ARCHERY
Indian archers bag two particular person gold
Indian compound archers bagged two particular person gold medals on the Asia Cup Leg-2 in Singapore on Friday. Tejal Salve defeated compatriot Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144 to say the ladies’s title, whereas Kushal Dalal beat Australian Joshua Mahon 149-143 for the lads’s crown. Sachin Chechi secured the compound males’s bronze.
Indians misplaced in 5 workforce finals to take silver medals.
THE RESULTS
Compound Particular person
Males: Gold: Kushal Dalal bt Joshua Mahon (Aus) 149-143; Bronze: Sachin Chechi bt Himu Bachhar (Ban) 148-146.
Ladies: Gold: Tejal Salve bt Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144.
Group: Gold: Males: Kazakhstan bt India 235-231; Ladies: Malaysia bt India 232-232 (shoot-off 29-26); Combined: Kazakhstan bt India 155-153.
Recurve
Gold: Males: Japan bt India 6-0; Combined: Indonesia bt India 6-0.
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SQUASH
Velavan Senthilkumar wins bronze medal at Asian Squash Championships
Velavan Senthilkumar completed his marketing campaign on the Asian Squash Championships 2025 with a bronze medal in Kuching, Malaysia, on Friday.
World No. 45 Velavan misplaced 1-3 (Sept. 11, 11-13, 11-5, 6-11) to World No. 41 Lau Tsz Kwan of Hong Kong within the semifinal.
The Indian had gained a silver medal on the final version of the continental meet in 2023 after shedding to Malaysian Ng Eain Yow.
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RUGBY
RPL Season 1: Delhi Redz registers second consecutive win; Bengaluru Bravehearts defeats Chennai Bulls
Delhi Redz registered its second consecutive win in Season 1 of the Rugby Premier League because the facet took down Kalinga Black Tigers 21-7 on the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports activities Complicated (Andheri Sports activities Complicated) on Friday.
The Kalinga Black Tigers kicked off the competition at good pace, and was pushing the Delhi Redz’s defence again. The continued stress finally paid off, as Kyle Tremblay picked up a lose ball and ran by for a attempt, and Maurice Longbottom calmly put it between the posts.
Nevertheless, earlier than half-time, the Redz roared again into the competition. Matias Osadczuk and Patrick Okongo scored essential tries, after which Osadczuk wasted no time with the conversions. Halfway by the competition, the Redz led 14-7.
The Redz slammed the door shut on the Tigers’ assault within the second half, and didn’t concede an inch. With the Tigers determined to make progress within the attacking half, the Redz took benefit with Matteo Graziano scoring a attempt, and Deepak Punia changing the kick to place the seal on the competition. Ultimately the Redz gained 21-7.
Earlier within the day, Bengaluru Bravehearts placed on absolute clinic, and gained 26-0, handing the Chennai Bulls its first defeat of the season. Bravehearts additionally turned the primary workforce to maintain a clear sheet.
After a scoreless first half, the Bravehearts had been those who broke by – stretching the Chennai Bulls’ defence after which going over the road.
On the coronary heart of the Bravehearts’ assault was Liam Poulton, who scored a few tries within the second half and was ably aided by Pol Pla including a 3rd attempt. Simply earlier than the ultimate whistle, Philip Wokorach added a fourth attempt, while Akuila Rokolisoa transformed three out of the 4 kicks.
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WRESTLING
Vicky wins gold, girls wrestlers bag 5 medals at Asian U23 Wrestling Championships
Vicky gained a gold medal, whereas Indian girls wrestlers picked up 4 silver and a bronze on the Asian Beneath-23 Wrestling Championships in Ving Tau, Vietnam, on Friday.
In freestyle, Vicky (97kg) beat Kazakhstan’s Nurdaulet Bekenov 9-6 within the remaining.
Neha Sharma (57kg), who was overwhelmed 8-4 by North Korean Ji Ju An within the title conflict, and Jyoti Berwal (72kg), who misplaced 6-1 to Kyrgyzstan’s Nurzat Nurtaeva within the remaining, gathered silver.
Pragati Gaikwad (62kg) and Shiksha (65kg), who misplaced certainly one of their spherical robin matches apiece, additionally claimed silver medals.
Hinaben Khalifa (53kg) obtained a bronze.
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GOLF
Amandeep Drall shoots 8-under 64 to take lead in Czech Women Open, good begin for Hitaashee
Indian golfer Amandeep Drall made a surprising begin to the Tipsport Czech Women Open, carding a superb 8-under 64 to seize the opening-round lead.
Competing in simply her second Women European Tour (LET) occasion of the season, Amandeep delivered her best-ever spherical on the LET, which was made all of the extra vital by the truth that she hasn’t made a reduce on the Tour since October 2023.
Among the many different Indians, rookie Hitaashee Bakshi obtained off to a effective begin with 4-under 68 and was tied twelfth, whereas Avani Prashanth, who at one stage was 3-under by six holes, completed 1-under 71 and was T-43.
Tvesa Malik (72) was T-67, Sneha Singh (73) was T-96 and Vani Kapoor (74) was T-110.
Diksha Dagar, a late starter, was 2-over by seven and means again, whereas Neha Tripathi, who obtained into the sector following a late withdrawal, was even par by 5 holes.
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Saptak on tied 18 with 1-under 69 on Resort Planner Tour
Saptak Talwar began his week on the Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre with a gradual spherical of 1-under 69 to put himself at tied 18 within the standings on the Blot Play9 in Brittany.
Talwar has been enjoying as many occasions as potential on the Resort Planner Tour, the second rung of the DP World Tour, and has had modest outcomes however has made seven cuts in 9 earlier begins.
His finest end has been T-37 within the UAE Problem.
Talwar started his spherical on the entrance 9 and had two bogeys towards one birdie by the flip of the spherical.
On the again 9 he picked up the tempo and picked up pictures on the eleventh and 14th holes to shut the day at one beneath.
-PTI
Ajeetesh performs regular first spherical, lies thirteenth in Morocco
India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu began his week on the Morocco Rising Stars occasion with a bogey-free spherical of 4-under 68 and was tied thirteenth after the primary day.
Sandhu started his day on the Samanah Golf Membership on the entrance 9 and had just one birdie on the primary 9 holes. On the again 9, Sandhu made birdies on the twelfth and sixteenth holes earlier than ending his day together with his fourth birdie on the 18th gap.
There are a complete of eight Indians participating this week together with Sandhu. The others included Karandeep Kochhar (70) at T-Twenty sixth, Khalin Joshi (71) at T-32, Arjun Sharma (72) at T063.
The remaining Indians—Rahil Gangjee (74) at T-78, S. Chikkarangappa (75) and Aman Raj (75) and T-93 and Pukhraj Singh Gill (76) at T-106—might want to to choose up the tempo in the event that they hope to make reduce.
-PTI
Disappointing begin by Aditi Ashok
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok endured one other tough begin at a Main as she started the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship at Fields Ranch East with a disappointing 9-over 81 that had no birdies.
Virtually certain to overlook the reduce until she shoots a really low second spherical, she was mendacity tied one hundred and thirty fifth and the projected reduce is round 3-over. Aditi had six bogeys and one triple bogey.
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Rayhan Thomas shoots 64 to lie seventh
Rayhan Thomas equalled his finest first spherical rating of the season with a 6-under 64 and was tied seventh on the finish of the primary day of the Wichita Open.
Rayhan, who had a top-10 in his second begin of the season in Bahamas in January, has had a tough run since then. In 12 begins since that week within the Bahamas, Rayhan has missed eight cuts and withdrawn as soon as.
Final week on the BMW Charity Open, he confirmed indicators of a revival with three of his 4 rounds in 60s and completed T-42.
Rayhan, beginning on the tenth, had 4 birdies within the first six holes. He added two extra on his second 9 on the second and the third and added a remaining birdie on the ninth. His sole bogey was on the sixth, his fifteenth gap of the day.
-PTI
MOTORSPORT
155 register for second season of Indian Supercross Racing League
A record-breaking 155 riders, together with six-time German Supercross champion Greg Aranda, have registered for the mega public sale for the second version of the Indian Supercross Racing League, organisers introduced on Friday.
With riders hailing from 21 international locations and from throughout 6 continents, the 2025 roster of the ISRL showcases a robust mix of world champions, rising stars, and homegrown Indian expertise.
Becoming a member of the league for the primary time are globally famend supercross athletes together with Aranda, French SX1 vice champion Anthony Bourdon, French MX & SX champion Maxime Desprey and Justin Starling, an AMA SX veteran with 106 predominant occasions .
They’ll race alongside returning worldwide stars together with season one 450cc champion Australian Matt Moss MXON world champion Jordi Tixier of France and 5 time Italian SX/MX champion Lorenzo Camporese.
From India, high performers like Ikshan Shanbhag and Rugved Barguje, who stood out in season 1, will return. “Supercross in India is clearly on a pointy development trajectory, and this yr’s quantity and high quality of rider registrations mirror that momentum.
“The truth that we’ve attracted a few of the most revered worldwide names alongside each main Indian Supercross rider is a mirrored image of the belief we’ve constructed globally,” ISRL co-founder Eeshan Lokhande mentioned.
-PTI
SURFING
Srikanth D claims males’s title, Kamali Moorthy Defends each titles at sixth Indian Open of Browsing
Tamil Nadu’s Srikanth D clinched the lads’s Open title, whereas Kamali Moorthy defended each her titles within the Ladies’s Open and Groms Women (U-16) classes on the sixth Indian Open of Browsing,
The second leg of the 2025 Nationwide Browsing Championship Sequence, held in Mangalore, noticed Prahlad Sriram of Tamil Nadu safe the title within the Groms Boys (U-16) class.
Organised by the Browsing Swami Basis and hosted by Mantra Surf Membership beneath the aegis of the Browsing Federation of India, the nationwide championship as soon as once more highlighted Tamil Nadu’s dominance in all 4 classes.
Initially scheduled from Might 30 to June 1, the competitors was postponed because of hostile climate circumstances in Mangalore. It was later held behind closed doorways, with solely contributors and officers in attendance.
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CHESS
CM Madhesh Kumar steals the day
Candidate Grasp Madhesh Kumar toppled skilled Georgian GM Sanikidze Tornidze, pulling off the upset of the fourth spherical within the Rs 40 lakh prize cash Aurionpro Worldwide Grandmaster and Junior Chess Match, being performed on the World Commerce Centre.
Elsewhere, GM Manuel Petrosyan clinically beat Alexei Fedorov, whereas GM Aleksej Aleksandrov held high seed Levan Pantsulaia to a draw. Younger Advik Amit Agrawal impressed by drawing IM Alexander Slizhevsky beneath stress.
After 4 rounds, eight gamers are on an ideal 4/4, heightening the race for the title.
Madhesh Kumar additionally continued his dream run within the Junior occasion, successful once more to stay on 4/4 and lead the Sub-Junior standings.
GM Part Leaders After Spherical 4
1. GM Lalit Babu MR
2. GM Nikitenko Mihail
3. IM Davtyan Arsen
4. GM Savchenko Boris
5. CM Madhesh Kumar
6. GM Nguyen Hoa
7. GM Petrosyan Manuel
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TENNIS
Bopanna-Gille pair loses in Queen’s Membership Championships quarterfinals
Rohan Bopanna, in partnership with Sander Gille, was overwhelmed 7-6(4), 7-6(5) within the doubles quarterfinals of the Queen’s Membership Championships, an ATP 500 occasion, in London on Friday.
The Indo-Belgian pair gained 90 ATP factors and €20,910.
Within the €145,250 Challenger in Poznan, Poland, Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Sergio Gornes beat the highest seeds Matwe Middelkoop and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-7(3), 7-6(6), [10-7] to enter the doubles remaining.
RESULTS
ATP 500, London, Britain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Julian Money & Lloyd Gllasspool (GBR) bt Rohan Bopanna & Sander Gille (Bel) 7-6(4), 7-6(5).
€181,250 Challenger, Nottingham, Britain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Diego Hidalgo (European) & Patrik Trhac (USA) bt Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Bollipalli 7-6(9), 6-7(5), [10-5]; Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Jaime Faria (Por) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7-6(5), 6-2.
€145,250 Challenger, Poznan, Poland
Doubles (semifinals): Sergio Gornes (Esp) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Matwe Middelkoop & Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned) 6-7(3), 7-6(6), [10-7]; Quarterfinals: Sergio & Vijay bt Mateus Alves & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) 6-0, 6-7(3), [10-6].
€54,000 Challenger, Royan, France
Doubles (semifinals): Adil Kalyanpur & Parikshit Somani bt Egor Agafonov & Maxim Zhukov 1-6, 6-4, {10-5].
$30,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (quarterfinals): Eliakim Coulibaly (CIV) & Isaac Nortey (Gha) bt Olaf Pieczkowski (Pol) & Karan Singh 3-6, 6-3, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Yanis Durand (Fra) bt Dev Javia 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Rafael De Allba (Mex) & Sam Ziegann (Aus) 6-3, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF girls, Tauste, Spain
Singles (quarterfinals): Diletta Cherubini (Ita) bt Ankita Raina 7-5, 7-6(3).
Doubles (semifinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Ankita Raina bt Maria Vaquero & Alba Garcia (Esp) 6-7(1), 7-6(2), [12-10].
$30,000 ITF girls, Wichita, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Hiba Shaikh (USA) 7-5, 6-0.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Maria Bandera (Esp) & Julia Garcia (Mex) bt Martina Okalova (Svk) & Sahaja Yamalapalli 7-6(4), 7-6(6).
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Elyse Tse (Nzl) 6-0, 7-6(3).
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Sangram, Priyanshi win U16 titles of AITA Championship sequence
Third seed Sangram Bhadury beat third seed Ayaan Chandel 6-1, 6-4 within the under-16 boys remaining of the AITA Championship sequence junior tennis event on the CLTA Complicated on Friday.
The outcomes (finals):
Beneath-16 boys: Sangram Bhadury bt Ayaan Chandel 6-1, 6-4.
Beneath-16 women: Priyanshi Katial bt Japleen Kaur 6-1, 6-2.
Beneath-12 boys: Nikunj Arora bt Manav Gill 6-1, 6-3.
Beneath-12 women: Tanya Bhatnagar bt Divnoor Kaur 6-2, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan