SQUASH
India wins all three titles in Asian Squash Doubles Championships
In a outstanding achievement, India swept all of the three titles—males’s, girls’s and blended occasions—within the second Asian Squash Doubles Championships after beating its respective rivals within the finals on Thursday.
The highest-seeded males’s pair of Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar misplaced the primary set however made a comeback to beat their Pakistani opponents Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal 2-1 (Sept. 11, 11-5, 11-5) within the summit conflict that lasted 88 minutes.
The Indian duo had reached the ultimate after beating Hong Kong pair of Chi Him Wong and Ming Hong Tang within the semifinals.
Within the girls’s doubles closing, second seeds Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh additionally rallied from a set all the way down to win 2-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-10) in opposition to Malaysia’s Ainaa Amani and Xin Ying Yee in a 35-minute closing.
Joshna and Anahat had made it to the summit conflict after beating Hong Kong’s Po Yui Kirstie Wong and Yee Lam Toby Tse.
The highest-seeded blended doubles pair of Abhay and Anahat made it a clear sweep of titles for India as they beat Malaysia’s Rachel Arnold and Ameeshenraj Chandaran 2-0 (11-9, 11-7) within the 28-minute summit showdown.
Within the course of, Abhay and Anahat bagged their second title of the championships.
They’d made it to the last-two stage after beating one other native pair of Ainaa Amani and Syafiq Kamal within the semifinals.
-PTI
BADMINTON
BAI names 19-member staff for Badminton Asian Junior Championships in July
The fast-rising Tanvi Sharma was on Thursday named in India’s 19-member squad for the Badminton Asian Junior Championships (staff and particular person) to be held in Solo, Indonesia from July 18 to 27.
Tanvi received a gold within the Badminton Asia girls’s staff championship. Junior world No. 1 males’s doubles pair of Bhargava Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gibburu may even be crucial to India’s possibilities within the occasion.
The staff competitions are scheduled from July 18–22 whereas the person occasions will likely be held from July 23–27.
The staff occasion will likely be performed in a relay format, with the primary facet to succeed in 110 factors declared the winner. It’ll start with a bunch stage, adopted by knockout rounds, with the highest two groups from every group advancing.
The total squad will report back to a nationwide preparatory camp at Nationwide Centre of Excellence in Guwahati from July 4 to fifteen. The NCE Guwahati may even host the BWF Junior World Championships later this yr.
“India’s junior circuit is producing world-class expertise, and this camp is the place uncooked potential will likely be sharpened into medal-winning type,” Badminton Affiliation of India Basic Secretary, Sanjay Mishra, mentioned.
Tanvi, at the moment ranked World No. 2 within the BWF junior rankings, will anchor India’s girls’s singles problem. Rounak Chouhan is ranked twelfth within the boys’ singles.
Vennala Kalagotla will characteristic in each singles and doubles, whereas within the males’s doubles, Bhargava and Viswa Tej will intention to increase their dominance because the top-ranked junior pair globally.
The Squad
Males’s Singles: Ansh Negi, Hmar Lalthazuala, Rounak Chouhan, Pranauv Ram Nagalingam.
Girls’s Singles: Rujula Ramu, Tanvi Sharma, Tanvi Reddy Andluri, Vennala Kalagotla.
Males’s Doubles: Bhavya Chhabra/Param Choudhary, Bhargav Ram Arigela/Viswa Tej Gobburu.
Girls’s Doubles: Vennala Kalagotla/Reshika Uthayasooriyan, Gayatri Rawat/Mansa Rawat.
Blended Doubles: Vishnu Kedhar Kode/Keerthy Manchala, C Lalramsanga/Taarini Suri.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Hockey India Masters Cup (Girls): Odisha and Punjab to face off in closing
Odisha and Punjab reached the ultimate of the inaugural Hockey India Masters Cup (Girls) after registering spectacular wins of their respective semifinal contests on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.
Within the first semifinal, Odisha beat Tamil Nadu 4-1, owing to captain Lucela Ekka’s two sensible subject objectives (4’, 25’). She was supported by Sarita Roshan Minz (9’) and Asima Sanjay Minz (30’), who additionally discovered the again of the online to seal a convincing win. Tamil Nadu’s lone objective got here from Saumya (34’), who transformed a penalty nook within the third quarter.
The second semifinal noticed Punjab come from behind twice to safe a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Haryana.
Odisha will tackle Punjab within the closing on Friday (2 PM IST), whereas Tamil Nadu will face off in opposition to Haryana within the bronze medal match earlier than the summit conflict (6 AM IST).
-Workforce Sportstar
BOXING
Lovlina, Nikhat headline Elite Girls’s Boxing match from Friday
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen will likely be amongst a number of prime Indian pugilists to vie for prime honours on the Elite Girls’s Boxing Event, starting in Hyderabad on Friday.
Former world youth champion Ankushita Boro will likely be one other large identify participating within the match, to be held on the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium until July 1.
FILE PHOTO: Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen.
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FILE PHOTO: Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen.
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Organised by the Telangana state physique underneath the aegis of the Boxing Federation of India and the Sports activities Authority of Telangana, the match will characteristic boxers from 15 models.
Railways, Haryana, All India Police, Companies, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Mixed SAI Nationwide Centre of Excellence staff and TOPS Core and Growth squad may even participate within the match, moreover host Telangana.
Different notable names within the fray embrace World Championships bronze medallist Manisha Moun, Olympian Preeti, world youth champion Arundhati Chaudhary, and greater than 100 different contenders.
The boxers will compete throughout 10 weight classes. Gold and silver medallists in every class will get the chance to affix the elite nationwide camp in Patiala.
The championships will likely be carried out as per the World Boxing Technical & Competitions Guidelines, whereby every bout will encompass three rounds of three minutes every, with a minute’s relaxation in between.
The ten-point-must system shall be adopted for scoring, whereas the evaluation system won’t be used.
-PTI
GOLF
IGU will get Sports activities Ministry backing for Indian Golf Premier League
The Sports activities Ministry has given the Indian Golf Union (IGU) the go-ahead to organise the inaugural version of the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) in January subsequent yr.
“I can say with utmost pleasure that the Sports activities Ministry has given us the nod to organise the first-ever Indian Golf Premier League, which goals at popularising the game in Bharat,” IGU Director Main Basic (Retd) Bibhuti Bhushan mentioned in a press launch.
“The IGPL will likely be organised in January 2026. By means of IGPL we are going to scout and nurture world-class golf expertise who will proudly symbolize Bharat on the worldwide stage,” he added.
IGPL will likely be a city-based franchise league which can have each amateurs and professionals enjoying in a staff format.
– PTI
Regular begin for Diksha Dagar and Vani Kapoor in Germany
Indian golfer Vani Kapoor opened with a gentle 1-under 72 within the first spherical of the Amundi German Masters on the Par-73 Inexperienced Eagle Golf Programs.
Vani, who making an attempt to regain her place on the Girls European Tour, was provisionally Tied-Twentieth with the primary spherical was nonetheless in progress.
The highest Indian, nevertheless, was Diksha Dagar, who was 2-under after 14 holes. She was T-13 and in sight of a top-10 begin within the match. Diksha, who’s eleventh on the LET Order of Advantage, had 4 birdies in opposition to two bogeys. She had two birdies and two bogeys on the entrance 9 after which added two birdies on the twelfth and the thirteenth to get to 2-under.
The early chief was England’s Alice Hewson, who had a bogey-free 5-under 68 and she or he was sharing the lead with Helen Briem of Germany, Kiwi Amelia Harvey and Sweden’s Eliner Sudow. Three others had been at 4-under.
Vani had two birdies in opposition to one bogey and all that motion occurred on the entrance 9 and she or he had pars on the complete again 9 of the course.
Among the many different Indians, Avani Prashanth, who has performed the occasion as an newbie prior to now, carded even par 73 whereas Tvesa Malik was even by 13 holes.
It didn’t go properly for Sneha Singh and Amandeep Drall, who shot 5-over 78 every, whereas Hitaashee Bakshi was additionally 5-over however had 10 holes to play. Neha Tripathi completed 10-over. Vidhatri Urs had a disastrous time and was 10-over by simply 9 holes.
– PTI
EQUESTRIAN
Rider Agarwalla declares retirement of horse Sir Caramello
Indian equestrian Anush Agarwalla on Thursday introduced the retirement of his long-time horse Sir Caramello with whom he competed on the Paris Olympics.
The 25-year-old Agarwalla had develop into the primary rider from India to compete within the Dressage occasion on the Olympic Video games.
FILE PHOTO: Anush AGARWALLA of India using SIR CARAMELLO OLD through the 2022 ECCO FEI World Equestrian Video games.
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FILE PHOTO: Anush AGARWALLA of India using SIR CARAMELLO OLD through the 2022 ECCO FEI World Equestrian Video games.
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They’d completed ninth in Group E in Paris, lacking out on making the medal spherical. Agarwalla had received a gold medal within the staff occasion and a bronze medal within the particular person occasion in dressage on the 2022 Asian Video games.
“Thanks, Sir Caramello, for being greater than only a horse for me – my associate, my energy and most significantly, my pal,” Agarwalla wrote on social media in an emotional publish.
– PTI
SWIMMING
Shoan Ganguly wins Males’s 400m medley at Nationwide Championships
Shoan Ganguly gave a great account of his potential as he secured the lads’s 400m medley title with an ‘India greatest’ efficiency on the concluding day of the Nationwide Aquatics Championships on the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre right here on Thursday.
Shoan, who claimed the 200m medley crown with an ‘India greatest’ time the opposite day, made it a tasty double by successful the 400m medley gold with a time of 4:24.64. Ganguly, who led after 300m, withstood the problem from Advait Web page and Aryan Nehra, who held the Nationwide report at 4:25.62, earlier than hitting the touchpad first. His second record-breaking efficiency earned him the ‘greatest swimmer’ honour together with Dhinidhi Desinghu.
“That is my greatest time in two years in my most important occasion. I thank Web page and Nerha for pushing me,” mentioned Ganguly.
A day after successful the 200m backstroke, Rishabh Das claimed his second gold amid a eager contest between 4 swimmers. He clocked his private better of 56.13 over 100m. Rishabh’s coaching mate from Mumbai, Heer Shah held his nerve to clock 51.29 and bag his maiden crown in males’s 100m freestyle.
Bhavya Sachdeva picked up her third gold medal as she received the ladies’s 800m title. Vihitha Nayana Loganathan (100m backstroke) and Harshitha Jayaram (100m breaststroke) received their second crowns.
Altogether 14 new information had been set within the championships.
The outcomes (winners solely):
Males: 100m freestyle: Heer Shah (Mah) 51.29; 100m backstroke: Rishabh Das (Mah) 56.13; 100m breaststroke: Likith Selvaraj Prema (SSCB) 1:03.06; 400m medley: Shoan Ganguly (Kar) 4:24.64 (NMR, Previous 4:25.62, Aryan Nehra, 2023);
Girls: 800m freestyle: Bhavya Sachdeva (Del) 9:09.67; 100m backstroke: Vihitha Nayana Loganathan (Kar) 1:05.18; 100m breaststroke: Harshitha Jayaram (RSPB) 1:13.24.
Finest swimmer: Shoan Ganguly (males) and Dhinidhi Desinghu (girls) (2 NMR and ‘India greatest’ performances apiece); Workforce championships (males, girls and total): Karnataka.
– Y.B. Sarangi
TENNIS
Yuki Bhambri in Mallorca semifinals
Yuki Bhambri, in partnership with Robert Galloway, sailed previous Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo within the doubles semifinals of the €596,035 ATP tennis match in Mallorca, Spain.
Within the semifinals, fourth seeded Yuki and Robert will play Guido Andreozzi and Theo Arribage, who had overwhelmed the highest seeds within the first spherical.
Within the $40,000 ITF girls’s occasion in Palma del Rio, Spain, Ankita Raina made the pre-quarterfinals of singles, and reached the doubles semifinals with Rutuja Bhosale.
The outcomes:
€596,035 ATP, Mallorca, Spain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Robert Galloway (USA) bt Rafael Matos & Marcelo Melo (Bra) 6-2, 6-3.
$30,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Karan Singh bt Alexis Gautier (Fra) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Prajwal Dev & Karan Singh bt Nathan Cox (USA) & Pablo Gomez (Esp) 7-5, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF males, Maanshan, China
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Karlis Ozolins (Lat) bt S Mukund 6-3, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Marcus Wlaters (GBR) bt Dev Javia 6-2, 7-6(2).
Doubles (quarterfinals): Alejandro Pertusa (Esp) & Nitin Kumar Sinha w.o. William Jansen & Matthew Summers (GBR).
$40,000 ITF girls, Palma del Rio, Spain
Singles (first spherical): Ankita Raina bt Lorena Donoso (Esp) 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Ankita Raina bt Yuliya Hatouka & Martyna Kubka (Pol) 3-6, 6-4, [10-7].
$30,000 ITF girls, Chinese language Taipei
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Momoko Kobori (Jpn) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Judith Saavendra (Esp) bt Samaira Pahwa 7-5, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Chiara Girelli (Ita) & Judith Saavendra (Esp) bt Aaddi Gupta & Giulia Monteleone (Ita) 6-0, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
RUGBY
Rugby Premier League: Chennai Bulls dominates Kalinga Black Tigers
The Chennai Bulls and the Hyderabad Heroes placed on fairly the present for his or her followers, beating the Kalinga Black Tigers and the Delhi Redz, respectively, throughout Season 1 of the GMR Rugby Premier League on the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports activities Complicated in Mumbai.
From the get-go, the Chennai Bulls was seeking to put numerous strain on the Kalinga Black Tigers’ defence. And it was the Bulls who had the higher of the early exchanges, as Vaafauese Maliko sprinted down the wing to get his attempt. Shortly after, the Tigers bought on the scoresheet with Kyle Tremblay’s attempt to Maurice Longbottom’s conversion.
Manueli Maisamoa then prolonged the lead for the Tigers along with his attempt to Ethan Turner’s conversion. Nevertheless, it was all Chennai after that. For the Bulls, Joseva Talacolo added a attempt, and Vaafauese Maliko went over the road a few extra occasions while Gaurav Kumar transformed all his kicks.
The Bulls had stormed right into a 12-point lead by the top of the third quarter and continued to dominate proceedings within the closing part of play as properly. Filipe Sauturaga bought on the scoresheet with a attempt to a conversion, and Alexander Davis’s attempt was complemented by Joseva Talacolo’s conversion. For the Tigers, Lucas Lacamp scored a attempt within the closing minutes, but it surely was too little too late.
Within the second sport of the night time, the Hyderabad Heroes stamped its authority over its opponent, because it defeated the Delhi Redz 40-19. Regardless of Delhi having a brilliant begin with Jordan Conroy scoring a attempt, the Heroes grabbed the competition by the scruff of the neck.
The Heroes had been fairly actually operating away with the sport as Joji Nasova raced by the center of the Redz’s defence and Velez added two extra factors to the trigger. Earlier than the third quarter was over, Velez added one other seven factors to the trigger. With 1 / 4 to go within the sport, the Heroes led 40-5.
Within the closing quarter, Patrick Okongo added two extra tries, and Matias Osadczuk and Alejandro Laforga scored their kicks as properly. However the Heroes had carried out sufficient to return away with the win.
-Workforce Sportstar
WRESTLING
Indian freestyle wrestlers luggage two golds in Asian u-17 championships
Indian freestyle wrestlers collected two gold and as many bronze medals on the concluding day of the Asian under-17 championships in Vung Tau, Vietnam, on Thursday. Arjun Ruhil (92kg) and Lacky (110kg) clinched gold medals, whereas Shivam (45kg) and Dhanraj Jamnik (51kg) claimed bronze. Earlier, Gourav Punia (65kg) had secured a gold.
With 5 gold, three silver and two bronze, the nation’s girls wrestlers lifted the staff title. Indian Greco Roman wrestlers bagged a gold and a silver apiece aside from three bronze.
– Workforce Sportstar