GOLF
Marbella Legends 2025: Jeev off to fast begin with 68 in Spain
India’s Jeev Milkha Singh bought off to a fantastic begin on the 2025 Legends Tour season with an excellent 4-under 68 within the first spherical of the Staysure Marabella Legends occasion in Marbella, Spain.
Jeev was mendacity tied twelfth and his spherical included an excellent eagle on the entrance 9 and a hat-trick of birdies on the again.
Total, he had an eagle, 4 birdies and two bogeys.
For Jeev it was his second Seniors occasion this yr as he completed tied twenty eighth on the Trophy Hassan II, an occasion on the Champions Tour PGA.
Jeev, who was twenty sixth on the Legends Tour rankings final yr, began on the tenth with a bogey. He rallied with three birdies in a row from the 14th, however dropped one other shot on the 18tth.
On his second 9, he landed an eagle on Par-5 fifth and added a birdie on the eighth for a 68 whereas taking part in with Scott Hend, a former colleague from each DP World Tour and Asian Tour.
There are 11 former Ryder Cup gamers on the sector. Amongst them, four-time European group member Jimenez and Legends Tour debutant Stephen Gallacher signed for rounds of 69 to take a seat in tied sixteenth.
-PTI
Aditi lone Indian to make minimize, as Pranavi, Diksha and Tvesa miss out
Aditi Ashok was the lone Indian to make the minimize after she carded an even-par 72 within the penultimate spherical of the PIF Saudi Girls Worldwide held at Riyadh Golf Membership.
She shot an excellent par 72 to be 3-under for 36 holes. At T-33, she was among the many prime 60 and ties who certified for the ultimate spherical.
Among the many different Indians Pranavi Urs (70-73) was 1-under however missed the minimize which fell at 2-under 142, Diksha Dagar (75-69) additionally exited as did Tvesa Malik (73-73).
-PTI
BASKETBALL
NBA expands content material partnership with YouTube to live-stream video games and marquee occasions in India
The Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) introduced an growth of its current content material partnership with YouTube that can see NBA video games and marquee occasions live-streamed to followers in India on the NBA’s world YouTube channel via the rest of the 2024-25 season.
Dwell protection will embody weekly regular-season video games, NBA All-Star 2025, a number of NBA Playoff video games, and the 2025 NBA Finals introduced by YouTube TV.