RUGBY
GMR Sports activities proclaims partnership with Rugby India to launch Rugby Premier League
GMR Sports activities introduced a 10-year strategic partnership with Rugby India, the nationwide governing physique for rugby, to launch the Rugby Premier League (RPL) on Monday.
Set to debut in 2025, the RPL shall be one of many world’s first franchise-based rugby leagues, that includes six city-based groups.
The disclosing of city-based franchises, possession particulars, and worldwide coaches is scheduled for 5 weeks from now.
TENNIS
Ahmedabad ITF Girls’s Tennis Event: Rajeshwaran to face Khushali in first spherical
Maaya Rajeshwaran shall be watched with curiosity as she takes on fellow wild card entrant Khushali Modi within the first spherical of the $15,000 ITF Girls’s Tennis Event on the Ace Tennis Academy in Palodiya.
The 15-year-old Maaya, a vivid prospect from Coimbatore who had reached the ladies’s last of the Nationwide championship just lately, has joined Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain to additional her tennis profession.
She has been doing effectively within the worldwide junior circuit and appears higher outfitted to barter the worldwide ladies’s circuit.
It should even be a possibility for different main Indian gamers like Zeel Desai, Vaishnavi Adkar, Tanisha Kashyap and Akanksha Nitture to realize beneficial rating factors to bolster their standing.
The seedings:
1. Ekaterina Yashina, 2. Zeel Desai, 3. Vaishnavi Adkar, 4. Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn), 5. Elena Jamshidi (Den), 6. Tanisha Kashyap, 7. Akanksha Nitture, 8. Anri Nagata (Jpn).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
Who’s Ulhas KS, the primary Indian in Serbian Nationwide Basketball League Division 1?
India’s Ulhas KS in motion.
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India’s Ulhas KS in motion.
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Making historical past and blazing a path for Indian basketball, Ulhas KS has change into the primary Indian participant to compete within the prestigious Serbian Nationwide Basketball League Division 1, Košarkaška Liga Srbije (KLS).
Taking part in for Novi Pazar, Ulhas debuted in a match towards BKK Radnički, marking a major milestone for Indian sports activities on the worldwide stage.
The Serbian Nationwide Basketball League is famend as one of the crucial aggressive leagues in Europe, that includes 16 elite golf equipment and quite a few gamers who had been a part of Serbia’s bronze medal-winning squad on the Paris Olympics. Towards this formidable backdrop, Ulhas’ participation represents a leap ahead for Indian basketball gamers aspiring to compete in world arenas.
Ulhas’ journey to his historic debut has been nothing in need of extraordinary. Just some months in the past, he suffered a damaged jaw, which may have jeopardized his taking part in profession. Nonetheless, with unwavering willpower, he made a robust comeback, stepping onto the court docket amidst loud applause from teammates and followers. Carrying a protecting masks, Ulhas performed for 5 minutes in his debut recreation, recording an help and a steal.
Talking about this achievement, Ulhas mentioned: “It’s an unimaginable honour to characterize India within the Serbian Nationwide Basketball League. The journey has been difficult, particularly recovering from my harm, however the help from my household, coaches, and teammates saved me going. Competing in such a high-caliber league is a dream come true, and I hope this evokes extra Indian gamers to intention for worldwide alternatives.”
Ulhas has beforehand represented India in a number of key worldwide matches, together with the World Cup qualifier towards Lebanon in October 2022, and video games towards Jordan and Saudi Arabia in February 2023. His transition to Europe’s aggressive basketball circuit signifies the rising recognition of Indian expertise on the worldwide stage.
-Crew Sportstar
WEIGHTLIFTING
Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships: Sanjana wins 2 silver medals
Indian weightlifter Sanjana added one other feather to the nation’s cap, claiming silver medals in each the 76kg youth women and junior ladies’s sections on the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships right here on Monday.
Sanjana accomplished all six of her lifts efficiently, with a greatest snatch of 90 kg and a clear and jerk of 120 kg.
Kazakhstan’s Zhumagali Ayanat gained the gold medal with a complete raise of 215 kg (94+121).
With this, India’s medal tally within the continental occasion rose to eight.
On Saturday, Koyel Bar and L. Nilam Devi had gained silver medals within the 55kg youth and junior classes.
India’s Jyoshna Sabar had set a youth Asian document for the whole raise on Friday, securing a gold medal within the 40kg weight class.
Payal additionally claimed gold within the youth women’ 45kg part.
As well as, one other athlete named Payal secured a bronze medal within the junior women’ 45kg competitors, whereas Babulal Hembrom completed third within the 49kg youth boys’ part.
– PTI