GOLF
Diksha lone Indian to make minimize in Ladies’s Scottish Open
Diksha Dagar was the lone Indian to make the minimize on the 2025 ISPS HANDA Ladies’s Scottish Open golf event and was positioned T-59 right here.
With rounds of 69-76, Diksha was 1-over on the Par-72 course as 71 gamers made the minimize.
The chief is England’s Lottie Woad, who’s making her professional debut. She added a 65 to her first spherical 67 and is now 12-under.
Diksha, the 24-year-old two-time winner on the Girls European Tour, who shot 3-under 69 within the first spherical, gave the impression to be on her approach out as she was in peril at six-over by way of 16 holes within the second spherical and 3-over for the event.
As she has executed many instances earlier than, Diksha rallied from the precarious place to birdie the final two holes and made the weekend on the minimize line, which fell at 1-over.
The opposite two Indians Pranavi Urs (75-73) and Tvesa Malik (77-77) missed the minimize.
– PTI
TENNIS
Nagal loses in Tampere Open semifinals
Sumit Nagal was crushed 7-5, 6-2 by Sascha Wayenburg of France within the semifinals of the €91,250 Challenger tennis event in Tampere, Finland, on Saturday.
The 27-year-old Sumit collected 22 ATP factors and €4,550.
Within the Challenger in Segovia, Spain, Aryan Shah had crushed sixth seed Oliver Crawford of Britain 7-6(4), 6-4, and was scheduled to play Nicolas Varona of Spain within the semifinals.
The outcomes:
$2,396,115 ATP, Washington, USA
Doubles (quarterfinals): Neal Skupski (GBR) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) bt Yuki Bhambri & Michael Venus (Nzl) 3-6, 6-4, [10-7].
€91,250 Challenger, Tampere, Finland
Singles (semifinals): Sascha Wayenburg (Fra) bt Sumit Nagal 7-5, 6-2.
€91,250 Challenger, Segovia, Spain
Singles (quarterfinals): Aryan Shah bt Oliver Crawford (GBR) 7-6(4), 6-4.
$30,000 ITF males, Champaign, USA
Singles (quarterfinals): Blaise Bicknell (Jam) bt Dhakshineswar Suresh 6-4, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF males, Denia, Spain
Doubles (remaining): Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Mario Diez (Esp) & Mark Vervoort (Ned) 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Doubles (remaining): Yun Seong Chung & Soonwoo Kwon (Kor) bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Tomohiro Masabayashi (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3.
$100,000 ITF girls, Evansville, USA
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ariane Hartono (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare bt Fiona Crawley & Sara Daavettila (USA) 6-1, 2-6, [10-6].
$30,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Dayeon Again (Kor) & Vaidehee Chaudhari bt Julia Adams & Carol Lee (USA) 7-6(3), 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Doubles (semifinals): Sravya Shivani & Emma Kamper (Den) bt Nahia Berecoechea (Fra) & Demi Tran (Ned) 6-2, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
INDIAN FOOTBALL
Durand Cup 2025: Shillong Lajong begins marketing campaign in dominant trend
Shillong Lajong FC started its 134th Durand Cup marketing campaign on a successful word by downing Malaysia’s Armed Forces soccer staff 6-0 within the opening Group E league match on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday.
Everbrightson Sana and Phrangki Buam scored a brace every whereas substitutes Treimiki Lamurong and Deibormame Tongper added a objective apiece to give the younger Lajong facet a assured begin.
The outcome:
Shillong Lajong FC 6 (Everbrightson Sana 12, 66, Phrangki Buam 47, 49, Treimiki Lamurong 73, Deibormame Tongper 90) bt Malaysian Armed Forces FT 0.
– Crew Sportstar
ARCHERY
World College Video games: Sahil wins gold, Parneet silver
Sahil Jadhav received the compound males’s particular person gold, whereas Parneet Kaur picked up the ladies’s particular person silver to assist India end second with 5 medals, together with two gold, two silver and a bronze, in archery on the World College Video games in Essen, Germany.
Sahil edged out compatriot Kushal Dalal 148-148 (30-29, 30-29, 30-30, 29-30, 29-30, shoot-off: 10*-10; shot nearer to the centre) in an all-Indian semifinal match earlier than gorgeous World Cup Stage staff gold medal-winning British archer Ajay Scott 149-148 (30-30, 30-29, 30-30, 30-30, 29-29) in a keenly-contested remaining.
Sahil, who claimed a staff silver with Kushal, held his nerve to shoot good scores for 4 consecutive ends and managed to thwart Scott’s problem in a high-pressure duel.
Kushal was crushed 150-148 (30-29, 30-30, 30-30, 30-30, 30-29) by a flawless Polish archer, Przemyslaw Konecki, within the bronze medal match.
Parneet, who had secured a combined staff gold and a girls’s staff bronze, defeated Korean Kim Sooyeon 145-144 (30-29, 28-27, 30-28, 28-30, 29-30) within the semifinals, however misplaced 146-147 (30-29, 30-29, 28-30, 29-30, 29-29) to a different Korean, Moon Yeeyun, in a closely-fought summit conflict and settled for the silver.
– Crew Sportstar