TABLE TENNIS
Nationwide Rating TT: Sathiyan, Harmeet, Payas enter quarterfinals
The pre-quarterfinals of the UTT Nationwide Rating Desk Tennis Championships noticed most top-seeded gamers advance although not with out a few hiccups.
Within the males’s singles, fourth seed Ronit Bhanja fell early, however the remaining huge names, together with Ankur Bhattacharjee, Harmeet Desai, G. Sathiyan, and Payas Jain booked their quarterfinal spots.
SFR Snehit needed to dig deep to oust Priyanuj Bhattacharyya 3-2, whereas Harmeet too survived a five-game match towards Tharun Shanmugam.
The ladies’s singles witnessed tighter battles. Prime seed Diya Chitale was stretched to 5 video games by Assam’s Trisha Gogoi earlier than scraping by means of. Seeded gamers Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sutirtha Mukherjee additionally endured full-distance wins, whereas Vadodara champion Anusha Kutumbale crashed out to Reeth Rishya in one other thriller.
Within the U-19 boys’ singles, solely Bengal’s Oishik Ghosh confronted a scare, coming from 0-2 right down to beat Karnataka’s Atharva Nawaranage 3-2. Prime seed P.B. Abhinand and different favourites — Kushal Chopda, Punit Biswas, and M. Balamurugan — progressed comfortably.
The U-19 women’ singles largely caught to the script, with Divyanshi Bhowmick, Jennifer Varghese, Ananya Muralidharan, and M. Hansini cruising into the final eight. Maharashtra’s Naisha Rewaskar, nevertheless, edged out Sukrati Sharma 3-2 in one of many nearer ties.
Outcomes
Males’s Singles (PQF):
Ankur Bhattacharjee (WB) bt Preyesh Raj Suresh (RSPB) 3-1; SFR Snehit (IA&AD) bt Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (Asm) 3-2; Harmeet Desai (PSPB) bt Tharun Shanmugam (TN) 3-2; Raegan Albuquerque (Mah) bt Jash Modi (Mah) 3-0; Payas Jain (Del) bt Aniket Sen. Choudhury (WB) 3-0; Akash Pal (RSPB) bt Yashansh Malik (Del) 3-1; Punit Biswas (WB) bt Deepit Patil (Mah) 3-2; G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Sudhanshu Grover (Del) 3-0.
Ladies’s Singles (PQF):
Diya Chitale (RBI bt Trisha Gogoi (Asm) 3-2; Taneesha Kotecha (Mah) bt Suhana Saini (Har) 3-1; Senhora D’Souza (BoB) bt Tamanna Saini (IA&AD) 3-0; Yashaswini Ghorpade (PSPB) bt Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) 3-2; Sutirtha Mukherjee (RSPB) bt Selena Deepthi (TN) 3-2; Reeth Rishya (PSPB) bt Aanusha Kutumbale (RSPB) 3-2; Syndrela Das (WB) bt Nithyashree Mani (TN) 3-1; Sayanika Maji (Del0 bt Prithoki Chakraborti (FCI) 3-0.
– PTI
MORE SPORTS
Sports activities Ministry launches versatile teaching course for sports activities recruits in govt. departments
Sports activities quota recruits working in varied authorities departments are set to be supplied a versatile two-year Particular Capability Constructing Course at Patiala’s Netaji Subhas Nationwide Institute of Sports activities to equip them with “skilled teaching competencies”.
The course is about to begin from October 27 with September 25 being the final date to submit functions. The initiative is pushed by Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s said goal of making certain that India’s athletes stay actively concerned within the nation’s sporting ecosystem even after their aggressive careers wind up.
“Completion of all 4 ranges results in a Diploma-equivalent Certification in Sports activities Teaching,” said a be aware from the sports activities ministry, which described it as “tailor-made for working professionals to finish inside two years.” Disciplines that may be lined within the course are Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Hockey and Wrestling.
NIS already provides a prestigious diploma in teaching throughout 26 disciplines however this course differs from that module because it seeks to “reintegrate” athletes who’re employed with authorities departments and have misplaced contact with sports activities.
“The foremost distinction lies in flexibility. That course calls for a one-year undisturbed run-time however this one could be accomplished in 4 ranges throughout two years and even 4 years. The individuals may even have the exit possibility after every stage’s completion,” Sports activities Authority of India’s (SAI) Deputy Director Sibananda Mishra informed PTI.
“Working professionals are unlikely to get a one-year break from their jobs to pursue a training course. However this course will permit them an extended window to finish the course because the necessary offline coaching length at NIS shall be six weeks at a stretch,” he defined.
“The age bracket has additionally been stored at a relatively 40-42 vary in order that we get a superb response,” he added.
– PTI
BASKETBALL
Tamil Nadu girls and boys topped champions in Nationwide Junior Championships
Tamil Nadu girls and boys emerged the champions within the seventy fifth Nationwide Junior Basketball Championship which concluded on the Guru Nanak Dev Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu boys beat host Punjab 81-76 with Venkat Dhanush prime scoring with 32 factors.
Tamil Nadu women beat Gujarat 100-86, with Heema Vani and Noorul Shajitha scoring 52 factors between them.
Tamil Nadu girls and boys had been topped as champions within the Nationwide Junior Championships.
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Tamil Nadu girls and boys had been topped as champions within the Nationwide Junior Championships.
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The champion groups had been offered Rs.3,00,000 prize and the runner-up Rs. 2,00,000. Rajasthan boys and Maharashtra women who completed third had been awarded Rs. 1,00,000 every.
Mrigendra Singh Dhaliwal of Punjab and Aahana George of Gujarat had been adjudged the “most precious gamers’ within the girls and boys sections respectively, and had been offered Rs.50,000 every.
Mohit Jogh Chand of Madhya Pradesh and Chanda Goutham of Punjab had essentially the most three-pointers within the event and had been awarded Rs. 25,000 every.
The outcomes:
Boys (closing): Tamil Nadu 81 (Venkat Dhanush 32, Mithun Vel 17, R.R. Ashwin 13, Yadesh Kumar 11) bt. Punjab 76 (Tajinderbir Singh 24, Mrigendra Singh Dhaliwal 21, Fatehjeet Singh 14, Ravi Pratap Singh 11).
Third place: Rajasthan 66 (Chetan Choudhary 16, Piyush Choudhary 16, Kailash Bishnoi 14, Lokesh Kumar Sharma 13, Bhupendra Singh Rathore 12) bt. Kerala 59 (Jins Ok Joby 21, PM Goutham 10).
Women (closing): Tamil Nadu 100 (Heema Vani 31, Noorul Shajitha 21, G. Swetha 16, A Jeffrin 12, Rajalakshmi 12) bt. Gujarat 86 (Archi Patel 30, Aahana George 27, Niyaliba Gohil 17).
Third place: Maharashtra 54 (Aarya Pathangare 13, Siya Bhonsle 11) bt. Haryana 51 (Kafi 25)
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Roundglass proclaims launch of golf academy
After its profitable forays into soccer, hockey and tennis during the last 5 years, Roundglass introduced the launch of its golf academy on the Chandigarh Golf Membership on Wednesday.
The primary batch of 15 golfers, together with seven women, will embody a number of the acquainted names like Mannat Brar and Guntas Kaur Sandhu.
Ojaswini Saraswat, Rehnoor Malik, Aryaman Rautela, Ayesha Gupta, Rashi Mishra, Rabab Kahlon, Anshul Mishra, Krish Chawla, Arjunveer Shishir, Danish Verma, Zorawar Sandhu, Sohrab Singh Talwar and Kabir Goyal would be the different gamers within the under-19 age group.
Dronacharya awardee coach Jaskirat Grewal would be the head coach. On of the highest professionals within the nation, Shubhankar Sharma would be the mentor and model ambassador.
“Our focus is on nurturing younger expertise by offering world class infrastructure, supported by a devoted group of coaches and mentors. Having Shubhankar’s involvement provides great worth as his insights and expertise shall be a supply of inspiration and studying for the gamers,” mentioned the Founding father of Roundglass, Gurpreet Sunny Singh.
“With the best construction and assist, we are able to persistently generate world class gamers. At Roundglass Academy, our objective is to supply an excessive efficiency eco-system that nurtures expertise from a younger age, focusing not simply on technical abilities however on total bodily, psychological and emotional progress,” mentioned Jaskirat Grewal.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Printed on Sep 10, 2025