E-SPORTS
‘Landmark second’
Hailing the sports activities ministry’s determination to incorporate e-sports medallists and their coaches below its money incentive program, the ESFI on Wednesday mentioned the transfer would result in “exponential rise in grassroots participation”.
The ministry has come out with an inventory of 51 sports activities that might be eligible for money rewards, together with all these that are a part of the Olympic Video games, Asian Video games, Commonwealth Video games and the World College Video games roster.
The checklist consists of sports activities like mallakhamb, e-sports and kho kho.
This transfer aligns e-sports with conventional sports activities, opening doorways for hundreds of thousands of avid gamers to characterize India on the worldwide stage, the Esports Federation of India mentioned in a media launch.
“This can be a landmark second for Indian e-sports. The federal government’s recognition of Esports medalists and their coaches with monetary incentives is a defining step for our sports activities,” Director of ESFI and VP-Asian Esports Federation Lokesh Suji mentioned.
“India is already a power to reckon with in e-sports, and this initiative will encourage extra younger abilities to compete on the worldwide stage. We foresee an exponential rise in grassroots participation and the event of India’s e-sports ecosystem,” he added.
The inclusion of coaches for e-sports gamers within the incentive scheme will foster an entire new ecosystem of structured coaching {and professional} growth of technical and training employees devoted to e-sports, which at present is a greatest lacking hyperlink for the nation.
Indian e-sports has already made vital strides on the worldwide stage, with gamers like Wasfi Bilal, Pavan Kampelli, Tirth Mehta, and DOTA2 Group bringing laurels to the nation.
– PTI
GOLF
Pranavi, Aditi, Diksha and Tvesa intention to shine in Saudi Women Worldwide
Younger golfer Pranavi Urs, the highest Indian on the Women European Tour in 2024, will intention to make an impression when she makes her debut on the sixth PIF Saudi Women Worldwide, beginning in Riyadh on Wednesday.
The opposite Indians within the subject for the profitable USD 5 million occasion embody five-time LET winner Aditi Ashok, who additionally competes on the LPGA Tour, two-time LET winner Diksha Dagar, and Tvesa Malik Sandhu.
Pranavi, who impressed on the home Hero Ladies’s Golf Tour with a number of wins, secured 5 Prime 10 finishes, together with two third-place finishes on the Dormy Open and Andalucia Open de Espana.
In her rookie season on the Women European Tour, the 21-year-old completed seventeenth on the Cash Checklist and can hope for outing this week.
Diksha Dagar, who had a powerful begin to the 2025 season, completed second final week after shedding in a play-off to Cara Gainer on the season-opening Lalla Meryem Cup.
Final season, Dagar, who represented India on the Paris Olympics, had a extra modest marketing campaign by her requirements, recording 4 Prime-10 finishes and ending twenty ninth within the OOM, after securing third place in 2023.
Tvesa Malik Sandhu, in the meantime, bounced again to regain her LET card and completed sixtieth on the Cash Checklist in 2024. She got here near her first win earlier than shedding a play-off to Alice Hewson on the VP Swiss Financial institution Women Open.
This week, a large prize pool of USD 5 million is on supply, break up throughout two occasions. The Group competitors has a prize fund of USD 500,000, whereas the Particular person competitors boasts a complete prize pool of USD 4.5 million.
– PTI