SQUASH
Akanksha battles her manner into the quarters
Fifth seed Akanksha Salunkhe fought her well past Sophie Fadaely 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-4, 13-11 within the pre quarterfinals of the $27,500 NSW Bega Open PSA ladies’s squash championship in Australia.
Prime seed Anahat Singh sailed into the quarterfinals in 18 minutes with a 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 victory over Sarah Cardwell of Australia.
Within the quarterfinals, Anahat will play Hayley Ward of South Africa, and Akanksha will face fourth seed Alexandra Haydon of Australia.
Tanvi Khanna went down combating 7-11 within the decisive fifth set towards second seed Habiba Hani of Egypt, within the pre-quarterfinals, after having gained a spherical earlier.
The seeded gamers had a bye within the first spherical.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Anahat Singh bt Sarah Cardwell (Aus) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; Akanksha Salunkhe bt Sophie Fadaely (Aus) 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-4, 13-11; Habiba Hani (Egy) bt Tanvi Khanna 11-6, 2-11, Sep 11, 11-5, 11-7.
First spherical: Tanvi bt Breanne Flynn (Irl) 11-6, 11-9, 11-5.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Varoon Parmar finishes fifth
Varoon Parmar completed fifth total, and runner-up within the 38-46 age group, within the Asia Pacific Mid-Novice golf championship on the Gading Raya Golf Membership in Indonesia.
The 43-year-old Varoon led after a four-under 68 within the second spherical, however completed at par 216 over three rounds.
Arjun Singh positioned third within the 38-46 age group, with a two-over 218 in three rounds. Ranjit Singh was tied ninth with four-over 220, whereas Simarjeet Singh was joint twenty first with 14-over 230.
Ashish Kapoor, competing as a non-public entry, was tied second within the over-47 age group.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Sandhu dominates spherical three with an exceptional 62, extends result in three pictures
Yuvraj Sandhu dominated the proceedings on day three with an exceptional eight-under 62 to increase his result in three pictures on the Mysuru Open, a PGTI occasion.
A assured Sandhu, the chief from spherical one onwards, moved his complete to an imposing 22-under 188.
The Chandigarh-based Sandhu (61-65-62), the present PGTI Order of Advantage chief, is now observing his third PGTI title of the season.
Delhi golfer Arjun Prasad additionally carded a 64 to maneuver into sole third place at a complete of 18-under 192 on one other overcast day.
Chandigarh’s Karandeep Kochhar matched Sandhu’s first spherical match low of 61 to zoom 11 spots to tied fourth place at 17-under 193. Kochhar’s spherical featured an eagle and 7 birdies.
P Prabhu and Dhruv Bopanna, the 2 Mysuru-based professionals who made the reduce, had been positioned tied forty seventh at six-under 204.
-PTI
KHELO INDIA
Khelo India Water Sports activities Competition mascot launched
The Himalayan Kingfisher was launched because the mascot in Srinagar for the Khelo India Water Sports activities Competition to be staged on the Dal Lake from August 21 to 23.
The occasion will function rowing, aside from canoeing and kayaking as medal occasions. There may even be demonstration occasions in water snowboarding, shikara race and dragon boat race, that includes about 400 athletes in all.
Khelo India Water Sports activities Competition mascot launch in Srinagar
on Thursday.
| Photograph Credit score:
Particular Association
Khelo India Water Sports activities Competition mascot launch in Srinagar
on Thursday.
| Photograph Credit score:
Particular Association
The Sports activities Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Satish Sharma, and MLA Tanvir Sadiq, unveiled the mascot and emblem on Thursday.
The Himalayan Kingfisher is considered because the pageant’s ambassador, selling eco-friendly sports activities, tourism and youth engagement.
“Gulmarg has already change into the winter video games capital of the nation. Dal lake will change into the nation’s water sports activities hub,” mentioned Sadiq.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Chandigarh, Uttarakhand notch up wins on Day 3 of Junior Males Nationwide Championship 2025
Chandigarh and Uttarakhand gained their fixtures on the third day of the fifteenth Hockey India Junior Males Nationwide Championship whereas Himachal and Jammu & Kashmir settled for a attract Jalandhar, Punjab.
The day started with the Division ‘B’ match between Himachal and Jammu & Kashmir which led to a 5-5 draw as either side shared some extent. Captain Rajveer Singh (1’, 19’, 34’) was in scoring type for Jammu & Kashmir and bagged a hat-trick. The opposite two goalscorers in his group had been Rohanpreet Singh (51’) and Gamanpreet Singh (56’). For Himachal, Gourav Kumar (43’, 53’) scored a brace with Anuj (15’), Pranshu Choudhary (18’) and Sukhmanpreet Singh (27’) additionally that includes on the scoresheet.
Within the second match, Chandigarh loved a slim 4-3 win over Arunachal of their Division ‘B’, Pool A match. Rishav (8’), Moohamed Jaeed (19’), Fateh Singh (31’) and Prabhjot Singh (33’) had been the scorers for the successful group. Captain Amarjeet Singh (17’, 36’, 53’) showcased good particular person ability by scoring a hat-trick of targets nonetheless, Hockey Arunachal fell wanting a aim over the 4 quarters.
Within the remaining fixture of the day, Uttarakhand secured a dominant 8-1 win over Assam . Mahendra Singh Bisht (33’, 37’), Rohit Ethereal (32’, 45’), Suraj Kumar (55’,60’), Vishal Kumar (2’) and Naveen Prasad (14’) scored targets for Uttarakhand. Rohan Ekka (29’) scored the lone aim for Assam.
– Workforce Sportstar
TENNIS
Sidharth Rawat in quarterfinals
Sidharth Rawat beat Alexander Klintcharov of New Zealand 7-6(3), 6-2 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Bali, Indonesia.
Sidharth was joined by S Mukund within the quarterfinals, whereas Kabir Hans, Karan Singh and Ajay Malik bowed out within the second spherical.
Tanisha Kashyap fought her well past Maddalena Giordano of Italy 7-6(3), 7-6(4) into the quarterfinals of the ITF ladies’s occasion in Monastir, Tunisia.
The outcomes:
$30,000 ITF males, Bali, Indonesia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Arthur Gea (Fra) bt Kabir Hans 6-2, 6-2; Yanki Erel (Tur) bt Karan Singh 7-6(4), 6-1; Sidharth Rawat bt Alexander Klintcharov (Nzl) 7-6(3), 6-2; Renta Tokuda (Jpn) bt Ajay Malik 6-0, 6-1; S Mukund bt Shunsuke Nakagawa (Jpn) 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) & Kaichi Uchida (Jpn) bt Shanker Heisnam & Ajay Malik 6-2, 6-1; Alexander Klintcharov & Ajeet Rai (Nzl) bt Kabir Hans & Kaan Kesharwani 7-5, 7-5; Alexander Chang (USA) & Anthony Susanto (Ina) bt Dharmil Shah & Yash Yadav 6-3, 6-2; Kokoro Isomura & Shunsuke Nakagawa (Jpn) bt Atharva Sharma & Caheer Warik 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF males, Singapore
Doubles (quarterfinals): Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam & Manish Sureshkumar bt Kosuke Ogura & Keisuke Saitoh (Jpn) 6-3, 7-5.
$30,000 ITF ladies, Aldershot, Britain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Alicia Dudeney (GBR) & Ankita Raina bt Brooke Black & Ruby Cooling (GBR) 6-4, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Tanisha Kashyap bt Maddalena Giordano (Ita) 7-6(3), 7-6(4).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aaddi Gupta & Anna Tabunshchyk (Can) bt Ines Delaloye (Sui) & Selya Rakki (Frra) 6-4, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Singapore
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Haruna Arakawa (Jpn) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-2, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
India to kick off FIBA U-16 Girls’s Asia Cup Division B marketing campaign on September 13
India is positioned in Group A for the upcoming FIBA Underneath-16 Girls’s Asia Cup Division B match set to kick off on September 13 in Seremban, Malaysia.
Samoa, Iran, and Uzbekistan are positioned in Group A alongisde India.
The winner of the match will earn promotion to the Division A.
– Workforce Sportstar