Indian sports activities wrap, January 10: World Padel League to be performed in Mumbai from February 5

PADEL

World Padel League heads to Mumbai for its India debut

Following its super success in United Arab Emirates, the World Padel League (WPL) is all set to make its mark in India with an exciting showcase of the game, that includes 32 of the world’s high padel gamers, throughout 4 groups.

With assist from the Indian Padel Federation (IPF), the occasion is scheduled to happen on the Nesco Middle, Mumbai from February 5-8, 2025, WPL may have seven matches performed over 4 days.

Elite worldwide padel gamers akin to Claudia Fernandez Sanchez (Ladies’s World No. 3), Marta Ortega Gallego (Ladies’s World No. 7), Sofia Araujo (Ladies’s World No. 8), Alejandra Salazar Bengoechea (Ladies’s World No. 15), Federico Chingotto (Males’s World No. 4), Jon Sanz (Males’s World No. 9), Carlos Daniel Gutierrez (Males’s World No. 19), and lots of different stars will compete for the primary time on Indian soil.

With little lower than a month to go for the World Padel League, Sneha Abraham Sehgal, President, Indian Padel Federation expressed, “The preparations for the World Padel League are in full swing, and we’re wanting ahead to witnessing its extremely anticipated debut in India.

“With a number of the largest names in padel set to showcase their abilities, this occasion guarantees to raise the game’s profile in India. It certainly marks a brand new chapter for padel, inspiring extra Indian followers throughout age teams to have interaction with this thrilling sport.”

Navdeep Arneja, COO, World Padel League added, “We’re proud to carry the World Padel League to India, the place the game is rising quickly.

“Within the final 2 years, padel has seen a exceptional uptake within the Indian market and it’s a nice time to assist kickstart a notable padel revolution in India. We’re wanting ahead to delivering a spectacular expertise and hope it conjures up a long-lasting legacy for the game in India.”

-Crew Sportstar

WEIGHTLIFTING

Mina Santa wins two golds Khelo India ladies’s Nationwide Weightlifting Competitors

Mina Santa of Odisha clinched two golds and a silver medal on day two of the Khelo India ladies’s Nationwide Weightlifting Competitors on Friday.

-Crew Sportstar

Tennis

Bhambri-Olivetti staff exits ASB Basic with semifinal defeat

India’s Yuki Bhambri and his French associate Albano Olivetti frittered away a strong begin to make a semifinal exit from the ASB Basic in Auckland on Friday.

The unseeded Indo-French mix had the momentum however the high seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus bounced again strongly to win 3-6 6-1 5-10 within the last-four pairs match of the ATP 250 occasion.

Bhambri and Olivetti took 90 factors every and spilt USD 10150 for his or her effort within the exhausting courtroom event.

-PTI

Maaya Rajeshwaran beats Eleejah Inisan in semifinals

Maaya Rajeshwaran beat second seed Eleejah Inisan of France.
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Particular Association

Maaya Rajeshwaran was in irrepressible kind, and introduced appreciable depth to her sport, to beat second seed Eleejah Inisan of France 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-2 in an entertaining semifinals of the ITF junior tennis event on the DLTA Advanced on Friday.

Within the reassuring presence of coach Miguel Fragoso from the Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain, the 15-year-old Maaya competed exhausting, serving sturdy, stroking with punch and aptitude, as she glided across the courtroom to persistently probe the standard of the seventieth ranked opponent.

Within the second set, Maaya fought again from 2-5 all the way down to drive the tie-break. She was slightly drained to drag by then, however regrouped her sport for the climax as she raced away to a 3-0 lead within the decider.

It was a revenge victory for Maaya as she had misplaced to Eleejah in three units on the clay courts of Mexico final November.

Within the remaining, Maaya will play Ekaterina Tupitsyna who additionally needed to endure a three-setter towards Polina Berezina.

Within the boys part, high seed Rethin Pranav was crushed in straight units by his doubles associate Donghyun Hwang of Korea. Roshan Santhosh of USA beat one other Korean, Hyeon Seok Website positioning for the lack of 4 video games to e book his spot within the remaining.

The outcomes:

Beneath-18 boys (semifinals): Donghyun Hwang (Kor) bt Rethin Pranav 6-4, 6-1; Roshan Santhosh bt Hyeon Seok Website positioning (Kor) 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles (remaining): Artem Bogomolov & Roman Kharlamov bt Alan Aiukhanov & Alexey Shibaev 5-7, 7-6(6), [10-1].

Beneath-18 women (semifinals): Ekaterina Tupitsyna bt Polina Berezina 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Eleejah Inisan (Fra) 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-2.

Doubles (remaining): Yoana Konstantinova & Rada Zolotareva bt Yesung choo (Kor) & Yu-Chen Lin (Tpe) 6-3, 6-2.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

 BR Adityan ITF Males’s M25 Futures event to start on January 13

The following version of the BR Adityan ITF Males’s M25 Futures is scheduled to be held on the SDAT Tennis stadium in Chennai from the January 13 to 19.

This version of the event will likely be larger and higher than final 12 months’s version, with an improved prize cash, which noticed a rise to $30,000 from $25,000 final 12 months. The winner will get 25 ATP factors whereas the runner-up will recieve 16 factors.

-Crew Sportstar

ITF males’s tennis event: Sidharth Rawat extends profitable streak

Qualifier Sidharth Rawat prolonged his superb run as he beat S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-4 within the quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the Arera Membership on Friday.

It was the second straight-set victory in two conferences for Sidharth over Prajwal within the skilled circuit.

Within the semifinals, Sidharth will play Maxim Zhukov. The opposite semifinal will likely be between Alastair Grey of Britain, the champion of the occasion final week in Indore, and Eric Vanshelboim of Ukraine.

Chirag Duhan and Dev Javia made the doubles remaining and can play a Korean pair.

The outcomes:

Singles (quarterfinals): Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) 6-4, 6-4; Alastair Grey (GBR) bt Egor Agafonov 6-1, 7-6(4); Maxim Zhukov bt Sergey Fomin (Uzb) 6-3, 6-4; Sidharth Rawat bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles (semifinals): Yeongseok Jeong & Uisung Park (Kor) bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Vishnu Vardhan 6-7(4), 6-3, [10-7]; Chirag Duhan & Dev Javia bt Maan Kesharwani & Rohan Mehra 7-5, 6-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

FOOTBALL

ISL: AIFF’s disciplinary committee adjustments Aiban’s pink card to yellow after evaluation

The nationwide soccer physique AIFF’s Disciplinary Committee has modified Kerala Blasters’ defender Aiban Dohling’s pink card to yellow after reviewing video proof of the Kochi-based staff’s Indian Tremendous League match towards Punjab FC held in New Delhi on January 5.

“The committee, after a radical evaluation, concluded that there was neither intentional critical foul play nor violent conduct on Aiban’s half. Consequently, the pink card issued has been rescinded and changed with a warning (yellow card) following the membership’s attraction,” stated the Blasters in a press release on Friday.

Aiban was given the marching orders after a messy collision with Punjab ahead Leon Augustine within the 72nd minute within the Blasters’ final match. That decreased the Blasters to 9 males (defender Milos Drincic had been despatched off earlier with a second yellow within the 58th minute) however the Kerala aspect, now managed by interim head coach T.G. Purushothaman, nonetheless went on to win the match 1-0.

The choice now makes Aiban eligible to play within the upcoming match towards Odisha FC in Kochi on January 13.

-Stan Ryan

Golf

Rhea Purvi grabs maiden professional title with a play-off win over Saanvi

Rhea Purvi Sarvanan acquired off to a superb begin within the 2025 season of the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour with a maiden win within the opening leg on the Golmuri Golf Membership right here on Friday.

The 22-year-old golfer from Kolar edged out beginner Saanvi Somu within the first play-off gap after each gamers have been tied at 1-under 215 for 3 days. They shot 71 every on the ultimate day.

Rhea had rounds of 72-72-71, whereas Saanvi, who has again and again completed runner-up, shot 75-69-71.

Rhea, who’s now in her fifth season as a professional, lives and trains at Zion Hills, which is 2 hours away from Bengaluru. She bettered the Tied-eighth place end within the 14th Leg of the 2024 HPWGT season.

-PTI

Basketball

Nationwide basketball championship: Anil Kumar shines as Karnataka defeats Delhi in additional time

Anil Kumar transformed two free throws to fetch an exciting 100-98 victory for Karnataka over Delhi in additional time within the quarterfinals of the 74th Nationwide basketball championship on the Sidsar Sports activities Advanced on Friday.

The groups had locked 86-86 on the finish of 4 quarters, due to a 3 pointer in time by Joginder Singh for Delhi.

Karnataka has been enjoying proper by the event and was in a position to raise itself collectively as a staff on the crunch.

Punjab acquired into the attacking mode in racing to a 105-62 victory over Companies in one other quarterfinal encounter.

Within the ladies’s part, Delhi scored a 69-63 victory over Chhattisgarh. Tamil Nadu ladies beat Madhya Pradesh 77-45 to enter the semifinals.

The outcomes:

Males (quarterfinals): Punjab 105 (Amjyot Gill 28, Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 22, Amritpal Singh 16, Gurwinder Singh 15, Nawaz Singh Panaich 12) bt Companies 62 (Sahil 22, VP Abhishek 14, Gaurav Chandal 11).

Karnataka 100 (Abhishek Gowda 27, Pratyanshu Tomar 19, Aravind Arumukam 16, Aaron Michael 16, BK Anil Kumar 15) bt Delhi 98 (Joginder Singh 26, Prince Tyagi 22, Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi 15).

Tamil Nadu 82 (Anantharaj 22, Arvind Kumar Jeevanathan 11, Pranav Prince 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 32 (Satyajeet Chaprana 11, Kushal Singh 10).

Pre-quarterfinals: Uttar Pradesh 97 (Harsh Dagar 25, Kushal Singh 24, Devendra Choudary 20) bt Chandigarh 41.

Rajasthan 93 (Akshit Hooda 23, Sharad Dhadich 20, piyush Meena 11) bt Gujarat 83 (Mirant Italia 22, Naman Kanjani 21, ahaj Kumar Patel 18, Krishnapalsinh Ghoil 10, Kasi Rajan 10).

Ladies (quarterfinals): Delhi 69 (PrakritiRanjan 18, Bala Banusri 14) bt Chhattisgarh 63 (Divyani Gangwal 16, Shanti Xaxa 14).

Tamil Nadu 77 (Krithika Sureshkumar 27, J Iswarya 12, Nitika Amuthan 11) bt Madhya Pradesh 45 (Khushi Singh 15).

Railways 99 (Okay Sathya 17, Vaishnavi Yadav 14, Dharshini Thirunavukkarasu 13) bt Gujarat 33 (Naomi Lakhanpal 13).

Pre-quarterfinals: Maharashtra 62 (Shireen Limaye 14, Siya Deodhar 14, S Rajeswari 10) bt Karnataka 44 (S Sobana 14).

Gujarat 78 (Aditi Vasudev 18, Hemangnee Gamit 18, Naomi Lakhanpal 17) bt West Bengal 59 (Nima Doma Butia 17, Kiran Yadav 13, Avanti Vardhan 13).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Soccer

IWL 2024-25: Odisha FC, Gokulam Kerala play out draw; East Bengal beats Kickstart FC

East Bengal gamers celebrating after scoring towards Kickstart FC in IWL 2024-25.
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AIFF Media

The battle between the defending champion and the runner-up proved even in the long run on the Indian Ladies’s League soccer. Odisha FC was held to a 1-1 by Gokulam Kerala, whose ambition of profitable the 4 IWL titles in a row was thwarted by the previous final season.

After a barren first half, it was the reigning champion that went forward, within the 61st minute. The aim got here off a left-footer from S. Lynda Kom.

The host, nonetheless, equalised with three simply three minutes remaining within the regular time. The scorer was Hemam Shilky Devi, who punished Odisha for some insufficient defending.

Within the season opener, East Bengal beat Kickstart FC 2-0 with targets from Sandhiya Ranganathan and Uganda’s Resty Nanziri.

The outcomes: Gokulam Kerala 1 (Hemam Shilky Devi 87) drew with Odisha FC 1 S. Lynda Kom 61); East Bengal 2 (Sandhiya Ranganathan, Resty Nanziri) vs Kickstart FC

– Crew Sportstar

Soccer

I-League: Shillong Lajong FC beats Actual Kashmir FC 1-0

Shillong Lajong FC rode on Aman Ahlawat’s Thirty fourth-minute strike to return to profitable methods with an exciting 1-0 victory over Actual Kashmir FC in a carefully contested I-League 2024-25 fixture on the SSA Stadium on Friday.

This was Lajong’s first-ever win towards Actual Kashmir.

-Crew Sportstar