SQUASH
Three Indians make semis of Worlds Asia qualifiers
Indian squash participant Veer Chotrani superior to the semifinals of the World Championship Qualifying Occasion (Asia) after logging a come-from-behind win over residence favorite Mohammad Syafiq Kamal on Friday.
The second seeded Chotrani prevailed Sept. 11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 in opposition to his sixth-seeded opponent to make the last-four stage.
The 17-year-old Anahat Singh, seeded fifth, produced a dominant show, defeating Japan’s Akari Midorikawa 11-1 11-7 11-5 within the ladies’s quarterfinals. She’s going to tackle eighth-seeded Helen Tang of Hong Kong within the semifinals on Saturday.
Akanksha Salunkhe additionally made it to the final 4 after beating Singapore’s Wai Yhann Au Yeong 11-0, 11-3, 11-3. She’s going to meet Hong Kong’s Toby Tse.
Nonetheless, Tanvi Khanna bowed out of the ladies’s singles competitors after happening 5-11, 6-11, 12-10, Sept. 11 in opposition to Hong Kong’s Helen Tang in a quarterfinal recreation.
Khanna had upstaged prime seed N Ching Cheng of Hong Kong in her earlier match.
The winners of the match will qualify for the world championships scheduled in Chicago from Could 9 to 17.
-PTI
BOXING
India Sends Sturdy Contingent to Asian U-15, U-17 Boxing Championships in Jordan
The crew, accompanied by teaching employees and officers, travelled to Amman on April 17, with preliminaries starting on April 19 following the draw on April 18.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The crew, accompanied by teaching employees and officers, travelled to Amman on April 17, with preliminaries starting on April 19 following the draw on April 18.
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India has fielded a 56-member youth boxing squad – 30 U-15 and 26 U-17 pugilists – for the Asian U-15 and U-17 Boxing Championships, which will likely be held in Amman, Jordan, from April 17 to Could 1.
That is the primary occasion organised by Asian Boxing, endorsed by each the Olympic Council of Asia and the newly shaped World Boxing.
Standout names within the U-17 boys’ squad embody Sahil Duhan and Devansh, who clinched silver and bronze, respectively, on the 2024 Asian Junior Championship, together with Tikam Singh, the SGFI 2024 gold medallist.
On the women’ facet, Samiksha Singh, Anshika, and Khushi Chand have been among the many medal winners on the 2024 Asian College Boys & Ladies Boxing Championships in Al Ain.
The U-15 lineup options Ravi Sihag, a bronze medalist from the Asian College Boys Championship in Al Ain in 2024, in addition to the 2024 sub-junior nationwide women boxing champion (64-67 kg), Trushna Mohite.
The crew, accompanied by teaching employees and officers, travelled to Amman on April 17, with preliminaries starting on April 19 following the draw on April 18.
Full Squad
Boys U-15:
Yash Nikam (33 KG), Sanskar Vinod Atram (35 KG), Harsil (37 KG), Prikshit Balahra (40 KG), Hardik (43 KG), Khaidem Rudraksh Singh (46 KG), Sanchit Jayani (49 KG), Ravi Sihag (52 KG), Nelson Khwairakpam (55 KG), Naman Saini (58 KG), Abhijeet (61 KG), Lakshay Phogat (64 KG), Arpit Bishnoi (67 KG), Parth (70 KG), Yamanveer Jawandha (+70 KG)
Ladies U-15:
Komal (33 KG), Khushi (35 KG), Tamanna (37 KG), Svi (40 KG), Milky Meinam (43 KG), Yanshika (46 KG), S Linthoi Chanu (49 KG), Princi (52 KG), Samrudhhi Satish Shinde (55 KG), Navya (58 KG), Sunaina (61 KG), Kanishka Kumari Gorai (64 KG), Trushana Vinayak Mohite (67 KG), Manshi Malik (70 KG), Vanshika (+70 KG)
Boys U-17:
Kharb Dhruv (46 KG), Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei (48 KG), Dev Aman (50 KG), Singh Tikam (52 KG), Raghav Udham Singh (54 KG), Gariya Rahul (57 KG), Sahil (60 KG), Siwach Aman (63 KG), Deshmukh Anant Gaurishankar (66 KG), Khasa Anshul (70 KG), Sehrawat Priyansh (75 KG), Devansh (80 KG), Gulia Loven (+80 KG)
Ladies U-17:
Khushi (44–46 KG), Jiya (46–48 KG), Ahaana Sharma (48–50 KG), Samiksha Singh (50–52 KG), Jannat (52–54 KG), L Radhamani (54–57 KG), Simranjeet Kaur (57–60 KG), Harsika (60–63 KG), Prachi (63–66 KG), Himanshi (66–70 KG), Sanvi (70–75 KG), Prachi Khatri (75–80 KG), Anshika (80–80+ KG)
-Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Tapendra wins Calance Open
Tapendra Ghai endured the tense moments within the climax to clinch the title with a one-shot margin following a par-70 within the fourth spherical of the Rs. 1 crore Calance Open on the Qutab Golf Course on Friday.
The 29-year-old Tapendra had an general rating of 17-under 263 in clinching his second title on the PGTI tour after the one in 2018. He pocketed Rs. 15 lakh because the champion’s purse.
“It feels nice to win after six years. I wish to thank my coach Ricky Jaswal for his assist and steerage,” mentioned Tapendra, who had three birdies and three bogeys within the last spherical.
Champion Tapendra Ghai receives the trophy from Amit Govil, Chairman, Calance Group (proper) and Vijay Singh, Vice Chairman, DDA.
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Champion Tapendra Ghai receives the trophy from Amit Govil, Chairman, Calance Group (proper) and Vijay Singh, Vice Chairman, DDA.
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“It was a day when birdies weren’t simple. The par saves stored me within the recreation. I sank a few 15-footers for pars that gave me the arrogance to get the job executed,” he mentioned.
Honey Baisoya had an opportunity to power the play-off, however missed a birdie putt narrowly on the 18th. He gained 7,99,900 for ending joint second with Arjun Prasad who had one of the best card of the day at eight-under 62.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul who had set the course file of 60, had a fourth spherical of six-under 64 that positioned him joint fourth and fetched him a prize of Rs.4,99,800.
Yash Majmudar had a second straight 63, and was joint fifth with Yuvraj Sandhu and Pukhraj Singh Gill. The trio collected Rs. 3,49,967 every.
The Chairman of Calance Group, Amit Govil and the Vice Chairman of DDA, Vijay Singh, offered the trophy.
The main scores:
1. Tapendra Ghai (64, 67, 62, 70) 263; 2T. Arjun Prasad (67, 68, 67, 62), Honey Baisoya (64, 68, 65, 67) 264; 4. Kshitij Naveed Kaul (68, 60, 73, 64) 265; 5T. Yash Majmudar (72, 68, 63, 63), Yuvraj Sandhu (65, 65, 67, 69), Pukhraj Singh Gill (64, 67, 66, 69) 266; 8. Shaurya Bhattacharya (72, 64, 66, 65); 9T. Shamim Khan (68, 67, 68, 65), Jamal HOssain (70, 68, 64, 66), Dhruv Sheoran (67, 67, 75, 69); Aryaman Mohan (71, 65, 63, 69), Abhinav Lohan (67, 66, 65, 70) 268; 14. Varun Parikh (67, 65, 70, 67) 269.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Shubhankar Sharma fails to make minimize at China Open regardless of enchancment
Shubhankar Sharma bounced again from an 82 within the first spherical with a wonderful 69 within the second however did not make the minimize on the Volvo China Open 2025.
Sharma, who began the second spherical from the tenth, had a bogey on the twelfth however birdied the 14th and the 18th to be 1-under on the flip.
On the second 9 he had 4 birdies, a bogey and a double bogey on ninth for a 69 on the Improve Anting Golf Membership.
Regardless of bettering his rating by 13 pictures as in comparison with the primary day, Sharma couldn’t make the minimize for the primary time after the Magical Kenya Open almost two months again.
In these two months, Shubhankar performed 4 occasions together with the Hero Indian Open 2025 and made the minimize in all of them.
– PTI
Tennis
AITA declares groups for Asian under-12 Tennis Championship
The All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) has introduced an eight-member Indian crew for the Asian under-12 tennis championship to be performed in Islamabad, Pakistan, from Could 26 to 30.
The crew:
Boys: Nayan Khatri, Thanush Shekar, Arjun Dua. Coach: Debapriyo Das.
Ladies: Aaradhana Tehlan, Saumya Choudhary, Myra Rizwan Shaikh. Coach: Nupur Kaul.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Tennis
Niki Poonacha enters quarterfinals
Niki Poonacha in partnership with Sergio Gornes of Spain beat Francisco Rocha and Henrique Rocha 6-2 6-4 within the doubles quarterfinals of the €181,250 Challenger tennis match in Oeiras, Portugal.
The outcomes:
€`181,250 Challenger, Oeiras, Portugal Doubles (quarterfinals): Niki Poonacha & Sergio Gornes (Esp) bt Francisco Rocha & Henrique Rocha (Por) 6-2, 6-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Gastao Elias & Tiago Pereira (Por) bt Siddhant Banthia & Tristan Boyer (USA) 3-6, 6-1, [10-6]; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth w.o. Jerome Kym (Sui) & Carlos Taberner (Esp).
$60,000 Challenger, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Doubles (quarterfinals): Matt Hulme (Aus) & Thijmen Loof (Ned) bt Aleksandre Bakshi (Geo) & Prajwal Dev 6-1, 7-6(4). $30,000 ITF males, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Singles (first spherical): Manas Dhamne bt Raul Brancaccio (Ita) 6-2, 7-6(3).
€173,913 WTA, Oeiras, Portugal Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Alevtina Ibragimova & Lian Tran (Ned) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Paige Hourigan (Nzl) 1-6, 6-2, [10-7]. $60,000 ITF ladies, Calvi, France Doubles (quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana (Bdi) w.o. Alyssa Reguer (Fra) & Camilla Zanolini (Ita).
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Johanne Svendsen (Den) bt Tanisha Kashyap 7-5, 6-3. Doubles (quarterfinals): Zeel Desai & Anastasia Gureva bt Alessia Popescu (Rou) & Liel Rothensteiner (Aut) 6-3, 6-2; Vilma Hyllested & Johanne Svendsen (Den) bt Valentina Losciale (Ita) & Saumya Vig 6-1, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Koneru, Divya joint-second after FIDE Girls’s Grand Prix fifth spherical
Zhu Jiner maintained her sole lead on the finish of the fifth spherical of the FIDE Girls’s Grand Prix Chess at Amanora-The Fern, Pune, on Friday. The Indian duo of Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh are following her in joint second place simply half-a-point behind.
On a day the place there was only one decisive end result — R. Vaishali scored a a lot wanted win in opposition to Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia — top-seeded Humpy drew with fellow Telugu D. Harika, whereas the second seeded Zhu cut up the purpose with Nurgyul Salimova of Bulgaria.
With 4 rounds remaining, Zhu is on 4 factors, whereas Humpy and Divya are on 3.5. Saturday is a relaxation day.
The outcomes (fifth spherical):
Alina Kashlinskaya (Pol) 1 drew with Salome Melia (Geo) 1.5; Nurgyul Salimova (Bul) 2.5 drew with Zhu Jiner (Chn) 4; R. Vaishali 2.5 bt Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mng) 2; Koneru Humpy 3.5 drew with D. Harika 2.5; Divya Deshmukh 3.5 drew with Polina Shuvalova (Rus) 2.5.
– P. Ok. Ajith Kumar
INDIAN FOOTBALL
IWL: East Bengal finishes title-winning season with win in opposition to Gokulam Kerala
East Bengal FC’s first-half blitz was sufficient to beat Gokulam Kerala FC 3-0 in IWL 2024-25 on the East Bengal floor on Friday.
East Bengal was already certain to be champion earlier than a ball had been kicked, however the end result meant it beat each crew within the league en path to the title. All three targets have been scored within the first half.
Elshaddai Acheampong (27’, 37’) received the Purple and Golds’ celebration rolling with two targets, earlier than Soumya Guguloth (42’) added one minutes forward of the half-time whistle.
Within the different recreation on the ultimate matchday of the season, Nita FA held Kickstart FC to an exhilarating 4-4 draw on the Capital Soccer Enviornment because of a spirited second-half comeback. Kickstart led 4-1 at half-time.
Having already secured security from relegation — courtesy Odisha FC’s defeat of their last match — Nita FA performed with out the load of stress and ended the season in sixth place with 14 factors from as many matches. In the meantime, Kickstart FC, which appeared to complete on a excessive, wrapped up its season in fourth place with 18 factors from the identical variety of video games.
– Staff Sportstar