FOOTBALL
The India Underneath-20 girls’s crew drew 1-1 in opposition to Kazakhstan U-19 within the second and ultimate pleasant on the BIIK Sports activities Advanced in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.
Each targets got here within the second half. Adeliya Bekkozhina handed the result in the host within the forty seventh minute earlier than Pooja, scoring her second purpose in as many video games, equalised within the fifty fifth as she obtained on the top of substitute Bhumika Devi Khumukcham’s cross and headed it in.
As a part of their preparations for the AFC U-20 Ladies’s Asian Cup 2026, the Younger Tigresses performed two pleasant matches in opposition to Kazakhstan U-19 in Shymkent.
India received the primary pleasant 3-2 on Saturday.
SQUASH
Sub-Junior & Junior Nationwide Squash C’Ships: Qualifier Anika stuns U-19 ladies high seed Unnati
Qualifier Anika Dubey (Maharashtra) packed off top-seed Unnati Tripathi 3-1 within the 16-player draw, Underneath-19 ladies first spherical of the Sub-Junior & Junior Nationwide Squash Championships on the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Tuesday.
Anika, a two-time U-15 champion, opted to skip the Underneath-17 competitors for the Underneath-19, and put up a stable show as she rallied to beat Unnati 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6.
Amongst different notable upsets, qualifier Anika Kalanki (MP) took down high seed Vasundhara Nangare (Maharashtra) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10 within the 16-player draw Underneath-15 ladies opening spherical.
Outcomes (1st spherical)
Women:
U-11: Alia Kankaria (1), WB, def. Seerat Ghuman, CH, 11-3 11-3 11-5; Anshika Kumari, KA, def. Anaisha Sahu, JH, 11-2 11-4 11-2; Ariana Almoula (5/8), MH, def. Sharanya Ghosh, JH, 11-8 11-4 11-6; Sameeksha Sugumar, KA, def. Kriya Sathiyamoorthy, TN, 11-5 11-2 11-3; Aarna Pandey (3/4), KA, def. Inaya Andrabi, RJ, 11-6 8-11 11-4 11-1; Gaurvi Ajmera, RJ, def. Arwa Shelar, MH, 11-7 11-8 11-9; Naina Anand (5/8), KA, def. Anam Yadav, RJ, 11-4 11-4 11-7; Akshara Makhija, KA, def. Keerat Deopa, DL, 11-1 11-4 11-5.
U-13: Divyanshi Jain (1), RJ, def. Sanaita Singh, DL, 11-2 11-3 11-4; Sanavi Tidke, KA, def. Shriya Maheshwari, MH, 11-6 8-11 13-11 11-8; Deepa Debiram (5/8), TN, def. Hrida Jain, TN, 11-5 11-3 11-5; Nandikasree Kalaivanan, TN, def. Thanisha Chaligeri, KA, 11-9 11-6 11-4; Shanaya Roy (3/4), MH, def. Aeva Parekh, MH, 11-2 11-3 11-2; Gargi Kadam, MH, def. Isha Shelke, MH, 8-11 11-8 13-11 1-11 13-11; Riyaa Dalal (5/8), MH, def. Arunima Chaubey, KA, 11-5 11-8 11-5; Shanaya Parasrampuria, MH, def. Aadhya Grover, HR, 11-7 11-4 11-7.
U-15: Anika Kalanki, MP, def. Vasundhara Nangare (1), MH, 11-8 11-6 8-11 12-10; Aashi Shah, MH, def. Trisha Shah, MH, Sep 11 11-6 11-7 11-5; Diva Parasrampuria (5/8), TN, def. D Nitiyasree, TN, 11-2 Sep 11 10-12 11-7 11-4; Aadya Budhia, JH, def. Monoshree Raut, AS, 11-6 16-14 11-3; Goushika M (2), TN, def. Aroma ., UP, 11-1 11-5 11-9; Arnaa Dwivedi, TL, def. Raayisha Naik, MH, 11-6 11-4 11-6; Gauri Jaiswal (5/8), RJ, def. Saanvi Bakshi, DL, 11-7 11-5 11-5; Fabiha Nafees, UP, def. Soniya Waghamare, MH, 11-3 11-7 11-5.
U-17: Aradhya Porwal (1), DL, def. Devashree Arora, HR, 11-7 11-3 12-10; Riyansika Verma, KA, def. Sangamithra Shanmugham, TN, 11-4 11-3 11-5; Kaashvi Mangal (5/8), DL, def. Anoushka Johri, HR, 11-3 11-5 12-10; Saanvi Kalanki, MP, def. Aahana Singh, HR, 11-4 11-8 Sep 11 11-5; Diva Shah (3/4), MH, def. Anya Sood, DL, 11-3 11-5 11-3; Aarika Mishra, MH, def. Drishti Pawar, MH, 11-7 7-11 11-6 11-5; Aishni Pathak (5/8), MP, def. Bria Sharma, JH, 12-10 6-11 11-5 11-4; Sehar Nayar, CH, def. Sahana Kalaivanan, TN, 11-4 11-3 11-7.
U-19: Anika Dubey, MH, def. Unnati Tripathi (1), UP, 7-11 11-5 11-4 11-6; Eesha Shrivastava, MH, def. Chhavi Saran, RJ, 12-10 11-8 11-6; Ananya Narayanan (5/8), TN, def. Priya Dhrashini, TN, 11-9 11-2 11-3;
Yashi Jain, RJ, def. Gargi Arya, UK, 11-4 11-3 11-3; Rudra Singh (3/4), MH, def. Elijah C, TN, 11-0 11-1 11-2; Aryaa Dwivedi, TL, def. Vyomika Khandelwal, TN, 11-7 11-6 4-11 13-11; Akanksha Gupta (5/8), MH, def. Pragati Maurya, UP, 11-2 11-2 11-1; Navya Sundararajan, UP, def. Khushboo ., UP, 11-2 11-3 12-10.
Boys:
U-11: Aryan Sk (1), KA, def. Shaurya Bakshi, MH, 11-4 11-6 11-9; Viraaj Wadhwani, MH, def. Krishna Gupta, MH, 13-11 11-6 3-11 2-11 11-9; Viraj Shinde, MH, def. Yuvaan Verma (5/8), RJ, 11-7 11-5 11-5; Agastya Uppal, DL, def. Rudransh Prabhakar, DL, 11-5 8-11 11-7 11-4; Ayaan Kaushik (3/4), AS, def. Vansh Rathi, TN, 8-11 Sep 11 11-9 11-3 11-7; Avyyanveer Luthra, DL, def. Harshveer Pahwa, MP, 11-6 11-1 11-7; Vedant Shinde (5/8), MH, def. Shaunik Malhotra, MH, 11-2 11-5 11-5; Ved Sanganaria, WB, def. Kandha Swamy, TN, 11-7 11-7 11-5.
U-13: Abhyuday Arora (1), DL, def. Nirvaan Parikh, MH, 11-1 11-7 11-3; Thanuj Reddy Puli, TL, def. Viaan Khemani, HR, 11-5 7-11 13-11 11-9; Prabhav Bajoria (5/8), RJ, def. Nirmay Chaudhary, CH, 11-6 13-11 11-3;
Rishabh Shyam, MH, def. Ansh Kumar, UP, Sep 11 11-4 7-11 11-6 12-10; Dhairya Gogia (3/4), RJ, def. Rohan Khurana, DL, 7-11 11-4 11-7 11-5; Aaditya Shah, MH, def. Shubham Kumar, UP, 11-9 11-9 7-11 Sep 11 11-9; Aaron Arambhan (5/8), MH, def. Prabhaas Kondaparthy, TL, 12-10 11-9 11-9; Amarya Bajaj, DL, def. Ridaan Gupta, UP, 11-4 11-6 11-2.
U-15:Shreyansh Jha (1), MH, def. Akshat Singhal, WB, 11-2 11-4 11-6; Dhruv Johri, HR, def. Fareed Andrabi, RJ, 7-11 12-10 11-5 14-12; Aryaman Singh (5/8), KA, def. Ayaan Dhanuka, WB, 11-2 11-4 11-9; Dhruv Bopana, TN, def. Swarit Patil, CH, 11-4 11-5 11-2; Shresht Iyer (3/4), KA, def. Advit Taneja, JH, 11-4 11-4 11-3; Jagesh Chhabra, DL, def. Aryaan Prabhu, TN, 7-11 13-11 11-8 2-11 11-5; Vivaan Khanna (5/8), MH, def. Arush Sharma, UP, 11-9 11-3 11-2; Harshal Rana, HR, def. Sherbir Singh Poonia, MP, 11-4 11-4 11-6.
U-17: Subhash Choudhary (1), RJ, def. Saharsh Shahra, MP, 11-8 11-4 7-11 11-4;
Aryaveer Dewan, DL, def. Varun Shah, MH, 11-7 11-2 11-4; Raghav Vashishtha (5/8), UP, def. Parthvir Singh, DL, 11-8 11-8 11-6;
Lokesh Subramani, TN, def. Ishaan Dabke, MH, 8-11 11-8 11-4 10-12 11-5; Darshil Parasrampuria (3/4), TN, def. Agastya Bansal, MH, 11-4 11-2 11-3; Shiven Agarwal, TN, def. Agastya Rajput, MH, 11-6 11-3 11-5; Hridhaan Shah (5/8), MH, def. Indransh Singh Rakesh Badgujar, MH, 11-3 11-6 11-7; Purav Rambhia, MH, def. Savir Sood, CH, 10-12 11-2 Sep 11 11-6 11-7.
U-19: Arihant Ks (1), TN, def. Aatik Yadav, MH, 11-3 12-10 11-7; Shravin Jain, TN, def. Adeev Devaiah, KA, 10-12 6-11 11-9 11-7 11-9; Priyanshu Kumar (5/8), HR, def. Anshuman Jaising, MH, 13-11 11-2 11-6;
Aayush Verma, MH, def. Omkar Vinod, KL, 11-8 3-11 11-6 10-12 11-4; Rachit Shah (3/4), MH, def. Abdus Samad Shah, GA, 11-1 11-3 11-8; Gurveer Singh, DL, def. Neil Paswan, MH, 11-2 11-2 11-1; Yusha Nafees, UP, def. Kamlesh Dama Dore, MH, 11-2 11-3 11-3.
-Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Aman and Kartik renew rivalry at IGPL Kolkata
Golfers Aman Raj and Kartik Singh will resume their battle within the fifth occasion of the IGPL Tour, because the skilled Patna golfer takes on the younger Delhi boy on the Kolkata Invitational right here from Wednesday.
Aman held his nerve within the closing levels to win in Jaipur, as Kartik completed an in depth second. As Aman appears to be like to emulate Gaganjeet Bhullar’s feat of back-to-back wins, Kartik continues his seek for a maiden professional title as he tees up in his fifth begin on the IGPL Tour.
Kartik has been grouped with the skilled Harendra Singh and Saarthak Chibber within the first spherical on the Tollygunge Membership.
Final week’s winner Aman is grouped with Ridhima Dilawari and Kapil Kumar. B. Kartik has completed in high 10 in 4 earlier begins in Chandigarh, Jaypee Greens, Pune, and Jaipur and is now second within the IGPL rankings behind the chief, Gaganjeet Bhullar, who received in each his begins within the first two occasions.
Olympian Udayan Mane, in his maiden IGPL begin, completed tied sixth and he will likely be again this week on the lookout for a greater consequence.
Among the different stars trying to make a mark will embrace Aadil Bedi, Pukhraj Gills, Syed Saqib Ahmed and Saarthak Chibber.
The ladies’s part will as soon as once more see Simi Mehra tee up in her hometown of Kolkata. The previous LPGA participant typically performs on the Seniors Excursions on the worldwide circuit. The ladies’s phase may also characteristic Sneha Singh, Amandeep Drall, Ridhima Dilawari, Durga Nittur, Jasmine Shekar and Khushi Khanijau.
-PTI
Azhar shoots seven-under for first-round lead in Pune
Hyderabad golfer Mohammed Azhar shot an excellent seven-under 64 to emerge chief by one stroke on the opening day of The Poona Membership Open, right here on Tuesday.
PGTI Order of Advantage chief Yuvraj Sandhu fired six-under 65 to be positioned second on the Poona Membership Golf Course, whereas Gurugram’s Veer Ahlawat (66), the 2024 PGTI Rating champion, was an extra shot behind in third place.
The quintet of Akshay Damale, Aaron Rockey, Aditya Bhandarkar, Adityaa Garg and beginner Arkin Patel had been the highest-placed among the many Pune-based gamers as they returned scores of 71 to occupy tied twenty ninth place.
Azhar, who has been in respectable type in current occasions with 4 top-10s to his title in his final six begins, started his week with a birdie-bogey. Nonetheless, he quickly started to stamp his authority by including three extra birdies on the front-nine together with a 35-feet conversion on the third.
Azhar, ranked twenty third within the PGTI Order of Advantage, picked up 4 extra birdies on the back-nine together with a tap-in and an 18-feet conversion.
“I hit it near the flags all day. Right here on the Poona Membership Golf Course, there’s a premium on hitting fairways and I hit a variety of fairways at present. On the back-nine, my chipping and placing was excellent as a result of I didn’t hit any greens from gap 14 onwards and simply made a variety of high quality chip-putts,” stated Azhar.
-PTI
MORE SPORTS
Wrestler Yashita baggage gold, six Indian boxers sail into ultimate at Youth Asian Video games
Teenage wrestler Yashita dug deep into her reserves of power to beat a gritty Kazakh opponent and clinch the women 61kg gold on a day when six Indian boxers sailed into the ultimate to guarantee the nation of half-a-dozen medals within the Youth Asian Video games on Tuesday.
In a particularly keenly-contested bout, Yashita, 17, defeated Kazakhstan’s Zhaidar Muktar on the idea of the ultimate level scored after the 2 had been tied at 5-all.
Earlier, Yashita had defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Akylai Chynybaeva 6-0 within the semifinal.
Yashita’s top-podium end took India’s tally of medals to 26, together with 4 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze. The nation is positioned eleventh on the medals tally led by China with a complete of 100 medals, together with 47 gold.
In boxing, India’s 15-year-old Khushi Chand secured a spot within the ladies’ 46kg gold-medal bout by defeating Mongolia’s Altanzul Altangadas 5-0. She’s going to meet China’s Chen Fang-yu within the title bout on Thursday.
Within the ladies’ 54kg class, Chandrika Pujari had little problem overcoming Kazakhstan’s teenager boxer Ramina Makhanova by a unanimous 5-0 determination to arrange a title conflict with Uzbekistan’s 15-year-old Kumriniso Muhammadova.
Harnoor Kaur’s 66kg bout additionally turned out to be a one-sided affair as she beat Chinese language-Taipei’s Lu Wen-jing 5-0 to arrange the gold-medal match in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Ayaulym Ospanova, whereas Anshika in 80-plus kg obtained the higher of China’s Guo Jiaqing. She’s going to meet Kazakhstan’s Elnura Kongyat within the ultimate.
Within the ladies’ 50kg semifinal, Ahaana Sharma needed to slug it out in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Nazokat Mardonova earlier than a break up 3-2 determination went within the Indian’s favour. She’s going to tackle Ma Jong Hyang of DPR Korea within the ultimate.
Within the boys’ part, Lanchenba Singh received his 50kh semifinal bout in opposition to DPR Korea’s An Phyong Guk 5-0 to arrange a title match with Kazakhstan’s Zhumagali Nurmakhan.
In ladies’ wrestling, 61kg grappler Yashita assured India of not less than a silver by reaching the ultimate defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Akylai Chynybaeva 6-0. She’s going to meet Kazakhstan’s Zhaidar Mukhat later within the day.
In badminton, Suryaksh Rawat overcame his second-round hurdle to succeed in the quarterfinals by overcoming Chinese language-Taipei’s Huang Jyun-Kai 21-14, 21-19, whereas the blended doubles pair Jaison Bjorn and Angel Punera obtained the higher of Ramos Roaquine and Shachie Calderon of the Philippines 21-10, 21-13 to make the quarters.
Vennala Kalagotla, in ladies’ singles, secured a simple passage into the quarterfinals with a 21-10, 21-12 win in opposition to the Philippines’ Eve Bejasa, whereas Tankara Talasila in boys’ singles entered the quarterfinals with a simple win in opposition to a Philippines opponent.
In desk tennis, Divyanshi Bhowmick beat Thailand’s 14-year-old Panita Vijittham 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 to advance to the women’ spherical of 16, whereas the blended doubles crew of Syndrela Das and Sarthak Arya moved into the semifinals with a 3-2 win in opposition to Korea’s Seungsoo Lee and Heo Yerim.
In swimming, India’s teen sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu completed the women’ 100m freestyle occasion in fifth place with a time of 57.72 seconds.
-PTI
Printed on Oct 28, 2025