SHOOTING
Olympian Deepak Kumar named chief league commissioner of Faculty Taking pictures Premier League
Olympian Deepak Kumar was on Wednesday named the Chief League Commissioner of the Faculty Taking pictures Premier League (SSPL) , India’s first structured school-level taking pictures league.
“Taking pictures gave me function and alternatives I’ll at all times be pleased about. I firmly imagine expertise exists in each a part of India — we want structured pathways that give younger shooters entry, teaching and publicity. The Faculty Taking pictures Premier League is uniquely positioned to do this throughout the faculty ecosystem. I stay up for working with faculties, coaches, dad and mom and stakeholders to make taking pictures an aspirational and accessible sport for our younger athletes,” Deepak stated.
Deepak gained the silver medal within the males’s 10m air rifle occasion in the course of the 2018 Asian Video games, other than representing the nation in the course of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
SSPL was launched with the imaginative and prescient of taking taking pictures deeper into faculties and making a sustainable pipeline of younger expertise. The inaugural season of SSPL is ready to roll out with zonal qualifiers throughout a number of states, culminating in a nationwide championship.
-Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Dahiya best-placed Indian at tied-Twenty eighth after spherical 1 of World Newbie Staff Championship
Rakshit Dahiya carded an even-par 72 in testing situations to complete because the best-placed Indian at tied Twenty eighth within the opening spherical of the World Newbie Staff Championship (WATC) for the Eisenhower Trophy in Singapore on Wednesday.
The Delhi NCR Cup 2025 winner was seven strokes behind chief Hiroshi Hirahara Tai of Singapore on the Tanah Merah Nation Membership.
Staff India ended the opening day in tied-18th place amongst 36 nations within the total standings.
“I may have completed larger however however it’s a first rate begin. The situations had been powerful to say the least. However I managed to maintain it at even-par. Tomorrow, I’ll focus extra on avoiding as many errors as potential and conserving the ball on the proper spot within the fairway,” Dahiya stated.
One other Indian, Deepak Yadav registered a modest card of one-over 73 to finish in joint thirty fifth place. Arin Ahuja additionally had a topsy-turvy spherical with two birdies and 5 bogeys that derailed his marketing campaign. He was positioned tied-67th with total rating of 3-over 75.
-PTI
TENNIS
Parthsarthi, Akansha and Riddhi sail into pre-quarters of Fenesta Open Nationals
High seed Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe, Akansha Ghosh, and Riddhi Shinde continued their profitable streak to succeed in the pre-quarterfinals of the Fenesta Open Nationwide Tennis Championship within the ladies’ U-16 Singles class on Wednesday.
Parthsarthi confronted a tricky problem at first of the competition towards Swanika Roy because the scores had been levelled at 2-2 earlier than the highest seed rallied to win the subsequent seven video games with ferocious baseline play and notched up the victory by 9-2 to maneuver into the subsequent spherical of the match.
In the meantime, third seed Akansha defeated Keertama Rangineni additionally by the scoreline of 9-2 to succeed in the spherical of 16. Akansha showcased her chic expertise towards Keertama, profitable six straight video games to ascertain a big lead and securing a cushty victory.
Riddhi induced an upset by defeating sixth seed Aashi Kashyap 9–4 to advance to the subsequent spherical.
Riddhi broke her opponent’s serve 4 instances to take a commanding lead earlier than sealing the victory on the DLTA Advanced.
Within the ladies’ U-14 class, Aniha Gavinolla upset seventh seed Eshitha Sriyala 9-5, whereas prime seed Padma Rameshkumar defeated Shubhi Sharma 9-3 in a round-of-32 conflict.
Alternatively, within the boys U-16 singles class, prime seed Prakaash Sarran beat Saksham Bhansal 9-8 (7-1) in straight units.
Eighth seed Tavish Pahwa bought the higher of Puneeth M 9-5 to maneuver into the pre-quarterfinals. Moreover the distinguished titles, the winners can be awarded a equipment allowance within the junior classes.
The winners and runners-up within the U-16 and U-14 singles occasions will even obtain a tennis scholarship of Rs 25,000 every.
-PTI
ATP 125 Challenger: Nagal books spot in quarterfinals in Valencia
Qualifier Sumit Nagal booked his spot within the quarterfinals of an ATP 125 Challenger occasion in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday.
Nagal gained 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 towards World No. 202 Pablo Llamas Ruiz, a neighborhood participant, within the spherical of 16.
World No. 289 Nagal takes on World No. 329 Henri Squire, a qualifier from Germany, on Thursday for a spot within the semifinals.
Scores
ATP 125 Valencia (Spain)
Singles, Spherical of 16: [Q] Sumit Nagal bt. Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Doubles, Spherical of 16: [4] N. Sriram Balaji/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt. [WC] Mario Mansilla Diez/Andres Santamarta Roig (ESP) 7-6(3), 6-4
ATP 125 Jinan (China)
Doubles, Spherical of 16: [1] Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Arjun Kadhe bt. [Alt] Petr Bar Biryukov/Maxim Zhukov 7-6(2), 7-6(4); Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/Jason Jung (TPE) bt. Tsung Hao Huang (TPE)/Fajing Solar (CHN) 5-7, 6-4, [11-9]; [Alt] Rio Noguchi (JPN)/Kasidit Samrej (THA) bt. Niki Poonacha/Pruchya Isaro (THA) 7-5, 6-4
ATP 100 Roanne (France)
Doubles, Spherical of 16: Anirudh Chandrasekar/Reese Stalder (USA) bt. Matej Dodig (CRO)/Filip Misolic (AUT) 6-1, 3-6, [10-6]
ATP 50 Hersonissos (Greece)
Doubles, Spherical of 16: Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL)/Denni Novak (AUT) bt. Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta/Karan Singh 6-7(3), 7-6(11), [10-8]
ATP 50 Fairfield (USA)
Singles, Spherical of 32: [Q] Jay Dylan Good friend (JPN) bt. Aryan Shah 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Doubles, Spherical of 16: Patrick Harper/Quinn Vandecasteele bt. [1] Siddhant Banthia/Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, 6-1
Ladies’s ITF USD 30,000 Kunshan (China)
Singles, Spherical of 32: Ankita Raina bt. Aruzhan Sagandykova (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2
Ladies’s ITF USD 30,000 Seville (Spain)
Singles, Spherical of 32: [4] Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) bt. [Q] Aaddi Gupta 6-2, 6-3
Doubles, Quarterfinal: [4] Mila Masic (SRB)/Paula Ortega Redondo (ESP) bt. Aaddi Gupta/Isabel Skoog (SWE) 7-6(9), 4-6, [10-5]
Spherical of 16: Aaddi Gupta/Isabel Skoog (SWE) bt. Maria Penalver Aguilo (ESP)/Anastasia Mozgaleva 7-5, 6-4
Ladies’s ITF USD 15,000 Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt)
Singles, Spherical of 32: [LL] Diana Yakovleva (UZB) bt. Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-2
Doubles, Spherical of 16: Amelie Justine Hejtmanek (CZE)/Polina Kuharenko bt. Ashmitha Easwaramurthi/Ekaterina Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2
Ladies’s ITF USD 15,000 Santa Tecla (El Salvador)
Singles, Spherical of 32: Jenna Dean (USA) bt. Saumya Vig 6-0, 6-2
Doubles, Spherical of 16: Saumya Vig/Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza (COL) bt. [3] Carolina Bohrer Martins (BRA)/Amanda Carolina Nava Elkin (MEX) 7-6(5), 6-3; [1] Maria Herazo (COL)/Merel Hoedt (NED) bt. Priyanka Rodricks/Isabella Collazos (COL) 6-3, 6-1
Males’s ITF USD 30,000 Kigali (Rwanda)
Singles, Spherical of 32: [4] Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) bt. Ishaque Eqbal 7-6(6), 6-3
Males’s ITF USD 15,000 Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt)
Singles, Spherical of 32: Martyn Pawelski (POL) bt. [2] S. Mukund 7-5, 7-6(2); Ruslan Tiukaev bt. [6] Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-1, 6-2
-Nihit Sachdeva
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CM Trophy Video games 2025: Chennai clinches gold medal in Cricket
The seventh day of Chief Minister’s Trophy Video games 2025 noticed host Chennai clinching its thirty fifth gold medal within the faculty boys class in cricket, gaining a big lead within the medal tally forward of second-placed Coimbatore on Wednesday.
Chennai delivered a dominant efficiency, scoring 87/4 in 10 overs earlier than bowling out Erode for 45/9, securing a 42-run victory.
In weightlifting, the varsity boys 56kg class noticed D. Udhaya Sankar of Tiruvallur raise a complete of 187 kg to win gold, intently adopted by G. Subash of Thanjavur with 183 kg, and S. Yogeshwaran of Vellore incomes bronze with 182 kg.
In judo faculty ladies 48kg class, Harini S from Chengalpattu clinched the gold medal with a commanding efficiency, whereas Chennai’s Mercy J earned silver. The bronze medals had been awarded to Rosy J (Chennai) and P Priya (Thoothukudi), each of whom displayed resilience in tightly contested bouts.
– Staff Sportstar
Printed on Oct 08, 2025