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SAI, NCSSR and IIT Delhi signal MoU to offer impetus to wider use of sports activities science and innovation in India
Below the steerage of Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports activities Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya to advertise Authorities of India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat imaginative and prescient, the Sports activities Authority of India’s (SAI’s) Nationwide Centre of Sports activities Science Analysis (NCSSR) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Know-how (IIT), Delhi, to strengthen cooperation within the domains of sports activities sciences, superior know-how, and indigenous innovation.
The MoU will foster inter-institutional coordination and deal with the event of indigenous sports activities tools, sports activities science units, and cutting-edge applied sciences.
By minimising dependence on imported instruments and embracing home-grown options, this initiative aligns with the Authorities of India’s marketing campaign ‘Garv se Swadeshi’—notably inside the sports activities sector.
Talking concerning the partnership, Union Sports activities Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya stated, “This partnership displays the Ministry’s dedication to integrating science and know-how with sports activities to empower Indian athletes and guarantee they’re outfitted to compete on the highest degree internationally.
“Our Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advocated the usage of Swadeshi merchandise, and this partnership completely aligns together with his imaginative and prescient.”
This collaboration is anticipated to:
- Facilitate high-quality analysis in sports activities science and engineering
- Promote innovation-driven initiatives for athlete efficiency enhancement
- Allow information sharing between main specialists and establishments
- Contribute to harm prevention and athlete well-being
The MoU was signed within the presence of Shri Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary, Sports activities, MYAS and Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director of IIT Delhi. The MoU was signed by the NCSSR Director-cum-Head Brig. (Dr.) Bibhu Kalyan Nayak, on behalf of SAI and Prof. Ashwini Ok. Agrawal, Dean (R&D), on behalf of IIT Delhi.
Dignitaries current in the course of the MoU signing ceremony have been Prof. Deepak Joshi, Prof. Biswarup Mukherjee, Prof. Ok.Ok. Deepak, Prof. Anil Varma, Dean (Worldwide Programmes) and Prof. Neetu Singh, Head(CBME), all from IIT Delhi.
Coinciding with the MoU signing, Shri Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary, Sports activities, MYAS, additionally inaugurated the newly-established Biomechanics Laboratory at IIT Delhi.
This facility is supplied to conduct superior sports activities science assessments and biomechanical analysis. The lab will play an important position in delivering scientific insights into athlete motion, optimising efficiency, and mitigating the danger of accidents.
FOOTBALL
CISCE and Bihar Seal Their Spots within the Subroto Cup Sub Junior Boys (U-15) Closing
The semifinal stage of the sixty fourth Subroto Cup Worldwide Soccer Event, Sub Junior Boys (U-15), introduced two energetic contests in Bengaluru, as Minerva Public Faculty (CISCE) and Vidyachal Worldwide Faculty (Bihar) booked their locations within the finale.
Within the morning conflict, Minerva Public Faculty (CISCE) confirmed their all-round power to beat St. John Excessive Faculty (Jharkhand) 6-1. Bickson scored twice (3’, 50+2’) whereas Mahesh (8’), Kipgen (20’), Remoson (45’), and Haokip (50+3’) added to the tally. Jharkhand fought laborious, and Ashish managed to attain within the forty eighth minute, however Minerva’s sharp ending proved decisive.
The night match noticed Vidyachal Worldwide Faculty (Bihar) edge previous River Aspect Pure Faculty (Madhya Pradesh) 4-1 in one other thrilling contest. Bihar’s assault was effectively unfold, with Rohit (18’), Prabhat (34’), Kunal (49’), and Shivam (50+2’) all on track.
Lokesh struck for Madhya Pradesh in stoppage time (50+3’), nevertheless it was too late to vary the end result.
With CISCE and Bihar advancing, the Sub Junior Boys (U-15) ultimate guarantees an exhilarating showdown on September eleventh 2025, at Air Power Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
Each groups have proven nice talent, power, and stability on their method to the ultimate, elevating expectations for an intense end to this leg of the celebrated match.
SQUASH
Chotrani, Chand, Akanksha, Tanvi transfer into quarters
Seeded Indians Veer Chotrani, Suraj Kumar Chand, Akanksha Salunkhe, and Tanvi Khanna moved into the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 2, a PSA Challenger occasion, on the Otters Membership in Mumbai.
Males’s prime seed Chotrani, who obtained a bye within the opening spherical, put it previous Sri Lanka’s Shamil Wakeel 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 within the pre-quarterfinals, whereas seventh seed Chand defeated Malaysia’s Md Hafiz Abdul Harif 11-6, 11-5, 11-7.
Within the ladies’s pre-quarters, second seed Akanksha beat compatriot Janet Vidhi 11-4, 11-6, 11-3, whereas sixth seed Tanvi, who was runner-up within the first leg in Jaipur in August, rallied to beat Bobo Lam of Hong Kong 11-13, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 13-11.
Indian outcomes (pre-quarters):
Males:
5-Chi Him Wong (HK) bt WC-Ayaan Vaziralli 3-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-3; 1-Veer Chotrani bt Shamil Wakeel (SL) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; 7-Suraj Kumar Chand bt Md Hafiz Abdul Harif (Mas) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7.
Girls:
5-Helen Tang (HK) bt WC-Unnati Tripathi 11-6, 11-2, 11-7; 3-Enora Villard (Fra) bt WC-Sanya Vats 11-6, 12-10, 11-9; 8-Lojayn Gohary (Egy) bt 9/16-Tanishka Jain 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; 6-Tanvi Khanna bt Bobo Lam (HK) 11-13, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 13-11; 2-Akanksha Salunkhe bt 9/16-Janet Vidhi 11-4, 11-6, 11-3.
– Crew Sportstar
HOCKEY
Beighton Cup in November
The 126th version of the Beighton Cup hockey match, one of many oldest discipline hockey competitions on the earth, will likely be performed on the newly-built hockey stadium contained in the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Stadium complicated in Kolkata from November 8 to 16, in line with an announcement made by Hockey Bengal.
– Crew Sportstar
TENNIS
Ramkumar loses first spherical
Nishesh Basavareddy beat qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1, 6-4 within the first spherical of the $160,000 Challenger tennis match in Guangzhou, China.
The outcomes:
$160,000 Challenger, Guangzhou, China
Singles (first spherical): Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1, 6-4.
€145,250 Challenger, Rennes, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Michael Geerts (Bel) & Thijmen Loof (Ned) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Christoph Negritu (Ger) 1-6, 7-6(5), [10-4].
$30,000 ITF males, Bali, Indonesia
Singles (first spherical): Alexander Klintcharov (Nzl) bt Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-1, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first spherical): Manas Dhamne bt Diogo Marques (Por) 6-2, 6-3; Luca Wiedenmann (Ger) bt Chirag Duhan 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Kayseri, Turkey
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Xenia Bandurowska & Dominika Podhajecka (Pol) bt Aaddi Gupta & Ayline Samardzic (Sui) 6-0, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Heraklion, Greece
Singles (first spherical): Zeel Desai bt Giuliana Bestetti (Ita) 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Tanisha Kashyap & Angelina Wirges (Ger) bt Justine Bryson (Can) & Marika Jones (USA) 6-2, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Madrid, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Didi Canizares (Esp) & Madhurima Sawant bt Carlota Corte (Esp) & Daria Grigore (Rou) 6-3, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CRICKET
Arjun Tendulkar takes five-for
Quick bowlers Vidwath Kaverappa (3/21) and Abhilash Shetty (5/18) helped KSCA XI dismiss Madhya Pradesh CA for 162 on the opening day of their KSCA-Dr. (Capt.) Ok. Thimmappiah Memorial match on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
In reply, KSCA moved to 38 for 2.
At BGS floor, Atharva Taide (170, 264b, 17×4, 5×6) powered Vidarbha CA to 320 for 4 in opposition to KSCA President’s XI.
Arjun Tendulkar, son of former India captain Sachin Tendulkar, picked up 5 wickets for Goa CA. The left-arm quick bowler took 5 for 36 as Maharashtra CA was bundled out for 136 at Alur (2). Goa CA, using on Abhinav Tejrana’s 77, took the primary innings lead.
The scores:
At Bengaluru:
Madhya Pradesh CA 162 in 64.1 overs (Rishabh Chouhan 48, Vidwath Kaverappa 3/21, Abhilash Shetty 5/18) vs. KSCA XI 38/2 in 14.4 overs.
Tripura CA 237/6 in 84 overs (Ghosh Roy 63, Bikram Debnath 31 n.o., Subham Ghosh 43 n.o., Shashank Tiwari 3/57) vs. Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh.
Vidarbha CA 320/4 in 90 overs (Atharva Taide 170, Aman Mokhade 60, Shivam Deshmukh 58 n.o.) vs. KSCA President’s XI.
Maharashtra CA 136 in 41 overs (Mehul Patel 54, Arjun Tendulkar 5/36) vs. Goa CA 158/5 in 46 overs (Abhinav Tejrana 77).
Gujarat CA 241/7 in 90 overs (Abhishek Desai 38, Aarya Desai 51, Manan Hingrajia 73 n.o., Irfan Umair 3/41, Himanshu Singh 3/71) vs. Mumbai CA.
KSCA Secretary’s XI 284/7 in 90 overs (Lochan Gowda 59, Kruthik Krishna 73 n.o., Madhav Bajaj 35 n.o., Riyan Parag 3/88) vs. Assam CA.
At Mysuru:
KSCA Colts 373/6 in 89 overs (Prakhar Chaturvedi 30, Ok.P. Karthikeya 115, Aneeshwar Gautam 47, Sanjay Ashwin 80 n.o., Mohsin Khan 34 n.o.) vs. Andhra CA.
Himachal Pradesh CA 265/3 in 90 overs (Ankush Bains 109, Ankit Kalsi 106) vs. Baroda Cricket Affiliation
– Ashwin Achal
GOLF
IGPL Tour able to kick off
The primary match of the IGPL Tour, providing a money prize of Rs.1.5 crore, in a discipline of 54 gamers, women and men, will likely be performed on the Chandigarh Golf Membership from Wednesday.
All of the gamers will likely be assured part of the prize cash, because the occasion will likely be performed and not using a reduce over three rounds.
Whereas the main star, Gaganjeet Bhullar expressed pleasure to be enjoying at residence, after donating $100,000 for flood reduction in Punjab from his Basis, the CEO of IGPL, Uttam Singh Mundy was delighted to be initially.
Main gamers prepared for motion within the first match of the IGPL in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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Main gamers prepared for motion within the first match of the IGPL in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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“This isn’t only a golf tour, it’s a celebration of the game, with leisure, way of life and development at its core. We’re growing academies, driving ranges, and grassroots packages,” stated Mundy.
Gaurav Ghei, C Muniyappa, Chiragh Kumar, amateurs Kartik Singh and Veer Ganapathy who flip skilled this week, will likely be a part of the primary occasion.
Harjai Milkha Singh and Zorawar Randhawa, sons of Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa, will likely be a part of the occasion.
The sphere can have 10 ladies, together with Amandeep Drall, Neha Tripathi, Seher Atwal, Jasmine Shekar, Vidhatri Urs, Heena Kang and Mannat Brar.
“The format of fellows and ladies enjoying collectively provides a possibility for us to make good cash and study as a participant,” stated Neha Tripathi.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Printed on Sep 09, 2025