GOLF
Bhullar falters as Ormsby turns season round with play-off win
Gaganjeet Bhullar’s hopes of a sixth win in Indonesia had been dashed on the ultimate day as Australian Wade Ormsby defeated Scott Vincent from Zimbabwe on the primary gap of a sudden-death play-off to assert the Jakarta Worldwide Championship right here Sunday.
The 45-year-old Ormsby had gone into the ultimate spherical tied on -11 with Vincent, the Worldwide Collection Morocco victor, and 2023 BNI Indonesian Masters champion Bhullar.
Though Bhullar and Vincent each picked up a birdie on the primary, the Indian dropped three pictures on the entrance 9 to fall away. Two early birdies after the flip gave the Indian hope, however two pricey doubles on 15 and 18 dashed any hope he had.
That left Vincent and Ormsby in a play-off, and the person from Down Below triumphed after making a routine par on the par-four 18th, the place Vincent discovered water together with his second shot.
Each had completed on -12 with one-under rounds because the nerves kicked in, one forward of a packed bunch together with Scott’s youthful brother Kieran Vincent, Doyeob Mun of Korea, and the Thai trio of Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Poom Saksansin, and Sadom Kaewkanjana.
Whereas Bhullar was the very best positioned Indian on seven-under total, Viraj Madappa carded a 66 to complete on three below, and S Chikkarangappa completed a shot additional again on two over after a 74.
It’s Ormsby’s fifth victory on the Asian Tour and second on The Worldwide Collection. His final win got here on the Worldwide Collection Thailand in 2023.
“It was a little bit of a grind,” mentioned Ormsby, who made 9 straight pars on the again 9.
“Most likely didn’t have my greatest stuff on the market, however I used to be simply hanging in there. Really feel dangerous for Scotty, , he sort of let a pair slip on the finish there. However I hit a few nice pictures in that play-off gap, in order that makes me really feel higher about the entire thing,” he added.
The following cease for the occasion would be the Worldwide Collection Philippines to be performed from October 23 to 26 in Manila.
-PTI
TENNIS
Shanghai Masters: Bopanna-Rojer pair exits in first spherical
Indo-Dutch pair of Rohan Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer went down in straight units to the all-American duo of Robert Money and JJ Tracy within the first spherical of Shanghai Masters on Sunday.
Money and Tracy beat wildcards Bopanna and Rojer 7-6(5), 6-2 in an hour and 23 minutes.
– Group Sportstar
BADMINTON
Valishetty safe maiden BWF tremendous 100 title at Al Ain Masters
Younger Indian shuttler Shriyanshi Valishetty clinched her maiden BWF Tremendous 100 title within the ladies’s singles class on the USD 120,000 Al Ain Masters, defeating compatriot Tasnim Mir in a pulsating three-game ultimate right here on Sunday.
The 18-year-old from Telangana, who trains on the Pullela Gopichand Academy, confirmed exceptional composure to struggle again from a sport down and prevail 15-21, 22-20, 21-7 in a 49-minute summit conflict.
Valishetty squandered a four-point lead within the opening sport as Tasnim rallied from 4-8 to 14-9, finally pocketing the primary sport.
The second sport was a neck-and-neck battle. Valishetty erased an early 1-4 deficit to go up 8-5 and later 17-14. Tasnim fought arduous to remain in competition, however Valishetty held her nerve to take the competition right into a decider.
Driving on that momentum, Valishetty stormed forward within the third sport. Although Tasnim briefly led 6-5, she crumbled thereafter as Valishetty unleashed a shocking 15-point run to seal the title in commanding style.
-PTI
BOXING
BFI Cup 2025: Amit, Vishwanath, Husamuddin enter semifinals; Manju, Ankushita, Arundhati, Priya, Parveen march into finals
Asiad gold medalist Amit Panghal (Companies) led the cost within the males’s quarterfinals with a commanding 4:1 win over Usman Ansari (Companies).
He was joined by teammate S Vishwanath (Companies), who breezed previous C. Lukas (Tamil Nadu) 5:0, and World Championships bronze medalist Mohammad Husamuddin (Companies), who sealed his place within the semifinals with a 5:0 triumph towards M. Henthoi Singh (Companies).
On the ladies’s facet, World Championships silver medalist Manju Rani (Railways) stormed into the ultimate after defeating Mahi Siwach (Haryana) 5:0. World Youth Champion Ankushita Boro (Assam) additionally sealed her place within the summit conflict with a 5:0 win over Shretima Thakur (Himachal Pradesh).
Former Youth World Champion Arundhati Choudhary (Companies) was equally dominant in her 5:0 victory towards Deepika (SAI). Priya (Haryana) outpunched Jyoti (Delhi) 5:0, whereas World Championships bronze medalist Parveen Hooda (SAI) dismantled Mahi Lama (Madhya Pradesh) with a 5:0 choice to finish a stellar line-up of finalists.
Boxers from State items and boards that completed within the prime eight on the Elite Nationals are in motion on the BFI Cup, joined by entries from SAI NCOE and host state Tamil Nadu.
The lineup additionally contains members from the final two Elite Nationwide Championships, Indian staff members from the 2024 and 2025 Asian U-22 Championships, in addition to medalists from worldwide competitions since 2022.
Including additional depth to the competitors are medalists from the Goa and Uttarakhand Nationwide Video games and the Sixth Youth Nationals. All entries are routed by official State items and boards.
-Group Sportstar
CRICKET
Mayank Agarwal, R. Smaran, and Anvay Dravid honoured at KSCA Annual Awards
India batter Mayank Agarwal, Anvay Dravid — son of legendary cricketer Rahul Dravid — and promising teenager R. Smaran had been among the many awardees throughout numerous classes on the KSCA Annual Awards held right here on Sunday.
Agarwal was awarded for being the very best run-getter for the state within the Vijay Hazare Trophy with 651 runs at a mean of 93, whereas Smaran bagged the corresponding award within the Ranji Trophy.
The left-hander made 516 runs from seven matches at a mean of 64.50 with two a whole bunch.
The annual award within the bowler’s class went to Vasuki Koushik (23 wickets), and the pacer since then has moved to Goa forward of the 2025-26 home season.
Anvay was the very best run-getter for Karnataka within the U-16 Vijay Service provider Trophy, and he grabbed the award for the second 12 months in a row.
Karnataka and Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper batter KL Shrijith was honoured for rising the highest run-getter within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 213 runs.
Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal (14 wickets) lifted the award within the bowlers’ part.
Niki Prasad, Mithila Vinod and Mala Rangaswamy (Efficiency Analyst) who had been a part of the India U-19 ladies’s staff that received the ICC U-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia earlier this 12 months had been additionally felicitated and had been rewarded Rs. 2 lakh every.
-PTI
ARCHERY
Archery Premier League: May Marathas, Prithviraaj Yodhas, Rajputana Royals clinch wins
Day 4 of the Archery Premier League (APL) on the DDA Yamuna Sports activities Complicated on Sunday noticed extra thrilling motion.
The Mighty Marathas defeated the Chola Chiefs, the Prithviraaj Yodhas secured its second consecutive win over the Chero Archers in a shoot-off, and the Rajputana Royals continued its sturdy type with a victory towards the Kakatiya Knights.
-Group Sportstar
MORE SPORTS
Anurag Thakur unanimously elected as President of Himachal Pradesh Olympic Affiliation
Former Union Minister and Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur was on Sunday unanimously elected because the President of the Himachal Pradesh Olympic Affiliation.
He was elected through the Annual Basic Assembly of the affiliation.
Virender Kanwar, the outgoing president of the affiliation, was unanimously elected because the chief patron. MLA Chopal Balbir Verma was elected as senior vp, whereas Rajesh Bhandari was made the final secretary. Amitabh Sharma was appointed as treasurer.
Thakur outlined the highest priorities of the affiliation shifting ahead and mentioned that there was a must strengthen sports activities infrastructure throughout the state, improve the variety of certified coaches to coach athletes in all Olympic disciplines, and promote grassroots participation to nurture rising expertise.
He additionally spoke about constructing a self-sustaining mannequin for the event and administration of Olympic sports activities within the state.
-PTI
Revealed on Oct 05, 2025