Enlogo, will conduct trials on December 1 at SKV Andrew Ganj right here to pick out gamers within the under-13 and under-17 age group for the residential academy.
The trials present a platform for aspiring soccer gamers born between 2009 and 2016 to showcase their abilities and probably embark on a journey in the direction of skilled soccer.
“We consider that soccer is a sport that needs to be accessible to each younger expertise within the nation, no matter the place they arrive from. These trials are a possibility for younger gamers to take their first step ahead in the direction of realising their desires”, stated Bhaichung Bhutia.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
ITF Junior Tennis: Apara beats Jaya in ladies pre-quarterfinals, to problem second seed Priyanka subsequent
Apara Khandare recovered from a troublesome begin and brink of defeat to beat Jaya Kapoor 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 within the ladies pre-quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis match on the Assam Tennis Complicated on Wednesday.
Apara will problem the second seed Priyanka Rana within the quarterfinals.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Below-18 boys: Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Daksh Kukreti 6-1, 7-5; Om Patel bt Mahit Mekala 6-1, 6-3; Izyan Ahmad bt A Balasubramanian 6-0, 6-1; Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Prakaash Sarran 6-4, 3-6, 66-3; Arjun Rathi bt Aashravya Mehra 6-1, 6-1; Shanker Heisnam bt Aarav Hada 7-6(5), 6-0; Praneel Sharma bt Aarav Chawla 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4; Ojas Mehlawat bt Aditya Mor 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Below-18 ladies: Rishitha Basireddy bt Akansha Ghosh 6-0, 6-3; Mahika Khanna bt Disha Behera 7-6(4), 7-5; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Kashish Kant 6-1, 6-4; Snigdha Kanta bt Aahan 6-3, 7-5; Kashvi Sunil bt Prachi Malik 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Shaivi Dalal bt Savitha Bhuvaneswaran 3-6, 7-5, 6-0; Apara Khandare bt Jaya Kapoor 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3; Priyanka Rana bt Swasti Singh 7-6(5), 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Sumit Nagal loses first spherical
Edas Butvilas of Lithuania beat second seed Sumit Nagal 6-3, 7-5 within the first spherical of the €74,825 Challenger tennis match in Montemar, Spain.
THE RESULTS
€120,950, Rovereto, Italy
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Rithvik Bollipalli bt Daniel Masur (Ger) & Alexey Vatutin 6-4, 6-3.
€74,825 Challenger, Montemar, Spain
Singles (first spherical): Edas Butvilas (Ltu) bt Sumit Nagal 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals); Karol Drzewiecki & Piotr Matuszewski (Pol) bt Pavel Petrov & Ayush Sharma 6-2, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF males, Luanda, Angola
Singles (first spherical): Lawrence Bataljin (Aus) bt Tarun Karra 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Parth Aggarwal & Matteo Covato (Ita) bt Breno Braga & Victor Braga (Bra) 7-6(3), 6-4; Tarun Karra & Victor Pagotto (Bra) bt Joelson Paulino (Ang) & Pascal Tylek (Can) 6-3, 6-3; Chirag Duhan & Lorenzo Llorusso (Ita) bt Seydina Andre (Sen) & Jean-Christiann Morandais (Gud) 4-6, 6-4, [10-6]; Oliver Anderson (Aus) & Daniel Vishnick (GBR) bt Daniel Domingos (Ang) & Yash Yadav 6-2, 0-6, [10-8]; Gregor Ramskogler (Aut) & Jasza Szajrych (Pol) bt Alan Bojarski (Pol) & Aryan Lakshmanan 6-4, 6-0.
$25,000 ITF girls, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Singles (first spherical): Saumya Vig bt Emma Mazzoni (Fra) 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sshria Atturu (USA) & Saumya Vig bt Sasha Kilgour (USA) & Roxana Valdez (Cub) 6-1, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first spherical): Zeel Desai bt Dominika Podhajecka (Pol) 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Astric Cirotte & Mathilde Lollia (Fra) bt Aaddi Gupta & Sarah Nita (Cuw) 4-6, 6-1, [10-5].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
POLO
Indian Masters championship
Santiago Marambio struck 5 objectives in serving to Jindal Delta to a 9-6 victory over Achievers in a league match of the three group Indian Masters polo championship on the Jaipur Polo floor on Wednesday.
Jindal Panther would be the third group within the competitors, and the highest two groups will meet within the remaining on Sunday.
THE RESULTS
Jindal Delta 9 (Santiago Marambio 5, Hurr Ali 2, JP Clarkin, Naveen Jindal) bt Achievers 6 (Chris Mackenzie 5, Daniel Otamendi).
-Kamesh Srinivasan