GOLF
Diksha makes nice ultimate cost however loses play-off, Avani finishes Sixteenth
India’s Diksha Dagar got here inside putting distance of profitable her third Girls European Tour title, earlier than shedding a play-off on the Lalla Meryem Cup golf match in Rabat.
The 24-year-old, beginning the day at 3-under complete and in tied-14th place, made an important cost within the ultimate spherical with an excellent 6-under 67 card that helped her set the clubhouse goal of 9-under.
Cara Gainer of England joined her there later as Nuria Iturrioz, who at one stage reached 10-under, and Shannon Nan fell again.
Diksha gave it her finest and it was nonetheless a great begin to the season. Having began the day in T-14 spot, she made seven birdies throughout the final 18 holes, and dropped her solely shot of the day on gap 14.
Diksha will now journey to Saudi Arabia for subsequent week’s PIF Saudi Girls Worldwide, together with Gainer.
Golfer Avani Prashanth.
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Golfer Avani Prashanth.
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Debutant Avani Prashanth dropped three bogeys in the course of the spherical with some errant pictures and a three-putt on the ninth however managed to shoot 70 and made it to the top-20, ending tied-Sixteenth.
She does have top-10 finishes on the LET however these got here when she was nonetheless an newbie.
The third Indian in fray Tvesa Malik missed the minimize.
Diksha birdied second, fourth, eighth, eleventh, thirteenth at which level she was 5-under for the day. She dropped a shot on the 14th however obtained again birdies on the fifteenth and the seventeenth for a 6-under.
Gainer secured her first Girls European Tour (LET) victory as she received in a play-off towards Diksha after shifting forward on a crowded leaderboard.
Going into the ultimate day, solely a two-shot distinction separated the highest 10, making it a decent leaderboard with a lot of gamers in competition to win the season opener.
The 29-year-old rolled in birdies on holes two, 4 and eight, earlier than one other three off the bounce on the again 9. She dropped her solely two pictures of the day on the entrance 9.
Sweden’s Kajsa Arwefjall completed as the best rookie in tied-eighth spot and marks a strong begin to her first LET season.
Tan, who got here into the ultimate spherical with a one-shot lead, completed eight-under-par after 54 holes. The Singaporean, who received the season opener final yr in Kenya, had back-to-back birdies on the eleventh and twelfth holes, with an additional birdie on 15.
The 20-year-old dropped two pictures on the back and front 9 to complete in third place.
Two gamers — Eire’s Lauren Walsh and Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz — completed in a share of fourth place on seven-under-par after three rounds. Walsh had a spherical of 68(-5), one shot behind the clubhouse file, as she climbed 17 locations on the ultimate day.
Iturrioz is acquainted with this course and has a great monitor file on this match having received in 2016 and 2019.
Subsequent week, the LET heads to Riyadh for the PIF Saudi Girls Worldwide which takes place from February 13-15.
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Aditi Ashok shoots 69 to maneuver to tied 44 on LPGA
Aditi Ashok moved up marginally with a 3rd spherical 2-under 69 on the Founders Cup on the LPGA.
The Indian, who shot 72-70 on the primary two days, is now 2-under and Tied-Forty fourth because the day noticed some gusting winds.
That is Aditi’s first occasion of the season and the second of the yr after the Match of Champions final week.
Yealimi Noh birdied eight of the final 11 holes for an 8-under 63 and a one-stroke lead over three-time champion Jin Younger Ko.
Noh had an 18-under 195 complete. She opened with a 68 and shot 64 on Friday to get into the ultimate group with Ko.
After gusting wind slowed the gamers on the opening holes at Bradenton Nation Membership, Noh and Ko every made their first birdie of the day on the par-5 eighth.
Attempting to win the occasion on a fourth venue, Ko birdied 5 of the ultimate 11 for a 66.
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Rayhan Thomas drops triple bogey to slide to fifteenth in Korn Ferry
Rayhan Thomas shared the lead within the early levels of the third spherical, however then stalled on the Astara Golf Championship, slipping to tied fifteenth.
Rayhan faltered badly on the end with a triple bogey on the 18th earlier than which he bogeyed the eighth and the 14th on the Lagos Course at Nation Membership de Bogotá.
It was notably disappointing because the eighth was a Par-5, the place he dropped a shot and the 18th was additionally a Par-5, the place dropped a triple bogey.
He completed with 1-over 72 and slipped to 10-under and tied 15tth.
Kyle Westmoreland set the course file, carding a 10-under 61 to take the third-round lead.
Johnny Keefer carded a bogey-free 10-under 61, tying his profession low spherical and matched Westmoreland for the Lagos Course file.
The runner-up ultimately week’s Panama Championship is 2 shot behind Westmoreland First-year member Seungtaek Lee (66) at 14-under was tied third with South African Christo Lamprecht (67) and two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Tyson Alexander (66).
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Jeev Milkha lands an ace as he finishes T-28 in Champions Tour
India’s Jeev Milkha Singh made an ace in his spherical of 75 as he completed tied twenty eighth within the season-opener on the PGA TOUR Champions on Sunday.
Jeev, who had rounds of 74-72 on the primary two days ended with a complete of 2-over as Miguel Angel Jimenez (69) edged Steven Alker for a two-stroke victory.
Jeev used a 7-Iron on. the 164-yard Par-3 14th gap for the season’s first ace on the Tour and this was the primary PGA TOUR Champions hole-in-one on the Trophy Hassan II and the primary on the PGA TOUR Champions this season.
Standing on the tee on the par-4 seventeenth gap, Jimenez and Alker had been tied at 9-under par when Jiménez drove the inexperienced and transformed for eagle. Alker made par, which proved to be the deciding margin.
The win marks the primary for the 61-year-old Spaniard because the 2022 (Boeing Traditional) and it takes his complete to 14 profession wins on PGA TOUR champions. Jiménez’s 14 wins are tied for the fourth-most amongst energetic PGA TOUR Champions gamers. Jiménez shot 70-69-69 for 11-under 208.
Ending the match at 11-under, Jiménez set a brand new match file for PGA TOUR Champions on the Trophy Hassan II.
New Zealand’s Steven Alker – who held at the least a share of the lead after every of the primary two rounds – recorded a two-under 71 on the day to complete two pictures behind Jiménez.
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Lahiri finishes tied twelfth as Meronk takes Liv Riyadh title
India’s Anirban Lahiri shot a bogey-free 3-under 69 and completed tied twelfth on the opening occasion of the Liv Golf Collection on Sunday.
Lahiri, ranging from third within the shotgun begin, birdied the thirteenth, fifteenth and the primary and parred the remainder for a 69. His earlier rounds had been 69-67 and he totalled 11-under for the week.
His workforce Crushers completed fourth.
Cleeks’ Adrian Meronk confronted some tense moments on the again 9 as Jon Rahm made an enormous cost early within the entrance 9 regardless of a bogey begin. Meronk held on for 71 regardless of back-to-back bogeys and was 17-under as Rahm (67) ended second at 15-under with three 67s on three days.
It was the 31-year-old Meronk’s first particular person title since becoming a member of LIV Golf.
Rahm’s Legion XIII spent the ultimate spherical principally in cruise management, their substantial lead by no means critically threatened on the workforce leaderboard. They totalled 50-under as scores of all gamers are counted for all three days. Rippers had been second at 39-under and tied with RangeGoats.
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HOCKEY
Kolkata’s Salt Lake hockey stadium will get FIH Class 2 certificates
Kolkata has develop into the newest worldwide hockey venue in India after the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangana, Salt Lake has been granted Class 2 certificates by the world physique (FIH) for internet hosting nationwide and worldwide matches.
“Congrats to Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangana, Salt Lake, Kolkata for incomes the FIH Class 2 Certificates! A giant step ahead for hockey excellence,” Hockey India posted on ‘X’.
As per the FIH Area Certification, on the time of the occasion the sphere shall be licensed as an FIH Class 1 or Class 2 discipline.
FIH Class 1 fields are designed primarily to host top-level worldwide hockey tournaments, whereas FIH Class 2 fields are designed to host top-level nationwide tournaments and worldwide matches.
Kolkata has joined the membership of cities like Bhubaneswar, thought-about as India’s hockey hub, Raipur, Ranchi, Chennai and New Delhi amongst others to get the inexperienced sign for internet hosting worldwide matches.
In its certification to the venue, the FIH acknowledged: “FIH is happy to verify that this hockey discipline has been examined and proven to adjust to the necessities of an FIH Class 2 hockey discipline.”
The certification of the venue is legitimate till December 13, 2027.
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ATHLETICS
Excessive hurdlers Jyothi Yarraji and Tejas Shirse win third straight gold in Nationwide Video games
FILE PHOTO: Jyothi Yarraji received gold in girls 100m Hurdles on the Nationwide Video games in Dehradun.
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FILE PHOTO: Jyothi Yarraji received gold in girls 100m Hurdles on the Nationwide Video games in Dehradun.
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Andhra Pradesh’s Jyothi Yarraji and Tejas Shirse of Maharashtra on Sunday received their third successive gold medals within the girls’s 110m hurdles and males’s 100m hurdles respectively after clocking Video games file occasions on the second day of athletics competitions within the Nationwide Video games right here Sunday.
Shirse and Yarraji, each nationwide file holders of their respective occasions, had received gold in 2022 and 2023 editions in Gujarat and Goa.
The 25-year-old Yarraji, the reigning Asian champion and silver medallist within the Hangzhou Asian Video games in 2023, clocked 13.10 seconds within the ultimate to raised her personal earlier Nationwide Video games file of 13.22 seconds, which she had set within the 2023 version.
Her nationwide file stands at 12.78 seconds which he had set in 2023.
Moumita Mondal of West Bengal claimed the silver with a time of 13.36 seconds whereas Nithya Ramraj (13.60 seconds) of Tamil Nadu took the bronze.
The 22-year-old Shirse clocked 13.65 seconds to raised her personal earlier Nationwide Video games file of 13.71 seconds which he had set within the 2023 version. He had clocked 13.84 seconds whereas profitable the gold within the 2022 version.
His nationwide file stands at 13.41 seconds which he had set final yr.
Manav Rajanarayanan of Tamil Nadu received the silver with a time of 14.03 seconds whereas Muhammed Lazan (14.23 seconds) of Kerala took the bronze.
Former nationwide file holder and 2015 version gold medallist Siddhanth Thingalaya, representing Maharashtra, didn’t end the ultimate race.
Shirse and Yarraji have been competing in 60m hurdles within the indoor circuit overseas since final month. Each additionally maintain 60m hurdles nationwide data.
– PTI
TENNIS
Dhamne wins maiden Professional ITF singles title in Tunisia
Qualifier Manas Dhamne beat Lorenzo Carboni of Italy 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 within the ultimate of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Monastir, Tunisia.
It was the maiden title within the skilled circuit for the 17-year-old Manas, who trains on the Piatti Centre in Italy.
Manas had crushed the highest seed Alberto Camposo of Spain for the lack of 5 video games within the semifinals.
It was an admirable effort by Manas as he received eight matches to clinch the title. Within the three qualifying rounds, Manas asserted himself by dropping solely two video games in every spherical.
Will probably be a robust preparation for Manas when he will get to play the Challenger match in Pune subsequent week.
The outcomes:
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (ultimate): Manas Dhamne bt Lorenzo Carboni (Ita) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2; Semifinals: Manas bt Alberto Campos (Esp) 6-4, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Delhi Open Challenger Preview
Aryan Shah obtained off to a robust begin within the Challenger tennis match in Delhi on Sunday.
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Aryan Shah obtained off to a robust begin within the Challenger tennis match in Delhi on Sunday.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Will probably be one other huge alternative for the cream of Indian tennis to capitalise on a high-quality occasion within the $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis match on the DLTA Advanced from Monday.
Fairly understandably, the opposition might be stiff as two of the three Indian wild playing cards run into seeded gamers within the first spherical.
Davis Cupper Karan Singh will open the marketing campaign on Monday towards eighth seed Timofey Skatov of Kazakhstan.
It’s nearly a house court docket for Karan who had educated on the Nationwide Centre for fairly a while. He is probably not that acquainted with the tempo of the centre court docket however might be eager to indicate his huge sport, as he had carried out within the Davis Cup tie lately.
S Mukund will play fourth seed Lloyd Harris of South Africa. Mukund who led the Indian workforce to a 4-0 victory over Togo on the similar enterprise within the Davis Cup tie, can have yet another day to tune his sport for the problem.
Ramkumar Ramanathan will face the semifinalist of the Challenger final week in Chennai, Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic within the first spherical.
Within the qualifying occasion on Sunday, Aryan Shah beat third seed Blake Ellis of Australia 6-4, 6-3. He’ll play Masamichi Imamura of Japan within the second and ultimate qualifying spherical on Monday.
Sidharth Rawat went down preventing 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(2) to fifth seed Alexey Zakharov. Parth Aggarwal and Chirag Duhan bowed out to Kimmer Coppejans of Belgium and Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic respectively.
The seedings:
1. Vit Kopriva (Cze), 2. Billy Harris (GBR), 3. Tristan Schoolkate (Aus), 4. Lloyd Harris (RSA), 5. Elmer Moller (Den), 6. Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn), 7. Sho Shimabukuro (Jpn), 8. Timofey Skatov (Kaz).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
NETBALL
Haryana pockets 2 gold from netball in Nationwide Video games
Haryana clinched two gold medals in netball as their males’s and ladies’s groups beat hosts Uttarakhand and Rajasthan within the finals respectively on the Nationwide Video games right here on Sunday.
Within the males’s workforce ultimate, Haryana received a closely-fought match 74-71 over Uttarakhand to win the gold. Himachal Pradesh and Delhi received a bronze every.
Haryana had crushed Delhi and Uttarakhand had defeated Himachal Pradesh within the semifinals on Saturday.
Within the girls’s workforce ultimate, Haryana beat Rajasthan 57-55 to pocket the gold. Telangana and Uttarakhand received a bronze medal every.
Haryana had defeated Telangana whereas Rajasthan beat Uttarakhand within the semifinals.
Netball is a ball sport performed on an oblong court docket by two groups of seven gamers. The first goal is to shoot a ball by the defender’s purpose ring.
-PTI