TENNIS
India begins Asia-Oceania World Junior marketing campaign with loss
Fourth seed Korea beat India 3-0 within the opening league match of group-B within the Asia-Oceania World Junior Tennis under-14 ladies tennis match in Kuching, Malaysia, on Wednesday.
Fifth seed Japan and host Malaysia are the opposite groups in India’s group.
The outcomes (league):
Korea bt India 3-0 (Lee Yerin bt Srishti Kiran 6-2, 6-2; Lim Yerin bt Jensi Kanabar 7-5, 6-3; Kim Seohyeon & Lee bt Jensi & Aaradhya Meena 6-3, 6-0).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Ribhav enters semis in Asian U-16 tourney
Ribhav Saroha fought his well beyond Divey Malik 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4 within the boys quarterfinals of the Asian under-16 tennis match on the Joygaon Academy on Wednesday.
The outcomes (quarterfinals):
Underneath-16 boys: Lakshya Chukka bt Arsh Kathuria 6-3, 6-2; Ribhav Saroha bt Divey Malik 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4; Om Patel bt Dhananjay Tibrewal 6-3, 6-3; Yashwin Dahiya bt Krishank Joshi 6-1, 6-1.
Underneath-16 ladies: Aashi Kashyap bt Kabyanjali Hazarika 6-4, 6-1; Akshita Antil bt Aafreen Rahil 6-2, 6-4; Deepthi Venkatesan bt Dhani 6-0, 6-3; Rabiah Dullet bt V Sana 7-5, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Riya enters second spherical
Riya Bhatia beat Chelsea Fontenel of Switzerland 6-1, 6-4 within the first spherical of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match in Bujumbura, Burundi.
The outcomes:
$680,140 ATP, Houston, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Federico Gomez (Arg) & Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) bt Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) 7-6(3), 6-3.
€145,250 Challenger, Menorca, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daniel Cukierman (Isr) & Joshua Paris (GBR) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & David Hernandez (Esp) 7-6(4), 5-7, [10-5].
$40,000 ITF ladies, Bujumbura, Burundi
Singles (first spherical): Riya Bhatia bt Chelsea Fontenel (Sui) 6-1, 6-4; Alyssa Reguer (Fra) bt Pooja Ingale 6 3, 6-4; Darja Suvirdjonkova (Srb) btt Laalitya Kalluri 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Barbara Dessolis & Marcella Dessolis (Ita) bt Lakshmi Gowda & Basant Kaur (USA) 7-5, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
Three ISL groups to face off towards two-time FA Cup winner in Dream Sports activities Championship Soccer Nationwide Finals in Goa
The Nationwide Finals of the Dream Sports activities Championship Soccer 2025 — an initiative of the Dream Sports activities Basis (DSF) — will kick off in Goa on April 8.
English soccer staff Norwich Metropolis FC’s Youth Workforce will likely be taking part within the match’s second version, the place it’ll face formidable competitors together with Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan Tremendous Big. The Championship will convey collectively eight boys’ and eight ladies’ groups to compete in an intense competitors.
The match will comply with a gaggle stage format, with the highest two groups from every group advancing to the ultimate of the U-17 soccer match throughout the girls and boys c
In an thrilling first, the women’ match will characteristic state groups nominated by the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) from Assam, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan, Goa, Odisha, Karnataka, and Delhi.
Following intense regional rounds, seven Indian youth groups secured their locations within the Nationwide Finals. These groups are Punjab FC (Delhi), Reliance Basis Younger Champs (Mumbai), Chennaiyin FC (Bengaluru), Mohun Bagan Tremendous Big (Kolkata), Soccer 4 Change (Guwahati), SESA FA, and Dempo Sports activities Membership (Goa).
Group stage matches will happen on the SAG Benaulim Soccer Floor and Utorda Sports activities Complicated, with the grand finale set for Raia Soccer Floor on April 15, the place soccer legends Bhaichung Bhutia and Subrata Paul will grace the event. All of the matches will likely be streamed dwell on Fancode.
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
Yuvraj leads at Adani invitational
Yuvraj Sandhu shot into the lead with a second spherical rating of five-under 67 within the Rs. 1.5 crore Adani invitational golf championship on the Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort on Wednesday.
Two-time champion this season, 28-year-old Yuvraj was joined within the lead at seven-under 137 by Arjun Prasad who had a three-under 69 this present day.
Yuvraj was on track, changing seven birdies on the primary 10, and narrowly missed a hole-in-one on the third.
“As there was no wind within the morning, I took benefit of the situations. I misplaced a shot or two to the wind within the afternoon,” stated Yuvraj.
Taking part in his fourth successive match, Yuvraj thanked the match physio for serving to him do away with the shoulder ache.
“I’ve had two stable days to date. I’m wanting ahead to be within the chief group with Yuvraj for the second time this season,” stated Arjun Prasad.
The in a single day leaders Saptak Talwar and N Thangaraja weren’t nearly as good within the second spherical. Saptak had a par spherical and slipped to the fifth spot with five-under 139. Sri Lankan Thangaraja, one other champion this season, had two-over 74 and positioned joint seventh with Om Prakash Chouhan and Shaurya Bhattacharya at three-under 141.
The reduce fell at three-over 147. It meant 60 professionals and one beginner, 19-year-old Sukhman Singh, making it to the third spherical.
The main scores:
1T. Yuvraj Sandhu (70, 67), Arjun Prasad (68, 69) 137; 3T. Harendra Gupta (72, 66), Honey Baisoya (70, 68) 138; 5. Saptak Talwar (67, 72) 139; 6. Aryan Anand (70, 70) 140; 7T. Om Prakash Chouhan (68, 73), N Thangaraja (67, 74), Shaurya Bhattacharya (70, 71) 141; 10T. Gaurav Pratap Singh (72, 70), Ajeetesh Sandhu (71, 71), Aman Raj (72, 70), Tapendra Ghai (73, 69), Dhruv Sheoran (70, 72) 142.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Diksha, Pranavi amongst 4 Indians set for Joburg Open
Indian golfer Diksha Dagar will return to the nation the place she received her maiden Women European Tour title as she tees off on the Joburg Open on Thursday.
Diksha, one of many 4 Indians within the subject this week, received the South African Open in 2019; for her first LET win.
Joburg Open is the primary of the two-event South African leg of the Tour. It is going to be adopted by the South African Ladies’s Open.
Diksha, who has had a good season to date, was runner-up on the Lalla Meryem Cup and was then T-11 at New South Wales Open. A a number of winner on her dwelling Tour, Diksha is at the moment fifth on the Order of Benefit.
The opposite Indians competing this week are Pranavi Urs, who was T-14 in New South Wales, rookie Avani Prashanth, who has made the reduce in all three begins and Tvesa Malik, who has to her identify a win on the Sunshine Women Tour up to now.
Defending champion Chiara Tamburlini will likely be again in Johannesburg hoping to duplicate what was a breakthrough second of her 2024 season. The Swiss received her maiden LET title at this match final yr.
The Modderfontein Golf Course, which is internet hosting the match for the fourth yr in a row, is dwelling to what’s thought-about a difficult course recognized for its quite a few water hazards, which characteristic on greater than half the holes on the cardboard.
As many as 132 gamers, together with 38 LET winners, will compete this week. The sphere additionally consists of England’s Cara Gainer, who leads the Order of Benefit following 4 tournaments of the LET 2025 season.
The 72-hole stroke play competitors will see a reduce to the highest 60 professionals and ties after 36 holes.
-Press Belief of India
KABADDI
Yuva All Stars Championship: Warriorz Okay.C. brushes previous Sonipat Spartans in further time, to face Yuva Yoddhas within the semifinal
Yuva Yoddhas will face Warriorz Okay.C. within the semifinal conflict of the Yuva All Stars Championship 2025 on Thursday.
The Yoddhas registered a snug victory towards Yuva Mumba in Eliminator 1, in the meantime, in Eliminator 2, Warriorz Okay.C. bagged a hard-fought victory towards Sonipat Spartans in extra-time.
The winner of the semifinal match between Yuva Yoddhas and Warriorz Okay.C. faces Jaipur Pink Cubs within the Yuva All Stars Championship 2025 Last on Friday.
– Workforce Sportstar