Indian Sports activities Wrap, August 10: Nisha, Muskan bag gold as India wins 9 medals in Asian U19 Boxing

BOXING

Nisha, Muskan bag gold as India wins 9 medals in Asian U19 Boxing

India’s younger girls pugilists underlined their rising prowess in continental boxing as Nisha (54kg) and Muskan (57kg) clinched gold, and 5 others gained silver, on the U19 Asian Boxing Championships 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday.

Of the ten girls boxers within the U19 fray, 9 will return with medals – together with 2 golds, 5 silvers, and a pair of bronzes – showcasing India’s standing as an rising powerhouse alongside international locations like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and China.

Nisha opened India’s gold medal account within the second bout of the day when she raised her stage to dominate the third and remaining spherical towards Sirui Yang of China to report a 4:1 win. Muskan then made it two in a row for India, popping out with an aggressive strategy and staving off Kazakhstan’s Ayazhan Ermek within the subsequent rounds to get a 3:2 break up verdict.

Three extra boxers will probably be in motion within the males’s finals later within the day. India can be assured of 13 medals within the U22 class with 5 boxers set to combat for gold on Monday.

Among the many different Indian girls contesting for gold on Sunday, Vini went down towards Sevara Mamatova of Uzbekistan within the 60kg remaining, whereas Arinda Akimoto of Japan obtained the higher of Nisha 4:1 within the 65kg summit conflict.

Within the greater weight classes, Aarti Kumari (75kg) misplaced to Tongtong Gu of China, whereas Kritika Wasan’s (80kg) last-round efforts weren’t sufficient to keep away from a 2:3 loss towards Kuralay Yeginbaikyzy of Kazakhstan. Parchi Tokas (80+kg) went down by an similar margin towards Sobirakhon Shakhobidinova of Uzbekistan.

India has fielded a 40-member contingent within the U19 and U22 continental occasion.

-Workforce Sportstar

MOTORSPORT

JK Tyre Novice Cup and Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup: Anish Shetty and Bhuvan Bonu dominate Spherical 1

Winners of Royal Enfield Continental Cup introduced by JK Tyre.
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A part of the Twenty eighth JK Tyre Racing Championship, the weekend noticed thrilling races in its two classes as Anish Shetty and Bhuvan Bonu got here out all weapons blazing in Spherical 1 of the Royal Enfield Continental Cup introduced by JK Tyre and JK Tyre Novice Cup, which concluded over the weekend.

Anish dominated the Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup. To win a hat-trick of races unfold over Saturday and Sunday was a sight to look at. If competitors within the two-wheeler class was made to look woefully one-sided by Anish, born in Hubli and settled in Bengaluru, he had slogged arduous for it. These bikes, weighing near 200 kg are usually not simple to tease on the monitor. Anish showcased health and type and above all velocity to be a focus for one an all. The climate sample over two days was totally different.

– Workforce Sportstar

TENNIS

ITF: Rutuja Bhosale wins doubles title

Rutuja Bhosale in partnership with Naiktha Bains beat Mary Lewis and Brandy Walker 4-6, 6-1, [12-10] within the doubles remaining of the $30,000 ITF girls’s tennis match in Roehampton, Britain.

It was the twenty seventh profession doubles title for the 29-year-old Rutuja, and the second of the season.

Curiously, aside from the straight set victory within the first spherical, the Indo-British pair gained the final three matches within the tremendous tie-break and each time misplaced the primary set.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Diksha fights again to even par, lies Thirteenth in London

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar survived a roller-coaster again 9 to card a good par 73 within the second spherical of the PIF London Championship held at Centurion Membership.

Diksha, who has had a collection of Prime-10s this season, is now Tied-Thirteenth after being Tied-Tenth on the finish of the primary day.

Of the 4 Indian girls who teed up this week, three made the reduce. The opposite two had been Pranavi Urs and Aditi Ashok.

Pranavi (75-71) was even par for 2 days on the Par-73 Centurion Membership and was Tied-Twenty eighth. Aditi Ashok (73-74) was T-37 at 1-over for 2 rounds. Rookie Avani Prashanth (76-76) missed the reduce. The reduce fell at +3 with 65 gamers making it by to the ultimate day of motion at Centurion Membership.

Diksha birdied the primary and the sixth with a bogey in between on the third to show in 1-under. On the again 9, she dropped a shot on the Tenth after which gave away a double bogey on the Par-4 twelfth.

The gritty golfer birdied the Thirteenth and the sixteenth to get better to even par 73.

Diksha in Workforce Nadaud completed seventh, and Avani Prashanth was in Workforce Briem, which was additionally tied seventh. Aditi led the workforce, which had Pranavi, they usually had been twenty first.

– PTI