BOXING
Indian boxers assured of 26 medals at Belt and Street Youth Gala in China
India’s junior girls and boys have ensured 26 medals after reaching the semifinals on the third “Belt and Street” Worldwide Youth Boxing Gala – U17 Worldwide Coaching Camp & Match, in Xinjiang, China.
The junior boys’ semifinalists embody Dhruv Kharb (46kg), Uday Singh (46kg), Falak (48kg), Piyush (50kg), Aditya (52kg), Udham Singh Raghav (54kg), Ashish (54kg), Devendra Chaudhary (75kg), Jaideep Singh Hanjra (80kg), and Loven Gulia (+80kg) who defeated powerful opponents from China, Korea, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan to achieve the final 4.
Khushi (46kg), Bhakti (50kg), Radhamani (60kg), Harsika (60kg), Diya (66kg), Priya (66kg), Laxmi (46kg), Chahat (60kg), Himanshi (66kg), Harnoor (66kg), and Prachi Khatri (+80kg) had been the junior ladies who reached the semifinals.
The competitors part of the event continues until August 29 in Urumqi and Yili.
– Crew Sportstar
TENNIS
U.S. Open: Bhambri, Bopanna to steer India’s problem in males’s doubles
Yuki Bhambri, India’s primary doubles participant, and veteran Rohan Bopanna will lead the nation’s problem on the U.S. Open, season’s final Grand Slam.
Bhambri has teamed up with New Zealand’s Michael Venus, whereas Bopanna, India’s quantity two doubles participant, has joined forces with Monaco’s Romain Arneodo.
Bhambri and Venus, seeded 14th, are dealing with stable singles gamers in Marcos Giron and Learner Tien, who’ve joined as a staff.
Bopanna and Arneodo open their marketing campaign in opposition to the American staff of Robert Money and JJ Tracy.
Arjun Kadhe has partnered with Ecuador’s Diego Hidalgo and they’re up in opposition to second-seeded staff of Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador and Mate Pavic from Croatia.
There may even be an all-Indian staff of N Sriram Balaj and Rithvik Bollipalli, who will face the American-Dutch mixture of Vasil Kirkov and Bart Stevens.
– PTI
Sajal enters semifinals
Sajal Kesharwani beat Priyanshu Chaudhary 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 within the quarterfinals of the Rs. 100,000 AITA males’s tennis event on the DLTA Advanced.
The outcomes (quarterfinals):
Udit Kamboj bt Caheer Warik 6-3, 6-3; Sajal Kesharwani bt Priyanshu Chaudhary 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Sagar Kumar bt Kashit Nagrale 7-6(5), 6-3; Bikramjeet Singh Chawla bt Tirshan Dhawan 6-2, 6-4.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Niki Poonacha in doubles semifinals
Niki Poonacha in partnership with Pruchya Isaro of Thailand beat Masamichi Imamura and Rio Noguchi 7-5, 6-7(7), [10-5] within the doubles quarterfinals of the USD 100,000 Challenger tennis event in Zhangjiagang, China, on Thursday.
The Indo-Thai pair will play Petr Bar Biryukov and Alexandr Binda within the semifinals.
The outcomes:
€91,250 Challenger, Como, Italy
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jiri Barnat & Filip Duda (Cze) bt Adil Kalyanpur & Parikshit Somani 4-6, 6-2, [16-14].
$100,000 Challenger, Zhangjiagang, China
Doubles (quarterfinals): Pruchya Isaro (Tha) & Niki Poonacha bt Masamichi Imamura & Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 7-5, 6-7(7), [10-5]; Pre-quarterfinals: Finn Reynolds & James Watt (Nzl) bt Ramkuar Ramanathan & Solar Fajing (Chn) 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-8].
– Kamesh Srinivasan
KABADDI
PKL 12 to introduce Bhojpuri and Haryanvi commentary
For the primary time, Professional Kabaddi League will probably be out there in eight languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi, together with new additions Haryanvi and Bhojpuri.
The feeds will probably be powered by a mixture of celebrated voices and former stars. Bhojpuri will probably be headlined by Ravi Kishan, whereas the Telugu feed will function former coach Srinivas Reddy. 2019 championship winner Okay. Prapanjan (Tamil), U-Mumba champions Mohit Chhillar (Haryanvi) and Vishal Mane (Marathi), former India girls’s captain Mamatha Poojary (Kannada) and raider Rishank Devadiga add depth to the line-up.
Commentary and storytelling may even be enriched by well-known voices akin to Sunil Taneja, Vrajesh Hirjee, Padamjeet Sehrawat, NC Kaushik and Chaitanya Sant.
Season 12 may even see the debut of immersive broadcast options. Two new dugout views will seize the stress and power on the sidelines, whereas a split-screen function will permit followers to observe stay motion alongside the revival sequence. Including additional drama, a ‘Referee Cam’ will present a singular first-person perspective of the depth on the mat, switching between stay play and bodycam angles in actual time.
– Crew Sportstar
BADMINTON
Haasana knocks out high seed Negi in India Junior Worldwide Grand Prix Badminton
Unseeded Haasana Sree Mallavarapu defeated high seed Ishita Negi 22-20, 21-18 to enter the ladies’ singles second spherical of Late Sushant Chipalkatti India Junior Worldwide Grand Prix Badminton Match.
Dianka Waldia upset eighth-seeded Tanvi Reddy Andluri 21-15, 21-19 whereas Rishika Nandi edged out thirteenth seed Tanvi Patri 21-14, 14-21, 21-8.
As many as six upsets had been recorded within the boys singles as nicely. Jagsher Singh Khangurra obtained the higher of UAE’s Riyan Malhan 21-18, 21-19, whereas Japan’s Yuzuno Watanabe beat the fifth seeded Xiao-Ting Su of Chinese language Taipei 21-18, 21-12 to maneuver into the following spherical.
India’s Dev Ruparelia knocked out the thirteenth seed Toshiki Nishio of Japan 23-25, 21-19, 21-9 to document a tough fought win. The opposite gamers to trigger upsets on Thursday included Mithes Rameshwaran, Tankara Gnana Dattu Talasila and Anish Thoppani.
– PTI
GOLF
Madappa makes a stable begin in Indonesia
Viraj Madappa who missed a serious a part of the 2024 season resulting from a again damage, confirmed indicators of restoration and type with a stable first spherical of 5-under 67 that positioned him Tied-fourth on the Mandiri Indonesia Open in Jakarta Thursday.
Madappa had 10 pars in a row from the primary after which had six birdies, one bogey and one par within the final eighth holes.
Amongst different Indians with stable rounds had been Karandeep Kochhar (68) at T-12, whereas S Chikkarangappa and Yuvraj Sandhu with 69 every had been T-22.
Khalin Joshi (70) was T-40, SSP Chawrasia and Rahil Gangjee had been TN-57 with 71 every, Ajeetesh Sandhu (72) was T-75 and Aman Raj was 4-over by way of 16 holes.
– PTI
4 gamers locked for lead in a good battle in twelfth leg of Hero WPGT
Amandeep Drall roared again into type with a stable card of 4-under 68 to take a share of the four-way lead after two rounds within the twelfth Leg of the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour at Clover Greens.
Amandeep (75-68) shares the lead with Khushi Khanijau (75-68), Ananya Garg (72-71) and the first-round chief newbie Mannat Brar (70-73).
Sneha (76-68), who was one of many 4 gamers to shoot the day’s finest card, was fifth, one place forward of Ridhima Dilawari, who additionally put herself in rivalry with a 68 that included an eagle-two, after a primary spherical 77.
Ridhima was tied-sixth with Karishma Govind (74-71) at 145.
Anvitha Narender (75-71) and Jasmine Shekar (72-74) had been tied eighth at 146. Newbie duo Lavanya Gupta (74-74) and Aaradhya Shetty (73-75) had been tied for tenth at 147.
The lower fell at 9-over 153 and 23 gamers will play within the ultimate spherical. Amongst these lacking out was Vidhatri Urs.
– PTI
Revealed on Aug 28, 2025