TABLE TENNIS
China Smash 2025: Manav-Manush pair crashes out in quarterfinal
Indian paddlers Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah bowed out within the quarterfinal stage of the China Smash 2025 in Beijing on Thursday.
The Indian pair misplaced 6-11, 7-11, 11-9, Sep 11 to China’s Chen Junsong and Zhou Qihao in a match that lasted simply over 28 minutes.
That they had reached the ultimate eight stage after defeating Martin Allegro and Adrien Rassenfosse.
The defeat additionally meant that India’s marketing campaign within the match had come to an finish.
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SQUASH
Senthilkumar, Chotrani in Charlottesville Open quarters
India’s Velavan Senthilkumar and Veer Chotrani moved into the quarterfinals of the Charlottesville Open squash, a USD 31,250 PSA Copper occasion, in Charlottesville (US) on Wednesday.
Reigning Nationwide champion Senthilkumar, world No. 45 and the fourth seed, eased previous Mexican Cesar Salazar 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 within the round-of-16 and can subsequent meet Egypt’s Salman Khalil.
Seventh seed Chotrani, who gained the second leg of the HCL Squash Indian Tour in Mumbai final month, beat Pakistan’s Md Ashab Irfan 11-2, 11-1, Sep 11, 14-12 and can lock horns will prime seed American Timothy Brownell subsequent.
Each Indians obtained first-round byes.
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HOCKEY
Indian Junior Girls’s hockey crew loses 4-5 to Canberra Chill in final contest of Australia tour
The Indian Junior Girls’s Hockey Workforce suffered a slender 4-5 loss to Canberra Chill in its final match within the Australia Tour, on the Nationwide Hockey Centre, Canberra.
For India, the targets got here from Sukhveer Kaur (6’), Kanika Siwach (42’), Sunelita Toppo (54’) and Ishika (57’) whereas for Canberra Chill, Canhess Lauren Yee (12’, 19’), Canhess Josie Lawton (24’), Hunter Baldwin (28’) and Amukawton (34’) have been the goalscorers.
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TENNIS
Manish enters semifinals at Nationals
Former champion Manish Sureshkumar battled onerous on the crunch to outwit prime seed Nitin Kumar Sinha 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(7) within the males’s quarterfinals of the Fenesta Nationwide Tennis Championship on the DLTA Advanced.
Nitin was fairly energetic proper by the competition that spanned almost three hours, however Manish got here up with the fitting photographs on the proper time to drag by in a memorable style.
Within the semifinals, Manish will play Ishaque Eqbal, who eased previous Ajay Malik for the lack of three video games.
Keerthivassan Suresh made mild of his wiry body to execute a glowing victory over one other former nationwide champion, Vishnu Vardhan. After shedding the primary set, Keerthivassan regrouped his recreation and gained 11 of the following 13 video games earlier than Vardhan retired.
Manish Sureshkumar celebrates his victory over prime seed Nitin Kumar Sinha within the Nationwide tennis championship in Delhi.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Manish Sureshkumar celebrates his victory over prime seed Nitin Kumar Sinha within the Nationwide tennis championship in Delhi.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Within the semifinals, Keerthivassan will problem Madhwin Kamath who has had a spectacular run thus far that features a victory over second seed Prajwal Dev.
Within the ladies’s part, Akanksha Nitture overcame a tricky problem, albeit within the first set, to beat Saumya Ronde. She is going to play Jennifer Luikham within the semifinals.
Prime seed Vaishnavi Adkar continued to bulldoze her manner, and sailed previous Sahira Singh for the lack of 4 video games. She is going to meet Soha Sadiq.
Within the junior part, Hruthik Katakam knocked out prime seed Kandhavel Mahalingam 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 within the quarterfinals.
The outcomes:
Males (quarterfinals): Manish Sureshkumar bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(7); Ishaque Eqbal bt Ajay Malik 6-1, 6-2; Keerthivassan Suresh bt Vishnu Vardhan 3-6, 6-2, 5-0 (retired); Madhwin Kamath bt Rohith Hari Balaji 6-2, 6-3.
Pre-quarterfinals: Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Smit Patel 6-3, 3-2 (retired); Manish Sureshkumar bt Debasis Sahoo 6-2, 6-1; Ishaque Eqbal bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-1, 6-3; Vishnu Vardhan bt A Deepak 6-1, 6-2.
Girls (pre-quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Sahira Singh 6-3, 6-1; Soha Sadiq bt Aditi Rawat 6-3, 6-2; Jennifer Luikham bt Sonal Patil 6-3, 6-4; Akanksha NItture bt Saumya Ronde 7-6(0), 6-1.
Pre-quarterfinals: Vaishnavi Adkar bt Riya Sachdeva 6-1, 6-1; Sahira Singh bt Jeetesh Kumari 6-3, 6-2; Soha Sadiq bt Aakruti Sonkusare 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Aditi Rawat bt Yubrani Banerjee 3-6, 7-5, 6-4Sonal Patil bt Harshini Nagaraj 4-0 (retired); Jennifer Luikham bt Divya Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-1; Saumya Ronde bt Disha Behera 6-4, 6-2; Akanksha Nitture bt Sohini Mohanty 6-1, 7-6(2).
Below-18 boys (quarterfinals): Hruthik Katakam bt Kandhavel Mahalingam 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1; Mannan Agarwal bt Raghav Sarode 6-2, 6-3; Tavish Pahwa bt KS Nithinbarath 6-2, 6-1; Gandharv Gourav bt Vraj Gohil 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5.
Below-18 women (quarterfinals): Snigdha Kanta bt Diya Ramesh 6-3, 6-3; Shreeniti Chowdhury bt Savitha Bhuvaneswaran 6-1, 6-2; Harshini Nagaraj bt Aahan 6-2, 6-2; Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Akansha Ghosh 6-3, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
ARCHERY
Mighty Marathas, Rajputana Royals, Chola Chiefs earn wins as Archery Premier League kicks off
The inaugural Archery Premier League (APL) kicked off on the Yamuna Sports activities Advanced within the nationwide capital on Thursday, however not earlier than rain threatened a washout. Nevertheless, the skies cleared in time for the arrows to fly within the first round-robin part.
Chola Chiefs edged out Chero Archers to safe the opening win of the APL Season 1, profitable 5-1. In a intently contested match, the Chiefs gained the primary set 77-73 and moved to 4 factors by profitable the second set 75-74. The 2 groups cut up the factors within the third set that ended at 76-76.
The second match of the day had Kakatiya Knights dealing with Mighty Marathas, and the Marathas overwhelmed their opponents 6-0, profitable the three units 73-66, 77-72, 78-71.
The day concluded with Rajputana Royals blanking Prithviraaj Yodhas 6-0. They gained the three units 75-72, 74-72, 77-74.
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BOXING
BFI Cup: Amit Panghal, Manju Ranju notch dominant wins to advance to subsequent spherical
Asian and Commonwealth Video games gold medallist Amit Panghal of Providers stormed into the following spherical of the elite males’s competitors on the BFI Cup with a dominant 5-0 win over Punjab’s Sparsh Kumar in Chennai.
Within the elite ladies’s part, former World Championships silver medallist Manju Rani of Railways and youth World Champions Ankushita Boro of Assam and Arundhati Choudary of Providers additionally notched dominant wins.
Amit’s victory headlined one other very good outing for Providers. Teammates S Vishvanath (50kg) and Preet Malik (65kg) — each part of the Asian U-22 Championships crew in Thailand — posted commanding 5-0 wins to maneuver forward.
Railways Ravi Kumar (75kg) and Tamil Nadu’s C Lucas (50kg) added to the day’s highlights, every advancing with RSC victories.
The ladies’s draw noticed skilled names underline their pedigree. Manju Rani displayed her class with a 5-0 verdict over Punjab’s Kashish Mehta within the 48kg class, whereas Arundhati (70kg) outpunched Haryana’s Manisha in a unanimous determination.
Assam’s Ankushita made fast work of her bout, sealing an RSC win within the opening spherical in opposition to Minnat Zarine.
– PTI
GOLF
Delhi golfer Arjun Prasad opens up six-shot lead in TN Open
Aiming for his maiden PGTI title, Delhi golfer Arjun Prasad got here up with the day’s greatest rating of four-under 68 to extend his result in six photographs on the finish of the penultimate spherical of the Rs one crore Tamil Nadu Open right here on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Arjun (70-70-68), who was in a single day chief by one shot, took his whole to eight-under 208 after three rounds on the Coimbatore Golf Membership.
Sri Lankan N Thangaraja (72-73-69) gained six spots following his spherical of 69 to finish the day in tied second at a complete of two-under 214.
Arjun Sharma (72-72-70) of Noida, whose spherical featured an eagle, jumped 4 spots following his 70 in Spherical 3 to even be positioned tied second.
– PTI
Rahil Gangjee best-placed Indian at Jakarta Worldwide golf
Veteran Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee carded a flawless four-under 66 to be three photographs off the clubhouse lead on a rain-affected opening day of the Jakarta Worldwide Championship right here on Thursday.
The 47-year-old, two-time Asian Tour champion was the best-placed Indian within the area on the Damai Indah Golf PIK Course following birdies on the ninth, thirteenth, 14th and sixteenth holes.
One other Indian within the fray, Gaganjeet Bhullar, can also be on the identical rating however might solely full 16 holes earlier than darkness fell.
– PTI
MORE SPORTS
Day 1 of CM Trophy 2025 kicks off in Tamil Nadu
The Chief Minister’s Trophy Video games 2025 commenced in the present day throughout a number of cities in Tamil Nadu, with motion throughout a number of classes together with silambam, badminton, soccer, kabbadi amongst different sports activities.
The Video games are occurring throughout 13 cities, together with Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Tanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Salem and Chengalpattu and can characteristic a prize cash of Rs. 37 crores.
– Workforce Sportstar
ONGC pronounces sports activities scholarship
The Oil and Pure Gasoline Company (ONGC) has sought purposes for 250 sports activities scholarships in 21 sports activities disciplines for the underprivileged and meritorious sportspersons.
The scholarships will vary from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 30,000 per thirty days for the deserving candidates.
The sportspersons ought to be within the age group of 15 to twenty years, and their parental earnings must be beneath Rs. 5 lakh each year.
sportspersons might apply on ONGC’s official web site, sportsscholarship.ongc.co.in, until 4 p.m. IST on October 21.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Revealed on Oct 02, 2025