SQUASH
India’s Saurav Ghosal has pulled out of the HCL Challenger Tour squash match scheduled in Chennai from March 17 to 21 as a consequence of a problem together with his hip.
In a message to The Hindu on Saturday, the previous World’s prime 10 participant mentioned: “I’m withdrawing from the match as one thing is occurring with my proper hip. I don’t know precisely what it’s. I’m in contact with a specialist and can attempt to determine it out.”
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SHOOTING
Indian shooters start nationwide camp forward of World Cups in South America
The Indian shooters picked for the World Cup levels in Argentina and Peru have joined the nationwide camp on the Dr Karni Singh Capturing Ranges in New Delhi, starting their ultimate part of preparations for the season forward from Saturday.
Barring a number of exceptions, a lot of the shooters within the 35-member squad reported to the camp on Friday and have began working with their respective coaches.
The primary batch of shooters will go away for the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, the venue of the yr’s first Worldwide Capturing Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun (April 1-11) stage, on March 26.
The South American leg continues thereafter in Lima, Peru, the place the second ISSF mixed World Cup stage will likely be hosted from April 13-22.
As reported earlier, double Olympic bronze medallist Manu Bhaker would be the solely Indian shooter to begin in two particular person occasions, the ladies’s 10m air pistol and the ladies’s 25m pistol.
Indian shooters will compete in 15 occasions throughout the disciplines of rifle, pistol and shotgun, together with 12 particular person and three combined workforce occasions.
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GOLF
Rookie Avani and Pranavi make lower at Australian Girls’s Basic
Rookie Avani Prashanth and Pranavi Urs made the lower on the weather-hit Australian Girls’s Basic whereas the extra skilled Diksha Dagar fell brief.
Avani, taking part in her maiden season added even par 70 to her first spherical of 72 and was 2-over for 36 holes, mendacity Tied-Fortieth.
Pranavi Urs (73-71) made the lower on the road as Prime-60 and ties will play the ultimate spherical. Pranavi is Tied-Sixtieth. Diksha Dagar, a two-time LET winner, carded 74-73 and missed the lower which fell at 4-over.
Sarah Kemp, who injured herself significantly in a freak golf cart accident and broke her tibia and fibula eight months in the past, made a sensational comeback with a 62 (-8) and moved right into a 2-shot lead with one spherical to go.
Avani bogeyed twice on the entrance 9 on the third and the ninth however staged a great comeback on the again 9 with birdies on the eleventh and seventeenth.
Pranavi, winner of her dwelling Tour’s Hero Order of Benefit, had three birdies towards 4 bogeys.
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Lahiri slips to Thirty first as Johnson shares lead with Niemann in SIngapore
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri slipped locations within the second spherical of the LIV Golf Singapore at the same time as Dustin Johnson and Joaquin Niemann entered Sunday’s ultimate spherical as the principle contenders for the title.
Lahiri shot 1-over 72 on Saturday and is now even for the 2 rounds to be positioned at tied-Thirty first within the 54-player area.
Lahiri, who began with a birdie on the seventh, dropped a double bogey on the eighth. He bogeyed the sixteenth and the seventeenth and birdied the 18th, and added a birdie on his closing gap, the seventh, on the Sentosa Golf Membership.
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Akshay Bhatia in shared lead at ‘THE PLAYERS’
Indian-American golfer Akshay Bhatia moved into joint lead at THE PLAYERS Championship with a 6-under 66 and reached 10-under 134.
He shared the lead with Australian Min Woo Lee (67-66).
The 2-time PGA Tour winner, Bhatia, began from the tenth and had 4 birdies. On his second 9, he dropped pictures on the primary and the seventh, but in addition birdied 4 occasions.
Min Woo additionally began from the tenth and had seven birdies towards one bogey on his ultimate gap, the ninth. The duo was tied for the lead at 11-under 133.
Rory McIlroy was on the prime of the leaderboard throughout his morning spherical that featured six birdies in 11 holes. This momentum although disappeared later. He had a pair of bogeys over the closing stretch, the final one on the par-5 ninth, for a 68 to complete two pictures again.
Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler needed to accept a 70 and was six pictures behind, nonetheless very a lot within the combine contemplating he rallied from 5 behind on the ultimate day final yr.
Bhatia mentioned, “I truthfully felt the identical (as a day earlier), however at the moment, I had a way more intense focus. It takes a lot to win a match like THE PLAYERS, and I simply have to hold this mentality into the weekend.”
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Keita Nakajima and 15 different champions to take part in Hero Indian Open championship
Defending champion Keita Nakajima of Japan could have 15 different champions of the DP World Tour to take care of, within the Hero Indian Open golf championship to be staged on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership in Gurugram from March 27 to 30.
Ryggs Johnston, Johannes Veerman, John Parry, Callum Hill who’ve gained titles this season will likely be that includes within the line up for the Indian occasion.
Darius Van Driel, Jordan Gumberg, Adrian Otaegui, Nacho Elvira, Guido Migliozzi, Marcel Siem, Ewen Ferguson, david Ravetto, Frederic Lacroix, Angel Hidalgo and Julien Guerrier, the champions of final season have additionally confirmed their participation within the $2.25 million occasion.
The 24-year-old Nakajima, had overwhelmed Veer Ahlawat, Sebastian Soderberg and Johannes Veerman to the title within the final version. All of the three will as soon as once more be competing within the championship.
The robust area would encourage Nakajima to emulate Kenji Hosoishi (1967-68), Jyoti Randhawa (2006-07) and SSP Chawrasia (2016-17), who’ve all gained the Indian Open again to again.
The sector will even characteristic Ollie Schniederjans who had lately gained the Worldwide Collection occasion on the identical venue, beating the US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau.
The championship could have free entry for all of the golf fans who make it a degree to go to the venue.
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ATHLETICS
Indian athletes proceed to shine in Particular Olympics Winter Video games
India’s spectacular run on the Particular Olympics Winter Video games continued with the athletes including as many as 15 extra medals to the nation’s tally in Turin, Italy.
India’s whole medal rely has now risen to 24, constructing on the 9 medals secured within the earlier occasions.
In alpine snowboarding, Deepak Thakur and Giridhar displayed distinctive abilities to clinch gold medals within the Intermediate Tremendous G M04 and M05 classes respectively, whereas Abhishek Kumar secured a silver within the Novice Tremendous G M01 class.
Radha Devi additionally delivered a stellar efficiency, incomes a silver medal within the Intermediate Tremendous G F03 occasion.
Including to India’s success on the ice, Ziara Porter showcased spectacular velocity and willpower to assert silver medals in 111M F1 occasion and 222M F2 occasion of brief observe velocity skating, whereas Tanshu gained a bronze within the 777M M2 class and a silver in 500M M3 class.
India’s presence in cross nation snowboarding was additionally felt as Akriti put in a commendable effort to safe a bronze medal within the 50M Classical Approach Remaining F03.
India’s snowshoeing athletes additionally delivered some stellar performances, additional boosting the medal rely.
Vasu Tiwari secured a gold medal within the 50M Race M03 occasion, whereas Jahangir and Tanya gained silver medals within the 50M Race M04 and F02 classes respectively.
Shalini Chauhan added to the tally with a bronze within the 50M Race F03 class. Within the 200M Race, Anil Kumar emerged victorious with a gold medal within the MP 12 division, whereas Harleen Kaur clinched silver within the F12 division.
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TENNIS
ITF junior: Sehaj, Aishwarya win titles throughout classes
Prime seeds Sehaj Singh Pawar and Aishwarya Jadhav gained the girls and boys titles respectively within the ITF junior tennis match on the Tennis Venture, Baliyawas, on Saturday.
The outcomes (finals):
Below-18 boys: Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Aarjun Pandit 6-3, 6-2.
Below-18 ladies: Aishwarya Jadhav bt Diya Ramesh 6-4, 6-2.
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ITF: Woobin Shin beats Ishaque Eqbal in semifinals
Third seed Woobin Shin of Korea stopped the positive run of Ishaque Eqbal with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2) victory within the semifinals of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis match on the CLTA Advanced on Saturday.
Within the ultimate, the Korean will face prime seed Jay Clarke of Britain.
Within the doubles ultimate, prime seeds Filiberto Fumagalli of Italy and Aryan Lakshmanan saved a match level to beat the second seeds Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha 2-6, 6-4, [11-9].
It was the maiden title within the skilled circuit for the 19-year-old Lakshmanan, whereas it was the second title for the 22-year-old Fumagalli.
The outcomes:
Singles (semifinals): Jay Clarke (GBR) bt Stefan Vujic (Aus) 6-3, 7-6(3); Woobin Shin (Kor) bt Ishaque Eqbal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2).
Doubles (ultimate): Filiberto Fumagalli (Ita) & Aryan Lakshmanan bt Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 2-6, 6-4, [11-9].
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