GOLF
Vani Kapoor dropped two late bogeys however maintained focus to get a birdie on the ultimate gap to take sole lead on the primary day of the fifth leg of the Girls’s Professional Golf Tour right here Wednesday.
Vani, winner of the fourth leg final month, shot 2-under 70 and took a one-shot lead over her good pal Amandeep Drall (71) on the Traditional Golf & Nation Membership.
Vani and Amandeep had been the one gamers to shoot beneath par on a particularly windy day when scoring was powerful.
Rhea Jha was positioned sole third. She landed an eagle two on Par-4 eighth however had 5 bogeys and one birdie in her 74.
On a quite powerful day for scoring, 5 gamers had been tied for fourth with rounds of 4-over 76 and the group included beginner Ceerat Kang, Anahita Singh, Oviya Reddi, Neha Tripathi and Ridhima Dilawari.
Chief Vani had 4 birdies towards two bogeys within the spherical. She opened with a par after which birdied the second and the third. Then adopted a collection of eight pars and one other birdie on Par-4 twelfth. She dropped back-to-back pictures on the sixteenth and the seventeenth however closed with a birdie.
Amandeep Drall opened with a bogey however acquired the shot again on the fifth. She dropped one other shot on the Par-4 thirteenth however closed with a birdie on the 14th and the 18th for a spherical of 71. Amandeep Drall, who went out within the first group with Gaurika Bishnoi within the morning, was the clubhouse chief until Vani overtook her.
Two-time winner this season, Sneha Singh had a tough day with a card of 5-over 77 that noticed her decide only one birdie towards six bogeys. She was tied ninth with Yaalisai Verma and Gauri Karhade.
Amongst another well-known names, Gaurika Bishnoi, Jasmine Shekar and Shweta Mansingh carded 81 every and had been tied for the twenty second place.
– PTI
RUGBY
India to host inaugural Rugby Premier League in 2025
Rugby Premier League emblem.
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Rugby Premier League emblem.
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In a historic second for rugby in India, the Indian Rugby Soccer Union (Rugby India) and GMR Sports activities revealed the official emblem for the inaugural Rugby Premier League (RPL), a franchise-based Rugby 7s league, set to debut in 2025.
The league will characteristic six city-based groups, showcasing elite expertise from high rugby nations across the globe, together with top-tier gamers from India.
Mr. Rahul Bose, President of the Indian Rugby Soccer Union, shared his ideas on the brand, saying, “Rugby 7s is a sport of unimaginable pace, dazzling talent, and heroic energy, and the Rugby Premier League will showcase it in a manner India has by no means seen earlier than. The emblem is emblematic of the vitality, dynamism and high-octane motion that the league will showcase. With GMR Sports activities’ experience and the help of all of the stakeholders, we’re able to take Indian rugby to the subsequent stage.”
– Crew Sportstar
WINTER SPORTS
Indian contingent for Particular Olympics World Winter Video games 2025 will get grand send-off ceremony in Delhi
The grand send-off of 49-member Indian contingent for World Winter Video games.
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The grand send-off of 49-member Indian contingent for World Winter Video games.
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Particular Olympics Bharat, on Wednesday, organised a grand send-off ceremony for the 49-member contingent (comprising 30 athletes and 19 help workers members) able to characterize India on the Particular Olympics World Winter Video games 2025 in Turin, Italy on the Main Dhyan Chand Nationwide Stadium, New Delhi.
The ceremony was graced by minister of youth affairs and sports activities, Mansukh Mandaviya, alongside the president of Particular Olympics Bharat, Dr. Mallika Nadda and government director of Particular Olympics Bharat, Dr. V.Okay. Mahendru.
The event is, scheduled to happen in Italy from March 8 to March 15 will see 30 gamers from Crew India, collaborating throughout 6 sports activities disciplines – Alpine Snowboarding, Cross Nation Snowboarding, Floorball, Brief-track Pace Skating, Snowboarding and Snowshoeing. Particular Olympics World Winter Video games will carry collectively 1500 athletes from 102 international locations, who will compete in 8 sports activities disciplines.
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya stated, “Our unimaginable Indian athletes collaborating within the Particular Olympics World Video games embody the spirit of willpower, resilience, and excellence. Your dedication and keenness encourage the nation, proving that true energy lies within the braveness to push boundaries. The whole nation is extraordinarily excited to witness you all in motion. Fly the tricolor excessive together with your success, all the nation is backing you.”
– Crew Sportstar
CRICKET
BCA appoints Anand Yalvigi as director of cricket operations
Bihar Cricket Affiliation (BCA) president Rakesh Tiwari is wanting ahead to working with former cricketer Anand Yalvigi, who has been appointed as Director of Cricket Growth and Operations by BCA.
Former Ranji cricketer Anand Yalvigi has been appointed because the Director of Cricket Growth and Operations by BCA.
This appointment has been made within the gentle of the choice taken within the final basic physique assembly of the Bihar Cricket Affiliation.
Anand Yalvigi a former first-class cricketer comes with an enormous cricketing expertise. He has represented India Junior groups and was part of two profitable Ranji groups – Karnataka & Mumbai. He additionally held positions as selector for the Mumbai Junior and Ranji groups a couple of years again.
Talking on the appointment, BCA President Rakesh Tiwari stated, “We’re happy to welcome Anand Yalvigi because the Director of Cricket Growth and Operations on the Bihar Cricket Affiliation.”
“Along with his huge expertise in cricket and sports activities administration, we’re assured that his management and imaginative and prescient will contribute considerably to the expansion and improvement of cricket in Bihar. We sit up for working collectively to take Bihar cricket to new heights,” added Tiwari.
Alongside together with his First-Class expertise, Anand has been a Sports activities Administration Skilled the place he has had nearly twenty years of Sports activities Administration and Cricket Operations expertise.
In his huge profession, he has managed varied cricket leagues and tasks associated to cricket improvement.
He shall be heading the Cricket operations and sport improvement the place he shall handle be accountable for creating contemporary sport improvement insurance policies, Cricket operations, infrastructure administration, Evaluation- Evaluation and supply administrative help on operational insurance policies and Liaison with the BCCI on issues referring to Cricket.
“Along with his huge expertise, management abilities and understanding of the sport, The Bihar Cricket Affiliation is hoping that he’ll assist Bihar Cricket to realize higher heights within the coming season,” BCA stated in a press release.
-PTI
TENNIS
ITF ladies’s event: Sahaja Yamalapalli stuns high seed Carlota Cirez
Picture of, Sahaja Yamalapalli swings into her explosive forehand within the
match towards Carlota Cirez within the ITF ladies’s tennis event in
Gurugram on Wednesday.
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Picture of, Sahaja Yamalapalli swings into her explosive forehand within the
match towards Carlota Cirez within the ITF ladies’s tennis event in
Gurugram on Wednesday.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Sahaja Yamalapalli sustained an attacking sport, unleashing fierce forehand, to out-gun high seed Carlota Cirez of Spain 6-4, 6-2 within the first spherical of the $30,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the Tennis Venture, Baliyawas, on Wednesday.
On a day when the gusty winds precipitated havoc on the area, scattering all the things round, the 24-year-old Sahaja candidly noticed that the wind was not blowing in anybody’s favour.
“It was powerful circumstances, but it surely was similar for everybody. We needed to adapt, and I’m pleased with the best way I used to be capable of execute our sport plan,” stated Sahaja.
Accompanied by Spanish coach Pau Martin Sole with whom she had been working from the current $100,000 occasion in Bengaluru, the place she had reached the quarterfinals, Sahaja stated that the main target was to constantly play a top quality sport regardless of the opponent or rating, with the only real purpose of attending to the subsequent stage.
Within the pre-quarterfinals, Sahaja will play Vaidehi Chaudhari who was equally explosive in dismissing qualifier Shruti Ahlawat for the lack of one sport.
“Shruti performed nice in three matches, pulling it off with braveness, with solely three weeks of coaching. She ran out of gas at this time. She had good work ethic now, and is kind of conscious of what must be finished,” stated coach Namita Bal who had helped Shruti sort out competitors with confidence after having been out of the circuit for greater than two years owing to a again damage.
Ankita Raina bounced again after shedding the primary set to tame Riya Bhatia 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. She is going to play Zeel Desai, who was fairly sensible in easing her well past Clara Vlasselaer of Belgium for the lack of 5 video games.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Carlota Cirez (Esp) 6-4, 6-2; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Shruti Ahlawat 6-1, 6-0; Daria Kudashova bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Kristina Dmitruk bt Priska Nugroho (Ina) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Sohyun Park (Kor) bt Ekaterina Yashina 6-4, 6-1; Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Ekaterina Reyngold 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Amandine Hesse (Fra) bt Pooja Ingale 6-0, 6-2; Maria Tkacheva bt Anastasia Gureva 7-5, 6-3; Antonia Schmidt (Ger) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-3, 6-1; Polina Iatcenko bt Kira Pavlova 6-1, 6-0; Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Maria Golovina 6-1, 6-1; Ankita Raina bt Riya Bhatia 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Zeel Desai bt Clara Vlasselaer (Bel) 6-2, 6-3; Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt thasaporn Naklo (Tha) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova bt Francesca Tempo (Ita) 6-4, 7-5.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
MORE SPORTS
Khelo India Para Video games to be held in Delhi from March 20 to 27
Round 1230 para athletes, together with worldwide gamers, will compete on the second version of the Khelo India Para Video games (KIPG) scheduled to be held from March 20 to 27.
The para athletes, a lot of them medallists at 2024 Paris Paralympics and 2022 Asian Para Video games in Hangzhou, China, will compete in six disciplines — para archery, para athletics, para badminton, para powerlifting, para capturing and para desk tennis.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will host the para athletics, para archery and para powerlifting disciplines whereas the IG Stadium complicated will stage the para badminton and para desk tennis occasions.
Distinguished para athletes competing within the KIPG 2025 embody Paris Paralympics gold medal winners Harvinder Singh (archery), Dharambir (membership throw) and Praveen Kumar (excessive bounce).
“The outstanding rise of our para athletes is a large inspiration to sportspersons at massive. This ‘can do’ angle is de facto motivating and I’m certain we are going to see some nice performances on the upcoming Khelo India Para Video games,” Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated in a launch.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Senior Girls Nationwide Championship 2025: Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand emerge victorious
The fifth day of the fifteenth Hockey India Senior Girls Nationwide Championship 2025 noticed Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand emerge victorious, whereas Hockey Uttarakhand on the Tau Devi Lal Hockey Stadium, Panchkula.
Within the first match of the day, Uttarakhand defeated Assam 9-0 in Division ‘B’ to win three video games in a row and ended Pool A on high of the standings to earn promotion to Division ‘A’ within the subsequent season. Preeti Sharma (16’, 18, 52’) and Vartika Rawat (23, ‘35’, 45’)scored spectacular hattricks whereas Captain Mamta Bhatt (4’, 57’) and Hema Singh (19’) additionally contributed with targets in Uttarakhand’s dominant win.
Within the opening Division ‘A’ match, Madhya Pradesh edged out a 2-1 win over Uttar Pradesh in Pool D. Hritika Singh opened the scoring for the profitable group within the first quarter courtesy of a discipline purpose from Hritika Singh (7’). After a tightly contested second quarter, the sport opened up once more after half-time as Uttar Pradesh Captain Rajni Bala (31’) scored the equaliser. Within the last quarter, Neelu Dadiya (53’) scored the all-important winner as she transformed a penalty nook to provide her aspect a vital three factors.
Within the different Division ‘A’ match of the day, Jharkhand defeated Tamil Nadu 9-2 in Pool C to kickstart their event. Elin Dungdung (13’, 24’) and Captain Albela Rani Toppo (17’, 34’) scored braces whereas Promodni Lakra (15’), Horo Sanjna (27’) Rajni Keketta (39’), Sushma Kumari (50’) and Nikki Kullu (60’) additionally featured on the scoresheet. S Soniya (31’) and Vairavi M (51’) scored the 2 comfort targets for Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu.
Within the Division ‘C’ yesterday, Andhra Pradesh defeated Puducherry as Lotia Mary (50’) and Patan Mujiya Begum (58’) scored two late targets to win the fixture. This was adopted by the final match of yesterday when Arunachal Pradesh performed out a goalless draw towards Jammu & Kashmir in Division ‘C’.
Later, Maharashtra will face off towards Punjab and Haryana will tackle Karnataka of their Division ‘A’ matches.
-Crew Sportstar
POLO
Radha Mohan Rajinder Mohan Gold Vase polo event: Rajnigandha Achievers defeats Jindal Panther
Abhimanyu Pathak and Shamsheer Ali scored all of the targets in guiding Rajnigandha Achievers to a 8-6 victory over Jindal Panther within the Radha Mohan Rajinder Mohan Gold Vase polo event on the Military Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Wednesday.
The outcomes: Rajnigandha Achievers 8 (Abhimanyu Pathak 5, Shamsheer Ali 3) bt Jindal Panther 6 (Siddhant Sharma 5, Simran Shergill).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SNOOKER
Pankaj Advani beats Himanshu Jain 4-1 in spherical of 32 conflict at CCI Snooker Traditional
Reigning champion Pankaj Advani on Wednesday recorded a 4-1 win over Telangana’s Himanshu Jain in a spherical of 32 contest of the CCI Snooker Traditional right here.
Advani, who’s representing PSPB, misplaced the primary body however bounced again with breaks of 61 within the third body and 71 within the fifth body to underline his title hopes, recording a 4-1 (43-77, 72-56, 80(61)-33, 64-51, 80(71)-6) victory.
Advani has received the event’s final two editions.
In one other sport, India No 3 and PSPB’s Aditya Mehta beat Karnataka’s Yogesh Kumar 4-3 (42-77, 53-86(40), 57-41, 60(41)-49, 87(87)-10, 24-68, 115(66)-8).
Ishpreet Singh Chadha, who has been competing within the professional snooker circuit in UK, defeated Railways’ E Pandurangaiah 4-1.
Ishpreet compiled sizeable breaks of 51 (1st body), 84 (2nd), 105 (third) and 84 (fifth) to finish a 81-9, 84-1, 115-4, 44-95, 84-25 win and to cruise into the spherical of 16.
-PTI
MORE SPORTS
Australia-India Sports activities Excellence Discussion board inaugurated in Gujarat
Australian Excessive Commissioner Philip Inexperienced with Minister of State for Sports activities Raksha Khadse on the Australia-India Sports activities Excellence Discussion board in GIFT Metropolis.
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Australian Excessive Commissioner Philip Inexperienced with Minister of State for Sports activities Raksha Khadse on the Australia-India Sports activities Excellence Discussion board in GIFT Metropolis.
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The Minister of State for Sports activities, Raksha Khadse, inaugurated the Australia-India Sports activities Excellence Discussion board on the GIFT Metropolis, Gujarat, on Wednesday.
“A ardour for sports activities is a standard thread that connects India and Australia. By way of this historic discussion board, we’re increasing this partnership past cricket and hockey into areas of elite athlete improvement, sports activities infrastructure, and funding in sporting industries. India’s ambition to host the 2036 Olympics displays our nation’s rising energy and dedication to sports activities,” stated the Minister in her deal with.
The discussion board, attended by the Australian Excessive Commissioner Philip Inexperienced, and the Gujarat Sports activities Minister, Harsh Sanghavi, amongst others, goals to leverage Australian experience in sports activities improvement and introduce finest practices within the Indian sports activities ecosystem. Discussions are centred round expertise improvement, main sporting occasions administration, range and inclusion, developmental pathways from grass root to elite stage sports activities, other than sports activities science. The targets embody data sharing on Olympic and Paralympic Video games organisation, encouraging company funding and commerce in sports-related industries, enhancing athlete efficiency by way of superior sports activities science and expertise, and constructing a highway map for the longer term.
“I’m assured that exchanges like this can contribute in the direction of making India a worldwide sporting pressure. The tradition of sports activities will proceed to develop and with such sturdy partnerships we are going to develop world class infrastructure and coaching services,” stated Raksha.
The discussion board will assist formulate a set of suggestions to information Indo-Australian collaboration in sports activities.
-Kamesh Srinivasan