SQUASH
Anahat to face Joshna in SRFI Indian Open ultimate
Anahat Singh will tackle Joshna Chinappa in an all-Indian ladies’s ultimate of the Daly Faculty SRFI Indian Open, a PSA occasion, in Indore on Saturday.
Within the semifinals on Friday, Delhi teenager and prime seed Anahat edged out Irish third seed Hannah Craig 11-4, 10-12, Sept. 11, 11-6, 11-4, whereas unseeded veteran Joshna rallied to beat Egyptian second seed Nadien Elhammamy 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7.
Late on Thursday, reigning males’s Nationwide champion Velavan Senthilkumar misplaced within the quarterfinals to 3rd seed Mohamad Zakaria, the Egyptian successful 11-7, 11-7, 11-6.
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GOLF
Yuvraj Sandhu canters to seven-stroke win for third title in Digboi
Yuvraj Sandhu returned to successful methods in emphatic trend on Friday, cruising to a commanding seven-shot victory for his third title on the IndianOil SERVO Masters in Digboi.
Yuvraj (65-69-66-69), who loved a formidable six-stroke lead after spherical three, shot a decided three-under 69 in spherical 4 to complete 19-under 269 for the week.
Jamal Hossain (68-73-70-65) of Bangladesh, final 12 months’s winner, fired the ultimate day’s lowest rating of 65 to leap six spots from his in a single day tied eighth to second place at a complete of 12-under 276.
Deven Bhumij of Digboi, the one native skilled to make the lower, ended the week in 54th place at 10-over 298.
Shaurya Bhattacharya (67), Saptak Talwar (69) and Veer Ahlawat (70) completed tied third with totals of 11-under 277.
– PTI
Pranavi’s win in opposition to males at IGPL Mumbai wows Indian golf fraternity
Pranavi Urs fired a sensational 8-under within the ultimate spherical to grow to be the primary Indian lady golfer to win a title whereas competing in opposition to males in a blended area on the IGPL Invitational Mumbai right here on Friday.
One in every of 12 ladies within the area and taking part in her first IGPL occasion, Pranavi started the ultimate day two pictures behind chief Karandeep Kochhar. However she produced a outstanding end to outplay the whole area by two pictures, regardless of an eagle on the final gap from Kochhar on the Bombay Presidency Golf Membership.
The previous Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour Order of Benefit winner pocketed Rs 22,50,000 for her historic victory, whereas Kochhar completed second and earned Rs 15,00,000.
“Pranavi Urs, turning into the first-ever feminine winner at IGPL Mumbai on the Bombay Presidency Golf Membership, is a testomony to distinctive ability, expertise and dedication. Breaking limitations and making historical past is not any simple feat,” Champika Sayal, Secretary-Basic of the Girls’s Golf Affiliation of India, acknowledged in a launch.
“Pranavi’s win at IGPL is an inspiration for a lot of younger gamers, and at WGAI, we’re extraordinarily proud and overwhelmed by the performances of our feminine golfers.”
This was the seventh occasion of the IGPL Tour, which is in its inaugural 12 months. After stops in Chandigarh, Jaypee Greens, Pune, Jaipur, Kolkata and Jamshedpur, the Tour reached Mumbai.
IGPL will now transfer to Ahmedabad for 2 occasions, together with the Bharath Basic Golf, a half-million-dollar match co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour.
The ultimate two occasions shall be held in Dubai and Colombo, adopted by the IGPL League.
– PTI
MORE SPORTS
SAI organises 45-day teaching camp for karatekas aspiring for 2026 Asiad
The Sports activities Authority of India (SAI), by way of the Goal Asian Video games Group (TAGG) scheme, has organised a 45-day teaching camp for 48 karatekas in Lucknow as a part of their build-up to the 2026 Asian Video games in Japan.
The 45-day camp for karate acquired underway on November 17 and can proceed until December 31 on the SAI Regional Centre in Lucknow.
“The camp options 64 members, together with 48 athletes, 12 coaches, and 4 assist employees, and the whole camp has been sanctioned with monetary help of Rs 1.42 crore beneath the Help to Nationwide Sports activities Federations (ANSFs) Scheme,” the SAI stated in an announcement.
It’s to make sure that the core athletes — 24 males and as many ladies — get full entry to coaching amenities and proceed their high-performance coaching regardless of the de-recognition of their nationwide federation. The Karate Affiliation of India has been de-recognised after shedding its affiliation with the world physique owing to infighting and administrative irregularities.
The camp in Lucknow will determine the expertise that can undergo publicity alternatives overseas within the build-up to the Asian Video games, scheduled from September 19 to October 4 subsequent 12 months.
SAI had constituted an Organising Committee for Karate in July this 12 months to handle all facets of the game, from athlete choice to teaching camps and overseas publicity.
To make sure a clear and truthful choice pathway, the committee had performed Open Nationwide Choice Trials within the senior class from October 12-14 on the SAI Coaching Centre in NEHU Campus, Shillong.
The trials had been absolutely managed by the Karate Organising Committee of SAI, making certain “compliance with worldwide norms, anti-doping guidelines, and videography-based analysis.” The committee will stay purposeful till an NSF is formally recognised by the Sports activities Ministry.
“…thus making certain that athletes face no administrative hurdles of their preparation cycle. In addition to Karate, an identical committee can be governing martial arts sports activities, Ju-Jitsu and Kurash,” the SAI acknowledged.
-PTI
KABADDI
Girls’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025: India beats Uganda to succeed in semifinal
The Indian ladies’s kabaddi workforce secured a spot within the semifinals of the Girls’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025 after beating Uganda 51-16 of their Group A match in Dhaka on Friday.
Defending champion India went unbeaten within the group stage with 4 wins in 4.
The highest two groups from Group A and Group B advance to the semifinals., which shall be held on November 23. The ultimate shall be performed on November 24.
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Printed on Nov 21, 2025