KABADDI
Yuva Kabaddi Collection: Aravalli Arrows arms Palani Tuskers first Defeat; Murthal Magnets secures maiden win
The eleventh Yuva Kabaddi Collection — Division 1, held on the Karpagam Academy of Increased Schooling in Coimbatore, delivered a day of surprises, with the Palani Tuskers struggling its first defeat and the Murthal Magnets lastly breaking its winless streak on Tuesday.
The day started with the Magnets claiming their maiden win by defeating the Karpagam Raiders 40-32. Vinay delivered a stellar all-round efficiency, contributing 15 raid factors and three deal with factors. Regardless of R. Gowtham’s 14 raid factors for the Raiders, an absence of help from his teammates resulted of their loss.
Within the second match, the Sonipat Spartans handed the Jaipur Thunders its fifth consecutive defeat with a 45-33 victory. Ankit Saharwa led the Spartans’ cost with 12 raid factors, whereas Naveen Sharma and Pankaj contributed six deal with factors every. For Jaipur, Praveen’s Excessive 5 and Mohit Gurjar’s all-round effort weren’t sufficient to show the tide.
The third sport noticed the Aravalli Arrows stun the beforehand unbeaten Tuskers with a 35-28 victory. Ankit Jat was the standout performer, securing 9 deal with factors, whereas Chetan Choudhary earned a Excessive 5. Regardless of M. Esakkiraja’s Excessive 5 for the Tuskers, their raiding unit fell brief, resulting in their first defeat.
The ultimate match of the day featured an in depth contest between the Kurukshetra Warriors and the Chennai Tamizhans, with the Warriors edging out a 32-30 win. Sachin Jagbir shone with 14 raid factors, whereas Sachin added a Excessive 5 to the Warriors’ tally. For Chennai, Stanly Packiaraj recorded a Tremendous 10 and Sakthivel R earned a Excessive 5, however their efforts fell simply brief.
JANUARY 8 SCHEDULE
Match 21, Jaipur Thunders vs Murthal Magnets, 10:00 AM IST
Match 22, Karpagam Raiders vs Sonipat Spartans, 11:30 AM IST
Match 23, Aravalli Arrows vs Chennai Tamizhans, 3:45 PM IST
Match 24, Palani Tuskers vs Kurukshetra Warriors, 5:15 PM IST
-Crew Sportstar
MOTORSPORTS
Indian riders Geoffrey, Kavin, Johann, Nadine be part of Gaman Racing, to coach in Spain
Promising Indian riders Geoffrey Emmanuel, Kavin Quintal, Johann Emmanuel and Nadine Balaji have joined Gaman Racing and the quartet might be coaching in Spain forward of the 2025 season.
The Spanish racing giants inked a take care of Gusto Racing India on this regard, and Geoffrey, Kavin, and Johann will prepare at MotorLand Aragon, Gaman Racing’s state-of-the-art facility in Spain.
“Our imaginative and prescient is to create a powerful pipeline of future champions. This partnership with Gaman Racing is our imaginative and prescient to coach and create Indian riders of worldwide normal,” stated Emmanuel Jebaraj, chief of Gusto Racing.
The 4 riders achieved notable milestones in 2024, the place Geoffrey competed within the Moto2 European Championship at FIM JuniorGP, with 5 podiums within the Supersport 600 class on the Qatar Superstock Championship (QSTK).
Kavin grew to become the primary Indian rider in WorldSBK’s Supersport 300 class, and achieved success within the FIM JuniorGP STK class. He additionally excelled within the Asia Highway Racing Championship (AP250 class).
Whereas Johann delivered good performances within the European Expertise Cup (FIM JuniorGP) and the Thailand Expertise Cup, with a number of wins in QSTK’s Supersport 300 class, the woman rider, Nadine secured podium finishes within the Indian Nationwide Motorbike Racing Championship.
-PTI
TENNIS
ITF junior tennis event: Samarth Sahita beats Varun Verma
Samarth Sahita broke little sweat in beating Varun Verma 6-4, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis event on the DLTA Advanced on Wednesday.
Varun had overwhelmed the seventh seed Ilya Maltsev, however couldn’t deal with the fluent sport of untamed card entrant Samarth, ranked a modest 428 within the worldwide junior circuit.
Samarth will battle the highest seed, the boys’s nationwide champion, Rethin Pranav within the quarterfinals. Rethin served with punch and stroked with function to outclass Alexey Shibaev for the lack of 5 video games.
Arnav Paparkar was the opposite Indian boy to make the quarterfinals. He did so by arresting a mid-match hunch to oust Emanuel Ivanisevic of Croatia in three units. At one stage, the Croat was so annoyed that he smashed his racquet into two items.
Within the women part, the nationwide girls’s finalist, Maaya Rajeshwaran continued to exhibit her rising confidence by racing previous qualifier Manon Favier of France 6-0, 6-3. Maaya was in a spot of hassle within the second set when she trailed 1-3 however discovered the vary of her strokes to outwit the French.
Maaya will play Rada Zolotareva within the quarterfinals. The latter expressed her sturdy sport by beating Rishitha Basireddy for the lack of 5 video games.
Aishwarya Jadhav teased fifth seed Petra Konjikusic of Serbia in a marathon earlier than shedding within the third set tie-break.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Beneath-18 boys: Rethin Pranav bt Alexey Shibaev 6-2, 6-3; Samarth Sahita bt Varun Verma 6-4, 6-4; Donghyun Hwang (Kor) bt Daniel Tazabekov (Kaz) 6-3, 6-0; Arnav Paparkar bt Emanuel Ivanisevic (Cro) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Hyeon Seok Search engine optimisation (Kor) bt Roman Kharlamov 6-4, 6-2; Arturs Zagars (Lat) bt Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3; Damir Zhalgasbay (Kaz) bt Hitesh Chauhan 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Maximus Zavier Wong (Sgp) 6-4, 6-2.
Beneath-18 women: Polina Berezina bt Yuka Naito (Jpn) 6-3, 1-0 (retired); Polina Kuharenko bt Irem Kurt (Tur) 7-5, 6-1; Ekaterina Tupitsyna bt Anna Perelman 0-6, 6-4, 6-4; Allegra Davies (GBR) bt Aoi Watanabe (Jpn) 6-3, 6-1; Rada Zolotareva bt Rishitha Basireddy 6-1, 6-4; Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Manon Favier (Fra) 6-0, 6-3; Eleejah Inisan (Fra) bt Priyanka Rana (USA) 6-0, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF males’s tennis event: Sidharth Rawat edges previous Oliver Crawford
Qualifier Sidharth Rawat fought his well beyond second seed Oliver Crawford of Britain 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-0 within the first spherical of the $30,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the Arera Membership on Tuesday.
Within the pre-quarterfinals, Sidharth will play fellow qualifier Rohan Mehra.
S.D. Prajwal Dev eased previous Aryan Shah for the lack of 4 video games. He’ll subsequent problem the fifth seed Yurii Dzhavakian of Ukraine.
Vishnu Vardhan went down in three units to sixth seed Eric Vanshelboim of Ukraine.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Mathys Erhard (Fra) bt Constintin Kouzmine (Fra) 7-6(5), 6-4; Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) bt Dhakshineswar Suresh 7-5 (retired); Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2; Alastair Grey (GBR) bt Chirag Duhan 6-1, 6-4; Kosuke Ogura (Jpn) bt Sai Karteek Reddy 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; Maxim Zhukov bt Yuvan Nandal 6-4, 7-5; Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) bt Uisung Park (Kor) 6-4, 7-5; Sergey Fomin (Uzb) bt Bogdan Bobrov 6-1, 6-1; Yurii Dzhavakian (Ukr) bt GOLJang (Kor) 6-3, 6-4; SD Prajwal Dev bt Aryan Shah 6-4, 6-0; Rohan Mehra bt Parth Aggarwal 6-3, 6-4; Sidharth Rawat bt Oliver Crawford (GBR) 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Sneha shares lead with Rhea and Durga in Leg 1 of Hero WPGT
Sneha Singh shared the lead with Rhea Purvi Saravanan and Durga Nittur within the opening spherical of the primary leg of the 2025 season on the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour on Wednesday.
The three shot even par 72 every on the Golmuri Golf Membership.
Amandeep Drall and Jasmine Shekar have been one shot behind in tied fourth place at 73 whereas 4 gamers, together with Lavanya Jadon who’s making her professional debut, Neha Tripathi, Ananya Garg and novice Saanvi Somu carded 3-over 75 every to be tied sixth.
Rhea, who was within the third group going out within the morning was 3-over by means of 14 holes, earlier than she hit a high quality patch with three birdies within the final 4 holes. She birdied the fifteenth, seventeenth and 18th to be the clubhouse chief at 72.
Later Sneha Singh, the 2023 Hero Order of Advantage winner, and Durga Nittur joined her in shared lead at 72.
Sneha had an eventful day with 4 birdies and 4 bogeys, whereas Durga had three birdies and three bogeys.
Amandeep Drall opened with a birdie after which had two bogeys on the again 9 on the tenth and 18th to whole 73. Jasmine, who gained twice within the final three occasions within the 2024 season, had 4 birdies and 5 bogeys in her spherical of 73.
Ananya Garg didn’t have a single par in her first seven holes as she had three birdies and 4 bogeys. She then had a double bogey on the eleventh and a bogey on fifteenth however closed with a birdie.
Lavanya, taking part in her first professional occasion had three bogeys and no birdies on a difficult day.
Neha Tripathi, one of the skilled within the subject, had only one birdie in opposition to 4 bogeys, whereas novice Saanvi Somu went to 5-over earlier than closing with a pair of birdies on the final two holes for her 75.
Anvitha Narender (76) rounded of the highest 10.
-PTI
BASKETBALL
Nationwide basketball championship: Sahaj Pratap Sekhon shines for Railways in opposition to Punjab
Sahaj Pratap Sekhon (22) sank a three-pointer with three seconds left for the hooter to assist Railways to an exhilarating 73-72 victory over Punjab in a group-B league match of the 74th Nationwide basketball championship on the Sidsar Sports activities Advanced on Wednesday.
With one other day of league matches to go, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Companies, Punjab and Karnataka had secured their entry into the quarterfinals within the males’s part.
Within the girls’s part, Punjab, Delhi and Kerala together with Railways and Tamil Nadu had confirmed their quarterfinal entry.
The outcomes (league):
Males: Group-A: Kerala 63 (Sejin Mathew 18, Joshua Oommen 17, Grigo Varghese 14) bt Companies 52 (Sahil 19, Gaurav Chandal 13).
Tamil Nadu 83 (Prashanth Rawat 21, Aravind Kumar 16, Baldhaneswar 13, Muin Bek 12) bt Rajasthan 60 (Sharad Dhadhich 18).
Group-B: Railways 73 (Sahaj Pratap Singh Sekhon 22, Palpreet Singh 18) bt Punjab 72 (Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 20, Nawaz Singh Panaich 16, Gurwinder Singh 13, Amjot Gill 10).
Ladies: Group-A: Railways 83 (Vaishnavi Yadav 13, Sathiya Senthilkumar 12, Dharshini 11, Ok Sathya 10) bt Karnataka 33 (CN Supritha 12, Ruth Blessen 11).
Delhi 70 (Preeti Kumar 20, Prakriti Ranjan 19, Namrata 15) bt Punjab 57 (Kanishka Dhir 18, Manmeet Kaur 13, Komalpreet Kaur 10).
Group-B: Tamil Nadu 72 (Krithika Sureshbabu 14, Anumaria 13, NIka Amuthan 12) bt Chhattisgarh 63 (Divyani Gangwal 17, Diya Sam 12, Shanti Xaxa 12, Nisha Kashyap 11, Neha Karwa 11).
Kerala 71 (sreekala Rani 25, VJ Jayalakshmi 16, Susan Florentina 15) bt Tamil Nadu 52 (Krithika Sureshbabu 14, J Ishwarya 11).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TABLE TENNIS
Paddler Hansini emerges youngest U19 nationwide champion
Promising 15-year-old Hansini M of Tamil Nadu grew to become the youngest ever champion within the Beneath-19 class on the Interstate Junior and Youth Nationwide Championship on Wednesday.
Hansini overcame Haryana’s Suhana Saini 4-2 within the closing.
A Class 10 pupil on the PS Senior Secondary College, Mylapore, Chennai, Hansini’s achievements are fairly exceptional.
She was a member of the Indian Beneath-15 youth group and achieved a world rating of 20 in 2024.
She additionally had gained titles on the Beneath-13 Nationwide Championship in 2021, the Hopes event in 2021, in addition to holding the world No.1 rank within the Beneath-13 class.
Hansini, a recipient of the Khelo India scholarship awarded by the Authorities of India, had additionally clinched a number of gold medals on the World Desk Tennis Youth Contender tournaments.
-PTI