GOLF
Diksha finishes strongly in closing spherical as debutant Woad wins Scottish Open
India’s Diksha Dagar completed with a powerful again 9 within the closing spherical of the Ladies’s Scottish Open to offer herself a lift for her subsequent occasion, the AIG Ladies’s Open, a Main.
Diksha, who made the minimize on the road, added a second straight 71 to complete with rounds of 69-76-71-71 for a complete of 1-under and a tied Thirty ninth place.
Diksha, who began on the tenth, had early setbacks with a bogey and a double bogey on the twelfth and thirteenth however started her restoration with a birdie on the 18h.
On the second Diksha birdied the third after which had three birdies in a row from the fifth to the seventh. However she dropped a shot on the eighth.
The opposite two Indian gamers, Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik, missed the minimize earlier within the week.
– PTI
Atwal finishes T24 at Senior Open
Arjun Atwal sunk in six birdies but in addition gave away 5 bogeys, two of them within the final 5 holes, for a closing spherical of 1-under 69 to complete tied-Twenty fourth alongside defending champion KJ Choi on the ISPS HANDA Senior Open at Sunningdale.
Atwal with playing cards 67-72-69-71 totalled 3-under for the week and was the highest Indian, as Jeev Milkha Singh (69) was T-56 and Jyoti Randhawa (73) T-61.
It’s the first time three Indians made the minimize a Main, males or girls or Seniors.
– PTI
MOTORSPORT
Harith Noah finishes fifth at Baja Aragon 2025 within the FIM Bajas World Cup
India’s Harith Noah, representing the Sherco TVS Rally Manufacturing unit workforce, delivered a gritty and decided efficiency to complete fifth total within the 450cc class of the FIM Bajas World Cup at Baja Aragón 2025.
Over the course of three difficult levels throughout the Spanish desert terrain, Harith clocked a complete time of seven:16:32.0, inserting him among the many elite finishers in a subject stacked with prime worldwide rivals.
“It feels nice to complete sturdy at Baja Aragon. This rally is rarely simple, it’s quick, unpredictable, and bodily powerful. There was lots of mud, however I stayed calm and centered on having a clear race. After the whole lot earlier this yr, I simply wished to experience clear, keep centered, and benefit from the race. I’m pleased with how I felt on the bike, and this outcome offers me confidence heading into the following a part of the season,” Harith stated.
Harith’s end got here as a part of a aggressive prime 5, which included fellow Sherco TVS rider and rally veteran Lorenzo Santolino Sanchez of Spain, who clinched the general victory with a time of 6:38:59.0. Lorenzo was adopted by Neels Theric of France and Javi Vega Puerta of Spain. Konrad Dabrowski of Poland, driving for Duust Rally Staff, completed fourth, simply forward of Harith in fifth.
– Staff Sportstar
ATHLETICS
Hyderabad Marathon to be held in August
The fourteenth version of the NMDC Hyderabad Marathon might be organised on August 23 and 24 with a complete prize cash of ₹45 lakh.
The nation’s second-largest metropolis marathon has drawn a document 28,000 registrations, a ten% enhance from final yr. The occasion, which now holds the World Athletics ‘Fundamental’ label, is alleged to characteristic a slew of worldwide stars as nicely.
The marathon will take a picturesque path, with Hussainsagar Lake, Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge and the biodiversity park all a part of the route.
Race Director Rajesh Vetcha said that the occasion can also be working in direction of changing into carbon-neutral within the close to future.
“One of many areas now we have careworn this yr is sustainability. We’ve began adopting measures in direction of being environment-friendly. From easy issues like giving runners the choice of selecting the occasion t-shirt to serving to with each recycling and upcycling, this can be a key focus space,” he stated.
Occasion schedule:
Expo: August 22 and 23 at HITEX
5K Enjoyable Run: August 23, 7 a.m. at HITEX grounds
Full and Half Marathon: August 24, 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., respectively, from Necklace Highway
10K Run: August 24, 7 a.m. from HITEX
End level: Gachibowli Stadium
-Anirudh Velamuri
TENNIS
Prarthana Thombare wins title with Arianne Hartono
Second seeded pair of Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Arianne Hartono beat Ayana Akli and Victoria Osuigwe 6-3, 6-3 within the doubles closing of the $100,000 ITF girls’s tennis match in Evansville, USA.
It was the thirtieth doubles title within the skilled circuit for the 31-year-old Prarthana, and the third in a row with Arianne.
The outcomes:
$100,000 ITF girls, Evansville, USA
Doubles (closing): Arianne Hartono (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare bt Ayana Akli & Victoria Osuigwe (USA) 6-3, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Svarmanyu begins AITA rating match with win
Svarmanyu Singh beat sixth seed Eklavya Singh 6-1, 6-2 within the males’s first spherical of the HPCL Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA rating tennis match on the CLTA Complicated on Monday.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Males: Jatin Nain bt Neeraj Yashpaul 7-5, 3-2 (retired); Svarmanyu Singh bt Eklavya Singh 6-1, 6-2; Lokesh Pun bt Fardin Mohammad 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-0.
Ladies: Mahika bt Aarushi Raval 6-2, 6-2; Riya Sachdeva bt Divya Sharma 6-3, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Indian GM P. Iniyan wins Dole Open Worldwide Chess title
Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan clinched the 2nd Dole Open Worldwide Chess title defeating Poland’s Jan Malek within the tie-breaker after each the gamers had been deadlocked on the prime with 7.5 factors apiece within the French metropolis of Aix-en-Provence.
Iniyan, 22, who hails from Erode in Tamil Nadu, remained undefeated within the match, scoring six wins, together with in opposition to Worldwide Masters from Uzbekistan, Madagascar, Turkey, France and Poland, in addition to three attracts.
He scored 7.5 factors in 9 video games and was tied for first place with GM Malek, in a match that had 276 members, together with 39GMs, from 43 international locations.
In actual fact, Iniyan received the final 4 video games in a row, particularly the essential penultimate and closing video games.
The primary recreation of the tie-break in opposition to the Polish GM led to a draw. Within the second recreation, Iniyan, taking part in with black items, received to take his tally to 1.5-0.5 and clinch the title.
GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine, who was main the match till the final recreation which he misplaced, completed third on the rostrum with seven factors.
– PTI