SQUASH
Anahat Singh bows out in Boston quarters
Reigning ladies’s nationwide champion Anahat Singh bowed out within the quarterfinals of the Boston Open, a USD 15,000 PSA Challenger occasion, after dropping to Egypt’s Jana Swaify in a five-game thriller.
Delhi teenager Anahat, the world No. 45 and second seed within the match, rallied strongly by profitable the third and fourth video games to take the competition into the decider earlier than her eighth-seeded opponent sealed the affair 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 3-11, 11-5.
Anahat defeated American Charlotte Sze 11-4, 11-6, Sept. 11, 11-8 within the spherical of 16 on Thursday after receiving a first-round bye.
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MOTORSPORT
Jagathishree gears up for FIM Asia Ladies’s Circuit Racing in Taiwan
Contemporary from a triumphant efficiency on the Nationwide Circuit Racing Championship in Chennai, Jagathishree Kumaresan is ready to compete within the second spherical of the FIM Asia Ladies’s Circuit Racing Championship on the Lihpao Worldwide Karting Circuit right here.
A 3-time Indian nationwide champion, Jagathishree earned her spot on the worldwide grid by way of constant performances throughout a number of home championships.
In 2024, she received the Indian Nationwide Bike Racing Championship (Women Inventory 165cc) and the Nationwide Drag Racing Championship (Girls Class).
In 2025, she added victories within the early rounds of the MMSC FMSCI Bike Racing Nationals and TVS RTR 200 Ladies’s Races because the lead rider of One Racing staff.
She educated underneath seasoned coach Mohamed Hanif, the Staff Principal of One Racing, who rapidly established her amongst India’s prime feminine racers.
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SHOOTING
India finishes ninth at ISSF Shotgun World C’ships with solitary bronze
India’s lure combined staff pair of Neeru Dhanda and Bhowneesh Mendiratta got here up with a below-par present to complete twenty fifth, whereas compatriots Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Aashima Ahlawat ended up twenty eighth on the concluding day of the ISSF World Championships (Shotgun) in Athens.
A day after Zoravar received a historic particular person lure bronze to grow to be solely the second Indian after Manavjit Singh Sandhu (2006 Zagreb, gold) to clinch a medal within the prestigious competitors, each the nation’s pairs shot equivalent scores of 137/150 within the qualification spherical to overlook the four-team finals by fairly a distance.
India completed joint ninth within the medals tally together with six different nations with a solitary bronze.
The US topped the desk with 4 gold, one silver and a bronze, whereas Spain completed second with two gold and a silver. Croatia took the third spot with two gold.
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RUGBY
Indian ladies’s rugby staff wins two matches out of three in ARESS 2025 Leg 2
Indian senior ladies’s rugby sevens staff received two matches out of three on Day 1 of the Asia Emirates Sevens Sequence (ARESS) 2025 Leg 2, right here on Saturday.
India, nonetheless, failed to succeed in the semifinals. It’ll play within the Fifth-Eighth place playoffs.
The day started with a 17-7 victory over the UAE, the place India’s resilience shone by way of in a bodily contest.
Bhumika Shukla gave India an early lead earlier than UAE clawed its manner again to wrestle the benefit. India, nonetheless, confirmed composure and dedication, with Bhumika scoring once more and Kalyani Patil sealing the end result late within the match to make sure a assured begin to its marketing campaign.
Within the second match, the Indian staff delivered a medical efficiency to outclass Indonesia 50-0, marking one among its most dominant shows on the continental stage.
Captain Shikha Yadav set the tone with the opening attempt to added one other later within the match. Kalyani Patil and Nirmalya Rout every crossed the road twice, whereas Sandhyarani Tudu and Dumuni Marndi additionally added their names to the scoresheet.
Sandhya Rai and Tarulata Naik contributed with two conversions apiece, rounding off a whole staff efficiency constructed on tempo, precision, and attacking stress.
The ultimate pool fixture noticed India tackle prime seed Japan, the winners of Leg 1 in Hangzhou. Regardless of a spirited effort, India was outplayed by the match favourites, taking place 0-43.
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ATHLETICS
Kerala’s Arjun Pradeep wins 400m hurdles gold at Indian Open U-23 Athletics Competitors
Kerala’s Arjun Pradeep erased the boys’s 400m hurdles meet file on the ultimate day of the Indian Open U-23 Athletics Competitors, which concluded on Saturday.
Pradeep’s profitable time of fifty.29 seconds was higher than the earlier meet file of fifty.89 seconds set by P Yashas in 2022.
The gruelling decathlon gold went to Kushal Kumar of Maharashtra, who gathered 6905 factors.
Kushi, representing the Border Safety Power, took house the heptathlon title with 5208 factors.
The outcomes:
Males:
200m: Dondapati (Odisha) 21.10 seconds, Raja Babu (Haryana) 21.26 seconds, Prateek D (Karnataka) 21.30 seconds.
800m: Somnath Chauhan (Haryana) 1:48.74 seconds, Prathamesh (Maharashtra) 1:48.89 seconds, Shakeel (Rajasthan) 1:49.12 seconds.
5,000m: Ramhishad (Uttar Pradesh) 14:14.32 seconds, Nishant Karhana (Haryana) 14:15.35 seconds, Sandeep Pal (Uttar Pradesh) 14:16.15 seconds.
3000m steeplechase: Rahul (Haryana) 8:51.91 seconds, Navratan (Haryana) 8:52.18 seconds, Ranvir Singh (Gujarat) 8:53.63 seconds.
400m hurdles: Arjun Pradeep (Kerala) 50.29 seconds (meet file. earlier file of fifty.89 seconds by P Yashas set in 2022), Natarajan (Tamil Nadu) 51.13 seconds, Hardeep Kumar (Punjab) 51.18 seconds.
Javelin: Anand Singh (Reliance) 76.56m, Aditya (JSW) 75.45m, Parteek Kumar (Haryana) 73.35m.
Triple bounce: Vishal Bahadur (Jharkhand) 16.12m, Pradeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 15.63m, Narpinder Singh (Punjab) 15.60m.
Decathlon: Kushal Kumar (Maharashtra) 6905 factors, Abhijit Bhosale (Air Power) 6820 factors, Harish S (Tamil Nadu) 6574 factors.
Ladies:
200m: Sudeshna (Maharashtra) 23.84 seconds, Aayushi (Uttar Pradesh) 24.08 seconds, Samriti Jamwal (Himachal Pradesh) 24.23 seconds.
800m: Laxita (Gujarat) 2:10.02 seconds, Preeti Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 2;10.07 seconds, Prateeksha Yadav (JSW) 2:10.23 seconds.
5,000m: Supriti Okay (Jharkhand) 17:09.59 seconds, Mitali R (Maharashtra) 17:10.09 seconds, Latika Talwar (Rajasthan) 17:13.40 seconds.
400m hurdles: Harshitha R (Tamil Nadu) 1:00.03 seconds, Moumi Jana (NCOE Patiala) 1:00.83 seconds, Ramandeep Kaur (Punjab) 1:00.99 seconds.
3000m steeplechase: Prachi Devkar (Maharashtra) 10:09.07 seconds, Susmita Tigga (Odisha) 10:44,23 seconds, Manju Choudhari (Rajasthan) 11:02.18 seconds.
Hammer throw: Sneha (Haryana) 51.37m, Pratibha (Madhya Pradesh) 50.73m, Mital Solanki (Gujarat) 50.41m.
Triple bounce: Poorva (Anju Bobby George Academy) 13.22m, Preeti (Rajasthan) 12.99m, Merymukta (Odisha) 12.65m.
Javelin throw: Khushee Yadav (Rajasthan) 47.64m, Saloni (Haryana) 45.29m, Pratiksha Patel (Uttar Pradesh) 45.17m.
Heptathlon: Kushi (BSF) 5208 factors, Nishi Kumari 5116 factors, Isha Chander (Uttarakhand) 5084 factors.
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GOLF
Pukhraj, Madappa, Chawrasia make minimize in Macau
The Indian trio of Pukhraj Singh Gill, Viraj Madappa and SSP Chawrasia made the minimize on the SJM Macau Open because it headed into the weekend on the Macau Golf and Nation Membership.
The minimize fell at one underneath par. Gill, who had a 5-under 65 on the primary day, shot 3-over 73 on the second day to drop all the way down to T-43 with a complete rating of two underneath par by the tip of the second spherical.
However he was effectively contained in the minimize line. Madappa shot 1-over 71 for his second spherical to take his whole to 2 underneath par as effectively and like Gill is positioned at T-43.
Chawrasia (68-71) carded 1-over 71 to maintain himself simply throughout the minimize with a complete rating of 1 underneath par. He’s presently positioned T-59.
Gill made three birdies, 4 bogeys and one double bogey on the second day. Madappa shot three birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey within the second spherical whereas Chawrasia had three bogeys and two birdies in his second spherical.
Aman Raj, Anshul Kabthiyal and Arjun Sharma didn’t make the minimize and must accept an early finish to their week in Macau.
Aman picked up the tempo on the second day to card a spherical of 1-under 69 following his first spherical of 2-over 72 however his whole of 1 over par was not sufficient.
Arjun closed his week in Macau with a rating of 9 over par (76-73) and was positioned T-128 after the second spherical.
Kabthiyal ended the week with a complete rating of 12 over par (76-76) and was positioned T-135 on the finish of the second day.
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MORE SPORTS
222-member Indian contingent for AYG to compete in 21 disciplines
The 222-member contingent of Indian athletes, with greater than half of them ladies, will compete in 21 sporting disciplines within the third Asian Youth Video games to be held in Manama, Bahrain from October 22 to 31.
The Sports activities Ministry stated on Saturday that the contingent, which has 119 feminine and 103 male athletes, had been cleared at full price to the federal government. The athletes shall be supported by 90 coaches, physios, and officers, bringing the whole dimension of the contingent to 312.
The contingent contains 31 athletes in observe and subject, 14 in boxing, 28 in kabaddi, 16 in handball, and 10 every in taekwondo, wrestling and weightlifting. The most important feminine illustration is in athletics and handball. Olympic medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent.
The Indian athletes will compete in observe and subject occasions, aquatics, badminton, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, and judo, alongside rising sports activities comparable to kurash, pencak silat, teqball, and camel racing.
“SAI’s medical staff and physios may even accompany the contingent, making certain that athletes obtain round the clock assist. Particular consideration has been given to anti-doping measures with NADA (Nationwide Anti-Doping Company) conducting obligatory testing earlier than departure, and to the bodily and psychological readiness of the staff,” stated a Ministry assertion.
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Revealed on Oct 18, 2025