GOLF
Dagar makes minimize at AIG Ladies’s Open, lies Twenty eighth
Diksha Dagar dealt with the altering temperature circumstances effectively sufficient to shoot 1-over 73, making certain her place within the weekend rounds of the AIG Ladies’s Open.
Dagar, who carded 1-under within the first spherical, is now even par for 2 rounds and Tied-Twenty eighth going into the ultimate two rounds.
Making her sixth Open look, Dagar is making the minimize for a second time with Tied-Twenty first end in 2023 being her finest.
Japan’s Miyu Yamashita produced a bogy free second spherical to succeed in 11-under-par by way of 36 holes to take a commanding three-shot lead.
The 23-year-old Yamashita fired a bogey-free seven-under-par for the most effective spherical of the day.
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Vedika nonetheless 2nd at US Children World golf, Aida rises to fifth and Ojaswini stays ninth
Vedika Bhansali of Bengaluru maintained her Tied second place after the second spherical of the US Children World Championship golf at Pinehurst Village.
Vedika, who was fourth a yr in the past, shot two rounds of 33 every and at six-under, she remains to be one shot behind the chief, Audrey Zhang of the US (32-33).
After a bogey-free first spherical, Vedika started with a bogey however had 4 birdies in her remaining eight holes to get to three-under 33 within the nine-hole spherical for Ladies 9 Class.
In boys 12, Aida Thimmaiah after a 75 on the primary day produced an excellent four-under 68 with 5 birdies and only one bogey to climb 18 locations from T-23 to Tied-fifth.
In ladies 12, Ojaswini Saraswat stayed in tied ninth place regardless of enhancing her rating by two pictures as she adopted her first spherical 70 with a 68 and at six-under she is Tied-Ninth.
She is three pictures behind the leaders, Riviera Lindholm of Canada and Zara Stanley of the US, who’re each at nine-under.
There are three Indians in Prime-10 after the second day and another day is left.
Additionally, in with an opportunity to get into Prime-10 is Nihal Cheema regardless of slipping two locations from T-12 to T-14 as he shot three-over 39 in his nine-hole second spherical in Boys 8 class.
Outcomes of the Indians at US Children World Championships at Pinehurst:
Boys 8: Nihal Cheema (Chandigarh) (38-39) T-14; Boys 10: Kabir Goyal (Noida) shot (72-70) (T-22); Boys 11: Sohraab Singh Talwar (Mohali) – (76-74) (T-58); Boys 12: Adit Veeramachaneni (Bangalore) (73-79) (T-53), Siddhant Sharma (Faridabad) (78-78) (T-107) and Hridaan Saraogi (Jaipur) (79-79) (T-120).
Ladies 8: Pramati Veera (Bangalore) – (37-36) in 9-hole rounds (T-15), Naaysha S Sinha (Noida) (38-39) in 9-hole rounds (T-28); Ladies 9: Vedika Bhansali (Bangalore) (33-33) in 9-hole rounds (T-2); Ahana Shah (Mumbai) (41-42) (T-72), Suhani Chandra (Gurugram) (43-42) (T-81), Aahana Shrivastava (Gurugram) (44-41) (T-81); Ladies 11: Aida Thimmaiah (Bangalore) (75-68) (T-5); Ladies 12: Ojaswini Saraswat (Mohali) (70-68) (T-9).
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Saptak Talwar makes minimize at Scottish Problem
Saptak Talwar made the minimize on the Farmfoods Scottish Problem with a second spherical card of 1-over 72.
The rating, put alongside his first spherical 66, positioned him at 4-under for a tied-37.
Within the second spherical, Talwar had three birdies on the entrance 9 however gave away all that with a bogey on the eleventh and a triple on the sixteenth.
Quim Vidal took a two-stroke lead into the weekend after signing for a six underneath par second spherical of 65 at Roxburghe.
-PTI
HOCKEY
fifteenth India Sub Junior Males Nationwide Championship 2025: Bengal defeated Gujarat 4-1 in Division B
Jharkhand defeated Punjab 5-2 on day six.
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Jharkhand defeated Punjab 5-2 on day six.
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Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, and Himachal Pradesh had fruitful outings after securing win of their respective matches on day six of the fifteenth India Sub Junior Males Nationwide Championship 2025 on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.
Chhattisgarh and Manipur, having completed as the highest two groups in Division ‘B’, will safe promotion to Division ‘A’. Within the high division, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand received their respective fixtures.
Within the first Division ‘B’ conflict of the day, Arunachal defeated Goans Hockey, 6-1. Captain Shashank Kumar (38’, 47’) led from the entrance with a brace whereas Lenga Tuti (13’) and Ashwani Patel (20’) gave Arunachal an early benefit. Within the closing quarter, Sidharth Singh Pundir (55’) and Abhishek Kumar (58’) netted a purpose every to spherical off a dominant show. Ankush Ansh Gaonkar (36’) was the only purpose scorer for Goans Hockey.
Bengal defeated Gujarat in one other Division ‘B’ encounter, 4-1. Ray Risav (6’) set the tone for Bengal adopted by Munna Kumar Singh (18’) earlier than Abhishek Shaw’s (30’, 53’) brace sealed the victory. Kuldipbhai Baraiya (50’) registered a comfort purpose for Hockey Gujarat within the closing quarter.
The day marked the tip of Division ‘B’ matches, with Chhattisgarh and Manipur rising as the highest two groups, thereby securing promotion to Division ‘A’ subsequent yr. The underside two groups, Goa and Andhra Pradesh will face relegation to Division ‘C’.
Within the first Division ‘A’ fixture of the day, Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Hockey Madhya Pradesh in a hard-fought encounter, 5-4. Prahalad Rajbhar (5’) gave Uttar Pradesh the lead earlier than objectives from Captain Ketan Kushwaha (27’), Ali Shahrukh (33’, 45’) and Mohd Aqib Raynee (42’) ensured the win. Ansh Bahutra’s (34’, 38’, 49’) valiant effort and Karan Gautam’s (24’) purpose went in useless for Hockey Madhya Pradesh.
Later, Odisha defeated Chandigarh 3-1. Mithles Kerketta (6’), Sandeep Lakra (19’), and Sanjeet Raj Lakra (43’) scored for Odisha whereas Hockey Chandigarh’s Captain, Suhail Duhan (47’), netted a late comfort purpose.
Jharkhand defeated Punjab 5-2. Targets from Ashish Tani Purthi (14’), Ganga Topno (19’), Hassa Patras (24’), Kiro Sabian (49’), and Sukhu Guria (56’) guided Jharkhand to victory. In the meantime, Arshpreet Singh (30’) and Jashanpreet Singh (58’) scored for Hockey Punjab.
Outcomes (Day Six):
Hockey Arunachal defeated Goans Hockey 6-1 in Division ‘B’
~ Hockey Bengal defeated Hockey Gujarat 4-1 in Division ‘B’
~ Kerala Hockey defeated Telangana Hockey 5-1 in Division ‘B’
~ Hockey Himachal defeated Hockey Andhra Pradesh 9-3 in Division ‘B’
~ Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Hockey Madhya Pradesh 5-4 in Division ‘A’
~ Hockey Affiliation of Odisha defeated Hockey Chandigarh 3-1 in Division ‘A’
~ Hockey Jharkhand defeated Hockey Punjab 5-2 in Division ‘A’
– Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Anirudh-Ramkumar by way of to Challenger closing in Lexington
Qualifier Dhakshineswar Suresh was overwhelmed 7-6(4), 6-4 by the second seed Eliot Spizzirri of USA within the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Challenger tennis event in Lexington, USA.
The towering Dhakshineswar fired aces by the dozen within the event to affix his stamp of authority. He collected 16 ATP factors, together with six for qualification, and $2,890.
The Indian problem, nevertheless, was sustained by Anirudh Chandrasekar and Ramkumar Ramanathan as they arrange the doubles closing towards Yu Hsiou Hsu and Tsung-Hao Huang of Chinese language Taipei.
Within the $30,000 ITF males’s occasion in Congo, Dev Javia went down preventing to the highest seed Florent Bax in three units.
RESULTS
$100,000 Challenger, Lexington, USA
Singles (quarterfinals): Eliot Spizzirri (USA) bt Dhakshineswar Suresh 7-6(4), 6-4.
Doubles (semifinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Pranav Kumar (USA) & Kody Pearson (Aus) 7-^(3), 4-6, [10-3].
$30,000 ITF males, Brazzaville, Congo
Singles (semifinals): Fllorent Bax (Fra) bt Dev Javia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles (semifinals): Florent Bax & Paul Inchauspe (Fra) bt Chinmaya Dev Chauhan & Dev Javia 6-0, 6-3; Seydina Andre (Sen) & Nicolas Jadoun (Fra) bt Matteo Covato (Ita) & Digvijay Pratap Singh 6-4, 7-5.
-Staff Sportstar
MOTORSPORT
Sarthak Chavan luggage second win in Indian Nationwide Motorcyle Racing Championship
Sarthak Chavan of Petronas TVS Racing pulled off a superb win, his second in three begins, within the premier Professional-Inventory 301-400cc Open class on the Rolon Spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian Nationwide Motorbike Racing Championship 2025 on the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on Saturday.
Ranging from P3, 18-year-old Sarthak survived some shut calls and contacts with pole-sitter, Hyderabad’s Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) who ultimately completed third behind Chennai teenager Johann Reeves Emmanuel (Motul KTM Gusto Racing India) to win an incident-filled 10-lap race.
Later, One Racing’s Jagathishree Kumaresan, the 21-year-old from Chennai, wrote her personal script by profitable all of the three races she took half in. The defending champion received each her outings within the Ladies (Inventory 165cc) class of the Nationwide Championship and in between, topped the Ladies’s race within the Petronas TVS India One-Make Championship for a grand triple.
RESULTS
Nationwide Championship
Professional-Inventory 301-400cc Open (Race-1): 1. Sarthak Chavan (Pune, Petronas TVS Racing) (12mins, 11.514secs); 2. Johann Reeves Emmanuel (Chennai, Motul KTM Gusto Racing India) (12:13.197); 3. Rahil Pillarisetty (Hyderabad, RACR Castrol Power1) (12:14.197).
Professional-Inventory 165-200cc Open (Race-1): 1. Savion Sabu (Bengaluru, Mad Rabbit Racing) (13:15.722); 2. Soorya PM (Chennai, LGE Racing) (13:15.784); 3. Senthilkumar (Coimbatore, RDX Torque Racing) (13:16.156).
Tremendous Inventory 165cc Intermediate (Race-1): 1. Raj Kumar (Coimbatore, Motul Sparks Racing) (14:01.641); 2. Mohammed Samrul Zubair (Hyderabad, Motul Sparks Racing) (14:08.520); 3. Kamal Navas (Chennai, Rockers Racing) (14:22.495).
Inventory 301-400cc (Novice) (Race-1, 3 laps): 1. Mohamed Mikail (Thiruvallur, Mad Rabbit Racing) (04:03.706); 2. Varun Patil (Bengaluru, Mad Rabbit Racing) (04:05.823); 3. Raivat Dhar (Jammu, MAI Racing) (04:06.348).
Inventory 165cc (Novice) (Race-1, 4 laps): 1. Amit Prasad (Mysuru, Mad Rabbit Racing) (06:00.854); 2. Lal Nunsunga (Aizwal, Motul Sparks Racing) (06:00.884); 3. Hari Haran (Coimbatore, RACR Castrol Power1) (06:00.958).
Ladies (Inventory 165cc) (Race-1, 3 laps): 1. Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai, One Racing) (04:28.857); 2. Lani Zena Fernandez (Puducherry, RACR Castrol Power1) (04:37.835); 3. Saima Ajaz Baig (Pune, KYT Helmet ISBK Racing) (04:38.480). Race-2 (8 laps): 1. Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai, One Racing) (11:53.637); 2. Ryhana Bee (Chennai, KYT Helmet ISBK Racing) (11:53.817); 3. Ann Jennifer (Chennai, Motul Sparks Racing) (11:58.437).
Petronas TVS-India Make One Championship
Skilled (Apache RR 310) (Race-1): 1. Mohan Babu P (Chennai) (12:58.967); 2. Manoj Yesuadiyan (Chennai) (13:02.937); 3. G Balaji (Chennai) (13:06.195).
Ladies (RTR 200) (8 laps): 1. Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai) (11:49.700); 2. SP Shuria (Trichy) (12:03.542); 3. Sarah Khan (Mumbai) (12:15.987).
Rookie (RTR 200) (Race-1): 1. Hari Haran (Coimbatore) (14:47.447); 2. Joshua A (Bengaluru) (15:01.602); 3. Steve Waugh Sugi (Trichy) (15:01.775).
Idemitsu Honda India Expertise Cup
Honda CB 300F (Race-1): 1. Tejash BA (Tumakuru) (14:07.625); 2. Raivat Dhar (Jammu) (14:08.219); 3. Amit Prasad (Bengaluru) (14:14.584).
-Staff Sportstar
BOXING
Jr Asian Boxing Championships: Sagar, Harsh register dominant wins
India’s Sagar (55kg) and Harsh (60kg) received their respective bouts in dominant vogue to enter the second spherical of the U-19 Asian Boxing Championships on Saturday.
Sagar was clearly the higher boxer in all three rounds towards Bhutan’s Tashi Yoezer whereas Harsh performed a tactically good bout to beat China’s Jiabao Yuan in yet one more combined day for the Indian contingent.
Among the many different Indians in fray on Saturday, Vishvanath Suresh took the struggle to Uzbekistan’s Behruz Kholdorov however misplaced 3-2 within the males’s 50kg class whereas Preet Malik went down 4-1 towards Ilya Kalinin of Kazakhstan within the males’s 65kg class.
In girls’s 51kg class, Devika Ghorpade misplaced 0-5 towards Vietnam’s Thi Ngoc Tran Nyugen whereas Kartik Dalal went down by comparable margin towards Philippines Brandon Soriano within the males’s 70kg bout.
– PTI
WRESTLING
India finishes high of girls’s group rankings at World under-17 championships
Yashita misplaced 11-0 to USA’s Tania Fernandez within the girls’s 61kg closing to accept a silver medal on the World under-17 wrestling championships in Athens.
With two gold, three silver and a bronze, India (151 factors) completed atop the ladies’s group rankings forward of the USA (142) and Japan (113).
Sitender made it to the boys’s freestyle 60kg summit conflict.
– Y. B. Sarangi
MORE SPORT
Telangana Sports activities Coverage outlines complete imaginative and prescient for sports activities improvement
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy formally unveiled the Telangana Sports activities Coverage through the first version of the Telangana Sports activities Conclave right here on Saturday.
The coverage outlines a complete imaginative and prescient for sports activities improvement throughout the state and can concentrate on strengthening governance, increasing infrastructure, creating profession pathways and nurturing a vibrant sports activities ecosystem.
Revanth Reddy additionally recalled how his latest go to to South Korea formed his imaginative and prescient for the state’s sporting future. “I met a younger archer in South Korea. She received three gold medals and India couldn’t win even one. This reveals now we have numerous work forward of us and this sports activities coverage will go a great distance in creating sports activities not just for our state but additionally for the nation,” he remarked.
The coverage additionally asks for the formation of a 14-member Board of Governors to supervise the Telangana Sports activities Improvement Fund (TSDF). That includes a few of India’s most revered stakeholders in sports activities like Kapil Dev, Abhinav Bindra, Pullela Gopichand, Baichung Bhutia and Sanjeev Goenka, this board will guarantee clear and accountable utilisation of sources.
“We completed in 71st place within the Paris Olympics. We have now declared that we’re able to host the Olympics however what if we don’t win a single gold medal there? This coverage is not only a bit of paper however a beneficial doc to information us in our endeavour to win medals on the Olympics,” Revanth Reddy mentioned through the day-long occasion, the place the state authorities additionally introduced a number of MoUs with key nationwide and worldwide organisations.
Olympic medallist Gagan Narang mentioned that the profitable implementation of the coverage may make Telangana a ‘recreation changer’ within the Indian sports activities ecosystem.
“PPP (Public-Personal Partnership) is the buzzword, however we neglect the unique PPP – Coverage, Programme and Efficiency. Purchase into this PPP, and the opposite PPP isn’t an issue. Telangana could possibly be the primary state to implement this,” he mentioned throughout a panel dialogue.
Former Olympic taking pictures champion Bindra underlined the nation’s ‘transactional’ relationship with sport whereas hailing the goals of the newly-launched framework.
“This isn’t for elite sport. There might be a rise within the enjoying numbers with this coverage. You will need to develop sports activities from the grassroots stage and never concentrate on medals alone,” he said.
– Anirudh Velamuri