BADMINTON
Unnati, Tanvi advance in Senior Nationals
Girls’s prime seed Unnati Hooda, World Junior Championships silver medallists Tanvi Sharma, Aakarshi Kashyap, and upcoming junior Rounak Chauhan registered convincing wins to advance within the 87th Senior Nationwide Badminton Championships in Vijayawada on Wednesday.
Unnati, who had a bye within the first spherical, hammered wildcard entrant Akanksha Matte 21-8, 21-18 whereas Tanvi started her marketing campaign with a 21-10, 21-14 win over Asian Beneath-15 women singles gold medallist Shaina Manimuthu.
Additionally advancing to the following spherical have been the skilled Aakarshi, who defeated Asian Beneath-17 championships silver medallist Lakshya Rajesh 21-7, 21-9. Ashmita Chaliha obtained the higher of Kavya Marvaniya 21-7, 21-11.
sixteenth seed Purva Barve was the one seeded participant to chunk the mud as she went down 21-19, 17-21, 18-21 in opposition to M Meghana Reddy within the spherical of 64.
Within the males’s singles occasion, eleventh seed Chauhan defeated Ranveer Singh 21-9, 21-13 whereas twelfth seed D.S. Saneeth beat Ankit Mondal 21-7, 21-11 to guide their spots within the subsequent spherical.
Guwahati Masters Tremendous 100 champions Sanskar Saraswat additionally started his marketing campaign in fashion with a 21-11, 21-13 win over Shikhar Rallan.
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GOLF
Tata Open golf to tee off in Jamshedpur on Thursday
Over 100 professionals will probably be vying for prime honor within the season-ending Tata Open golf event which is able to tee off right here on Thursday.
The Rs 2 crore prize cash occasion can have a subject of 126 professionals competing on the Beldih and Golmuri golf programs.
The highest 50 gamers and ties will make the minimize after two rounds.
The event will characteristic a few of the prime Indian professionals corresponding to 2025 PGTI Order of Advantage champion Yuvraj Sandhu, 2024 PGTI Order of Advantage champion Veer Ahlawat, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Arjun Prasad, Manu Gandas, Angad Cheema, Om Prakash Chouhan (former champion), Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi and Chikkarangappa, to call just a few.
– PTI
Aryan retains lead regardless of rocky begin on second day at IGPL Invitational Sri Lanka
Aryan Roopa Anand grinded it out after a rocky begin that noticed him drop two bogeys within the first 4 holes of the second day of the IGPL Invitational Sri Lanka, the ultimate occasion of the inaugural season of the IGPL Tour.
In a single day chief Aryan stayed within the lead at 11-under with native beginner Kaya Daluwatte and India’s seasoned S.S.P. Chawrasia tied second at 10-under, whereas Jeev Milkha Singh, 4 instances winner on the European and Japan Excursions, was fourth.
Gaganjeet Bhullar (67-67), winner of 11 Asian Tour titles, essentially the most by any Indian, was tied fifth with former Asian Tour winner, Chiragh Kumar (71-63), IGPL’s Order of Advantage contender, Aman Raj (66-68) and rookie professional, Veer Ganapathy (67-67). They have been 8-under after 36 holes.
Chiragh had the day’s greatest card of 8-under 63, which included 4 birdies in a row from the fifth to the eighth after which 4 extra within the final seven holes. Total, he had 9 birdies and one bogey. “That was the perfect I’ve performed in a very long time, since attempting to come back again from a collection of significant accidents,” mentioned Chiragh.
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KABADDI
Rohtak Royals appoints Surender Nada as head coach forward of inaugural Kabaddi Champions League
Rohtak Royals on Wednesday introduced the appointment of Surender Nada as its head coach forward of the inaugural season of the Kabaddi Champions League (KCL).
Nada, a revered determine in Indian kabaddi, brings a wealth of expertise, management, and tactical acumen to the Royals.
“I’m honoured to tackle the accountability of Head Coach for Rohtak Royals,” Nada mentioned in a launch.
“This staff represents a area with a deep-rooted kabaddi tradition, and I’m excited to work carefully with the gamers to construct a aggressive unit that performs fearless and clever kabaddi.
“The Kabaddi Champions League is a superb platform, and our aim will probably be to set excessive requirements from the very first season.” Nada, extensively thought to be one of many best defenders, has been a key contributor to India’s success, successful gold medals on the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, the 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championship, the 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters, and the 2019 South Asian Video games.
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Printed on Dec 24, 2025