Indian sports activities wrap, December 3: Madhya Pradesh shocks defending champion Haryana in quarters of Hockey India Sub-Junior Ladies’s Nationals

HOCKEY

Madhya Pradesh stuns defending champion Haryana in semis of Hockey India Sub-junior nationwide girls’s c’ship

Madhya Pradesh ladies shocked defending champions Haryana 3-2 in a keenly contested quarterfinal, whereas final 12 months’s runners-up Jharkhand stormed into the semifinals of the 14th Hockey India Sub-junior nationwide girls’s championship at RRC Floor in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Haryana opened the scoring as Diksha struck within the thirteenth minute of the sport. Nonetheless, Madhya Pradesh ladies pulled issues again as Sallu Pukhrambam struck within the thirty fourth minute to attract parity.

Sixteen minutes later, Rubi Rathore made it 2-1 for Madhya Pradesh by changing a penalty nook.  However the Haryana ladies levelled the scores within the 58th minute by the stick of Durga.

Nonetheless, the Madhya Pradesh ladies, who’ve scored a will proper by the match, have been in no temper to present it as they took only a minute to attain the profitable aim. Rubi transformed one other penalty nook to dump the champions out of the match.

Leoni Hemrom was the architect of the resounding Jharkhand win as she sounded the boards 5 instances. After being stored on the leash for the primary two-quarters of the sport, the Jharkhand ladies went on a rampage within the closing two quarters as they posted a 12-0 victory.

The Maharashtra ladies have been capable of maintain their very own within the first two quarters as they stored the Jharkhand strikers at bay for probably the most a part of the sport earlier than half-time. Leoni struck within the opening minute of the sport and added one other within the sixteenth minute as Jharkhand went into the break 2-0.

Nonetheless, issues took a dramatic flip thereafter, as Jharkhand scored 4 and 6 targets within the subsequent two quarters to finish the rout. Shruti Kumari and Thekia Horo scored a brace every.

Uttar Pradesh, who had completed fourth final 12 months, suffered a 0-1 loss to Mizoram. Skipper Laltlanchhungi despatched Mizoram into the final 4 with a penalty stroke conversion within the forty ninth minute of the sport.

Odisha, who have been positioned third within the final version of the match, sailed into the semifinals with a snug 3-0 win over Delhi.  Anjana Xaxa, Lugun Shibani and Sanjna Kujur scored a aim apiece because the Odisha ladies brooked no problem from the Delhi youngsters.

Within the semifinals to be performed on Thursday, Madhya Pradesh will tackle Mizoram, whereas Jharkhand will conflict towards Odisha.

-V V Subramanyam

India Navy beats PSPB in Nehru match

Pawan Rajbhar scored two targets to information Indian Navy to a 4-3 victory over Petroleum Sports activities Promotion Board (PSPB) in a quarterfinal league match of the SNBP sixtieth Nehru hockey match on the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The Navy staff led 4-1 after three quarters earlier than the Petroleum staff struck twice within the final quarter to make it a full of life contest.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

ATHLETICS

Benjamin, Manoop and Akhila rewrite information

Idukki’s Benjamin Babu, a distance runner who developed a style for the 3000m steeple chase three years in the past, broke the occasion’s meet report within the forty second Mahatma Gandhi College athletics championship on the Municipal Stadium in Pala on Tuesday.

Benjamin, from the hilly Pushpakandam close to the Tamil Nadu border and representing Changanassery’s St. Berchmans Faculty, bettered his private greatest whereas taking the gold, his second right here after his 5000m victory on Monday.

“I used to be certain I’d break the report,” stated Benjamin who was just about all on his personal after the opening lap and received by a giant margin.

In the meantime Mar Athanasius V.M. Abhirami, who had been near 6m three years in the past, took the ladies’s lengthy soar title with 5.77m. Janice Treesa Reji, the State junior champion with 5.85m in October however recovering from a foot damage now, may solely end fourth with 5.46m.

St. Dominic’s M. Manoop, who had received the quartermile on Monday, rewrote the 400m hurdles report for his second gold whereas Alphonsa’s Akhila Raju, who trains at Kasargod’s KC Throws Academy, broke the 16-year-old meet girls’s discus throw report by greater than six metres.

And Maharaja’s V.S. Bhavika, the championship’s quickest girl, completed with a double taking the 200m title.

St. Berchmans Faculty received the lads’s staff title after some 20 years, beating conventional powerhouse Mar Athanasius, whereas Alphonsa regained the ladies’s title.

– Stan Rayan

BASKETBALL

TN girls and boys in final 4

Tamil Nadu relied on scorers Aakash L. and Priyadarshan A.R. to beat a robust problem from Uttar Pradesh 66-55 within the quarterfinals and e-book a berth within the boys’ semifinals of the Nationwide youth basketball championships on the Sabuj Sathi Indoor Stadium, Howrah, on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu will face defending champion Rajasthan, which beat Punjab 76-67.

Title holders Tamil Nadu ladies additionally made it to the last-four by getting previous Gujarat 81-55 within the quarterfinals and organising a conflict with Kerala, which obtained the higher of Rajasthan 74-38 in one other last-eight contest.

– Staff Sportstar

HANDBALL

India begins Asian championship with win

Indian warmed up for the more durable challenges forward with a 31-28 victory over Hong Kong in a group-B league match of the twentieth Asian girls’s handball championship on the KD Jadhav enviornment of the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium right here on Tuesday.

India led 16-10 at half time, however Hong Kong fought again remarkably properly to bridge the hole to 19-20. Nonetheless, India was capable of achieve momentum and keep forward with spirited play, particularly by the participant of the match, Bhawna.

Bhawana, scores a aim throughout the Asian girls’s handball championship in Delhi on Tuesday.
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The Hong Kong staff tried to boost the assault by changing its goalkeeper each time the ball was on the assault, however Indian staff capitalised on the scenario with some fantastic targets from a distance. It was arduous for the Hong Kong goalkeeper to run and defend the aim from the centre line.

The Koreans demonstrated as to why they’re such a high quality staff on the earth with a mercurial 47-5 victory over Singapore within the different group.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Shrivalli loses first spherical

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty was crushed 6-1, 6-3 by Amandine Hesse of France within the first spherical of the USD 100,000 ITF girls’s tennis match in Dubai on Tuesday.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Tennis Premier League: Hyderabad Strikers beat Bengal Warriors to high desk

Hyderabad Strikers beat Bengal Warriors 58-42 to succeed in the highest of the league desk on the opening day of the sixth version of the Tennis Premier League (TPL) on the Cricket Membership of India (CCI) courts on Tuesday.

Harriet Dart gave a flying begin for the Hyderabad staff by beating Kamilla Rakhimova 18-7 within the 25-format match. Benjamin Lock stretched the lead by beating Niki Poonacha 16-9. Sriram Balaji and Niki Poonacha alone have been capable of pull one again for the Bengal staff by beating Benjamin and Vishnu Vardhan 14-11 within the fourth rubber, after Hyderabad had received the third match, the combined doubles.

Rajasthan Rangers was properly served by Rohan Bopanna and recorded a 57-43 victory over Gujarat Panthers which had Sumit Nagal.

Mumbai Eagles beat Punjab Patriots 56-45, and Chennai Smashers beat the defending champion Bengaluru SG Pipers 54-46 to be within the third and fourth spots.

The highest 4 groups after 5 matches every within the league part will qualify for the semifinals.

– Kamesh Srinivasan