BOXING
Nitu, Saweety cleared the path at Elite Girls’s Boxing Event
World Championships and Commonwealth Video games gold medallist Nitu Ghanghas defeated Railways’ Manju Rani to enter the 48kg remaining on the Elite Girls’s Boxing Event on Monday, establishing a title bout with Chanchal (SAI N).
World Champion Saweety Boora additionally delivered a commanding efficiency within the 80kg semifinal, outclassing Babita Bisht of All India Police 5:0.
Olympic Video games Tokyo 2020 medallist Lovlina Borgohain cruised into the 75kg remaining after overpowering Sneha (Uttar Pradesh) through first-round stoppage (RSC).
Earlier within the day, two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen impressed as soon as once more on residence turf, defeating V. Lakshaya with a clear 5:0 determination and establishing a 51kg remaining conflict towards Jyoti (RSPB).
Within the 65kg division, former Youth World Champion Ankushita Boro (TOPS) outboxed Amita Kundu (AIP) to win 5:0 and can tackle Shashi (RSPB), who beat Telangana’s Yashi Sharma by the identical margin. Preeti (TOPS) and Tanu (SSCB) gained their respective 54kg semifinals to arrange a high-octane remaining, whereas Babirojsana Chanu (RSPB) and Kamaljeet Kaur Gill (AIP) progressed in 57kg, the latter after a 3:2 break up determination victory.
Amongst different standout names, Alfiya Pathan (RSPB) recorded an RSC win within the second spherical to achieve the 80kg remaining, the place she is going to meet Saweety. Ritika (SAI N) and Shivani Tomar (AIP) will face off within the 80+kg remaining after decisive wins over Neha (RSPB) and Mankirat Kaur (PUN), respectively.
– Crew Sportstar
Hitesh, Sachin Siwach lead India’s successful begin at World Boxing Cup Astana
Hitesh and Sachin Siwach led India’s sturdy begin on the World Boxing Cup–Astana, Kazakhstan 2025 with dominant, unanimous wins of their opening preliminary bouts on Monday on the Beeline Area.
Hitesh, a gold medallist from the Brazil leg, outclassed Kan Chia-Wei of Chinese language Taipei 5:0 within the mild middleweight division. Sachin, a bronze winner in Brazil, was equally convincing in his 5:0 win over Canada’s Al-Ahmadieh Keoma-Ali within the light-weight class.
In ladies’s competitors, Minakshi started her marketing campaign with a clear 5:0 win over Australia’s Madeleine Bowen within the mild flyweight division, whereas Muskan edged England’s Kerry Davis in a carefully contested 3:2 determination within the middleweight class.
India had claimed six medals on the earlier World Boxing Cup leg in Brazil. With the Finals set to happen in New Delhi this November, the Astana leg performs a key position in shaping preparations.
– Crew Sportstar
GOLF
Vani finishes sixth, Diksha secures eighth spot in German Masters golf
India’s Vani Kapoor fought again from a disappointing third to register 2-under 71 within the remaining spherical and end a creditable tied sixth on the Amundi German Masters golf match right here.
Vani, thus, logged her first top-10 end since October 2022, when she ended T-8 at her residence occasion, the Hero Girls’s Indian Open.
Taking part in solely her third occasion of the 2025 season, Vani, who has gained 4 occasions in her residence Tour Hero WPGT this yr, shot rounds of 72-70-76-71 to whole 3-under for the week.
Vani was the most effective Indian this week as Diksha Dagar, who was in rivalry over the primary two days with 69-73, shot 74-74 over the ultimate two rounds and ended tied-eighth.
For Diksha, it was her fifth top-10 end and has additionally been within the top-15 on two different events. She is now again within the high 10 of the Order of Advantage.
Avani Prashanth, the third Indian to make the lower this week, had a really easy even par spherical with one birdie and one bogey and completed T-26 at 2-over whole.
– PTI
Bhatia playing cards gorgeous 65 with 9 birdies to complete T-26 in Rocket Basic golf
Akshay Bhatia shot 9 birdies within the final 12 holes to attain a decent 7-under 65 on the ultimate day to complete tied-Twenty sixth within the Rocket Basic golf match right here.
The Indian-American golfer completed with a complete of 15-under over 4 rounds to complete T-26 with 5 others. Bhatia, who had modest rounds of 68-70-70 on the primary three days, had 9 birdies within the final 12 holes after two bogeys within the first six holes.
Bhatia opened the ultimate spherical with bogeys on the third and the fifth after which had 4 birdies in a row from seventh to the tenth.
He had one other four-in-a-row from twelfth to the fifteenth and yet another remaining birdie on the 18th.
– PTI
Saptak Talwar finishes in T31 in France
India’s Saptak Talwar carded a 2-under 70 within the remaining spherical to complete Tied-Thirty first on the Le Vaudreuil Golf Problem.
Talwar had 4 birdies, together with on fifth, eighth, fifteenth and sixteenth holes, and a few bogeys on the primary and ninth holes.
David Horsey (69) secured the title after being compelled to enter a 4 method playoff towards Daniel Younger (67), James Allan (65) and Joseba Torres (66). They have been all tied at 16-under.
Horsey ended the playoff on the primary gap with a birdie. The opening chosen for the playoff was the tenth gap.
– PTI