TABLE TENNIS
India crashed out of the 2025 ITTF Combined Crew World Cup after a 5-8 loss to Australia within the third and ultimate group stage match in Chengdu, China on Tuesday.
India has did not register a single tie win within the event, a dismal outcome for an ecosystem with promising expertise. Its earlier losses got here in opposition to Japan and Croatia.
India has by no means superior previous the group stage on this competitors, a worrying signal given the occasion is now a part of the roster for the 2028 LA Olympics.
RESULTS
Manav Thakkar and Swastika Ghosh beat Hwan Bae and Constantina Psihogios 2-1 (11-6, 2-11, 11-7).
Yashaswini Ghorpade misplaced to Yangzi Liu 1-2 (12-10, 3-11, 8-11).
Sathiyan Gnanadeskaran misplaced to Finn Luu 1-2 (10-12, September 11, 11-0).
Manika Batra and Diya Chitale misplaced to Constantina Psihogios and Yangzi Liu 1-2 (11-8, 7-11, 8-11).
Akash Pal and Payas Jan misplaced to Hwan Bae and Finn Luu 0-1 (September 11)
OTHERS
Vikramaditya Chaufla beats Russian veteran on solution to Indian Racketlon Open title
India captain Vikramaditya Chaufla waded via a aggressive worldwide area to carry the Willingdon Indian Racketlon Open trophy.
Chaufla, who has a number of World Championship medals to his title, needed to dig deep to get the higher of compatriot Animesh Kejriwal within the ultimate of the B class held over the weekend. The ultimate scoreline learn 21–18, 21–10, 10–21, 19–18 in Chaufla’s favour.
The semifinal in opposition to Russian veteran Dmitry Dubovenko was an absorbing battle of attrition earlier than the Indian prevailed 9–21, 21–16, 21–16, 21–17. Racketlon is a quick rising sport the place the rivals are required to play 4 racket sports activities: desk tennis, badminton, tennis and squash.
The event — a world Tremendous World Tour occasion — was hosted alongside the World Tour Finals that includes the world’s high eight women and men.
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SQUASH
Senthilkumar, Anahat transfer into quarterfinals of HCL Squash Indian Tour 4
Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the reigning males’s and girls’s nationwide champions respectively, cruised into the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 in Chennai on Tuesday with scientific victories on the Indian Squash Academy.
World No. 46 Senthilkumar dismantled Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, whereas Delhi teenager Anahat, ranked 29 on the earth, eased previous Tamara Holzbauerova (Czech Republic) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 within the pre-quarterfinals after the Indian high seeds obtained first-round byes.
Former ladies’s world No. 10 Joshna Chinappa, ladies’s sixth seed Tanvi Khanna and males’s second seed Veer Chotrani had been the opposite Indians who made it to the last-eight.
The outcomes
Males: Adam Hawal (Egy) bt 8-Addeen Idrakie (Mas) 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5; 2-Veer Chotrani bt Suraj Kumar Chand 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; 5-Diego Gobbi (Bra) bt Diwakar Singh 11-4, 12-10, 11-4; 3-Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) bt Louai Hafez (Sui) 11-6, 11-9, 11-2; 4-Ibrahim Elkabbani (Egy) bt Manuel Paquemar (Fra) September 11, 11-3, 11-1, 5-11, 11-9; 7-Maceo Levy (Fra) bt Matteo Carrouget (Fra) September 11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-1; 6-Joseph White (Aus) bt Yash Fadte 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; 1-Velavan Senthilkumar bt Ravindu Laksiri (SL) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.
Ladies: 2-Nardine Garas (Egy) bt Sanya Vats 11-2, September 11, 11-5, 11-6; Joshna Chinappa bt 7-Ella Jane Lash (NZ) 11-5, 11-8, 11-4; 6-Tanvi Khanna bt Cristina Tartarone (Ita) 12-10, 11-6, 11-6; 4-Nga Ching Cheng (HK) bt Rathika Suthanthira Seelan 11-8, 11-5, 11-3; 3-Hayley Ward (RSA) bt Karina Tyma (Pol) 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10; 5-Ching Hei Fung (HK) bt Fereshteh Eghtedari (Iri) 11-8, 11-5, 11-7; 1-Anahat Singh bt Tamara Holzbauerova (Cze) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; 8-Akari Midorikawa (Jpn) bt Nirupama Dubey 11-2, 12-10, 11-2.
-Crew Sportstar
KIUG 2025: 4 meet data tumble in athletics; Surbhi Rao win ladies’s 10m pistol gold
Chandigarh College’s Rahul (males’s 20km race stroll) and Deepika (ladies’s Javelin Throw), Ruchir Mori (males’s 400m hurdles) of Swarnim Gujarat Sports activities College, Pretty Skilled College’s Pooja (Ladies’s Excessive Bounce) broke the KIUG Meet Report on second day of athletics competitors within the Khelo India College Video games Rajasthan 2025 on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Tuesday.
Within the morning session, Rahul led the 20km Race Stroll from begin to finish to cease the clock at 1:25:43.00s, bettering on the earlier file of 1:26:44.00 set by Akshdeep Singh of Punjabi College again in 2022. Suraj Yadav of Jannayak Chandrashekhar College took silver with a time of 1:30.06.50s whereas the opposite two rivals had been disqualified.
Later within the day, Ruchir Mori of Swarnim Gujarat Sports activities College improved on the sooner KIUG mark of 51.76s held by Amarnath D of Rani Channamma by stopping the clock at 51.00s. Since he was the one runner within the occasion, the file will maintain however he won’t be awarded the gold medal.
Jyoti then cleared a peak of 1.77m to win the Excessive Bounce gold, bettering on the earlier KIUG file of Gracena Merly by a metre. Khyati Mathur (1.71m) of Guru Kashi College bagged the silver whereas Giji George Stephen (1.68m) of Anna College received the bronze medal.
Deepika then joined the checklist of file breakers, hurling the javelin to a distance of 55.53m to clinch the gold medal. The sooner file was held by Jyoti of Chaudhary Devi Lal College with a distance of 53.16m.
Final version KIUG champions Chandigarh College clinched 11 gold medals, together with seven in Canoe & Kayaking on Tuesday, to take their gold medal tally to 22. Pretty Skilled College additionally received two gold medals in athletics to consolidate their third spot with 23 gold medals.
On the Jagatpura Capturing Vary, Surbhi Rao of Chandigarh College clinched the ladies’s 10m Air Pistol gold with a complete of 238.9. Vani Kaushal of Manav Racha College bagged the silver with a rating of 237.6 whereas the bronze went to Lakshita of Pretty Skilled College with a rating of 216.8.
The lads’s hockey ultimate shall be performed between Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidhyapith after they registered an identical victories within the semifinals.
Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya defeated Bengaluru Metropolis College 2-0 whereas Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith bought the higher of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal College 2-0.
RESULTS
ATHLETICS
Ladies
400m Hurdles: Gold – Dikshita Ramkumar Gouda (Mangalore College) 1:01.15s; Silver – Megha Munavallimath (Karnatak College) 1:01.24s; Bronze – Asha (Chaudhary Ranbir Singh College) 1:07.48s
1500m: Gold – Nikita Sharma (Chandigarh College) 4:33.61s; Silver – Anita (Pretty Skilled College) 4:34.97s; Bronze – Amandeep Kaur (Panjab College) 4:39.36s
20k Stroll: Gold – Komal (Pretty Skilled College) 1:43:54.60s; Silver – Gayatri Chaudhari (Savitribai Phule Pune College) 1:46:08.40s; Bronze – Mahima Choudhary (College of Madras) 2:02:11.20s
Excessive Bounce: Gold – Pooja (Pretty Skilled College) 1.77 (meet file); Silver – Khyati Mathur (Guru Kashi College) 1:71m; Bronze – Giji George Stephen (Anna College) 1.68m
Javelin Throw: Gold—Deepika (Chandigarh College) 55.53m (meet file); Silver – Jyoti (Guru Kashi College) 51.70s; Bronze – Saloni (Kurukshetra College) 47.27m
Males
400m Hurdles: Ruchir Mori (Swarnim Gujarat Sports activities College) 51.00s (meet file)
1500m: Gold – Arjun Waskale (LNCT College) 4:05.92s; Silver – Nabeel Sahi MP (College of Calicut) 4:07.42s; Bronze – Gaurav (MJP Rohilkhand College) 4:11.56
20k Stroll: Gold – Rahul (Chandigarh College) 1:25:43.00 (Meet Report); Silver – Suraj Yadav (Jannayak Chandrashekhar College) 1:30.06.50s
Lengthy Bounce: Gold – Urvish Pokhriyal (College of Mumbai) 7.54m; Silver – Anurag CV (College of Kerala) 7.39m; Bronze – Aman Singh (Himachal Pradesh College) 7.29m
Decathlon: Gold – Chamanjot Singh (Mangalore College) 6263 pts; Silver – Sudharshan M (College of Madras) 6187; Bronze – Lokesh Rathod (Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevraya College) 4885
4x400m Combined Relay: Gold – Panjab College 3:29.86s; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev College 3:31.58s; Bronze – College of Mumbai 3:32.98s
CANOE AND KAYAKING
Ladies
C1: Gold – Moirangthem Sophia Devi (Chandigarh Uni) 05:18.636s; Silver – Nikki (Panjab Uni) 05:28.250s; Bronze – Priya Chavan (Shivaji Uni) 06:09.342s
C2: Gold – Chandigarh College 4:54.300s; Silver – Guru Kashi College 5:21.785s; Bronze – Kurukshetra College 5:40.089s
K1: Gold – Pooja (Chandigarh College) 04:40.852s; Silver – Nidhi (Barkatullah Uni) 04:46.875s; Bronze – Kulsum (Panjab College) 04:47.375s
K2: Gold – Chandigarh College 04:47.359s; Silver – Panjab College 04:55.106s; Bronze – Barkatullah College 05:01.486s
K4: Gold – Chandigarh College 04:15.978s; Silver – Panjab College 04:41.519s; Bronze – Shivaji College 05:02.304
Males
C1: Savio Jose (Uni of Kerala) 04:44.346s; Silver – Vishu Kumar (Panjab Uni) 04:50.073s; Bronze – Rajeev Kumar (LPU) 04:50.159s
C2: Gold – Chandigarh College 04:01.336s; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev College 04:02.663s; Bronze – College of Kerala 04:10.653
K1: Gold – Vansh Sharma (Mohanlal Sukhadia Uni) 4:02.3296s; Silver – Alan Reji (Uni of Kerala) 4:10.0815s; Bronze – Vishal Goswami (LPU) 4:28.2832s
K2: Gold – Guru Nanak Dev College 03:42.081s; Silver – Chandigarh College 03:44.411s; Bronze – Guru Kashi College 03:48.272s
K4: Gold – Chandigarh College 03:20.207s; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev College 03:26.374s; Bronze – Guru Kashi College 03:27.977.
FOOTBALL (Semifinals)
Males: College of Calicut bt Adamas College 2-0; Guru Nanak Dev College bt Mahatma Gandhi College Kottayam 3-1
HOCKEY (semifinal)
Males: Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya bt Bengaluru Metropolis College 2-0; Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith bt Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal College 2-0
SHOOTING
Ladies
10m Air Pistol: Gold – Surbhi Rao (Chandigarh College) 238.9; Silver – Vani Kaushal (Manav Rachna College) 237.6; Bronze – Lakshita (Pretty Skilled College) 216.8
10m Air Pistol Crew: Gold – Chaudhary Charan Singh College 1686; Silver – Pretty Skilled College 1672; Bronze – Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College) 1664
TABLE TENNIS (Quarterfinals)
Ladies: Adamas College bt SRM College 3-0; Panjab College bt College of Calcutta 3-2;
Males: Chitkara College bt SRM College 3-1; Adamas College bt CT College, Ludhiana 3-1; Chandigarh College bt Veer Narmad South Gujarat College 3-1; Jain College bt College of Calcutta 3-2
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Teen prodigy Veer Ganapathy takes 3-shot lead in IGPL Ahmedabad
Teenaged rookie Veer Ganapathy brushed apart the frustration of lacking the reduce final week by grabbing sole lead on the IGPL Invitational with a masterful spherical of 8-under 64 right here on Tuesday.
Veer, son of Rahul Ganapathy, former India No. 1 who additionally received skilled titles earlier than turning a coach, confirmed what he has learnt from his father with a bogey-free spherical.
The long-hitting teen had six birdies and an eagle to take a three-shot lead over particular invitee Santiago de la Fuentes of Mexico at Glade One Resort.
Ganapathy missed the reduce on the Bharath Basic sanctioned by Asian Tour and the IGPL. As an alternative of being upset, he labored on his sport for greater prizes.
“I knew I had the sport and one way or the other it didn’t come collectively at Kensville. This week I used to be decided and right this moment all components of the sport labored, and I hope to proceed in the identical vein,” stated Veer, who’s coached by his father.
Veer birdied the second after which added two extra on the sixth and the eighth and capped it with an eagle two on the Par-4 ninth to show in 5-under 31.
On the again, he birdied the eleventh and had back-to-back positive aspects on the thirteenth and the 14th. He parred the final 4, although he may have picked one other shot or two. However he additionally had a few good saves.
Santiago, winner of the 2024 Latin America Newbie Championship, which gave him a spot at three Majors — the Masters, the US Open and the Open –, confirmed why he’s seen as a prodigious younger star.
The 24-year-old, who studied at Houston, opened with 4 bridies in a row. He added two extra in opposition to one bogey on the again 9 for a 67, which had him second.
Sachin Baisoya, who lit up Kensville with a 10-under ultimate day present, was 6-under when he got here to the 18th, however he double bogeyed it and fell to 4-under and was tied third with the tall Harshjeet Singh Sethie and Mysuru golfer, Yashas Chandra, who had 5 birdies and a bogey.
SSP Chawrasia gave glimpses of his greatness as he was tied fifth with Pune IGPL winner, Kapil Kumar at 3-under.
Kartik Singh, Filipino Justin Quiban, additionally an invitee this week, Indian American Manav Shah and Asian Growth Tour winner Karandeep Kochhar had been tied eighth with 2-under playing cards.
Additionally tied at eighth had been Aalaap IL and Raghav Chugh with scores 70 every.
Gaganjeet Bhullar, returning to golf and IGPL after a break to attend household issues, landed a gap in a single on the Par-3 twelfth. He had three bogeys on the entrance 9, however two birdies and an ace noticed him end a 1-under and in a tie for 14th place with IGPL Jamshedpur winner, Pukhraj Singh Gill.
Additionally tied at 14th was Ridhima Dilawari, who was the highest girl participant on Day One with 1-under 71 as solely 16 gamers completed below par for the day.
-PTI
PICKLEBALL
IPBL: Chennai Tremendous Warriors keep excellent, Capital Warriors Gurgaon seal first win
Chennai Tremendous Warriors continued its flawless run with a commanding 4–2 win over Hyderabad Royals, whereas Capital Warriors Gurgaon clinched its first victory of the season in a heart-stopping grand rally end in opposition to Bengaluru Blasters within the Indian Pickleball League in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Lucknow Leopards, in the meantime, staged a spirited comeback to earn a dramatic 3–3 draw in opposition to Mumbai Smashers on a high-voltage Day 2 of the IPBL.
Each Hyderabad Royals and Chennai Tremendous Warriors got here unbeaten within the day’s opening tie, and the depth confirmed from the primary serve. Divyanshu Kataria and Mitch Hargreaves set the tone with a gripping opener, Kataria main 14–11 earlier than Hargreaves stormed again to steal it 15–14.
Chennai carried that momentum into the lads’s doubles, the place Hargreaves and Harsh Mehta edged Kataria and Ben Newell 15–13 after frantic kitchen-line rallies. Roos van Reek then took cost, overwhelming Megan Fudge 15–7 within the ladies’s singles earlier than pairing with Aaliya Ebrahim to shut the ladies’s doubles 15–11.
Hyderabad salvaged satisfaction within the Grand Rally, taking it 21–16 after main all through, however Chennai stayed excellent with two wins in two days. Van Reek (Chennai) and Kataria (Hyderabad) had been named Gamers of the Tie.
Lucknow Leopards and Mumbai Smashers then delivered one of many season’s most dramatic contests. DUPR World No. 3 Quang Duong opened with a commanding 15–8 win over Aditya Ruhela, earlier than Lucknow hit again as Ryler DeHeart and Himansh Mehta edged the lads’s doubles 15–13.
Allison Harris then claimed a golden-point thriller over Shelby Bates, and the ladies’s doubles supplied a uncommon second as sisters Pearl and Naomi Amalsadiwala confronted off, with Pearl and Harris giving Mumbai a 3–1 lead.
However Lucknow refused to depart empty-handed, storming the Grand Rally 21–15 to salvage a 3–3 draw. Duong and Harris had been named Gamers of the Tie.
Blasters and Capital Warriors reserved one of the best for the final, delivering a 4-2 thriller that left the followers on the sting of their seats. The tie started with Phuc Huynh’s sensational 15–3 demolition of Jack Munro earlier than Huynh and Arjun Singh doubled the lead with a 15–11 win within the males’s doubles.
Gurgaon got here again as Emilia Schmidt claimed the ladies’s singles after which paired with Naimi Mehta to stage the tie, establishing a wide ranging Grand Rally that swung level for level till Stavya Bhasin’s clutch backhand winner sealed a shocking 21–20 golden level victory for Gurgaon. Huynh and Schmidt claimed the Gamers of the Tie honours.
Recreation day 3 will see Bengaluru open in opposition to Mumbai Smashers earlier than Capital Warriors tackle league chief Chennai Tremendous Warriors. Lucknow Leopards will face Hyderabad Royals within the day’s ultimate tie.
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Printed on Dec 02, 2025