FOOTBALL
St. Xavier’s Faculty to lock horns with among the finest youth groups in Europe
St. Xavier’s Collegiate Faculty from Kolkata, the primary Indian youth crew to formally take part within the MADCUP Soccer Match 2025, will face Atlético de Madrid and SO Caillolais, an affiliate membership of Olympique Marseille, within the group stage.
The fifth version of MADCUP match, the biggest federated worldwide match for grassroots soccer, will run from June 21 to 26.
It will likely be hosted throughout 32 sporting services in Madrid; together with iconic venues such because the Atlético de Madrid Sports activities Centre, Ciudad Deportiva del Actual Madrid, and Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas.
The younger Kolkata aspect will check its mettle in opposition to youth groups from among the greatest names in world soccer, together with Actual Madrid CF, Atlético de Madrid, Juventus FC, Sevilla FC, CA River Plate, Valencia CF, CD Leganés, and different main international academies from roughly 40 international locations throughout 5 continents.
“St. Xavier’s Collegiate Faculty, Kolkata, India taking part within the MadCup 2025 just isn’t solely the creation of historical past for our faculty however for Indian youth soccer itself,” Farino Torcato, Senior Instructor, stated.
“I’m not considering of successful the match or one thing like that, however sure, we Xavierians are on a mission to indicate the world we additionally know and play soccer and can depart no stone unturned in making our faculty, metropolis, state and nation proud.”
-Staff Sportstar
Mumbai Metropolis FC indicators midfielder Zothanpuia
The 20-year-old Zothanpuia joins the Islanders on a three-year contract.
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The 20-year-old Zothanpuia joins the Islanders on a three-year contract.
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Indian Tremendous League aspect Mumbai Metropolis FC, on Monday, introduced the signing of midfielder Zothanpuia from Aizawl FC.
The 20-year-old joins the Islanders on a three-year contract.
He made his skilled debut for Electrical Veng FC in Mizoram in 2022, earlier than that includes for Oranje FC within the I-League 2 through the 2023-24 season, following which he performed for Southern Samity within the 2024 Calcutta League.
Fondly known as ‘Puipuia’, he joined Aizawl FC for its I-League marketing campaign within the 2024-25 season, whereby his 20 appearances yielded three targets and two assists.
“I’m thrilled to affix Mumbai Metropolis. It’s a membership with a wealthy historical past and a file of successful trophies and titles. I’m wanting ahead to contributing to that effort and hope to be taught and develop with the expertise within the squad. Enjoying within the ISL has been a dream of mine and I’m excited to stay that dream with Mumbai Metropolis,” Zothanpuia stated .
-Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Saptak Talwar finishes at tied 63rd; Jackson cruises to maiden title
Saptak Talwar performed a closing spherical of even par 71 to complete the Raiffeisenbank Golf Problem in tied 63rd place IN Brno, Czech Republic.
The 26-year-old performed rounds of 72, 70, 74 and 71 to complete the week with a rating of three over par. The Indian started his closing spherical on the again 9 and had bogeys on the twelfth and seventeenth with one birdie on the thirteenth.
He began the entrance 9 by choosing up a shot however had a double bogey on the eighth gap, nonetheless, an eagle on the ninth allowed Talwar to shut the day with a fair par rating.
Palmer Jackson, who was tied for the lead on the finish of the third spherical, performed his finest spherical of the week, a 7-under 64, to win by six photographs.
The 24-year-old American started his day on the entrance 9 and picked up three photographs in his first 4 holes earlier than making a bogey on the fifth.
He bounced again with an eagle on the seventh and one other birdie on the ninth. His closing rating for the week stands at 21 beneath par with rounds of 65, 67, 67 and 64.
In second place six photographs behind Palmer have been Matthew Cheung of Hong Kong and Tobias Jonsson of Sweden.
-PTI
CRICKET
Suryansh Shedge to steer Mumbai’s rising crew on UK tour
Suryansh Shedge has been appointed captain of Mumbai’s rising crew, which can journey to England for a month, starting June 28, the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation stated on Monday.
The crew, which additionally options batting all-rounder Musheer Khan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and younger spinner Himanshu Singh, will play 5 two-day matches and 4 one-day video games in opposition to varied UK sides.
They may face off in opposition to groups from Nottinghamshire, Mixed Nationwide Counties (Challengers), Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, amongst others.
Squad
Suryansh Shedge (c), Vedant Murkar (vc), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ayush Vartak, Aayush Zimare, Himanshu Singh, Manan Bhatt, Musheer Khan, Nikhil Giri, Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Prateekkumar Yadav, Prem Devkar, Prince Badiani, Zaid Patankar, Hrishikesh Gore, Harshal Jadhav.
-PTI
CHESS
Avirat Chauhan held in opening spherical of Aurionpro Junior Worldwide
The primary spherical of the Aurionpro Mumbai Junior Worldwide Chess Match noticed its first shock as fourth-seeded Avirat Chauhan (ELO 2168) was held to a draw by the lower-rated Tanmay R.
Gamers in motion through the first spherical of the Aurionpro Mumbai Junior Worldwide Chess Match.
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Gamers in motion through the first spherical of the Aurionpro Mumbai Junior Worldwide Chess Match.
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Enjoying with the white items, Avirat opened with 1.e4, to which Tanmay responded with the sharp Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence. The sport remained evenly balanced, with common exchanges of fabric. Regardless of Avirat’s expertise, Tanmay held his floor with composure, and the gamers agreed to a draw after 29 well-fought strikes.
Other than this consequence, the remainder of the highest seeds had a clean crusing. Prime-seed FM Aansh Nerurkar, second-seed Madhesh Kumar, and third-seed Advik Agarwal notched up snug wins to advance to the second spherical of this ₹15.00 lakh prize cash occasion.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Levan Pantsulaia bt Siddhardh Raman; Luka Paichadze bt Shubh Kapur; Soumil Gogte misplaced to Mihail Nikitenko; Aditya Chavan misplaced to Mamikon Gharibyan; Boris Savchenko bt Advik Reddy; Saranya Devi misplaced to Vedant Panesar; Tomike Sanikidze bt Bhavya Gupta; Shahan Vohra misplaced to Deepan Chakkravarthy; Arsen Davtyan bt Arjun Singh; Mayuresh Parkar misplaced to Duc Hoa Nguyen; Alexander Slizhevsky bt Indra Reddy; Shitiz Prasad misplaced to Aleksej Aleksandrov; Alexei FEdorov bt Vageesh Swaminathan; Raj Kapoor llost to Nayaka Budhidharma.
Underneath-13:
Vihaan Rao misplaced to Aansh Nerurkar; Madhesh Kumar bt Ishaan Bhansali; Krithik Nandyala misplaced to Advik Agrawal; Avirat Chauhan drew with R Tanmay; Tvesha Jain misplaced to Madhvendra Sharma; Krishay Jain bt Vinay Kulkarni; Dev Dharshan misplaced to Aadit Lenin; Samuel Noble bt Ayaanraj Kottapally; Vyom Agashe misplaced to Shaunak Badole; Adhirat Mitra bt Anay Ghule; Vighnesh Deshpande misplaced to Vyom Malhotra; Jagreet Misra bt Ishaan Agarwal; Arnav Dhamapurkar misplaced to Ramanuj Mishra; Maddhav Abeer misplaced to R Nijesh; Siddhant Salunke bt Dinesh Konda.
-Staff Sportstar
Kerala State Open Chess: Arush lifts maiden State title
Pathanamthitta’s A. Arush, who picked up chess whereas taking part in along with his grandfather as an eight-year-old, received his maiden Kerala State Open FIDE-rated chess title on the Mermaid Lodge, in Vytilla, Kochi on Monday.
The 13-year-old, the eighth seed right here, was tied with Kozhikode’s seventh-seeded Sharsha Backer with seven factors from the eight-round occasion however received the State senior championship’s 62nd version with a superior tiebreak rating. Sharsha completed runner-up.
A. Arush received the Kerala State senior chess title in Kochi on Sunday
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A. Arush received the Kerala State senior chess title in Kochi on Sunday
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Arush shocked the third-seeded Sidharth Mohan in Monday’s closing spherical after a draw in opposition to Sharsha within the earlier spherical this morning.
“He may very well be the youngest or the second youngest to take the State senior title. We will solely affirm it after checking the information,” stated Rajesh Nattakom, who ran the game within the State for 12 years because the secretary after which as president of the Chess Affiliation Kerala (CAK) until Could this yr.
Thiruvananthapuram’s Sidharth Sreekumar, with 6.5 factors from seven rounds, received the KSSC’s State senior championship in Thrissur on Sunday with Thrissur’s Gokul Satyaki (5.5 factors) ending second.
Last placings (CAK’s State Open Championship, prime 5):
1. A. Arush (Pta) 7 pts, 2. Sharsha Backer (Koz) 7, 3. Sanjay S. Pillai (Ktm) 6.5, 4. J.P. Karan (Koz) 6.5, 5. Nisthar Abdallah (Klm) 6.5.
Last placings (KSSC’s State Technical Committee’s State Championship, prime 5):
1. Sidharth Sreekumar (Tvm) 6.5 pts, 2. Satyaki G. Gokul (Tsr) 5.5, 3. P. Neerad (Ksgd) 5.5, 4. P. Athulkrishna (Koz) 5, 5. A.R. Akshay (Tvm) 5.
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RUGBY
Rugby Premier League: Chennai Bulls, Bengaluru Bravehearts win massive
Chennai Bulls and Bengaluru Bravehearts registered complete wins of their respective matches of the Rugby Premier League right here on Monday.
Bengaluru Bravehearts stormed previous the Kalinga Black Tigers 35-10.
Nonetheless, it wasn’t a straightforward begin for the Bravehearts, because the Kalinga Black Tigers went forward within the first quarter by way of Lucas Lacamp’s strive.
After that, the Bravehearts cranked up the model and turned the sport on its head as Philip Wokorach scored two tries, and the troika of Akuila Rokolisoa, Iowane Teba and Mohit Khatri added a strive every as effectively.
Within the different match, Chennai Bulls took on the Mumbai Dreamers and overcame the problem with relative ease. The Bulls received 31-17.
-PTI