Indian sports activities wrap, June 6: Volleyball Federation of India elections set to be held

VOLLEYBALL

VFI elections on June 7, overseen by Advert-Hoc Committee led by Rohit Rajpal

The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) is ready to conduct its long-awaited elections on June 7, 2025, on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, in accordance with a directive from the Delhi Excessive Courtroom.

The federation was overseen throughout this time by an ad-hoc committee comprising Rohit Rajpal (Chairman), Stephen Bock (FIVB consultant), Alaknanda Ashok, and Mr. Gopinath.

A complete of 66 representatives from 33 States and Union Territories affiliated with VFI will vote to elect a brand new governing physique. Twenty-nine candidates are contesting for 12 key positions, together with 5 seats on the Government Committee. These embody: President (1), Vice Presidents (2), Secretary Normal (1), Treasurer (1), Joint Secretaries (2), and Government Committee Members (5).

The presidential race will see Anand Shankar Rajhans (Bihar), Prem Singh Bajor (Nagaland), and Virender Kanwar (Himachal Pradesh) face off. For Secretary Normal, the candidates embody Mohammad Akram Khan (Chhattisgarh), Nilesh Vishnu Jagat (Maharashtra), and Ramanand Choudhary (Rajasthan). Hari Singh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) and Prakash Borah (Assam) will contest for Treasurer, with six candidates within the fray for the 2 Joint Secretary posts and eleven for the 5 Government Committee positions.

Voting shall be performed from 11:00 AM to three:00 PM, adopted by counting at 3:30 PM. The election is being overseen by Justice P. Krishna Bhat (Retd.), appointed because the Returning Officer by the court docket. To make sure full transparency, official observers from the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA), the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities, and the Worldwide Volleyball Federation (FIVB) will monitor the proceedings.

– Crew Sportstar

ICE HOCKEY

India finishes third in IIHF Girls’s Asia Cup

Indian ice hockey group beat Kyrgyzstan on Friday to complete third within the IIHF Girls’s Asia Cup.

It registered three wins (two in additional time) and two losses within the competitors held in Al-Ain, UAE.

The aspect completed behind Philippines and Iran within the event which consisted of six nations taking part in in a round-robin format.

– Crew Sportstar

CRICKET

Abhishek Bachchan part-owned European T20 Premier League to formally launch in 2026

The European T20 Premier League (ETPL), partly owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, will formally launch in 2026, following unanimous approval by the Board. The choice comes after intensive session with key stakeholders throughout cricket, enterprise and media.

The preliminary 2025 window envisioned for the event supplied a stable base. Nonetheless, conversations with franchise aspirants, broadcasters, sponsors, and governing our bodies made it clear that 2026 offers ETPL the perfect likelihood to succeed.

Sanctioned by the ICC on November 27, 2024, the ETPL represents a landmark collaboration among the many cricket boards of Eire, Scotland and the Netherlands, a united effort to develop the sport and elevate European cricket on the world stage.

-Crew Sportstar

BASKETBALL

Basketball Federation of India, ACG Sports activities to launch skilled leagues for women and men

The Basketball Federation of India and ACG Sports activities introduced an expert league for women and men in 5×5 and 3×3 codecs right here on Friday.

Jeremy Loeliger, the previous CEO and commissioner of Australia’s Nationwide Basketball League, shall be in command of the event of the league, bringing worldwide requirements of governance, competitors, and industrial features in a brand new position as director of ACG Sports activities.

ACG will launch a residential high-performance centre inside the yr. The academy will characteristic world-class amenities and entice teaching expertise from the USA and Australia. It would provide a complete coaching programme for gamers, coaches, and referees, together with vitamin, psychological wellness, and tutorial steadiness.

-PTI

A St. Teresa’s School group throughout its golden interval. On the excessive proper (standing) is former India captain Prasanna Kumari, and subsequent to her is former worldwide Indulekha Sudarshan. Raji Thampi is standing third from the left.
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St. Teresa’s School to host all-Kerala basketball event as a part of centenary celebrations

Kerala is a pressure to reckon with in girls’s basketball in India, having thrown up gems like Leelamma Santhosh-Thomas, Prasanna Kumari and Geethu Anna Jose, but it surely all started at St. Teresa’s School in Kochi.

Greater than 65 years in the past, St. Teresa’s younger ladies performed on a mud court docket on the school, and likewise on the Annie Besant Park close by and later on the Ernakulam YMCA. That was the primary time girls’s basketball was being performed in an organised method in Kerala.

“In 1961, we produced the primary girls’s basketball group in Kerala,” mentioned Sr. Tessa, the Director of St. Teresa’s School on Friday.

GOLDEN GIRLS

That was the beginning of an exquisite journey, and slowly, St. Teresa’s School started to energy Kerala and Indian basketball. The late Raji Thampi, who led Kerala to its first Senior Nationwide title in 1985, and former India captain Prasanna Kumari have been among the best stars who emerged from the school.

“We received the Mahatma Gandhi College basketball title often for some 20 years, generally six years in a row,” mentioned Maya Joseph, a former Nationwide-level sprinter and hurdler who was the pinnacle of the St. Teresa’s bodily training division throughout these golden years until 2002.

In 1993, when Mahatma Gandhi College received the Nationwide varsity basketball title for the primary time, almost half the group, together with captain Maya George, have been from St. Teresa’s.

Kerala Sports activities Council coaches Ok.V. Alexander, Thomas Fenn and V.V. Paul, in varied intervals, performed a giant position in St. Teresa’s rise.

CENTENARY TOURNAMENT

Now, as a part of its centenary yr celebrations, St. Teresa’s School shall be internet hosting an all-Kerala inter-collegiate basketball event from June 9 to 11. The occasion, organised by the St. Teresa’s Bodily Training Division and the school’s sports activities alumni, will characteristic six groups, together with Changanassery’s Assumption, Kozhikode’s Windfall and Irinjalakuda’s St. Joseph’s.

STAR WALK

A ‘Star stroll’ by the Teresian sports activities stars, which can see among the school’s largest names in Kochi, and a pleasant veterans match can even be held on the event’s closing day.

St. Teresa’s is now not a powerhouse in girls’s basketball, however there’s hope for the long run.

“We’re coaching our college ladies at our school, and they’re doing very properly,” mentioned Ok.M. Thomas, the present head of the St. Teresa’s bodily training division.

-Stan Rayan

MOTORSPORT

Rahil, Savion seize pole positions

Hyderabad businessman Rahil Pillarisetty ended a four-year look forward to a pole place as he topped the qualifying session within the premier Professional-Inventory 301-400cc class to kickstart his marketing campaign within the first spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian Nationwide Bike Racing Championship 2025 on the Madras Worldwide Circuit, on Friday.

Later, using underneath darkish rain clouds, Bengaluru’s Savion Sabu put the hammer right down to qualify for pole place within the debut class, the Professional-Inventory 165-200cc.

Equally spectacular was Aizawl’s 22-year-old Lal Nunsanga who grabbed pole place within the Novice (Inventory 165cc) class. It was his first pole in six years, the final being within the Idemitsu Honda India Expertise Cup.

Mohamed Mikhail from Thiruvallur, a graduate from the Idemitsu Honda India Expertise Cup, additionally certified for the pole place within the Inventory 301-400cc (Novice) class.

– Crew Sportstar

ARCHERY

Archery World Cup: Indians fail to achieve medal spherical

Indian archers put up disappointing performances as none might attain the medal spherical on the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Antalya on Friday.

– Crew Sportstar

TENNIS

Girls’s ITF: Shrivalli eases previous Julia in pre-quarterfinals

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty sustained her robust recreation and eased previous Julia Fliegner 6-4, 6-1 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF girls’s tennis event in Sumter, USA.

Shrivalli, who had ousted the highest seed within the first spherical, additionally made the doubles semifinals with Katherine Sebov of Canada.

Within the $15,000 girls’s occasion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Vaishnavi Adkar arrange a semifinal in opposition to high seed Ksenia Laskutova and made the doubles closing in partnership with Punnin Kovapitukted of Thailand.

-Crew Sportstar

GOLF

Vani Kapoor wins eighth leg of Hero WPGT 2025

Vani Kapoor received the eighth leg of the Hero WPGT 2025 – her fourth win of the tour. Vani carded 4 consecutive back-nine birdies to take the title on the BGC course right here on Friday.

Firstly of the ultimate spherical, Vani was tied with novice golfer Saanvi Somu, with Gauri Bishnoi one stroke behind. Saanvi fell off the tempo with three bogies on the entrance 9.

Vani recorded a vital par within the eighth gap, the place her competitors dropped a shot. A terrific back-nine helped Vani zoom forward with a five-under 205 total.

Novice Zara Anand carded a three-under 67 to complete second total, three strokes behind the champion.

Neha Tripathi (one-under 209) took third spot, adopted by Gauri (par 210).

“The third day began gradual. I knew the standard of my recreation was good, however I used to be simply ready for all the things to click on. After getting the 4 birdies, I had a cushion, so I simply performed some relaxed golf on the finish,” Vani mentioned.

With a complete successful of ₹11,88,000, Vani leads the Hero Order of Advantage 2025.

-Ashwin Achal

TABLE TENNIS

UTT Juniors: U Mumba goes high of desk

Prateek Tulsani and Ananya Muralidharan put U Mumba on high of the desk with a 6-3 victory over Jaipur Patriots within the final league match of the Dream UTT Juniors desk tennis event on the EKA Area on Friday.

U Mumba topped the desk with 29 factors and can meet Jaipur Patriots but once more within the semifinals, because the latter certified with 26 factors.

The opposite semifinal shall be between Dempo Goa Challengers and Kolkata ThunderBlades which certified with 27 and 26 factors respectively.

-Kamesh Srinivasan