GOLF
Pranavi again from damage in Scottish Open
After recovering from an damage sustained in Might, Indian golfer Pranavi Urs returns to motion on the USD 2 million ISPS Handa Ladies’s Scottish Open starting on the Dundonald Hyperlinks right here on Thursday.
Different Indians within the area are the in-form Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik. Rookie Avani Prashanth and Hitaashee Bakshi did not make the sphere.
Pranavi, who received the Hero Ladies’s Order of Benefit in India in 2022 with 5 victories in a single season, has been an everyday on the Girls European Tour, the place she was the highest Indian in 2024.
This season, after some good finishes in High-15 on the Ford NSW Open in Australia and Investec SA Ladies’s Open, she performed and made the minimize a Aramco Korea, however damage her wrist.
It acquired so unhealthy that she withdrew after the primary spherical within the following week on the Dutch Girls Open. That was in mid-Might and she or he has not performed since then. She is now 81st on the Order of Benefit.
PTI
Late birdies assist Neha take one-shot lead
Two units of back-to-back birdies and one other late birdie noticed a resurgent Neha Tripathi take a one-shot lead within the tenth Leg of the Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour on the Zion Hills Golf County course.
Neha, who was the runner-up final week within the ninth leg, had 5 birdies in opposition to two bogeys in a spherical of 3-under 69 which gave her a one-shot lead over Durga Nittur (70).
The one different participant apart from Neha and Durga to get a rating of par or higher was Ridhima Dilawari, who shot even par 72 and it included two birdies within the final 4 holes within the first spherical.
Neha, who’s simply getting again to kind after being ridden with accidents over the previous yr, had back-to-back birdies on the second and the third, and parred the opposite six holes on the entrance 9.
She started the again 9 with two straight bogeys however picked three birdies on the 14th, fifteenth, and seventeenth.
PTI
Mahreen, Arshvant lead Indian problem a US Youngsters World Teen Golf C’ship
Two of India’s most adorned teenage golfers, Mahreen Bhatia and Arshvant Srivastava will lead the Indian problem at this week’s US Youngsters World Teen Championship on the iconic Pinehurst, North Carolina.
The US Youngsters India group has six gamers on this yr’s version of the annual World Teenagers occasion. There are two gamers within the Boys 15-18 and 4 in Ladies 15-18 and all have good expertise out and in of India.
Mahreen was third on the 2024 version and runner-up in 2023 and is aiming to get to the highest.
Up to now yr, her achievements additionally embody a win on the 2024 Shubhankar Sharma Invitationals and she or he was second on the 2024 on the Tommy Fleetwood Worldwide Pathway Collection Pres by DP and in addition received the FCG Callaway World Juniors within the US in July final yr.
She was additionally within the High-5 of the Faldo Collection Asia Grand Remaining.
Arshvant is available in with numerous expertise from US Youngsters occasions previously few years and has two good wins on home circuit in 2024 on the NCR Cup Juniors and the Greens to Glory occasion and was the runner-up at US Youngsters Indian Championship.
This season he has had High-5 finishes in US Youngsters China, US Youngsters Thailand and the Faldo Collection Asia Grand last and was seventh within the US Youngsters UAE.
Vihaan Jain performed the 2024 US Youngsters World Teenagers in 2024 and was T-13 with Arshvant additionally within the area.
Asara Sawhney was T-7 in 2024 US Youngsters, whereas Anushka Gupta and Ayesha Gupta additionally maintain numerous promise.
The week after the US Youngsters Teen Championship, India shall be fielding a 14-member squad on the US children for ages 6 and above and the occasion shall be held at Pinehurst.
The Indian group:
Boys: Arshvant Srivastava (Boys 15-18); Vihaan Jain (Boys 15-18); Ladies: Anushka Gupta (Ladies 13); Mahreen Bhatia (Ladies 15-18), Ayesha Gupta (Ladies 15-18) and Asara Sawhney (Ladies 15-18, Delhi).
BADMINTON
Tanvi Sharma, Vennala and Tanvi Reddy advance at Asia Junior Badminton Championships
Rising Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma stormed into the ladies’s singles third spherical, headlining a robust day for India on the Asia Junior Badminton Championships, right here on Wednesday.
The second-seeded Sharma, who completed runner-up on the 2025 US Open Tremendous 300 in Iowa earlier this month, outclassed UAE’s Vaidehi Kalidasan 21-6, 21-6 within the second spherical after receiving a bye within the opening spherical.
The 16-year-old Sharma will face China’s Shi Si Chen in her subsequent match.
Vennala Kalagotla and Tanvi Reddy Andluri additionally progressed to the third spherical with convincing wins.
Kalagotla brushed apart Kazakhstan’s Alissa Kuleshova 21-6, 21-10 earlier than notching up a 21-18, 21-16 win over Indonesia’s Auberta Zerlina. She is going to subsequent face tenth seed Eng Ler Qi of Malaysia.
Andluri, who additionally acquired a bye within the first spherical, cruised previous Macau’s Ung Cheok Ian 21-9, 21-10. She is going to tackle Thailand’s third seed Yataweemin Ketklieng within the third spherical.
In males’s singles, Ansh Negi and Pranauv Ram Nagalingam made it to the third spherical.
Negi, who acquired a bye within the first spherical, beat Singapore’s Ding Han Jin 21-16, 21-15. Pranauv, who was additionally handed a bye, defeated Myanmar’s Lal Zuidika 21-15, 21-7 in straight video games.
Negi will face Minh Son Le of Vietnam within the third spherical, whereas Pranauv will lock horns with Singapore’s Tee Kai Ze.
In combined doubles, the Indian pair of Vishnu Kedhar Kode and Keerthy Manchala superior to the third spherical with a hard-fought 22-20, 16-21, 21-19 win over Hong Kong’s Cheng Ying Package and Hung Ho Yan.
In males’s doubles, high seeds Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu, together with the pair of Bhavya Chhabra and C Lalramsanga, acquired byes in each the primary and second rounds.
– PTI
TENNIS
Aryan Shah reaches quarterfinal of Segovia Challenger
Aryan Shah beat Saba Purtseladze of Georgia 6-4, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the €91,250 Challenger tennis event in Segovia, Spain, on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Aryan, who had overwhelmed the highest seed Duje Ajdukovic of Croatia in three units within the first spherical, will play sixth seed Oliver Crawford of Britain within the quarterfinals.
The outcomes:
€181,250 Challenger, Zug, Switzerland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Arjun Kadhe & Vijay Sundary Prashanth bt Jiri Barnat & Filip Duda (Cze) 6-1, 6-4; Siddhant Banthia & Alexander Donski (Bul) bt Victor Corena (Rou) Sergio Gornes (Esp) 6-7(1), 6-2, [10-5].
€91,250 Challenger, Segovia, Spain
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Shah bt Saba Purtseladze (Geo) 6-4, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF males, Champaign, USA
Singles (first spherical): Dhakshineswar Suresh bt Ryan Fishback (USSA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
$30,000 ITF males, Denia, Spain
Singles (first spherical): Alejandro Pertusa (Esp) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1, 6-1; Miguel Damas (Esp) bt Prajwal Dev 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF males, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Singles (first spherical): Tomohiro Masabayashi (Jpn) bt Arnav Paparkar 6-4, 6-2; Takuya Kumasaka (Jpn) bt Sidharth Rawat 6-2, 6-4.
$100,000 ITF girls, Evansville, USA
Qualifying singles (second and last spherical): Khrystyna Vozniak (Ukr) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-2, 6-1.
$30,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Dayeon Again (Kor) & Vaidehee Chaudhari bt Valeria Bhunu (Zim) & Lina Soussi (Tun) 6-3, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Huamantla, Mexico
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Valeria Monko & Frida Weijerman (Swe) bt Kayla Moore (USA) & Saumya Vig 4-6, 6-2, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF girls, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Singles (first spherical): Zeel Desai bt Kira Pavlova 6-4, 2-0 (retired).
$15,000 ITF girls, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sravya Shivani & Emma Kamper (Den) bt Freya Peet (GBR) & Aliesia Reva (Ukr) 6-4, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
FC Goa on Wednesday introduced that Spanish midfielder Borja Herrera has prolonged his contract with the membership by one yr, preserving him in orange until the top of the 2025-26 season.
The 32-year-old will serve his second full yr on the membership this season, having first signed with FC Goa on a short-term mortgage in January 2024, after which enjoying the whole lot of the 2024-25 season, recording six objectives and 4 assists.
He additionally bagged 4 objectives throughout FCG’s the Kalinga Tremendous Cup triumph, together with a double within the last.
Borja shares an excellent relationship with Head Coach Manolo Marquez, having performed beneath him at Hyderabad FC within the 2022-23 season, in addition to spending time collectively in Spain enjoying for UD Las Palmas within the 2017-18 season.
-Crew Sportstar
SNOOKER
Mehta, Advani in quarterfinal of IBSF World 6-Purple Snooker Championships
Down and out for the depend in opposition to Pakistan’s Ahsan Ramzan, second-seeded Aditya Mehta of India staged a nice comeback to enter the quarterfinals of the IBSF World 6-Purple Snooker Championships right here on Wednesday.
The seasoned campaigner was down 2-3 within the best-of-seven body pre-quarters, and stored his rival at bay with stable security play to attract degree at 3-3 after which made a splendid 71 clearance for a superb come-from-behind victory.
The 4-3 verdict helped Mehta, a former World Video games gold medallist, arrange a quarterfinal assembly in opposition to fellow Indian Manan Chandra, who thwarted a spirited problem from Qatar’s Ahmed Saif.
Chandra, who overcame Saudi Arabia’s Omar Alajlani within the spherical of 32, jumped to a fast 3-0 lead. However lapses in focus allowed Saif, who had overcome one other Indian, Brijesh Damani, within the earlier spherical, to stage a fightback.
However, the Indian upped his sport to come back away a 4-2 winner.
Reigning champion Kamal Chawla, nonetheless, blew away a 3-2 benefit and bowed out in a spherical of 32 match in opposition to Fung Kwok Wai from Hong Kong.
Outcomes:
Pre-quarterfinals:
Paras Gupta beat Pan Yiming (CHN) 4-1 (46-0, 35-1, 20-34, 32-23, 32-13); Pankaj Advani beat Tomasz Skalski (POL) 4-2 (0-74, 50-0, 42-8, 48-0, 4-52, 45-4); Manan Chandra beat Ahmed Saif (QAT) 4-2 (30-18, 54-0, 70 (70) -0, 18-42, 0-41, 36-25); Aditya Mehta beat Ahsan Ramzan (PAK) 4-3 (25-37, 17-47, 37-27, 50-2, 0-50, 49-4, 71 (71) -0)
– PTI
ARCHERY
Parneet, Kushal, Sahil in semifinals
Parneet Kaur, Kushal Dalal and Sahil Jadhav made it to the compound particular person semifinals and remained in medal rivalry in archery competitions of the World College Video games in Essen, Germany, on Wednesday.
Within the girls’s part, the top-ranked Parneet acquired a primary spherical bye and beat Kazakhstan’s Aizhan Seidakhmetova 146-145, Singapore’s Low Ellie Teng 148-144 and France’s Alyssia Chambraud 144-141 to achieve the last-four. She is going to meet Korean Kim Sooyeon.
Second-ranked Kushal acquired two byes earlier than getting previous Frenchman Victor Bouleau 148-147, Turkey’s Yunus Arslan 148-148 (shoot-off: 10-9) and Germany’s Ruven Fluss 148-146 to enter the semifinals.
Sahil, too, acquired two byes and defeated Chinese language Taipei’s Huang Jin Le 145-143, Slovenia’s Aljaz Brenk 148-147 and Nice Britain’s Finlay Clark 146-142 to arrange an all-Indian semis conflict with Kushal.
Amongst notable performers, Avneet Kaur (compound) and Basanti Mahato (recurve) exited within the quarterfinals.
Not one of the Indian recurve archers, together with Olympian Bhajan Kaur, may make it to the medal rounds.
Crew Sportstar