SHOOTING
Ketan Malik win’s ladies’s 10m air pistol gold in Nationwide Capturing Championship
Haryana’s Ketan Malik overcame a robust subject comprising Paris Olympic double medallist Manu Bhaker and was topped the ladies’s 10m air pistol nationwide champion in New Delhi on Thursday.
Ketan struck gold with 240.0, forward of Meenu Pathak of Delhi, who took silver with 238.4, and Surbhi Rao, who claimed bronze with 219.5.
Within the junior ladies’s class, Vanshika Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh emerged on prime, edging out Anjali Shekhawat by 0.2 for gold, whereas Asian Video games champion Palak Gulia secured bronze, and Military Marksmanship Unit’s Lakshita Bishnoi claimed the youth title after a slim 0.6 victory over Rashmika Sahgal, with Sanskriti Bana finishing the rostrum.
The ultimate adopted an intensive qualification part that noticed over 900 shooters compete throughout 39 relays.
Gulia topped the qualification with 582-24x. She was joined on the prime by Bhaker, who additionally shot 582, ending second on inner-10 depend with 19x.
Ketan certified third with 581-16x, whereas Mohini Singh (580-19x), Anjali Shekhawat (579-22x), Surbhi Rao (579-22x), Anjali Choudhary (579-19x), and Meenu Pathak (579-14x) accomplished the listing of finalists.
Within the remaining, Bhaker completed seventh with 137.2, adopted by Anjali Choudhary on 110.1, whereas Mohini Singh ended fourth with 197.9 and Anjali Shekhawat positioned sixth with 157.5.
-PTI
BADMINTON
Vivaan, Abhimanyu earn wins at Junior State Badminton Championships
Prime seed Vivaan Waingankar and third seed Abhimanyu Sheta scored straight sport wins over Preyansh Juneja and Rushabh Rokade, respectively, within the boys Singles second spherical of the Yonex Dawn Gautam Thakkar Memorial Junior State Badminton Championships on the Bombay Gymkhana.
Whereas Waingankar beat Juneja 15-3, 15-3, Shete acquired the higher of Rushabh Rokade 15-1, 15-8.
In boys U-13 motion, prime seed Shlok Goyal beat Adarsh Gore 15-2, 15-2, whereas third seed Yuvraj Singh acquired the higher of Vinamra Chougule 15-11, 15-4.
Temporary scores
Boys U11 Spherical 32:
Vivaan Waingankar (1) bt Preyansh Juneja15-3,15-3; Abhimanyu Shete (3) bt Rushabh Rokade 15-1, 15-8; Samarth Sagar (6) bt Aditya Nayak 15-3, 15-8; Amey Madhekar bt Yuvaan Shetty (7) 15-13, 9-15, 15-12; Avnish Nevarekar bt Ritvik Malviya 15-10, 15-9
Boys U13 Spherical 64:
Shlok Goyal (1) bt Adarsh Gore 15-2,15-2; Yuvraj Singh (3) bt Vinamra Chougule 15-11, 15-4; Ajinkya Desai (6) bt Fazal Shaikh 15-12, 15-10; Mcdonald Colaco (9) bt Adhvik Warudkar 15-6, 15-5; Darsh Kedia bt Dhanush Shah 15-13, 7-15,15-7; Sanjeet Dachepalli bt Advay Agarwal 7-15, 16-14, 15-9; Yuvaan Shetty bt Harsh Beniwal 15-10, 15-9
– Workforce Sportstar
EQUESTRIAN
Shruti Vora excels in dressage at Asian Continental Championships 2025
India’s Shruti Vora delivered an excellent efficiency on the Asian Continental Championships 2025, clinching three silver medals in equestrian dressage.
Shruti registered a powerful rating of 73.800% aboard her horse, Magnanimous. The occasion was topped by Sarah Rao of China, using Geniaal, who claimed gold with a rating of 79.180, whereas Pakjira Thongpakdi of Thailand, on Samira O, completed with the bronze, scoring 72.505%.
Within the Workforce Dressage Championship, India put forth a constant and decided efficiency to clinch the silver medal, ending with a cumulative rating of 204.059 beneath the steerage of coach Sudhir Singh Ahlawat. The Indian workforce comprised Gaurav Pundir of India on Elector (66.059%), Divyakriti Singh of India on Enhance (67.118%), and Shruti Vora of India on Magnanimous (70.882%). Thailand secured the gold medal with a complete rating of 205.853, whereas Workforce Hong Kong claimed bronze, ending with 203.235.
– Workforce Sportstar
CRICKET
Shiva Shankara’s 67 in useless as India A beat India Seniors
GS Shiva Shankara scored 67 off 43 balls, however his effort went in useless as India A acquired the higher of India Seniors within the third and remaining match of the Bodily Incapacity T20 sequence, right here on Thursday.
India A, who had misplaced each the matches of the sequence right here on the Wankhede Stadium, posted 164 for eight within the third match and restricted the India Seniors facet for 136 in 19.3 overs.
Nonsola Adil claimed 3/40 whereas G. Prashant and Mohammed Sadiq claimed two wicket apiece for the profitable facet.
Temporary scores:
India A 164/8 in 20 overs (Akash Sanap 32, Prasad Chavan 31, Jitendra VN 25; Sunny Goyal 3/17, Imran Khan 2/49) misplaced to India Seniors 136 in 19.3 overs (Shiva Shankara 67, Sunny Goyal 21; Nonsola Adil 3/40, Mohammed Sadiq 2/3, G Prashant 2/15) by 28 runs.
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
CIDCO Open: Patil playing cards 64, transfer into joint lead with Ahlawat
Rohan Dhole Patil produced an distinctive seven-under 64 to maneuver into the joint lead together with Veer Ahlawat after the third spherical of the CIDCO Open in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
Pune’s Patil (70-69-64), looking for his maiden title, eclipsed the earlier course file of 65 set by Ahlawat (65-65-73) in spherical one on the Kharghar Valley Golf Course (KVGC), which is internet hosting its first skilled occasion.
Patil thus jumped 9 spots from his in a single day tied tenth place at the same time as Gurugram-based Veer, the only real chief for the primary two days, held on to his place on the prime of the leaderboard.
The 2 golfers had a three-day whole of 10-under 203.
Subash Tamang (71-68-65) of Nepal, one other participant in search of his first win, additionally made main positive aspects together with his 65 on day three that lifted him seven spots on the leaderboard together with his whole studying nine-under 204.
Italy’s Michele Ortolani (67-66-72) ended the day an additional shot again in fourth place at eight-under 205.
Patil, who trailed the chief by 9 photographs firstly of the third spherical, made regular positive aspects on the front-nine the place he collected three birdies by touchdown it near the pins persistently. The 2 bogeys on the back-nine didn’t derail his spherical as he continued the great work by including an eagle and 4 extra birdies because of his stable chipping and placing. Rohan drained an eagle from 18 toes on the sixteenth.
Ahlawat, the in a single day chief by three photographs, didn’t have one of the best of days with three birdies and 5 bogeys however grinded it out to remain within the lead for the third day working.
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SQUASH
Prime seed Veer Chotrani and second seeded Suraj Chand made a profitable begin on the CCI Western India Squash Event in Mumbai on Thursday.
Chotrani, a pre-tournament favorite, defeated Ayaan Khan 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 to storm into the spherical of 32.
Chand adopted him with a 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 victory over Ajinkya Patil.
Within the boys’ U-15 part, second seed Yusuf Pardiwala beat Arjun Parasrampuria 11-3, 11-7, 11-7 to progress into the quarterfinals.
Within the boys U-17 class, Agastya Bansal overcame Harsh Bansal 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 to progress to the quarterfinals, scheduled for Friday.
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ARCHERY
Dhiraj, Shravari bag gold in Senior Archery Nationwide Championship
Bommadevara Dhiraj (SSCB) clinched the gold medal within the Particular person Olympic Spherical (males) on the Senior Archery Nationwide Championship. He beat Maharashtra’s Parth Sushant Saunkhe (6-0) comprehensively to emerge victorious.
Haryana’s Agastay Singh took the ultimate step of the rostrum.
Within the ladies’s class, Shravari Somnath Shende (Maharashtra) beat Anshika Kumari (Bihar) 6-2 to take dwelling the gold medal, whereas Maharashtra’s Gatha Anandrao Khadake gained the bronze medal.
Within the 70 Meters (General) occasion, Atanu Das (PSPB) emerged victorious with a rating of 684. Tarundeep Rai (Sikkim, 684) and Sukhchain Singh (SSCB, 682) gained the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Amongst ladies, Gatha (673) bagged the gold medal, with Deepika Kumari (PSPB, 668) and Madhvi Chauhan (Uttar Pradesh, 664) finishing the rostrum.
Different outcomes:
Different outcomes: Males’s workforce: Gold: Maharashtra (6-2), Silver: SSCB (2-6), Bronze: RSPB (4(28)-4(27)); Girls’s workforce: Gold: Maharashtra (5-3), Silver: Jharkhand (3-5), Bronze: Uttar Pradesh (5-3); Combined workforce: Gold: RSPB (5-3), Silver: Jharkhand (3-5), Bronze: Bihar (5-1).
-Anirudh Velamuri
Printed on Dec 18, 2025