ATHLETICS
Deva, Madina win
Deva Ram and Madina Paul emerged victorious within the female and male class, respectively, within the Vedanta Zinc Metropolis Half Marathon in Udaipur on Sunday.
The occasion, which is being championed as ‘India’s most lovely marathon’, noticed over 7000 individuals from 27 states (throughout three classes: 21 km, 10 km, and 5 km) collaborating, a 40 per cent improve from the inaugural version final 12 months.
“Ending 21 km in 1 hour 35 minutes and profitable this 12 months, similar to final 12 months, is an unimaginable feeling. This platform conjures up us to push our limits,” Madina mentioned after accumulating her winner’s medal.
Ram, in the meantime, reserved particular reward for the scenic fantastic thing about the route, with the breathtaking Fateh Sagar Lake and the imposing but spectacular Aravalli Ranges being the highlights. “As a nationwide participant and avid marathoner who has accomplished over 200 marathons, I can say that working on this route with Fatehsagar lake because the backdrop is an expertise that really stands out,” he remarked.
Arun Mishra, CEO of Hindustan Zinc and a finisher within the half marathon, expressed pleasure on the turnout. “The overwhelming participation reveals how Udaipur is embracing health as a lifestyle. What began as an area initiative has now advanced into a global celebration of well being, objective and other people energy,” he famous.
– Anirudh Velamuri
TENNIS
Fenesta Open Nationwide championship to start on September 29
Nitin Kumar Sinha and Vaishnavi Adkar are anticipated to be seeded No.1 within the males’s and girls’s sections within the Fenesta Nationwide tennis championship to be performed on the DLTA Complicated from September 29.
It should as soon as once more be a fortnight-long motion, with the primary week that includes the Below-18 occasions aside from competitors within the males’s and girls’s sections.
The second week will probably be for the under-16 and under-14 occasions for girls and boys.
Sidharth Rawat, Vishnu Vardhan, Chirag Duhan, Prajwal Dev, Ishaque Eqbal, Parth Aggarwal, Oges Theyjo, Ajay Malik and Manish Sureshkumar, aside from former champion VM Ranjeet, are the opposite main gamers anticipated to be a part of the lads’s draw.
Akanksha Nitture, Pooja Ingale, Soha Sadiq, Lalitya Kalluri, Aditi Rawat, Sahira Singh, Tejasvi Dabas are among the main gamers anticipated to be a part of the ladies’s draw.
Arnav Paparkar, Arjun Rathi, Diya Ramesh and Parthsarthi Mundhe are the main juniors scheduled to compete within the U-18 girls and boys occasions.
The Chairman and Managing Director of the DCM Shriram group, Ajay Shriram and Vikram Shriram have been delighted to have supported Indian tennis with the occasion for greater than 30 years.
“We’re proud to have a good time the thirtieth version of the Fenesta Nationwide tennis championship, a permanent platform for Indian tennis. Our focus has been to determine promise early, again it with alternative, and assist athletes scale from nationwide efficiency to world ambition,” they mentioned in a press release.
Not surprisingly, each star of Indian tennis over the past 30 years has handed by means of the championships, which presents a prize of Rs. 300,000 every for the lads’s and girls’s champions, and Rs. 200,000 every for the runners-up.
It was on the suggestion of Sania Mirza that the match promptly determined to supply equal prize cash for women and men some years in the past.
The newest star of Indian tennis, Dhakshineswar Suresh who beat the Swiss No. 1 in establishing India’s 3-1 victory over Switzerland within the Davis Cup World Group-1 tie in Biel, had confirmed his early promise within the Fenesta championship.
Dhakshineswar had gained the U-16 title in 2016, and two years later gained the lads’s doubles title in partnership with Parikshit Somani. Later, he constructed on the muse with stable coaching on the Wake Forest College in USA, to become an all-court participant, with an explosive serve and fierce forehand that promise a vivid future for him and Indian tennis.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CRICKET
All India JP Atray memorial: HCA beats RSPB by 5 wickets
A fantastic spell by Vishnu Choudhary (6/28) helped Haryana Cricket Affiliation (HCA) defeat Railway Sports activities Promotion Board (RSPB) by 5 wickets within the thirtieth All India JP Atray memorial cricket match on Sunday.
In one other match, Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI) beat Himachal Pradesh Cricket Affiliation (HPCA) by 114 runs.
The scores
RBI 273 for eight in 50 overs (Amaya Dandekar 47, Sumit Kumar 46, S. Cheeranjivi 38, Pranay Sharma 30, Rahul Chouhan 3/23) beat HPCA 159 in 38.3 overs (Vibhav Sharma 61, Aryavrat Sharma 54, Jyot Chhaya 4/36, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/30).
RSPB 85 in 27.4 overs (Vishnu Choudhary 6/28) misplaced to HCA 88 for 5 in 14.5 overs (Ayaan Chaudhary 4/23).
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Yash Dubey and Lalit Yadav notch centuries in Dr (Capt.) Ok. Thimmappiah Memorial semifinals
Yash Dubey (140, 292b, 16×4, 2×6) and Himanshu Mantri (97 batting, 212b, 6×4, 2×6) helped Madhya Pradesh take the first-day honours in opposition to Himachal Pradesh within the semifinals of the Dr (Capt.) Ok. Thimmappiah Memorial match on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Sunday.
Requested to bat first, Madhya Pradesh misplaced Harsh Gawli early however Dubey and Mantri got here collectively for a 228-run affiliation. However Dubey fell two balls from the scheduled shut of play as he was bowled by Rohit Kumar.
Within the different last-four conflict, Lalit Yadav’s unbeaten century (100 batting, 189b, 9×4, 2×6) carried Goa to 323 for 9 at stumps versus KSCA Secretary’s XI.
The scores:
Goa 323/9 in 90 overs (Abhinav Tejrana 88, Lalit Yadav 100 batting) vs. KSCA Secretary’s XI
Madhya Pradesh 262/2 in 89.4 overs (Yash Dubey 140, Himanshu Mantri 97 batting) vs. Himachal Pradesh.
-Crew Sportstar
MOTORSPORT
Double for Bengaluru teenager Ishaan Madesh
Ishaan Madesh, the 16-year-old from Bengaluru, greater than made up for a disappointing outing yesterday by profitable each the races within the premier MRF Components 2000 class to complete the second spherical of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian Nationwide Automotive Racing Championship 2025 on a excessive on the Madras Worldwide Circuit in Chennai.
An enormous story of the weekend was scripted by native ace Ritesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet) who, driving a Volkswagen Polo, walked away with a triple crown, profitable all three races within the top-end Indian Touring Vehicles (ITC) class, displaying spectacular tempo and nerves to carry off a robust problem from Coimbatore veteran Arjun Balu (Race Ideas) in a misfiring Honda V-tec.
Balu returned to the championship after a 12 months’s break. Defending champion Biren Pithawalla (N1 Racing) from Mumbai, battling a turbo subject in his VW Polo, had a P2 and a retirement.
The outcomes (Provisional – all 10 laps except talked about):
MRF F2000 (Race-2): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (16mins, 12.454secs); 2. Arjun Chheda (Pune) (16:27.955); 3. Tarun MB (Bengaluru) (16:46.254). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (18:24.837); 2. Arjun Chheda (18:43.416); 3. Tarun MB (18:43.653).
MRF F1600 (Race-2): 1. Zahan Commissariat (Mumbai) (17:47.271); 2. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (Pune) (17:54.772); 3. Nigel Abraham Thomas (Bengaluru) (17:57.811). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (19:07.963); 2. Arjun S Nair (Bengaluru) (19:09.784); 3. Gyan S (Chennai) (19:26.454).
Indian Touring Vehicles (Race-2): 1. Ritesh Rai (Chennai, Buzzing Hornets) (19:07.412); 2. Biren Pithawalla (Mumbai, Crew N1 Racing) (19:12.580); 3. Arjun Balu (Coimbatore, Race Ideas) (19:47.483). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Ritesh Rai (15:15.368); 2. Arjun Balu (15:15:857); 3. Ananth Pithawalla (Mumbai, Crew N1 Racing) (15:35.559)
ITC 1625 (Race-2): 1. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Coimbatore, Crew Efficiency Racing) (19:49.245); 2. Mohammed Fahad Kutty (Mumbai, Crew GameOver) (20:13.234); 3. Nikanth Rambalu (Coimbatore, Crew Efficiency Racing) (20:57.035). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Nikanth Rambalu (15:59.539); 2. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (16:09.724); 3. Mohammad Fahad Kutty (16:21.657),
Indian Junior Touring Vehicles (Race-2): 1. Deepak Ravikumar (Chennai, Crew Efficiency Racing) (19:52.992); 2. Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, Crew Efficiency Racing) (19:56.348); 3. Rithvik Thomas (Bengaluru, Race Ideas) (20:22.308). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Deepak Ravikumar (15:51.755); 2. Hattim Shabir (Chennai, Crew Efficiency Racing) (15:51.986); 3. Viswas Vijayaraj (16:08.827).
Tremendous Inventory (Race-2): 1. Diljith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (20:50.848); 2. Kesara Godage (Sri Lanka, Purple Line Racing) (19:12.044+1 lap); 3. Balaprasath (Coimbatore, DTS Racing) (19:13.327+1 lap). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Diiljith TS (16:43.953); 2. Kesara Godage (17:04.575); 3. Balaprasath (17:06.509);
Components LGB 1300 (Race-2, Open): 1. Aditya Patnaik (Navi Mumbai, Momentum Motorsports) (20:52.069); 2. Mehul Agarwal (Kolkata, Delta Speeds) (20:53.826); 3. Neythan McPherson (Pune, Momentum Motorsports) (20:54.088). Junior: 1. Aditya Patnaik (Navi Mumbai, Momentum Motorsports) (20:52.069); 2. Neythan McPherson (Pune, Momentum Motorsports) (20:54.088); 3. Vinith Kumar (Tirupur, DTS Racing) (20:54.270). Race-3 (8 laps – Open and Junior):1. Vinith Kumar (15:11.731); 2. Neythan McPherson (15:29.024); 3. Bhuvan Bonu (Bengaluru, MSPORT) (15:29.485).
Volkswagen Polo Cup (Race-2): 1. Ojas Surve (Navi Mumbai) (15:49.297); 2. Aman Nagdev (Noida) (19:50.069); 3. Aditya Patnaik (Navi Mumbai) (19:50.381). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Aman Nagdev (15:43.639); 2. Aditya Patnaik (15:44.035); 3. Ojas Surve (15:46.227).
MRF Saloons (Race-2): 1. Akshay Muralidharan (Coimbatore) (21:41.170); 2. Tarushi Vikram (Chikkamagaluru) (21:41.531); 3. Siddhanth Koundinya (Bengaluru) (21:55.203). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Akshay Muralidharan (Coimbatore) (17:27.655); 2. Mohammed Arfath (Chennai) (17:29.533); 3. Tarushi Vikram (Chikkamagaluru) (17:29.950).
– Crew Sportstar
GOLF
Aditi but to start out second spherical as climate performs spoilsport
Aditi Ashok stayed the place she was at 5-under by means of 18 holes as climate performed spoilsport on day 2 of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, an LPGA occasion in Arkansas.
Play was suspended because of harmful climate circumstances as Aditi continued to stay at T-19 place.
Savannah Grewal (T-45) and Gurleen Kaur (T-88) have been additionally unable to start out their second spherical.
– PTI
Pranavi, Hitaashee on tied forty seventh place in La Sella Open
Pranavi Urs and Hitaashee Bakshi have been tied for the forty seventh place with yet another spherical to go within the 2025 La Sella Open in Alicante.
Pranavi carded a fair par 72, whereas Hitaashee shot 1-over 73.
Pranavi had two birdies and two bogeys all on the again 9 of the course and between the thirteenth and the 18th.
Hitaashee had 4 birdies, however she additionally gave away three bogeys and a double bogey on Par-5 ninth.
The opposite Indians — Diksha Dagar, Tvesa Malik, Avani Prashanth, Ridhima Dilawari and Vani Kapoor — missed the midway minimize.
– PTI
HOCKEY
Punjab Hockey League: SAI confirms knockout berth with 9-1 win in opposition to Ghumanhera Risers
Sports activities Authority of India (SAI), Sonipat, confirmed its knockout berth with a 9-1 victory over Ghumanhera Risers, Delhi, within the Punjab hockey league on the Surjit Singh Stadium on Sunday.
The SAI workforce took its tally to 33 factors on the prime of the desk within the eight-team competitors.
Roundglass Academy stayed an in depth second with 29 factors following its 3-2 win over Surjit Academy, when captain Gursewak Singh scored all of the three targets for the winner.
The highest 4 groups from the league will qualify for the semifinals.
The outcomes (league)
SGPC Academy, Amritsar, 3 (Diljeet Singh, Sukhveer Singh, Harmanreet Singh) bt SDAT Academy, Tamil Nadu, 2 (Ok Gowtham, S Krishnan).
Roundglass Academy 3 (Gursewak Singh 3) bt Surjit Academy, Jalandhar, 2 (Harmolbir Singh, Abhishek Gorkhi).
Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, 4 (Ashish Tani Purti 2, Patras Hassa, Tintus Hemrom) bt Namdhari Academy 3 (Yuvraj Singh 3).
SAI, Sonipat, 9 (Sunil 2, Srijan Yadav 2, Ankush 2, Neeraj 2, Nitin) bt Ghumanhera Risers, Delhi, 1 (Kunal Singh Chhikara).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
Tejaswini tops girls’s 25m sports activities pistol occasion in Nationwide capturing choice trials
Tejaswani beat world report holder Rhythm Sangwan 38-37 to prime girls’s 25m sports activities pistol occasion within the Nationwide capturing choice trials on the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Sunday.
Tejaswani had a two-point lead over Rhythm earlier than the final sequence of 5 photographs within the closing. Rhythm (588), the qualification topper, may solely slim the hole with 4 hits, whereas Tejaswani had three.
A number of World Cup gold medalist and Asian Video games champion Rahi Sarnobat positioned third forward of Chinki Yadav, Anuja Verma, Vibhuti Bhatia, Pushpanjali Rana and Anjali Choudhary.
Rhythm Sangwan, Rahi Sarnobat, and Tejaswini have been in motion within the girls’s sports activities pistol occasion within the Nationwide capturing choice trials in Bhopal.
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Rhythm Sangwan, Rahi Sarnobat, and Tejaswini have been in motion within the girls’s sports activities pistol occasion within the Nationwide capturing choice trials in Bhopal.
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Simranpreet Kaur Brar shot 576 and missed the ultimate by one level.
In males’s 50m rifle 3-position occasion, Niraj Kumar pipped Olympian Chain Singh within the shoot-off after the 2 tied on 462.0 within the 45-shot closing. Qualification topper Swapnil Kusale, the Olympic medalist in Paris, was pushed to the fourth spot by Akhil Sheoran.
Nishan Budha, Sidharth Gaur, Kiran Jadhav and Goldi Gurjar have been the others to make the ultimate.
In girls’s air rifle, Asian champion Elavenil Valarivan beat Sakshi Padekar by 0.5 level as she wound up with hits of 10.9 and 10.6 within the 24-shot closing.
Sonam Maskar positioned third forward of Rajshree Sancheti, Meghana Sajjanar, Shreya Agrawal,Vidarsa Vinod and Arya Borse.
Shreya topped qualification with a powerful 636.4.
The outcomes:
10m air rifle: Girls: 1. Elavenil Valarivan 253.3 (633.0); 2. Sakshi Padekar 252.8 (634.0); 3. Sonam Maskar 230.1 (632.6).
25m sports activities pistol: Girls: 1. Tejaswani 38 (582); 2. Rhythm Sangwan 37 (588); 3. Rahi Sarnobat 32 (584).
50m rifle 3-position: Males: 1. Niraj Kumar 462.0 (589); 2. Chain Singh 462.0 (586); 3. Akhil Sheoran 451.9 (586).
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Printed on Sep 21, 2025