GOLF
Aditi is tied-Eleventh, Avani strikes into top-20 at Open de Espana
Aditi Ashok was simply exterior prime 10 and Avani Prashanth made a superb transfer as much as get into the highest 20 on the midway stage of the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana.
Aditi, a former winner of this occasion, shot 2-under 70 and moved to 5-under 139 and was tied Eleventh.
Avani introduced dwelling the perfect second spherical card of 3-under 69, to get to 4-under and was tied Seventeenth.
Among the many different three Indians, Pranavi Urs (71) was T-47 at 1-over complete, Hitaashee Bakshi (76) and Diksha Dagar (75) had been each T-64 at 5-over.
There are two extra rounds to go within the season-ending occasion.
Hitaashee, Pranavi and Avani are coming off High-5 finishes within the Hero Ladies’s Indian Open and are taking a look at a superb end on the season-ending occasion.
Aditi who had a fairly modest spherical had three birdies towards one bogey, whereas Avani had six birdies in an aggressive spherical however she additionally gave away a bogey on the third and a double bogey on the sixteenth in her 69.
Diksha had one birdie towards two bogeys and a double bogey and Hitaashee had three birdies towards 5 bogeys and a double bogey in her spherical of 76.
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Newbie Chawhan finest Indian at Tied third in Bharath Traditional
Native newbie Ishaan Chawhan shot a stable 68 to emerge as the highest Indian at tied-third after the third spherical of the Bharath Traditional 2025 Gujarat, an Indian Golf Premier League and Asian Tour co-sanctioned occasion, right here on Saturday.
The 22-year-old, working his manner again after battling knee, again and wrist accidents over the past three years, carded his third straight sub-70 spherical to maneuver to 12-under.
He climbed from sixth in a single day to share third place with first-round chief Korean Heemin Chang (71) and Thailand’s Panuphol Pittyarat (70), whose final Asian Tour win got here in 2018.
Chawhan is three photographs adrift of the Thai duo of former Order of Advantage winner Jazz Janewattananond (65) and the unheralded Poosit Supupramai (66), who fired an ace on the sixteenth and added a birdie on the 18th gap of the USD 500,000 occasion.
4 different Indians stayed shut at 9-under, together with IGPL Order of Advantage chief and two-time Tour winner Aman Raj (66), who recovered effectively after a gap 73 with rounds of 68 and 66. Additionally within the pack had been IGPL Tour winner Pukhraj Singh Gill (71), Shaurya Binu (69), Indian Tour chief Yuvraj Sandhu (69) and Thailand’s Sofa Prakongvech (69).
Ajeetesh Sandhu (70), seeking to safe his Asian Tour card for subsequent 12 months, was tied-Seventeenth at 8-under, seven photographs off the leaders.
Chawhan, whose final three newbie appearances have all resulted in top-five finishes, together with one on the Gujarat Amateurs on this very course, steadily performs on the close by Kalhaar Blues and Kensville layouts. His final newbie victory got here in 2022 on the Western India Amateurs.
“I’ve suffered accidents within the knee, again and wrist and misplaced loads of time. Solely within the final 12 months or so have I been getting again my sport in form,” mentioned the Ahmedabad-based golfer.
“I damage my knee enjoying soccer after which got here different accidents,” he mentioned.
Amongst these tied at 11-under had been Spain’s Carlos Pigem (71) and England’s Steve Lewton (69). An additional shot behind at 10-under was veteran Bangladeshi Siddikur Rahman (67), Korean teenager Wooyoung Cho (74) — the 36-hole chief — and Thailand’s Ekpharit Wu (70) and Wittchayat Sinsrang (69).
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Ojaswini Saraswat wins DGC Women Newbie Open Golf Championship title
Ojaswini Saraswat clinched title on the fifteenth DGC Women Newbie Open Golf Championship 2025, introduced by Usha, with a complete rating of 222 on the Delhi Golf Membership.
The three-day, 54-hole WAGR event, performed throughout the Lodhi and Peacock course, introduced collectively 115 gifted girls golfers.
The finale on Friday noticed Saraswat stroll away with the trophy with a rating of 222, adopted by Keya Badugu (225) and Yogya Bhalla (232).
In a standout second, Ashem Agnish recorded a spectacular hole-in-one on the fifth gap, including to the joy of the ultimate day.
This 12 months’s subject featured a formidable group of rising skills, together with 20 juniors, who’ve a handicap of 9 and beneath and have been making their presence felt on nationwide and worldwide circuits.
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TENNIS
Praneel Sharma wins twin titles at ITF World Junior Tennis Tour
Praneel Sharma accomplished a memorable double on the ITF World Junior Tennis Tour J100 event, clinching each the singles and doubles titles as Roundglass Tennis Academy swept the honours on the DLTA Tennis Stadium on Saturday.
Fifth seed Praneel defeated fellow academy participant and third seed Aashravya Mehra 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6) in a hard-fought boys’ singles ultimate. He then paired with Aditya Mor to safe the doubles crown, beating prime seeds Tavish Pahwa and Samarth Sahita 6-4, 6-2 in straight units.
Praneel beat fourth seed Vraj Gohli 6-4, 6-1 within the semifinals earlier than overcoming second seed Aradhya Kshitij 7-6, 3-1 (retd) within the quarterfinals.
Within the second spherical, he defeated Shivtej Sirfule 6-1, 6-3 in straight units and comfortably ousted Rohith Gobinath within the first spherical 6-4, 6-1.
The opposite finalist, Aashravya beat Shaurya Swarup 6-4, 6-3 within the first spherical to arrange a gathering with Mansur Sainov of Kazakhstan within the second spherical. Sainov retired after the primary set, which he misplaced 0-6.
The teenager then bought the higher of Tavish Pahwa 6-3, 6-3 within the quarterfinals and later shocked prime seed Samarth Sahita 7-6, 6-0 within the semifinals.
Within the doubles class, Praneel and Aditya posted a snug 6-2, 6-2 victory over Aahan Mishra and Aum Hiren Thakkar within the first spherical after which bought a walkover in each the quarterfinals and semifinals as each the opponents retired earlier than the match.
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SQUASH
Sanya Vats and Nirupama Dubey to satisfy within the ultimate of Eleventh Sunil Verma Memorial event
Sanya Vats will meet Nirupama Dubey within the girls’s ultimate of the Eleventh Sunil Verma Memorial squash in Thane after the pair took out the highest two seeds within the semifinals on Saturday.
Fifth seed Sanya defeated prime seed Anjali Semwal 11-3, 11-5, 11-7, whereas fourth seed Nirupama beat second seed Shameena Riaz 14-12, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8.
The lads’s ultimate of the PSA Challenger occasion will pit French second seed Maceo Levy towards Egyptian prime seed Yassin Elshafei.
Within the semifinals, Levy beat sixth seed Suraj Kumar Chand 11-9, 11-7, 11-4, whereas Elshafei defeated Malaysian third seed Addeen Idrakie 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 12-10.
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CRICKET
Ladies’’s cricket group for blind meets President Murmu after WC victory
The Indian Blind Ladies’s T20 World Cup-winning group met President Droupadi Murmu on the Rashtrapati Bhavan and introduced her with an autographed cricket bat on Saturday.
The President congratulated the group members on successful the T20 World Cup and mentioned their success would encourage others to scale new heights of their lives and careers.
The President additionally signed a cricket ball introduced by the group on the event.
India had lately received the inaugural T20 Blind Ladies’s World Cup after defeating Nepal within the ultimate in Colombo.
“In a treasured gesture, the President gifted the gamers a specially-autographed cricket ball, together with mementos for every participant, carrying her blessings and finest needs,” mentioned a Cricket Affiliation for the Blind in India launch.
“The go to concluded with a tour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan – a second of awe, pleasure, and celebration for the group.” The group, led by captain Deepika TC, dominated the six-nation event additionally that includes Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, and the US.
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