BOXING
Fourteen Indians attain finals at Asian age-group Boxing Championships
Indian boxers continued their good run with as many as 14 pugilists shifting to the finals of the Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan.
India has secured 43 medals.
Within the Girls’s U-15 semifinals, Komal (30-33 kg), Navya (58 kg), and Sunaina (61 kg) secured dominant RSC (Referee Stopped Contest) victories. Khushi Ahlawat (35 kg), Tamanna (37 kg), Princi (52 kg), and Trushana Mohite (67 kg) posted convincing wins by clear factors margins. Milky Meinam (43 kg) battled arduous to edge out her opponent in a good 3-2 consequence, rounding off a extremely profitable day for India’s younger feminine boxers. Svi (40 kg) and Vanshika (70+ kg) had obtained byes to the ultimate.
Within the Males’s U-15 competitors, Sanskar Vinod (35 kg) turned the primary to safe a spot within the title bout with a RSC win over Kyrgyzstan’s Arsen Zhorobaev. Sanskar was later joined within the closing spherical by Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (46 kg), Abhijeet (61 kg), and Lakhsay Phogat (64 kg), all of whom gained on factors.
DAY 8 RESULTS
Males’s U-15 – Semifinals
30-33 kg: Yash Nikam (IND) misplaced to Temurbek Bakhtiyorov (UZB) – WP 0:5
35 kg: Sanskar Vinod (IND) def. Arsen Zhorobaev (KGZ) – RSC R2
37 kg: Harsil (IND) misplaced to Mukhriddin Khamidjonov (UZB) – WP 0:5
40 kg: Prikshit Balahra (IND) misplaced to Kuanysh Khalimbet (KAZ) – WP 0:5
43 kg: Hardik Dahiya (IND) misplaced to Zarfijon Nimatov (UZB) – WP 0:5
46 kg: Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (IND) def. Oybek Alimdjonov (UZB) – WP 5:0
49 kg: Sanchit Jayani (IND) misplaced to Rahimi Morteza (IRI) – WP 0:5
55 kg: Nelson Khwairakpam (IND) misplaced to Nurbakyt Toregeldi (KAZ) – WP 0:5
61 kg: Abhijeet (IND) def. Chen Yi-Fan (TPE) – WP 5:0
64 kg: Lakshay Phogat (IND) def. Andrii Lisnyk (UKR) – WP 4:1
70 kg: Parth (IND) misplaced to Temirlan Kazyyev (KAZ) – WP 0:5
Girls’s U-15 – Semifinals
30-33 kg: Komal (IND) def. Ademi Ybyshova (KGZ) – RSC R1
35 kg: Khushi Ahlawat (IND) def. Polina Tarasenko (UKR) – WP 5:0
37 kg: Tamanna (IND) def. Dana Orazbekkyzy (KAZ) – WP 5:0
43 kg: Milky Meinam (IND) def Alina Ihnatovych (UKR) – WP 3:2
49 kg: Linthoi Chanu Sarangthem (IND) misplaced to Parvina Shakarova (UZB) – WP 2:3
52 kg: Princi (IND) def. Aiaru Faizullayeva (KAZ) – WP 4:1
55 kg: Samruddhi Shinde (IND) misplaced to Madinabony Khudoyorova (UZB) – WP 2:3
58 kg: Navya (IND) def. Yasmin Jautkhanova (KAZ) – RSC R1
61 kg: Sunaina (IND) def. Sofiia Hulko (UKR) – RSC R2
64 kg: Kanishka Kumari Gorai (IND) misplaced to Akerke Dalabay (KAZ) – WP 0:5
67 kg: Trushana Mohite (IND) def. Fazilatkhon Tursunova (UZB) – WP 5:0
70 kg: Manshi Malik (IND) misplaced to Diana Kemska (UKR) – RSC-I R2
– Crew Sportstar
GOLF
Theegala and Rai slip to Tied-14th at Zurich Basic
Sahith Theegala and his associate Aaron Rai carded 8-under 64 within the third spherical to drop to tied-14 within the Zurich Basic, the one group occasion on the PGA Tour.
The gamers with Indian origin have to this point shot 63-69-64 and are 20-under and 7 pictures behind the leaders Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin, who shot an 11-under 61 to take a three-stroke lead.
One other Indian origin star Akshay Bhatia and his associate Carson Younger missed the midway reduce.
As a group Theegala and Rai, who had been tied-seventh after spherical 2, had 9 birdies together with 5 on the again 9 of the TPC Louisiana. Their lone bogey was on the third.
Leaders Novak and Griffin are each chasing their first PGA Tour title. Novak and Griffin took their whole to 27-under 189 and can now head into the Foursomes (alternate shot) finale as favourites on Sunday at TPC Louisiana.
Novak is coming off a playoff loss final week to Justin Thomas within the RBC Heritage, his second straight top-three end.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry, the defending champions, had been 5 strokes again after a 61.
McIlroy returned from a climate delay of about 90 minutes to make a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th.
Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III scored 60 to hitch the Japanese duo of Ryo Hisatsune and Takumi Kanaya at 24-under. Hisatsune and Kanaya carded 61.
Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Velo, the PGA TOUR rookies who led after every of the primary two days, had a 66 to drop right into a tie for fourth at 23-under. Within the first spherical they set the event better-ball report Thursday with a 58.
Danish an identical twins Nicolai and Rasmus Høgaard additionally had been 23-under. They shot 64.
– PTI
Aditi struggles in third spherical at Chevron Championship
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok, who squeezed into the weekend motion, had a tough time within the third spherical on a gusty and sunny day, managing a 5-over par to be positioned tied 74th on the Chevron Championship in Texas.
Aditi’s third spherical included one birdie, 4 bogeys and one double bogey. She is seven over par for the event.
Having began her spherical from the again 9 Aditi made a bogey on the sixteenth earlier than bouncing again with a birdie on the seventeenth however made a double bogey on the 18th for a rating of two over par stretch on the again 9.
On the entrance 9 Aditi made three extra bogeys, the second, sixth and seventh holes respectively for a rating of three over par.
First-day chief Haeran Ryu after a disappointing second spherical bounced again to seek out herself tied for the lead with Mao Saigo.
Lindy Duncan (70) was third and Yan Liu slipped right down to tied fourth.
Ryu who had 65-74 on the primary two days had a robust third spherical of 4 below par with 5 birdies and one bogey that noticed her return to the lead. She made all 5 birdies and her sole bogey of the spherical within the entrance 9.
Saigo (70-68-69) made 4 birdies and one bogey for a rating of three below par for the day to share the lead.
The birdies got here on the second, sixth, eighth and thirteenth holes. The only real bogey of the spherical was on the fifth gap.
– PTI
Lahiri is Nineteenth as DeChambeau leads in Liv Mexico
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri was hit by a triple bogey as he carded a fair par 71 within the second spherical of the LIV Golf Mexico Metropolis to be positioned Tied-Nineteenth.
Lahiri had six birdies, three bogeys and a triple on Par-5 twelfth.
Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau (63-66), because of a birdie on the par-3 18th, grabbed a one-shot lead over Cameron Smith (64-66).
Each shot matching 5-under 66s whereas enjoying collectively in the course of the second spherical, a precursor to a dramatic and entertaining end at Membership de Golf Chapultepec.
Joaquin Niemann, the present season-long factors chief, is three pictures off the lead and is tied for the low spherical of the day with a 7-under 64.
DeChambeau (13 below) and Smith (12 below) left little doubt how impressed they’re with one another’s largest strengths contained in the ropes.
DeChambeau and Smith are every looking for their first LIV Golf particular person titles since 2023 once they mixed to win 4 consecutive occasions close to the tip of the season. Since then, DeChambeau has made 19 LIV Golf regular-season begins with no win; Smith’s drought is at 20.
Within the group format, Rippers led by Smith are forward of DeChambeau’s group Crushers. Torque, which has Niemann, is third.
-PTI
MOTORSPORT
Kadur-Sherif pair wins APRC Asia Cup India Spherical
Reigning nationwide champion Karna Kadur and skilled co-driver Musa Sherif clinched the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship India Spherical right here Sunday.
The Arka Motorsports duo began cautiously within the first stage of the day, which was gained by their aggressive teammates Amittrajit Ghosh and Ashwin Naik, who held on to the third gear regardless of dropping their clutch.
Regardless of having fun with a cushion of over a minute lead, Kadur displayed managed aggression to win all the opposite three levels on the ultimate day with a good-looking lead of 1min, 50.8 seconds on the Madras Worldwide Circuit.
For the 36-year-old Kadur from Bengaluru, it’s his third worldwide honour. This title can be an enormous confidence booster for him as he begins his title defence within the Indian Nationwide Rally Championship 2025 together with Kerala’s Sherif.
Two-time nationwide champion Ghosh of Kolkata and Naik of Mangaluru, who had been third in a single day, overtook Delhi’s Harkrishan Wadia and Kunal Kashyap of Shimla to complete in second place.
Wadia and Kashyap, regardless of struggling a 2-min penalty for early check-in, managed to get the ultimate place within the podium.
-PTI
SHOOTING
Abhinav Shaw shines with three gold medals throughout classes at KSSM Taking pictures C’ship
Abhinav Shaw lent the Midas contact to the combined air rifle competitors as he helped West Bengal sweep the three gold medals, with totally different companions, within the twenty third Kumar Surendra Singh capturing championship on the Dr. Karni Singh Vary, Tughlakabad, on Sunday.
The 17-year-old Abhinav gained the primary gold with Mehuli Ghosh, beating the Railway pair of Meghana Sajjanar and Shahu Tushar Mane 16-4.
Elavenil Valarivan and Smit Moradiya who had scored 629.6 for Gujarat in qualification, the identical because the Railway pair, however bought pushed out of the gold medal match on the depend again, beat the Delhi group for the bronze.
Abhinav gained the junior gold with Swati Chowdhury and the youth gold with Sandrata Roy for a novel hat-trick.
In the meantime, Olympian Chain Singh gained the 50-metre rifle-prone gold forward of Akhil Sheoran and Swapnil Kusale.
RESULTS
10m air rifle: Blended group: 1. West Bengal (Abhinav Shaw, Mehuli Ghosh) 16 (631.3); 2. Railways (Meghana Sajjanar, Shahu Tushar Mane) 4 (629.6); 3. Gujarat (Elavenil Valarivan, Smit Moradiya) 16 (629.6); 4. Delhi (Paarth Makhija, Rajshree Sancheti) 8 (629.2).
Juniors: 1. West Bengal (Abhinav Shaw, Swati Chowdhury) 16 (629.8); 2. Maharashtra (Parth Mane, Shambhavi Kshirsagar) 12 (630.0); 3. Madhya Pradesh (Abhinav Agrawal, Gautami Bhanot) 16 (627.2); 4. Jammu & Kashmir (Aneesha Sharma, Himanshu Gupta) 10 (627.9).
Youth: 1. West Bengal (Abhinav Shaw, Sandrata Roy) 17 (631.0); 2. Madhya Pradesh (Gautami Bhanot, Nikhil Pundir) 5 (627.9); 3. Haryana (Ameerah Arshad, Puru Raj Birthal) 16 (627.8); 4. Uttar Pradesh (Ansh Dabas, Tapasvi Kumar) 8 (626.5).
50m rifle inclined: Males: 1. Chain Singh 624.8; 2. Akhil Sheoran 624.2; 3. Swapnil Kusale 623.1.
Juniors: 1. Manvendra Shekhawat 620.9; 2. Ravi 620.4; 3. Rohit Kanyan 619.0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
MISCELLANEOUS
BSSA registers Guinness World Document for largest Madhubani portray
The report of the biggest Madhubani portray in pure colors on canvas was achieved by the Bihar State Sports activities Authority in Patna.
Showcasing the wealthy cultural heritage of Bihar, this exceptional achievement was formally acknowledged by Guinness World Information. The certificates was proudly obtained by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, marking one other milestone forward of the Khelo India Youth Video games within the state.
The portray was conceptualised by 50 college students from Mithila Chithrakala Sansthan, Madhubani, together with Padmasree Baua Devi, Variya Acharya and Pratik Prabhakar and Kaniya Acharya as a tribute to Padmasree Jagdamba Devi. The monumental portray spanned a formidable 18.69 sq.m (201.179 sq.ft).
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Historic Achievement at Maha Bodhi Temple: World’s Largest Singing Bowl Ensemble Created
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, receives the Guinness World Document for the world’s largest singing bowl ensemble, created by the Buddhist Monks at Gaya for the Buddha Mantra.
This feat was deliberate as a tribute to the State being the Land of Englightenment because it has been the beginning place of many religions.
375 monks, hailing from numerous monasteries and spanning an age vary of 5 to 70 years, got here collectively in harmonious unity.
This historic occasion unfolded within the presence of esteemed dignitaries, together with Raveendran Sankaran, I.P.S, D.G cum CEO, Bihar State Sports activities Authority, Dr. Mahasweta Maharathi, Secretary of the Bodh Gaya Temple Administration Committee (BTMC), and revered monastic figures corresponding to Bhikkhu Chalinda (Chief Monk), Bhikkhu Deenanand, Bhikkhu Manoj, and different senior Bhikkhus from numerous monasteries.
The momentous achievement was formally confirmed by Rishi Nath, the Official Adjudicator from Guinness World Information, who presided over the occasion. He said, “All members efficiently met the rules, together with sustaining concord and consistency all through the efficiency. It’s a historic second not just for the report however for the very first time, this UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE is on the Guinness World Information.
This exceptional feat not solely etches Bodh Gaya onto the worldwide map as soon as once more but in addition superbly showcases the wealthy non secular and cultural heritage of Bihar.
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