HOCKEY
Nehru Cup: PSPB beats Railways Sports activities Promotion Board in last
Two penalty nook conversions by Gurjinder Singh within the fourth quarter helped the Petroleum Sports activities Promotion Board (PSPB) to a 2-0 victory over Railways Sports activities Promotion Board (RSPB) within the last of the SNBP sixtieth Nehru hockey event on the Shivaji Stadium right here on Saturday.
The champion staff was introduced Rs.5,51,000, and the runner-up acquired Rs.2,51,000.
The umpire of the match, RV Raghuprasad, who has officiated within the Olympics World Cup and Asian Video games, was introduced the ‘greatest umpire of the last decade’ award in reminiscence of Gian Singh and given Rs.50,000.
The outcomes (last)
PSPB 2 (Gurjinder Singh 2) bt RSPB 0
Greatest participant: Gurjinder Singh (Rs.25,000); Greatest goalkeeper: KK Afnas (Rs.25,000); Greatest ahead: Triloki Venvanshi (Rs.25,000), Greatest defender: Mukul Sharma (Rs.25,000).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
ITF Juniors: Second seed Rishitha beats high seed Watanabe
Second seed Rishitha Basireddy beat the highest seed Aoi Watanabe of Japan 6-2, 7-5 within the ladies last of the ITF junior tennis event on the Deccan Gymkhana on Saturday.
It was the third singles title in a row in three weeks for Rishitha, who had earlier gained the tournaments in Guwahati and Delhi.
Within the boys last, Aaron Gabet of France beat Arjun Rathi 6-4, 6-4. Arjun had gained the title final week in Delhi.
The outcomes (finals):
Underneath-18 boys: Aaron Gabet (Fra) bt Arjun Rathi 6-4, 6-4.
Underneath-18 ladies: Rishitha Basireddy bt Aoi Watanabe (Jpn) 6-2, 7-5.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF Juniors Pokhara: Mahika Khanna beats Sunira Thapa in ladies last
Mahika Khanna beat Sunira Thapa of Nepal 6-2, 7-6(4) within the ladies last of the ITF junior tennis event in Pokhara, Nepal, on Saturday.
The outcomes (finals):
Underneath-18 boys: Hainuo Guo (Chn) bt Aashravya Mehra 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Ojas Mehlawat & Adhiraj Thakur bt Aditya Mor & Prakaash Sarran 6-2, 6-1.
Underneath-18 ladies: Mahika Khanna bt Sunira Thapa (Nep) 6-2, 7-6(4).
Doubles: Disha Behera & Arzan Khorakiwala bt Mahika Khanna & Angel Patel 6-3, 2-6, [10-5].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF Ladies’s: Second seed Stephanie beats Tanisha in quarterfinals
Second seed Stephanie Visscher of the Netherlands beat Tanisha Kashyap 6-1, 6-0 within the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF girls’s tennis event in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Saturday.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Tennis Premier League: Mumbai Eagles tops desk after tie with Bengal Wizards
Zeynep Sonmez performed her half properly but once more as she propelled Yash Mumbai Eagles to the highest of the desk with 265 factors, regardless that the staff shared honours with a 50-50 rating in opposition to the eighth positioned Bengal Wizards within the final league match of the Tennis Premier League on the CCI on Saturday.
Zeynep gained her singles 15-10 in opposition to Kamilla Rakhimova and partnered Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan for a 13-12 win over Kamilla and Sriram Balaji.
Balaji did properly to win his singles in opposition to Karan 13-12 and the doubles in partnership with Siddhant Banthia 15-10 in opposition to Jeevan and Karan, that put the scores stage.
Hyderabad Strikers acquired crushed 51-49 by Punjab Patriots, however rose to the second spot with 260 factors. It’s going to play Rajasthan Rangers which certified with 255 factors regardless of taking part in 50-50 in opposition to Bengaluru SG Pipers within the final match.
Gujarat Panthers wanted 49 factors within the final match of the night in opposition to Chennai Smashers, to drag forward of Punjab Patriots (249) and achieved the duty with a 52-48 win, due to Sumit Nagal, Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Ekaterina Kazionova pulling their weight.
Within the semifinals, Mumbai will play Gujarat, and Hyderabad will conflict with Rajasthan. The ultimate may also be performed on Sunday.
The outcomes (league):
Punjab Patriots bt Hyderabad Strikers 51-49 (Elina Avanesyan misplaced to Harriet Dart 9-16; S Mukund bt Benjamin Lock 18-7; Avanesyan & Saketh Myneni misplaced to Harriet & Vishnu Vardhan 11-14; Mukund & Saketh bt Benjamin & Vishnu 13-12).
Rajasthan Rangers drew with Bengaluru SG Pipers 50-50 (Cristina Dinu misplaced to Gabriela Knutson 11-14; Arthur Fery bt Bernabe Miralles 13-12; Cristina & Rohan Bopanna misplaced to Gabriela & Anirudh Chandrasekar 12-13; Arthur & Bopanna bt Bernabe & Anirudh 14-11).
Bengal Wizards drew with Yash Mumbai Eagles 50-50 (Kamilla Rakhimova los to Zeynep Sonmez 10-15; Sriram Balaji bt Karan Singh 13-12; Kamilla & Balaji misplaced to Zeynep & Jeevan 12-13; Baljai &Siddhant Banthia bt Jeevan & Karan 15-10).
Gujarat Panthers bt Chennai Smashers 52-48 (Ekaterina Kazionova misplaced to Conny Perrin 9-16; Sumit Nagal bt Hugo Gaston 15-10; Kazionova & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Conny & Rithvik Bollipalli 15-10; Sumit & Vijay bt Gaston & Rithvik 13-12).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Nationwide junior athletics c’ships: Anshu baggage U-18 gold medal in shotput
Anshu, the daughter of Paralympian and Asian Video games silver medallist shot putter Virender Dhankhar, hurled the shot to a brand new nationwide mark as she bagged the under-18 girls’s gold medal within the Nationwide junior athletics championships on the Kalinga Stadium right here on Saturday.
A boxer-turned-shot-putter, Anshu, hailing from Sonepat, achieved the feat with a mark of 16.85m in her third try. “After my shot was rejected, I managed with the one given to me,” mentioned Anshu.
Asian under-20 silver medalist Amanat Kamboj broke the 12-year-old meet document whereas claiming the under-18 gold. Amanat, born to athlete mother and father, unleashed a pleasant and flat throw to 52.89m in her first try earlier than dealing with some points together with her launch.
Vineeta Gurjar rewrote her private greatest within the girls’s 1500m.
Asian under-20 silver medallist Vinod Singh gained the gold by clocking his private greatest 29:43.39.
Prachi Devkar, the South Asian gold medallist in 3000m, made her 5000m debut memorable by successful the title with 17:22.79.
Abhinaya Rajarajan shattered Rashmi Sheregar’s nine-year-old meet document (11.89) as she equalled Dutee Chand’s under-18 Nationwide document of 11.62 in 2013 within the heats.
Outcomes (Finals)
U-20: Males: 10000m: 1. Vinod Singh (MP) 29:43.39, 2. Gaurav Bhosale (Mah) 29:43.46, 3. Arun (Har) 29:43.48; Ladies: 1500m: 1. Vineeta Gurjar (UP) 4:29.26, 2. Chanchal Jakhad (Har) 4:29.36, 3. Manju Choudhari (Raj) 4:29.37; 5000m: 1. Prachi Devkar (Mah) 17:22.79, 2. Sonam Parmar (MP) 17:25.70, 3. Neeta Rani (UP) 17: 27.47; Discus: 1. Nikita Kumari (Raj) 48.31, 2. Neha Jaglan (Har) 47.65m, 3. Akhila Raju (Ker) 47.41m; 4x400m blended relay: 1. Maharashtra 3:31.11, 2. Haryana 3:33.02, 3. Tamil Nadu 3:33.90.
Winners solely: Underneath-18: Ladies: Shot put: Anshu (Har) 16.85m (NR, Previous 16.75m, Gurleen Kaur, 2023); Discus: Amanat Kamboj (Pun) 52.89 (NMR, Previous 49.54m, Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, 2012); Underneath-14: Boys: Triathlon: Imran Alam (Bih) 2275 factors; Women: Devika (Raj) 2519.
-Y.B. Sarangi
WRESTLING
Senior Nationwide Wrestling C’Ship: Companies dominates day 2, claims six Greco-Roman golds
Companies dominated day two of the Senior Nationwide Wrestling Championship on the Koramangala Indoor Stadium right here on Saturday, claiming six of the ten Greco-Roman golds on supply.
Of the six, Vinayak Patil had the hardest bout, within the 67kg last in opposition to Haryana’s Anil. The 23-year-old, a bronze medallist on the U-23 Asian Championship in June this 12 months, finally got here by 2-1, stonewalling each spirited effort from Anil.
Outcomes
Males (Greco-Roman): 55kg: Gold: Lalit (Ser) bt Manu Yadav (Chg) 7-0 (retd.); Bronze: Neeraj Patel (MP) bt Shivappa (Kar) 3-3, Nitin (Har) bt Rishav Chaudhary (UP) 7-3.
60kg: Gold: Pravesh (Ser) w/o Sagar Singh (Pun); Bronze: Saurabh (UP) bt Shubham Sharma (Del) 9-0, Udit Patel (MP) bt Abhishek Nishad (Chg) 7-2.
63kg: Gold: Umesh (Del) bt Vijay (Ser) 5-3; Bronze: Parth (Mah) bt Mukul Chauhan (UP) 2-0, Sunny (Har) bt Julfikar Malik (Utk) 8-0.
67kg: Gold: Vinayak Patil (Ser) bt Anil (Har) 2-1; Bronze: Ankit (Del) bt M. Taibanganba (Man) 8-0, Amit Kumar (Raj) bt Badal Chauhan (UP) 11-0.
72kg: Gold: Ankit Gulia (Ser) w/o Aakash (Har); Bronze: Deepak (Del) bt Ravinder (Raj) 5-1, Gaurav (UP) bt Akash (Pun) 7-1.
77kg: Gold: Karan (Ser) bt G. Amit Kumar (Jhk) 11-2; Bronze: Sagar Thakran (Del) bt Deepak (Har) 10-7, Aurangzeb Khan (MP) bt Chhagan Meena (Raj) 5-2.
82kg: Gold: Aman (Har) w/o Rahul (Ser); Bronze: Bhagwant Singh (UP) bt Shiv Kumar (Utk) 10-0, Aryan Kamboj (Pun) bt Aakash Kumar (Bih) 8-0.
87kg: Gold: Sunil (Har) bt Dinesh Dhanda (Del) 8-0; Bronze: Rajesh Machra (Raj) bt Abhishek Yadav (MP) 8-0, Sushant (Ser) bt Shamahoon (J&Okay) 9-0.
97kg: Gold: Sonu (Ser) bt Naman (Del) 3-0; Bronze: Abhimanu (Pun) bt B.H. Kiran (Kar) 8-0, Netaram Tetrwal (Raj) w/o Nitesh Kumar (Chd).
130kg: Gold: Uttam Rana (UP) bt Digvijay (Mah) 5-4; Bronze: Jagdeep Singh (Pun) bt Kamesh Patil (Kar) 5-0, Prem (Ser) bt Mudassir Khan (MP) 8-0.
Ladies: 50kg: Gold: Shivani Pawar (MP) bt Vinita (Har) 12-4; Bronze: Nandini (Mah) bt Ritika Sharma (HP) 10-0, Preeti (Pun) bt Shweta Sanju (Kar) 2-2.
72kg: Gold: Priyanka (Har) bt Laxmi Pandey (UP) 4-0; Bronze: Kritika Jamwal (HP) bt Devu Sankar (Ker) 2-0, Bipasha (Del) bt Vaishnavi (Mah) 2-0.
-N. Sudarshan
WEIGHTLIFTING
India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav finishes fifth in 49kg at IWF World Championships
India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav, who claimed gold medal in final 12 months’s Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, completed fifth within the 49kg class on the IWF World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, on Saturday.
Yadav managed lifts of 80kg in snatch and 102kg in clear and jerk for a complete of 182kg.
She struggled to seek out her rhythm, failing her first two makes an attempt in snatch and lacking her last clean-and-jerk try after efficiently lifting 99kg and 102kg in her first two tries.
The 21-year-old had lifted a complete of 186kg to say gold on the Nationwide Championships in October.
Yadav stepped into the highlight within the absence of Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, who skipped the occasion to give attention to her rehabilitation. Chanu, 30, final competed within the Paris Olympics in August, ending fourth in the identical weight class.
India’s different representatives on the ongoing championship embrace Bindyarani Devi (55kg) in Group B and Ditimoni Sonowal (64kg) in Group C. Notably, no Indian male lifter is competing.
-PTI