Indian sports activities wrap, June 21: Ladies wrestlers win group title at U23 Asian Championship

WRESTLING

With medals in all classes, India ladies wrestlers win group title at U-23 Asian Championship

Placing up a dominating present, Indian ladies wrestlers received the group title on the Beneath-23 Asian Championship by profitable a medal in every of the ten classes, together with 4 gold and 5 silver at Vung Tau in Vietnam.

Priyanshi Prajapat (50kg), Reena (55kg), Shrishti (68kg) and Priya (76kg) sealed the top-podium locations.

5 extra India ladies wresters made the gold-medal bouts however settled for runner-up finishes.

Neha Sharma (57kg), Tanvi (59kg), Pragati (62kg), Siksha (65kg), and Jyoti Berwal (72kg) received silver medals whereas Hinaben Khalifa (53kg) received the bronze on Friday.

In Greco-Roman model, Sumit bagged the gold within the 63kg class whereas Nitesh (97kg) and Ankit Gulia (72kg) received bronze medals.

Within the males’s freestyle occasions, Vicky received the gold in 97kg class whereas Nikhil (61kg), Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Jaideep (74kg), Chandermohan (79kg) and Sachin (92kg) can even battle for gold afterward Saturday.

Sagar Jaglan (86kg) will conflict within the bronze-medal play-off whereas Jaspooran Singh (125kg) can even be in medal competition in his weight class.

-PTI

GOLF

Aditi Ashok misses reduce in robust circumstances at KPMG PGA Champs

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok missed the reduce within the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship after a second spherical 11-over 83 in robust circumstances on the Fields Ranch East course in Frisco.

It was the primary time in a Main that Aditi, who had a primary spherical 81, shot successive rounds within the 80s. She had 9 bogeys and a double and no birdies. She did not get a single birdie over two days.

– PTI

Bhatia positioned Tied Thirty fifth at Vacationers Championship

Akshay Bhatia landed an eagle courtesy two nice photographs on the sixth however nonetheless managed solely a good par 70 for the second day working within the Vacationers Championship the place he’s now positioned Tied-Thirty fifth in the USA.

Indian-American Bhatia, preventing for a spot within the Fedex Cup play-offs, birdied the third and eagled the sixth however dropped one shot on the fourth and a double on the seventeenth.

In the meantime, Scottie Scheffler dropped a late double bogey, however carded 1-under 69 and nonetheless saved a share of the lead alongside Justin Thomas (64) and Tommy Fleetwood (65).

The trio is at 9-under. Scheffler had led after the primary day 8-under. He had an early bogey on the sixth after which 4 birdies to maneuver to 11-under and sole lead earlier than he dropped a double on the Par-4 seventeenth.

When Thomas and Scheffler are paired within the third spherical, will probably be the primary time since they performed the primary two rounds on the Masters.

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Saptak Talwar strikes to tied ninth spot on Resort Planner Tour

Saptak Talwar performed a second successive spherical of 1-under 69 to maneuver as much as tied ninth on the leaderboard at Blot Play9 on the Resort Planner Tour at Pleneuf Val Andre in France.

In his second spherical at Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre, Talwar began the day on the again 9 and made birdies on the eleventh and fifteenth holes with bogeys on the 14th and sixteenth. On the entrance 9 he managed to birdie the sixth gap.

Talwar will likely be hoping to transform his 36 gap place into a powerful end. Talwar was two beneath after this spherical.

The 40-year-old James Morrison discovered some type as he performed a bogey free spherical of 4-under 66 to take the lead.

Having received twice on the DP World Tour the Englishman had rolled again the years and displayed a few of his type from the previous with birdies on the primary, seventh, eleventh and fifteenth holes.

Morrison now sits at 10-under and is three strokes away from the sector.

In second place is Matthis Besard of Belgium, who has performed rounds of 66 and 67 to place himself at seven beneath on the finish of the second day.

Day one chief Max Kennedy struggled and carded 6-over 76 to slide right down to tied third within the standings.

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Morocco Rising Stars Marrakech: Khalin Joshi equals course report to maneuver into top-three

India’s Khalin Joshi matched the course report as he shot 9-under 63 to maneuver into third place after day two of the Morocco Rising Stars Marrakech.

Joshi, who carded 1-under 71 on the primary day, is now 10-under on the Samanah Golf Membership.

Indian-American Varun Chopra (67-66) shared the lead with Moroccan Ayoub Lguirati (67-66) at 11-under after two rounds.

Joshi made 10 birdies in his spherical and appeared good to set a course report earlier than he had his solely bogey of the day — on the 18th — as his shot landed in a bunker.

The opposite Indian within the top-10 is Karandeep Kochhar, who shot 5-under 67 to maneuver up the leaderboard to tied ninth with a complete of seven beneath.

Ajeetesh Sandhu performed a spherical of 2-under 70 to maneuver up one place into tied twelfth and has a complete of six beneath.

Rahil Gangjee and Arjun Sharma are positioned tied-Thirty sixth with a 36-hole rating of three beneath.

Gangjee performed a second spherical of 5-under 67, whereas Sharma performed 4-under 68. Aman Raj additionally made the reduce, taking pictures a 5-under 67 to maneuver into tied forty ninth with a two-day complete of two beneath.

S Chikkarangappa (75-69) and Pukhraj Singh Gill (76-72) missed the reduce.

First day chief, Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij struggled on day two as he shot 1-over 73 to slide to tied fourth and has a two day complete of eight beneath.

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CHESS

GM Lalit Babu in joint lead after spherical 5

Grandmaster Lalit Babu MR of Andhra Pradesh and IM Arsen Davtyan of Armenia maintained their good 5/5 report to share the joint lead after spherical 5 of the Aurionpro Worldwide Grandmaster and Junior Chess Event on the World Commerce Centre. 

The Junior match additionally heated up, with high seed and FM Aansh Nerurkar of Mumbai and CM Madhesh sharing the highest spot with 5 factors after 5 rounds. The 2 leaders face off in Spherical 6, which ought to assist in figuring out the only chief.

Whereas GM Lalit Babu outmanoeuvred GM Nguyen Duc Hoa in a positional grind from the English Opening, IM Arsen Davtyan defeated GM Nikitenko Mihail utilizing the Lengthy Fortress Variation within the King’s Indian Defence.

– Crew Sportstar

HOCKEY

Hockey India Masters Cup: Odisha, Punjab win in ladies’s class; Chandigarh, TN win in males’s

Day 4 of the inaugural Hockey India Masters Cup 2025 noticed some thrilling matches as Odisha and Punjab within the ladies’s class secured one other victory within the match. Within the males’s class, Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu had an eventful day after registering win of their respective matches.

Within the first match in the present day, Odisha defeated Tamil Nadu 2-1 in a intently contest, within the ladies’s class. Sarita Lakra (17’, 27’) scored a match profitable brace for Odisha whereas Saumya (28’) tried to slender down the purpose distinction along with her comfort purpose for TN.

Within the final match of the day, Tamil Nadu defeated Andhra Pradesh 11-0, within the males’s class.
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Within the different match, Punjab defeated Haryana 1-0 in a nail-biting thriller, within the ladies’s class. It was captain Amandeep Kaur (52’) who lastly managed to sneak previous Haryana’s defence and scored the one purpose of the match for Punjab.

Within the first match of the boys’s class, Chandigarh defeated Manipur 5-1. Sanjiv Kumar (19’), Harvinder Singh (23’), Ravinder Singh (24’), Vikram Saini (49’) and Amitsingh Rajput (58’) scored one purpose every for Chandigarh. Then again, Pangambam Priyokumar Singh (25’) might solely rating for Manipur.

Within the final match of the day, Tamil Nadu defeated Andhra Pradesh 11-0, within the males’s class. Captain Adam Antony Sinclair (9’, 38’) and Cedric Marcellin D Cruz (43’, 52’) collectively scored 4 out of the eleven objectives within the match. Apart from the identical, Raman R (3’), Govthaman (13’), Sudharsan S (20’), Ramesh Nallamuthu (22’), Vinothkumar (30’), Ramadoss V (52’) and Vinoth Kumar AP (57’) additionally contributed with one purpose every to take the sport additional away from Andhra Pradesh.

– Crew Sportstar