EQUESTRIAN
Chennai’s Kevin Gabriel and Soulmate win silver at Junior Nationwide Championships 2024, assist crew safe historic gold
The younger riders from Chennai Equitation Centre have returned from the Junior Nationwide Championships 2024 in New Delhi with a historic 18 medals, setting an all-time document for the crew. This victory marks a landmark achievement for the Chennai-based equestrian academy, which has constantly positioned on the prime in Dressage competitions.
Within the Youngsters 2 (10-12 years) class, Kevin Gabriel , using his horse Soulmate (competitors title: Sechs Richtige), performed a key position in securing the crew’s gold in Youngsters- 2 class. Kevin additionally earned a person silver medal, whereas teammate Eshan Sundaram claimed Gold along with his black mare, Fame of Viberty. The crew additionally featured Punav Suresh on Grandduke and Hasini B from Coimbatore. Miraya Dhadabhoy along with her horse Knock-out claimed the crew gold alongside Sankara Rathore with FT within the Junior class.
“In horse-riding the partnership between horse and rider is crucial to carry out on the prime. It’s a nice sport for kids and juniors to make them mentally and bodily robust in addition to construct a trusted relationship with their 500 kg sport-partner: the horse. The form of expertise and life-lessons they be taught with us stick with them for all times and profit them effectively past their energetic using profession. “says Isabelle Futnani.
Kevin Gabriel, who started using on the age of 10, has already established a powerful monitor document. In 2022, he received his first nationwide competitors and was honored with the Finest Youngest Rider award. Below the mentorship of Isabelle on the Chennai Equitation Centre, Kevin earned a person Silver medal and contributed to the crew’s historic Gold on the Junior Nationwide Championships. Up to now, Kevin has received 21 medals and three trophies and stays dedicated to reaching new milestones in his equestrian profession.
Chennai Equitation Centre, recognized for its world-class coaching services and skilled instructors, has been a nurturing floor for equestrian expertise in India. Over time, it has constantly produced prime riders who’ve represented the nation at each nationwide and worldwide competitions.
Outcomes from Junior Nationwide Championships New Delhi 2024:
Age Group: Youngsters 2
Dressage Occasion:
Workforce Gold – Hasini B – FT
Workforce Gold – Punav Suresh – Grandduke
Workforce Gold – Kevin Gabriel- Soulmate
Workforce Gold – Eshan Sundaram – Fame
Youngsters 2
Particular person Dressage Occasion:
Gold – Eshan Sundaram – Fame
Silver – Kevin Gabriel – Soulmate
Age Group: Youngsters 1
Dressage Occasion:
Workforce Gold – Shubh Chowdhari – FT
Workforce Gold – Pranav Deepak- Fame
Workforce Gold – Ananya Sajith Haridas- Knock-out
Workforce Gold – Inaraa Milan Mehta – Soulmate
Youngsters 1
Particular person Dressage Occasion:
Gold – Shubh Chowdhari – FT
Silver – Pranav Deepak- Fame
Age Group: Juniors
Dressage Occasion:
WorkforceGold – Miraya Dadhabhoy- Knock-out
WorkforceGold – Sanskar Rathore – FT
Junior
Particular person Dressage Occasion:
Silver – Sanskar Rathore – FT
Age Group: Younger Rider
Workforce Dressage Occasion
WorkforceGold – Jaiveer Varma – Soulmate
WorkforceBronze – Samanna Everaa – Knock-out
Younger Rider
Particular person Dressage Occasion
Silver – Jaiveer Verma – Soulmate
– Workforce Sportstar
MARATHON
Bugatha, Nirmaben intention to defend Indian males’s and ladies’s crowns in Mumbai Marathon
Defending males’s and ladies’s champions Srinu Bugatha and Thakor Nirmaben will headline a star-studded Indian elite subject for the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM) to be held on January 19.
Reigning Asian marathon champion Man Singh, Olympian Gopi T, a two-time winner and three-time runner-up, and the skilled Kalidas Hirve are among the many main contenders within the males’s race.
Gopi received the 2024 New Delhi Marathon with a time of two:14.40, pipping second-placed Military-mate Bugatha by one second.
Maharashtra’s Hirve, who completed third within the 2023 version underlined his present type by successful the latest Vasai-Virar Mayor’s Marathon.
The World Athletics Gold Label race may also see Kartik Kumar, the 2023 Asian Video games 10,000m silver medallist, making his debut over the basic distance in Mumbai.
Kartik’s greatest marathon time is 2:22:50, which he recorded in Bengaluru in October final 12 months. Additionally within the combine is younger Harshad Mahtre, who completed fifth within the final version.
Difficult Nirmaben, runner-up on the 2024 New Delhi Marathon, will probably be Sonika Parmar and Reenu, winner and runner-up respectively on the 2024 Coal India Ranchi Marathon.
Within the fray is also Mumbai Marathon common Arati Patil, who completed second within the 2023 version.
The highest three finishers within the Indian elite males’s and ladies’s classes will obtain prize cash of Rs 5 lakh, 4 lakh and three lakh respectively from the full prize fund of USD 390,238.
An incentive reward of Rs 2 lakh is up for grabs for setting a brand new TMM mark, which is at the moment held by Nitendra Singh Rawat within the males’s 2016 version (2:15:48) and Sudha Singh within the girls’s 2019 version (2:34:56).
– PTI
TENNIS
Adelaide Worldwide 2025: Bopanna overwhelmed by compatriot Balaji in males’s doubles
Rohan Bopanna, and new companion Nicolas Barrientos, was ousted of the Adelaide Worldwide on Monday by fellow compatriot N. Sriram Balaji and companion Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela in a thriller.
Bopanna/Barrientos was overwhelmed by Balaji/Reyes-Varela 6-4, 2-6, [7-10] within the Spherical of 32 match.
Each the pairs will probably be participating within the upcoming Australian Open which is able to start from January 12.
– Workforce Sportstar
Arnav Paparkar outwits Kerem Yilmaz in ITF junior
Arnav Paparkar performed a pointy sport to outwit the fifth seed Kerem Yilmaz of Turkey 6-1, 6-4 within the first spherical of the ITF junior tennis match on the DLTA Advanced on Monday.
Arnav was joined within the second spherical by prime seed Rethin Pranav, Samarth Sahita, Varun Verma and sixth seed Hitesh Chauhan.
Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar in motion.
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Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar in motion.
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Within the ladies part, Aishwarya Jadhav beat Daria Koreshkova for the lack of 5 video games, and Rishitha Basireddy had a more durable outing in opposition to Eva Korysheva of Kazakhstan whereas successful 7-6(4), 6-3.
Maaya Rajeshwaran will play fourth seed Ada Kumru of Turkey on Tuesday.
Within the boys part, Aarjun Pandit, Arjun Rathi and Sehaj Singh Pawar will play their first-round matches on the morrow.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Below-18 boys: Rethin Pranav bt Eito Komada (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Alexey Shibaev bt Jay Lin Gibson (Can) 6-4, 6-4; Samarth Sahita bt Alan Aiukhanov 6-1, 6-4; Varun Verma bt Ilya Maltsev 7-5, 7-5; Donghyun Hwang (Kor) bt Rian Sharma 7-5, 6-2; Arnav Paparkar bt Kerem Yilmaz (Tur) 6-1, 6-4; Roman Kharlamov bt Shanker Heisnam 6-1, 6-2; Hyeon Seok Web optimization (Kor) bt Aarav Chawla 6-2, 6-1; Hitesh Chauhan bt Ruslan Kastsiukevich 6-3, 6-4; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Artem Bogomolov 6-2, 6-1.
Below-18 ladies: Polina Berezina bt Masa Jankovic (Srb) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Irem Kurt (Tur) bt Riya Sachceva 6-3, 7-5; Polina Kuharenko bt Margot Phanthala (Fra) 6-0, 6-4; Anna Perelman bt Daphnee Perricard (Fra) 6-0, 2-0 (retired); Aoi Watanabe (Jpn) bt Aishi Bisht 6-4, 6-3; Allegra Davies (GBR) bt Eva Desvignes (Fra) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3; Rishitha Basireddy bt Eva Korysheva (Kaz) 7-6(4), 6-3; Petra Konjikusic (Srb) bt Dune Vaissaud (Fra) 6-4, 6-1; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Daria Koreshkova 6-2, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
-Workforce Sportstar
Mathys Erhard seeded No. 1 in Bhopal ITF males’s tennis match
Mathys Erhard of France has been seeded No. 1 within the $30,000 ITF males’s tennis match to be performed on the Arera Membership from Tuesday.
Within the absence of Ramkumar Ramanathan, not one of the Indian gamers have gotten the seeding.
Nevertheless, among the good gamers like Sidharth Rawat, Dhakshineswar Suresh, Sai Karteek Reddy, Yuvan Nandal, Rohan Mehra and Parth Aggarwal certified to strengthen the house problem.
Solely 5 Indian gamers Aryan Shah, Siddharth Vishwakarma, Chirag Duhan, Dev Javia and S.D. Prajwal Dev bought direct entry into the primary draw. As luck would have it, Aryan performs Prajwal within the first spherical. Chirag will problem the champion of the final match Alastair Grey of Britain within the first spherical.
The seedings:
1. Mathys Erhard (Fra), 2. Oliver Cawford (GBR), 3. Bogdan Bobrov, 4. Florent Bax (Fra), 5. Yurii Dzhavakian (Ukr), 6. Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr), 7. Dominik Palan (Cze), 8. Egor Agafonov.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
KHO KHO
Odisha authorities proclaims three-year sponsorship for Indian kho kho crew
The Odisha authorities on Monday introduced a three-year sponsorship deal for the Indian nationwide kho kho crew, marking a big step ahead in selling indigenous sports activities within the nation.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi stated the state will make investments Rs 5 crore yearly from January 2025 to December 2027, with funding offered by means of the Odisha Mining Company.
The full sponsorship bundle of Rs 15 crore demonstrates Odisha’s continued dedication to sports activities improvement, following its profitable partnership with Indian hockey. This initiative goals to raise Kho Kho’s standing and supply important assist to the nationwide crew.
– PTI
BASKETBALL
Karnataka beats Punjab at Nationwide Basketball Championship
Karnataka beat the formidable Punjab 89-83 after trailing 28-37 at halftime in a group-B league match of the 74th Nationwide basketball championship on the Sidsar Sports activities Advanced on Monday.
Aravind Arumugam, Pratyanshu Tomar, Abhishek Gowda and Anil Kumar mixed effectively to tame Punjab for which Amjyot Gill and Amritpal Singh scored 38 factors between them.
The defending champions within the males’s and ladies’s sections, Tamil Nadu and Railways beat the Delhi groups.
The outcomes (league):
Males: Group-A: Providers 92 (YP Abhishek 22, Rahul 22, Mahipal Singh 13, Sahil 11, Siva Sakthivel 10) bt Rajasthan 82 (Ashik Hooda 20, Mahaveer 18, Mohammad Ishan 13, Jaideep Rathore 12).
Tamil Nadu 95 (A Anantharaj 17, Lokeswaran 15, Muin Bek 14, Aravind Muthukumar 12) bt Delhi 56 (Ayush Sharma 18).
Group-B: Railways 98 (Amrendra Naik 22, Vishnu Prasad 15, Sahaj Pratap Singh Sekhon 12, Tushal Singh 11) bt Chandigarh 45 (Gandham Sai Roshan 14, Gautam Yadav 10).
Karnataka 89 (Aravind Arumugam 22, Pratyanshu Tomar 21, Abishek Gowda 17, Anil Kumar 16) bt Punjab 83 (Amjyot Gill 21, Amritpal Singh 17, Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 14, Navkarman Singh 14, Nawaz Singh 11).
Punjab 89 (Amjyot Gill 25, Nawaz Singh 19, Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 17, Gurwinder Singh 10) bt Madhya Pradesh 56 (Brijesh Tiwari 17, Surya Singh 10).
Ladies: Group-A: Railways 91 (Poonam Chaturvedi 31, Ok Satya 16) bt Delhi 62 (Prakriti Ranjan 22, Namrata 13).
Madhya Pradesh 81 (Yashika Singhal 22, Ok Riya 12, Kushi Singh 12) bt Punjab 41 (Manmeet Singh 14, Priyanka Behal 10).
Group-B: Kerala 68 (Susan Florentina 15, R Sreekala 12, Swapna Marin Jiju 12) bt Chhattisgarh 45 (Divyani Gangwal 25).
Tamil Nadu 65 (Lopamudra thimmaiah 19, R Sruthy 12, S Krithika 10) bt Gujarat 47 (Naomi Lakhanpal 12).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Anahat Singh win U-17 Women’ title on the British Junior Open
India’s rising squash star Anahat Singh on Monday received the U-17 title within the British Junior Open with a preventing win over Egypt’s Malika El Karaksy in Birmingham.
The 16-year-old Indian, seeded first, got here from behind to beat her second seeded opponent 4-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11,5, 11-3.
Anahat has additionally received the match beforehand within the U-11 and U-15 class. She had misplaced within the U-17 last final 12 months.
In 2022, Delhi-based Anahat had develop into the youngest Indian athlete to compete on the Commonwealth Video games.
She can also be a bronze medallist on the Asian Video games and Asian Championships. She is at the moment 82 within the PSA world rankings.