SHOOTING
Lakshita, Sharvan win air pistol combined staff gold in Nationals
The Military pair of Lakshita Bishnoi and Sharvan Kumar produced a commanding efficiency as they overcome the problem from Haryana’s Suruchi Singh and Samrat Rana to clinch the 10m air pistol combined staff gold within the Nationwide Taking pictures Championships right here on Saturday.
Laskhita and Sharvan defeated the India staff regulars 16–10 to seal the title.
Lakshita (290) and Sharvan (292) aggregated 582 to qualify for the gold medal match together with the Haryana duo, who additionally got here up with an equivalent rating of 582 however with fewer ‘interior 10s’.
Suruchi, who not too long ago received the ladies’s particular person gold on the World Cup Ultimate in Doha shot 293, whereas world champion Samrat Rana added 289.
Rajasthan certified in third with 576 (Anjali Shekhawat’s 288, Amit Sharma’s 288), whereas Railways took the fourth spot with 576 (Sakshi Anil Suryavanshi 289, Saurabh Chaudhary’s 287).
Within the bronze-medal match, Rajasthan claimed the bronze after Anjali and Amit defeated Sakshi and Saurabh 17–13.
Karnataka’s Jonathan Gavin Antony and Avanthika Madhu took the junior combined staff gold with a commanding 17–11 win over Haryana’s Kapil Bainsla and Palak Gulia.
The Karnataka pair managed the match from the early phases to transform their qualification consistency into gold..
Madhya Pradesh secured the bronze medal with Aaradhya Mishra and Yugpratap Singh Rathore registered a dominant 16–2 victory over Uttarakhand’s Abhinav Deshwal and Yashsavi Joshi.
Earlier within the junior qualification spherical, the Haryana duo topped the standings with a rating of 580 (Palak 292, Kapil 288). Karnataka adopted intently with 580 (Jonathan 292, Avanthika 288) to qualify for the gold-medal match.
Uttarakhand have been positioned third with 579 (Abhinav 290, Yashsavi 289), whereas Madhya Pradesh accomplished the highest 4 with 574 (Yugpratap 288-9, Aaradhya 286).
Within the youth class, Madhya Pradesh’s Aaradhya and Yugpratap capped a robust exhibiting by clinching gold with a decisive 16–8 victory over Karnataka’s Gamberya Gowda and Darren Daybreak..
The bronze medal went to the Military with Himanshi Jangra and Pawan Mandiwal defeating Uttar Pradesh’s Chirag Sharma and Urva Chaudhary 16–12.
– PTI
SQUASH
Chotrani, Suraj lengthen successful run in Western India Squash
Veer Chotrani and Suraj Chand received their respective matches to increase with their successful run within the CCI Western India Squash match right here Friday.
Whereas Chotrani defeated Rounak Yadav 11-7, 11-2, 11-5, the second seeded Suraj Chand needed to work exhausting for a 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 victory over Hridhaan Shah.
“I loved my time on the court docket. I often don’t play early within the morning, however it was a whole lot of enjoyable. I’m wanting ahead to the upcoming challenges,” Chotrani mentioned.
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GOLF
Ahlawat playing cards strong last spherical 67 to win CIDCO Open
Veer Ahlawat introduced all his expertise to the fore, carding a four-under 67 on the ultimate day to emerge because the champion on the Rs 1 crore CIDCO Open on Friday.
The Gurugram golfer (65-65-73-67), who was on the high of the leaderboard for the primary three days, being the only chief within the first two rounds and the joint chief after the third spherical, emerged victorious by three pictures at a complete of 14-under 270.
Six-foot four-inch tall Ahlawat, the 2024 PGTI Order of Benefit champion, secured his second title of 2025 and sixth win general, which earned him the successful cheque value Rs 15 lakh and propelled him from 18th to eleventh place within the 2025 PGTI Rating.
Pune’s Rohan Dhole Patil (70-69-64-70), the in a single day joint chief, got here up with a final spherical of 70 to complete runner-up at a complete of 11-under 273 and thus document his greatest end on the PGTI.
Rohan collected a cheque value Rs 10 lakh that pushed him up from forty second to thirty second within the PGTI Rating.
Gurugram’s Manu Gandas (68-68-70-68) and Italy’s Michele Ortolani (67-66-72-69) completed tied third at 10-under 274.
Ravi Kumar of Chandigarh made the third hole-in-one of the match throughout his last spherical of 71. Ravi aced the thirteenth gap. He totalled four-under 280 to say tied ninth place at four-under 280.
Ahlawat, who gained useful worldwide expertise by taking part in on the DP World Tour within the 2025 season because of his PGTI Order of Benefit win final 12 months, mentioned, “I began off nicely as we speak however then made some errors until the tenth. I then bought on a roll from the eleventh onwards.
“Regardless of the powerful stretch within the center, I used to be quietly assured as a result of I knew at the back of my thoughts that I had performed nicely in such tight conditions earlier than. I knew that after I introduced my ‘A’ recreation out, I’d be exhausting to beat.”
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Shubhankar drops late pictures on powerful circumstances to lie T71 at AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma endured a combined opening spherical, carding a two-over 74 to be tied 71st after dropping late bogeys on the AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open.
Sharma, who completed runner-up within the Q-Faculty to regain standing on the DP World Tour, gave the impression to be coping nicely with the difficult winds, which have been accompanied by rain on the extremely difficult La Reserve Hyperlinks, which is internet hosting the occasion for the second time.
Sharma was 1-under by way of 13 holes when he actually hit a tough patch with a bogey adopted by a double bogey to drop three pictures in two holes.
Total, Sharma had three birdies, three bogeys, all of which got here on Par-5s, and a double bogey on the sixteenth, the place he failed to come back out of the tough together with his first try.
The course stored asking questions and stored demanding skilful play, and the golfers, for his or her half, tried to supply solutions as greatest as they may. Solely 33 golfers performed below par.
South Africa’s Casey Jarvis and Scotland’s Scott Jamieson rose to the highest for the shared clubhouse lead with rounds of five-under-par 67 every.
They’re one stroke away from six gamers, together with 2017 AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open champion Dylan Frittelli, who that 12 months beat Arjun Atwal of India in a play-off.
The others in a tie for third included Herman Loubser, at the moment second on the Sunshine Tour Order of Benefit; a number of DP World Tour winners Frenchman Alexander Levy, South African Brandon Stone, American Ryan Gerard, and Spaniard Manuel Elvira. The six-man pack shot 4-under 68 every.
Final week’s winner at Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks, Jayden Schaper, Swede Joakim Lagergren, Norwegian Andreas Halvorsen and South African MJ Daffue had completed their opening spherical in 69 every.
-PTI
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