GOLF
Karandeep pips Ganapathy and Pukhraj for maiden IGPL win in Dubai
Karandeep Kochhar on Thursday shot a 3rd straight 3-under 69 to finish his anticipate a maiden title on the IGPL Tour with a hard-earned victory on the IGPL Invitational UAE.
Kochhar pipped younger Veer Ganapathy and Pukhraj Singh to the put up on the Els Membership in Dubai on the Shiv Kapur-hosted occasion, the tenth IGPL meet of the inaugural season.
Kochhar, a latest winner on the Asian Improvement Tour, made up for his runner-up end on the IGPL Invitational Kolkata, whilst Ganapathy’s anticipate a primary professional win continued.
Kochhar totalled 9-under, whereas Ganapathy, who was seemingly coasting to a win, was left ruing a expensive triple bogey on Par-4 14th gap on the again 9. He shot even par 72 and completed one shot behind Kochhar.
Additionally ending tied second was Pukhraj, the winner of IGPL Jamshedpur. He shot 2-under 70, and like Ganapathy, was left at 8-under and one behind the winner.
Pranavi Urs, the history-maker at IGPL Mumbai, was sole fourth. She shot 1-under 71 and totalled 7-under for the 54 holes.
-PTI
FOOTBALL
IWL to start out on December 20 in Kolkata
The Indian Ladies’s League 2025-26 will kick off on December 20 on the Nationwide Centre of Excellence (NCoE) in Kolkata, with Sethu FC taking up Kickstart FC within the opening match.
The IWL might be performed in two phases, with the primary one stretching from December 20 to January 9, 2026, throughout which the eight groups will play 28 matches, the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) stated on Thursday.
The NCoE in Kolkata and the Kalyani Municipal Stadium in Kalyani are the 2 venues for the league, which is being held in two centralised venues this season.
The second part of the IWL is ready to be held from April 20 to Might 10, 2026, thus permitting participant availability for the senior and U20 girls’s nationwide groups, which can take part of their respective AFC Ladies’s Asian Cups classes subsequent yr.
The hole between phases one and two additionally permits the three nationwide groups ample time to have preparatory camps forward of the continental campaigns, the AIFF stated.
-PTI
CHESS
Nandhidhaa maintains lead at Nationwide girls’s chess championship
Defending champion P.V. Nandhidhaa maintained her sole lead after beating Arshiya Das within the ninth spherical of the Nationwide girls’s chess championship at Durgapur on Thursday. She is on 8.5 factors, half-a-point greater than Shubhi Gupta, who defeated G. Shivamshika.
Mary Ann Gomes is in third place with 7.5 factors, adopted half-a-point behind by Srishti Pandey with two rounds stay.
Outcomes
P.V. Nandhidhaa 8.5 bt Arshiya Das 6.5; Shubhi Gupta 8 bt G. Shivasmshika 6.5; Mary Ann Gomes 7.5 bt Ganta Kheerthi 6; Srishti Pandey 7 bt Arpita Mukherjee 6; V. Varshini 6.5 drew with Sakshi Chitlange 6; Ananya Raman 5.5 misplaced to Velpula Sarayu 6.5; Rebecca Jesumarian 6 drew with Srija Seshadri 5.5; Kalyani Sirin 6.5 bt Saparya Ghosh 5.5; Sneha Halder 5.5 misplaced to V.C. Nivedita 6.5; Nisha Mohota 6.5 bt Maitreyi Mondal 5.5.
-P.Okay. Ajith Kumar
SWIMMING
Abdul Quadir Indori baggage two gold medals at Asian Youth Para Video games
India swimmer Abdul Quadir Indori clinched the gold within the 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke occasions on the opening day of the Asian Youth Para Video games in Dubai.
Indori dominated the pool with distinctive ability and dedication, standing on high of the rostrum twice on Wednesday.
The opening ceremony of the Asian Youth Para Video games was additionally held on Wednesday with nice enthusiasm, cultural performances, and participation from younger para athletes representing numerous Asian nations.
-PTI
TABLE TENNIS
WTT Finals 2025: Manush, Diya sink to second straight loss in Hong Kong
The Indian desk tennis blended doubles pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale suffered a second successive loss on the 2025 WTT Finals in Hong Kong, shedding 2-3 to native favorite Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem on Thursday.
The world no.9 ranked pair conceded the opening video games 7-11 and 3-11 respectively, however valiantly fought again to win the subsequent two video games 11-4 and 12-10 to drive a decider.
The Indians loved a 4-1 lead at one level however misplaced the plot, permitting their opponents to win 10 factors in a row to droop to a 4-11 loss.
Manush and Diya — the primary Indians to qualify for the season-ending occasion — have misplaced each their group 1 fixtures and are positioned on the backside of the four-team standings, making their subsequent fixture towards China’s Lin Shidong and Kuai Man to remain alive within the event.
-Group Sportstar
Printed on Dec 11, 2025