Indian sports activities wrap, June 15: Chennai Bulls, Hyderabad Heroes register wins on Rugby Premier League opening day

RUGBY

Bengaluru Bravehearts and Delhi Redz share factors; Chennai Bulls, Hyderabad Heroes register wins

It was a red-letter day within the sport of Rugby because the inaugural season of the GMR RPL kicked off in grand type on Sunday night on the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports activities Advanced (Andheri Sports activities Advanced). All six franchises had been in motion on the opening day.

On Day 1, the Bengaluru Bravehearts and Delhi Redz performed out a nail-biter that led to a tie, while the Chennai Bulls and Hyderabad Heroes bagged complete wins. 

After 4 quarters of intense rugby, with each side going for the kill, the Bengaluru Bravehearts and the Delhi Redz shared the spoils, because the scores learn 21-21. Match two of the opening day noticed the Chennai Bulls win at a canter in opposition to the Mumbai Dreamers, with the rating studying 24-5. Within the closing recreation of the day, the Hyderabad Heroes placed on a tremendous show – exhibiting nice co-ordination inside themselves, as they swatted apart the Kalinga Black Tigers, with the rating at 24-14.

– Crew Sportstar

CHESS

Aurionpro Grandmaster Chess to start in Mumbai from June 16

Over 400 gamers from 17 nations are anticipated to compete within the Rs 40 lakh Aurionpro Worldwide Grandmaster Chess event and junior worldwide occasion, to be held concurrently from June 16 to 24, on the World Commerce Centre in Mumbai.

Within the Grandmaster part, the highest billing has been given to GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia. GM Petrosyan Manuel from Armenia is the second seed whereas GM Luka Paichadze, additionally from Georgia, is the third seed.

Aurionpro Grandmaster Chess to start in Mumbai from June 16.
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The 12-year-old FIDE Grasp Aansh Nerurkar leads the Indian cost within the junior part, with sturdy problem anticipated from Madhesh Kumar of Pondicherry and Maharashtra’s Avirat Chauhan.

The star attraction, nevertheless, is 12-year-old girl Worldwide Grasp Oshini Gunawardhana from Sri Lanka, whose presence provides worldwide aptitude and pleasure to the sphere.

– PTI

GOLF

Talwar on tied-Sixtieth regardless of making the lower at Golf Problem

Saptak Talwar made the lower on the Raiffeisenbank Golf Problem however he continued to wrestle after the third spherical.

With a 3-over 74 his complete for the event is now three over par and is positioned at T-60.

Talwar can be hoping to place collectively a robust closing day to enhance his standing for the occasion.

Having begun his spherical on the entrance 9 he dropped three photographs on the second gap after which spent the remainder of the spherical making an attempt to achieve the photographs again.

He made birdies on the fifth and seventh holes however dropped a shot on the eighth.

On the again 9 Talwar dropped photographs on the tenth and seventeenth holes with a birdie on the 18th to shut the spherical.

– PTI

Avani falters in closing spherical, finishes at career-best T-5 in Belgium

Rising India star Avani Prashanth, who began with a one-shot lead, faltered within the fourth and closing spherical, ending tied fifth place on the Hulencourt Girls’s Open right here.

She shot 3-over 75 and completed with a card of 7-under 281, in what was her greatest end of the season.

One other rookie, Darcey Harry of Wales, celebrated her twenty second birthday, which fell this week, by recovering from an early bogey for a spherical of 68 and a complete of 13-under for the week to register her first profession win.

The tied fifth place was the very best end for Avani as an expert and equalled her better of the same T-5 within the 2023 Hero Girls’s Indian Open, when she was nonetheless an novice. Avani additionally has 4 top-20 finishes this season.

Diksha Dagar (72) was T-23 at 1-under, whereas Tvesa Malik (76) was T-48. Diksha had two birdies and two bogeys.

– PTI

WRESTLING

U17 world champion Mansi Lather wins trial for junior Asian Championship

Cadet world champion Mansi Lather on Sunday booked her ticket to the U20 Asian Championship to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from July 5-13, after successful the trials within the ladies’s 68kg class right here.

Mansi, who additionally gained a bronze on the senior Asian Championship in March this 12 months, prevailed over Delhi’s Srishti within the closing.

Additionally making the Indian squad within the 57kg weight class was Muksan, who final month gained a gold within the UWW Rating Sequence Mongolia Open in 59kg. She beat Maharashtra’s Ashlesha Kalyan within the closing.

Different ladies wrestlers who’ve certified for the Championships had been Shruti (50kg), Saarika (53kg), Reena (55kg), Nehar Sharma (57kg), Anjli (62kg), Harshita (72kg) and Kajal (76kg).

– PTI

TENNIS

Ankita Raina wins doubles title in Portugal alongside Alice Robbe

Doubles Champions Alice Robbe and Ankita Raina within the ITF ladies’s tennis event in Portugal.
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Fourth seeds, Ankita Raina and Alice Robbe beat the third seeds Hiromi Abe and Kanako Morisaki of Japan 1-6, 6-4, [10-8] within the doubles closing of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event in Guimaraes, Portugal.

It was the third doubles title of the season and the thirty second of her profession for the 32-year-old Ankita. She has additionally gained 11 singles titles within the skilled circuit. It was the eighth profession doubles title for the 25-year-old Alice of France.

BADMINTON

Chithresh elected President of KBSA

E.P. Chithresh Nair is the brand new president of the Kerala Badminton (Shuttle) Affiliation. The elections and common physique assembly had been held right here on Sunday.

Mohammed Tariq is the brand new secretary. Two gamers have been included within the government committee to make sure gamers’ issues are addressed extra successfully.

The KBSA plans to arrange three zonal academies within the State to coach younger expertise and likewise to offer superior coaching for established gamers. The affiliation additionally plans to organise one worldwide event yearly to supply extra publicity to Kerala gamers.

“Our imaginative and prescient is to make Kerala a powerhouse in badminton by creating a sturdy ecosystem for gamers in any respect ranges. The zonal academies, worldwide tournaments and player-centric insurance policies will revolutionise the game within the state,” mentioned Chithresh.

– Stan Rayan