GOLF
Aditi Ashok was the top-placed Indian at Tied-58th spot after the primary spherical of the Aramco Championships golf event in Las Vegas.
She carded 2-over 72.
Amongst different Indians, Avani Prashanth, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs have been means down. Avani and Diksha carded rounds of 3-over 75 to search out themselves at T-71 whereas Pranavi carded 4-over 76 to place herself at T-90.
The projected lower is about at 2-over par and this places Aditi on the brink whereas the remainder are at risk of an early finish to their week.
The leaders after the primary spherical have been Miyu Yamashita and Nasa Hataoka of Japan, together with American Lauren Coughlin. All three carded 5-under 67.
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Sudarshan Yellamaraju tied Thirty first after Rd1 of Texas Open
India-born Canadian golfer Sudarshan Yellamaraju opened with a roller-coaster three-under 69 to be tied-Thirty first on the Valero Texas Open right here.
The chief on the finish of the primary day was Mark Hubbard. He carded seven-under 65 after beginning his spherical on the front-nine.
Yellamaraju began his spherical with three straight birdies on the tenth, eleventh and twelfth earlier than dropping pictures on the fifteenth and 18th. He picked one other birdie on the seventeenth gap.
On the entrance 9, the 24-year-old began with two birdies earlier than dropping pictures on the fifth and seventh and shutting the spherical with a birdie on the ninth.
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Bogey free Kochhar lies ties second in Japan, Jeev makes lower
Karandeep Kochhar, one of many stalwarts of the Indian Golf Premier League, fired a second straight bogey-free spherical and was one shot off the lead with a six-under 65 on the USD 2 million Worldwide Sequence Japan.
Kochhar (67-65) is 10-under on the Par-71 course.
The one different Indian making the lower was the legend Jeev Milkha Singh (72-69), who produced a late birdie on the seventeenth to squeeze contained in the lower line at 1-under.
Kochhar, who had three birdies and no bogeys on Day 1, had 5 birdies and no bogeys within the second spherical. Within the second spherical, Kochhar parred the primary 5 holes after which birdied the sixth and the eighth earlier than including 4 extra on the eleventh, thirteenth, 14th and the sixteenth.
The opposite Indians who didn’t make the lower, together with Gaganjeet. Bhullar (73-74), Shaurya Bhattacharya (75-69), Jyoti Randhawa (80-69) and SSP Chawrasia (77-79).
Within the first spherical, Kochhar began on the tenth and parred his first 9 holes. In his second spherical, he had 4 birdies for a 4-under 67 and was within the Prime 10.
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HOCKEY
Goans, Uttarakhand, Arunachal notch up wins
The third day of the sixteenth Hockey India Sub Junior Males Nationwide Championship 2026 Rajgir, Bihar, held on the Rajgir Hockey Stadium, witnessed Goans Hockey, Hockey Uttarakhand and Hockey Arunachal register wins of their respective matches.
In a Division C conflict, Goans Hockey defeated Hockey Rajasthan 7-0 in Pool B. Karan Kumar (2’, 12’, 44’) scored a hat-trick, whereas Sahil Pramod (17’), Dilshad Ali (27’), Shreyesh Hundre Changadev (30’) and Ankit (38’) additionally discovered the again of the web.
In a Division B encounter, Hockey Uttarakhand defeated Hockey Bengal 5-2. Vicky Singh Bohra (1’, 4’) gave Uttarakhand an early benefit with a brace, adopted by Govind Singh (7’, 60’) who additionally scored twice, whereas Aman Kumar (52’) added one other. For Hockey Bengal Captain Riju Bar (9’) and Sujal Turi (22’) scored targets.
In one other Division B conflict, Hockey Arunachal defeated Hockey Bihar 4-2. Shubham Rajbhar (7’), Deepak Rao (24’), Ramansh Singh (34’) and Mohit Yadav (38’) scored for Hockey Arunachal, whereas Suman Kumar (2’) and Captain Abhay Shah (58’) have been on track for Hockey Bihar.
– Staff Sportstar
CUE SPORT
Advani stuns reigning champ Shivam to enter semis
Ace cueist Pankaj Advani, winner of the 9-ball occasion three days in the past, powered into the semifinals of the 10-ball nationwide championships, gorgeous reigning champion Shivam Arora in Ludhiana.
Advani carried far too many weapons for Arora within the quarterfinals, mirrored in his lopsided 8-2 victory and it arrange a last-four showdown with fellow PSPB cueist Shahbaaz Adil Khan.
The latter prevailed by an analogous margin over Punjab’s Sumesh Jhangra within the different quarters.
The opposite semifinal shall be performed between Railways’ Pushpender Singh and Aayush Kumar of Punjab. Whereas Pushpender edged out Divya Sharma of Punjab 8-6, Aayush overcame Chetan Chabra of Telangana 8-7.
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CHESS
Shriram Mhasane takes lead in All India Chess Masters
Shriram Mhasane took the lead with a complete of 6.5 factors after the seventh spherical of the All India Chess Masters FIDE Classical event on Friday.
Mhasane beat Arjun Singh within the seventh spherical to take a transparent lead within the subject because the event heads in direction of its conclusion.
On the highest board, Rajveer Nahar held Shreyansh Somaiya to a attract a tightly-contested encounter, with each gamers transferring to five.5 factors.
Deepak Soni scored a win over Amogh Bhatavadekar, whereas Nikhil Shelar defeated Pankaj Borse and Mohsin Yunus Shaikh overcame Prisha Margaj.
Tanuj Dayal drew with Aashrita Balaji Guttula, whereas Palaash Mapara bounced again with a win in opposition to Ekaansh Sharma.
Outcomes (Spherical 7):
Shreyansh Somaiya (5.5) drew with Rajveer Nahar (5.5); Shriram Mhasane (6.5) beat Arjun Singh (5); Tanuj Dayal (5) drew with Aashrita Balaji Guttula (5); Deepak Soni (5) beat Amogh Bhatavadekar (5); Pankaj Borse (5) misplaced to Nikhil Shelar (5); Prisha Margaj (5) misplaced to Mohsin Yunus Shaikh (5); Ekaansh Sharma (5) misplaced to Palaash Mapara (5); AFM Sohum Pawar (4.5) beat Ishan Hemant Jathan (4.5); AFM Omkar Gaikwad (4.5) drew with Pratik Yadnik (4.5); Ivaan Patel (4.5) drew with Anay Banka (4.5).
KHELO INDIA TRIBAL GAMES
Karnataka total champion; Chhattisgarh CM broadcasts money awards for State medallists
Karnataka was topped the general champion, claiming 23 gold together with eight silver and 7 bronze. Odisha completed second with 21 gold, 15 silver and 21 bronze medals. Odisha was the one contingent to cross the 50-medal mark, ending with 57 medals. Jharkhand was third with 16 gold, eight silver and 11 bronze.
“The person gold medallists will obtain a money reward of Rs 2 lakh every, Rs 1.5 lakh for silver and Rs 1 lakh for bronze. The medallists within the group championships will get Rs 1 lakh, Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000 for gold, silver and bronze respectively,” the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister introduced. His State completed ninth on the medals tally with three gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals.
Karnataka’s Manikanta L was probably the most profitable athlete of the Video games with eight gold and one silver whereas his teammate Dhoneesh N bagged 5 gold and a silver for his effort within the swimming competitors. Among the many girls’s rivals, Odisha swimmer Anjali Munda clinched 5 gold medals whereas Meghanjali of Karnataka completed with 4 gold and two bronze medals.
Odisha was the one contingent to have received not less than one gold medal in all of the six sports activities disciplines, together with eight in athletics and 7 in swimming. Jharkhand, however, bagged 9 gold medals in athletics, 4 in wrestling and three in archery other than profitable not less than one medal within the different three disciplines.
– Staff Sportstar
Printed on Apr 03, 2026