ARCHERY
AAI treasurer Dr Ummacheril elected to World Archery medical committee
Archery Affiliation of India treasurer Dr. Joris Paulose Ummacheril was elected as a member of the medical and sports activities science committee of World Archery at its 56th Congress that concluded in Gwagnju, South Korea on Wednesday.
The medical and sports activities science committee contains 5 elected members with a chairperson and deputy chairperson to be chosen from amongst them. No less than three members, together with the chairperson, should be certified docs. Members are elected for a two-year time period.
“I wholeheartedly thank our president Arjun Munda ji, secretary common Virendra Sachdeva ji, Anil Kamineni ji and each considered one of you for the help and belief in me,” Dr Ummacheril stated after his election.
“Candidates should have a medical or scientific background, with a minimum of a grasp’s diploma beneficial.” Dr Ummacheril, who holds a BHMS diploma from the College of Calicut, has been related to the AAI in varied capacities for the final 15 years.
A former archer himself, the 49-year-old has officiated as a continental choose on the Asian Grand Prix (2013, 2014), Asian Championships (2019) and Para Asian Video games (2023) amongst different occasions. He has additionally been working a homeopathy clinic since 2005.
“I consider the committee can play a major function in educating archers and coaches on how one can perceive, forestall and handle accidents in archery,” he added.
India’s Indranil Datta was re-elected to the judges’ committee of World Archery on the identical Congress.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Roundglass Academy wins thrilling shootout in Punjab Junior Hockey League
Roundglass Academy gained the shoot-off 3-0 in opposition to Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, after the groups have been locked 4-4 on the finish of regulation interval within the Punjab Junior Hockey League on the Balbir Singh Senior Worldwide Stadium on Wednesday.
Roundglass goalkeeper Jeevan Singh emerged the hero of the match as he saved the three penalties taken by the Naval Tata crew within the penalty shoot. Japnit Singh, Arshdip Singh and Sunny Singh discovered the goal in the course of the shoot-off. to fetch a bonus level for Roundglass.
In one other match, SAI, Sonipat, notched up its third successive victory by beating Surjit Academy 1-0, due to the purpose by Navraj Singh.
The outcomes:
SDAT Academy, Tamil Nadu, 4 (S Krishnan 2, T Gowtham, C Shibi Yuvaraj) bt Namdhari Academy 0.
SAI, Sonipat, 1 (Navraj Singh) bt Surjit Academy 0.
SGPC Academy, Amritsar, 7 (Sukhdev Singh 3, Sukhveer Singh 2, Kamaljeet Singh, Jashanpreet Singh) bt Ghumanhera Risers, Delhi, 3 (Tushar, Nikil, Parikshit).
Roundglass Academy 4 (Gurwinder Singh 2, Gursewak Singh, Jobanpreet Singh) bt Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, 4 (Tushar Parmar 2, Premchand Soy, Ashish Tani Purti) 3-0 (shoot-off).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Annika and Devvrat shine in first leg of US Children Golf India
Former medallist Annika Chendira kicked off the 2025 US Children Golf India season in model clinching the opening leg with an excellent final-round 3-under 69 in overcast and moist situations.
Annika, who had an eagle and two birdies within the final 5 holes, completed 4 photographs away from Aanya Dandriyal (71) within the Women 11-12 Class on the Traditional Golf and Nation Membership.
Other than Annika, the opposite star of the day was Devvrat Singh Rajawat who additionally carded 3-under 69 in Boys 13-14 Class. He additionally had an excellent end with three birdies within the final 5 holes and gained his part by eight photographs over Vidit Aggarwal (77).
Gamers in Classes for Beneath 8 and under performed over 9 holes, whereas all others performed over 18 holes.
Among the different standout performances included Zowra Sikand (38, 2-over) in Boys 8, Drona Singh Dhull (75, 3-over) in Boys 11, Yuvraj Singh (76, 4-over) who beat Rayirth Jain in a play-off in Boys 12, Tashi Jain (37, 1-over) in Women 8 and Aaradhya Bhatnagar (79) and Jenaya Bamnyal (79) in Women 9-10.
-PTI
TENNIS
Siddhant Banthia and Ramkumar Ramanathan in Challenger quarterfinals
Second seeds Siddhant Banthia and Ramkumar Ramanathan scored an exhilarating 7-5, 2-6, [12-10] victory over Wang Aoran and Zhou Yi of China within the $160,000 Challenger tennis event in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday.
The outcomes:
€181,250 Challenger, Seville, Spain:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Szymon Kielan & Filip Pieczonka (Pol) bt Theo Arribage (Fra) & Arjun Kadhe 7-6(4), 0-6, [10-8].
€181,250 Challenger, Genoa, Italy:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Gregoire Jacq (Fra) bt Adil Kalyanpur & Parikshit Somani 6-4, 7-6(4).
$160,000 Challenger, Shanghai, China:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Pruchya Isaro (Tha) & Niki Poonacha bt Petr Bar Biryukov & Beibit Zhukayev (Kaz) 7-5, 6-4; Siddhant Banthia & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Wang Aoran & Zhou Yi (Chn) 7-5, 2-6, [12-10].
€91,250 Challenger, Cassis, France:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Jakub Paul (Sui) bt James Mackinlay & Hamish Stewart (GBR) 7-6(4), 6-3.
$30,000 ITF males, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand:
Singles (first spherical): S Mukund bt Arjun Mehrotra (Aus) 6-7(5), 7-5, 1-0 (retired); Thando Longwe-Smit (RSA) bt Tarun Karra 6-4, 6-1; Sidharth Rawat bt Dheeraj Srinivasan 6-2, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF males, Bali, Indonesia:
Singles (first spherical): Yanki Erel (Tur) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1, 6-1; Prajwal Dev bt Lucca Liu (USA) 4-6, 7-5 (retired).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Fortunate Kurniawan & Tegar Wibowo (Ina) bt Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4, 3-6, [16-14]; Patricio Alvarado (European) & Stefan Storch (Aus) bt Vadym Konovchuk (Ukr) & Rishabdev Raman 6-1, 5-7, [10-1]; Maan Kesharwani & Atharva Sharma bt M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) & Mitsuki Leong (Mas) 4-6, 7-6(5), [10-7].
$15,000 ITF males, Hong Kong:
Singles (first spherical): Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Jacob Shen (Hkg) 6-4, 6-2; Parth Aggarwal bt Daniil Bogatov 4-6, 6-0, 2-0 (retired).
$15,000 ITF males, Maanshan, China:
Singles (first spherical): Vishnu Vardhan bt Ye Hongyu (Chn) 6-3, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF males, Hurghada, Egypt:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lorenzo Lorusso (Ita) & Kris van Wyk (RSA) bt Chinmaya Dev Chauhan & Darrshan Suresh (Mas) 6-1, 6-4; Amr Elsayed & Mohamed Safwat (Egy) bt Kaushik Arunkumar & Ahmed Zaki (Egy) 6-2, 6-3.
$30,000 ITF girls, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sofia Dominguez (Ven) & Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Nanari Katsumi (Jpn) & Amanda Elkin (Mex) 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Hurghada, Egypt:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Saoirse Breen (Fij) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Joody Elkady (Egy) & Beatrice Veltri (Ita) 6-2, 6-4; Hania Abouelsaad & Nada Fouad (Egy) bt Mar Morros (Esp) & Raja
Sarvagnya Kilaru 6-2, 6-1; Justine Bretnacher & Louna Zoppas (Fra) bt Aiyana Paes (GBR) & Saily Thakkar 6-3, 6-4; Mariam Atia (Egy) & Maddalena Giordano (Ita) bt Elizaveta Gurianova & Sharanya Shetty 4-6, 6-3, [10-6]; Sofia Avataneo (Ita) & Martina Smolenova (Svk) bt Fatema Khairy (Egy) & Saumrita Verma 7-6(4), 6-3; Daria Khomutsianskaya & Anna Kubareva bt Abhinaya Balaji & Suryanshi Shekhawat 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Denia, Spain:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Didi Canizares (Esp) & Madhurima Sawant bt Shanelle Iaconi (Aus) & Patricia Carretero (Esp) 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Telavi, Georgia:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Harsshali Mandavkar & Noelani Teso (Jpn) bt Luisa Schruff (Ger) & Saah Suljadzic (Den) 6-4, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia:
Singles (first spherical): Ellie Daniels (Can) bt Sreemanya Anugonda 6-0, 6-0; Lois Newberry (GBR) bt Tanisha Kashyap 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Leonie Schuknecht & Lucia Schuknecht (Ger) bt Sreemanya Anugonda & Claudia Soro (Ita) 6-1, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF girls, Kayseri, Turkey:
Singles (first spherical): Ekaterina Yashina bt Aaddi Gupta 6-0, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF girls, Heraklion, Greece:
Singles (first spherical): Elizabeth Coleman (USA) bt Zeel Desai 7-6(3), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Printed on Sep 03, 2025