Indian sports activities wrap, February 13: Karnataka blind cricket staff topped nationwide champion, 72-The League public sale on Monday

GOLF

Avani Prashanth prime Indian at Twenty second in Riyadh

A stable spherical of four-under 68 lifted Avani Prashanth to Tied-Twenty second with one spherical remaining within the PIF Saudi Women Worldwide Championship at Riyadh Golf Membership.

Avani (69-71-68) had 5 birdies in opposition to one bogey and has an opportunity to make additional enchancment.

Her different two Indian colleagues, Aditi Ashok (72-69-71) was T-54, whereas Pranavi Urs (73-69-71) was T-57.

The opposite two Indians, Diksha Dagar and Hitaashee Bakshi had missed the minimize.

First spherical chief, Hye-Jinn Choi of Korea returned to the highest with a spherical of 65 and she or he is now 15-under and tied with Japan’s Rio Takeda (69-66-66).

South African Cassandra Alexander (67-67-68) is sole third, whereas second spherical chief Mimi Rhodes slipped to T-13 with a card of even par 72 and she or he is 11-under.

-PTI

170 golfers, 60 contracts: PGTI’s 72-The League public sale set for Monday

The league, which was launched by PGTI in partnership with Sport of Life Sports activities (GOLS), will start on February 21, with the finals scheduled on March 6.
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As many as 170 skilled golfers from 11 nations will go underneath the hammer in New Delhi on Monday for the inaugural ‘72 The League,’ a flagship league of the Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI).

A complete of 60 spots might be up for grabs for golfers within the league, as every of the six franchises will decide 10 for his or her respective groups, for a complete public sale purse of ₹6 crore.

The league, which was launched by PGTI in partnership with Sport of Life Sports activities (GOLS), will start on February 21, with the finals scheduled on March 6.

For the public sale, the 170 golfers who’ve put up their names might be graded into three classes—Platinum, Gold, and Silver.

The highest 30 amongst them, in line with the PGTI’s 2025 Order of Benefit, might be within the Platinum class, whereas Gold will comprise gamers from the thirty first to sixtieth positions, and the remainder of the golfers might be within the Silver class.

The inaugural season will happen throughout three of the Delhi NCR’s most prestigious golf venues—Traditional Golf Nation Membership, Jaypee Greens, and Qutab Golf Course.

The league will function a fast-paced match-play format, designed particularly for tv and digital platforms.

-Press Belief of India

CRICKET

Karnataka topped nationwide champion in blind cricket

In one of the electrifying finishes in Indian blind cricket historical past, Karnataka was topped nationwide champion after a jaw-dropping Tremendous Over victory by only one run in opposition to Delhi within the grand finale of the eighth version of the IndusInd Financial institution Nagesh Trophy on the Tau Devi Lal Stadium.

The match was organised underneath the aegis of the Cricket Affiliation for the Blind in India (CABI) and powered by the relentless efforts of Samarthanam Belief for the Disabled.

-Workforce Sportstar

PARA SWIMMING

MP’s Satendra Singh Lohiya turns into first Asian para-swimmer to cross Cook dinner Strait

India’s Satendra Singh Lohiya has turn into the primary Asian para-swimmer to cross the Cook dinner Strait in New Zealand.

The 38-year-old Lohiya, who hails from the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.

“Historic Achievement — Cook dinner Strait New Zealand Victory. One of many world’s most difficult sea routes, Cook dinner Strait, New Zealand, after efficiently crossing it with my staff, in the present day I really feel deeply emotional and immensely proud….for the primary time in Asia, a differently-abled swimmer has crossed the Cook dinner Strait,” Lohiya posted on social media on Friday.

The para swimmer, in line with officers, arrived in New Zealand within the third week of January and started coaching within the extraordinarily chilly waters of the Strait to organize for the try.

Lohiya swam for 23.6km in 9 hours and 22 minutes to perform the feat, officers stated.

“Padma Shri and Tenzing Norgay Nationwide Journey Awardee, Madhya Pradesh’s worldwide para swimmer Shri @SatendraSLohiya, has created historical past by efficiently crossing New Zealand’s Cook dinner Strait, one of many hardest sea channels on this planet,” stated Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.

“With this outstanding achievement, he turns into the primary para swimmer from Asia to beat the Cook dinner Strait. I prolong my heartfelt congratulations to him on this extraordinary feat.

“This proud second for the nation and for Madhya Pradesh displays his indomitable spirit and unwavering dedication, which can proceed to encourage generations to return,” he added.

Each of Lohiya’s legs had been disabled in infancy attributable to an absence of correct therapy for diarrhoea.

He started his journey of open-water sea swimming in 2017. In 2018, he crossed the English Channel together with an Indian para-swimming staff with a timing of 12 hours and 26 minutes, masking a distance of 34km.

Within the 2022 Nationwide Paralympic swimming championships at Guwahati, he received a gold medal in 100m backstroke. He has participated in 11 Nationwide Paralympics swimming championships through which he has received 23 medals, together with 4 Gold, 12 silver and 7 bronze medals.

He has additionally participated in three Worldwide Paralympic swimming championships through which he obtained one gold medal, two silver and one bronze medals.

-PTI

Weightlifting

Martina Devi claims titles

Martina Devi aggregated 249kg to say the ladies’s +86kg elite and junior titles on the Nationwide weightlifting championships in Modinagar on Friday.

-Workforce Sportstar

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