HOCKEY
Punjab Hockey League: Roundglass Hockey Academy beats Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Hockey Academy to win title
Roundglass Hockey Academy beat Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) Hockey Academy 6-0 within the final league match and emerged the champion of the Punjab Hockey League on the Surjit Stadium in Jalandhar on Monday.
Roundglass was tied with Surjit Hockey Academy with 23 factors from 10 matches however topped the desk by advantage of its higher objective distinction of 30 to 22.
Namdhari Sports activities Academy completed third, whereas SGPC Academy positioned fourth forward of Punjab Institute of Sports activities groups from Mohali and Ludhiana within the six-team competitors.
The champion and runner-up gained Rs.200,000 and Rs.100,000 respectively. The third to sixth-placed groups shared Rs.150,000 between them.
Varinder Singh was declared the “finest participant” of the league. Jarman Singh and Gursahil Singh, had been adjudged the ‘finest ahead’ and ‘finest goalkeeper’ respectively. Navraj Singh and Sukhdev Singh had been declared the ‘finest defenders’ full again and half again respectively.
The awards had been offered by Olympians Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Mukhbam Singh, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Chand Singh, Rajinder Singh and Hockey Punjab basic secretary Amrik Singh Powar.
The outcomes (league):
Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, 11 (Manish 2, Abhishek Gorkhi 2, Utkarsh 2, Kushal Sharma, Gursimranpreet Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Sehajpreet Singh, Ajaypal Singh) bt Punjab Institute of Sports activities, Ludhiana, 1 (Karanjot Singh).
Roundglass Hockey Academy 6 (Deepakpreet Singh 3, Jarman Singh, Damanpreet Singh, Amandeep) bt SGPC Hockey Academy, Amritsar, 0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
$40,000 ITF ladies’s match: Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari get bye
With the principle draw that includes 48 gamers, it’s a much-needed alternative for the perimeter gamers to compete within the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match being staged on the Ahmedabad Tennis Basis courts from Tuesday.
With the highest 16 gamers getting a bye within the first spherical in a draw of 64, Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari get to preserve their vitality, among the many Indian gamers.
Anjali Rathi infused extra life into the ranks as she beat second seed Maria Kalyakkina 7-6(1), 6-2 within the second and last qualifying spherical. She is going to play Weronika Ewald of Poland within the first spherical of the principle occasion.
Akanksha Nitture, Humera Baharmus, Sonal Patil and Smriti Bhasin had been the opposite Indian gamers to qualify for the principle draw.
Indian ladies’s tennis would aspire to churn out high quality from amount as 18 gamers attempt to play their finest recreation for collective progress.
With the highest eight gamers spearheaded by Arina Rodionova of Australia and Carlota Cirez of Spain figuring within the prime 300 of the world rating, the remainder of the sphere would get a radical actuality examine in regards to the high quality of its recreation.
General, it needs to be an entertaining week of tennis that may function a superb preparation for the Indian staff within the run-up to the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania occasion scheduled to be held in Pune in April.
The seedings:
1. Arina Rodionova (Aus), 2. Carlota Cirez (Esp), 3. Ekaterina Makarova, 4. Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn), 5. Haruka Kaji (Jpn), 6. Amandine Hesse (Fra), 7. Ankita Raina, 8. Maria Tkacheva.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Mane, Gandas amongst Indians to headline Chhattisgarh Open
Udayan Mane, Amandeep Johl, Chhattisgarh Dy. Chief Minister
Arun Sao and Om Prakash Chouan unveil the trophy of the Chhattisgarh
Open golf in Raipur on Monday.
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Udayan Mane, Amandeep Johl, Chhattisgarh Dy. Chief Minister
Arun Sao and Om Prakash Chouan unveil the trophy of the Chhattisgarh
Open golf in Raipur on Monday.
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A few of the main professionals Om Prakash Chouhan, Udayan Mane, Rashid Khan, Manu Gandas, Aman Raj and S Chikkarangappa other than 13 overseas gamers from seven international locations, together with the a lot profitable Jamal Hossain of Bangladesh will compete within the Rs.1 crore SECL Chhattisgarh Open golf championship on the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort from Tuesday.
“I’m delighted to assist the staging of the first-ever skilled golf occasion in Chhattisgarh in affiliation with PGTI. This occasion will promote the State as a lovely {golfing} vacation spot and place it firmly on the worldwide golf map. It is going to encourage budding golfers within the State to dream huge and goal excessive,” stated the Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Arun Sao, in a press convention on Monday.
The president of PGTI, former cricket captain Kapil Dev thanked the Chhattisgarh authorities and the title sponsor South Japanese Coalfields Restricted (SECL) for the assist and sharing the imaginative and prescient of “rising skilled golf within the nation”.
The Fairway Golf and Lake Resort course is fantastically positioned on the banks of the Jhanjh lake and surrounded by a 500-acre forest. The par for the 18-hole course is 69. The highest 50 gamers and ties will make the lower after two rounds in a robust area of 123 professionals and three amateurs.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
INBL Professional basketball league: Hyderabad Falcons defeats Chennai Warmth
An all-round efficiency by Alex Robinson jr. who scored 18 factors, made 10 rebounds and 17 assists, took Hyderabad Falcons to a 97-76 victory over Chennai Warmth within the INBL Professional basketball league on the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Monday.
Each Hyderabad and Chennai groups completed their engagements with 10 factors every from 5 wins and certified for the semifinals.
Punjab Warriors wound up the league stage with a 79-56 victory over Mumbai Titans for its sixth win and certified for the semifinals on prime with Gujarat Stallions.
Each Mumbai Titans and Delhi Dribblers completed with 4 wins and positioned fifth and sixth respectively.
The semifinals shall be performed on Friday, and the ultimate on Saturday.
The outcomes:
Punjab Warriors 79 (Uche Dibiamaka 23, Stokley Chaffee 17, Brijesh Tiwari 11, Vaisakh Manoj 10, Taane Samuel 10) bt Mumbai Titans 56 (Lamar Patterson 13, Lokendra Singh 10).
Hyderabad Falcons 97 (Alex Robinson jr. 18, Kushal Singh 17, Jack Buy 15, Callum Dalton 15, Prashant Singh Rawat 14) bt Chennai Warmth 76 (Jack Stanwicx 18, Jaideep Rathore 17, Matt Grey 13, Keith Kiner 12).
-Kamesh Srinivasan