ARCHERY
Archery World Cup: Ojas, Pragati shine in qualification
Ojas Deotale and Pragati took the highest spots amongst Indian women and men, respectively, within the qualification spherical of the Archery World Cup Stage-1 in Puebla, Mexico.
Total, Deotale was twelfth with 705 factors. Pragati was sixth with 694 factors.
All 4 Indian male archers shot 700-plus scores.
SCORES
Qualification spherical – COMPOUND
Particular person: Males: Ojas Deotale (twelfth, 705), Abhishek Verma (sixteenth, 702), Sahil Jadhav (18th, 701), Kushal Dalal (nineteenth, 700); Ladies: Pragati (sixth, 694), V. Jyothi Surekha (tenth, 691), Madhura Dhamangaonkar (fifteenth, 689), Aditi Swami (seventeenth, 689); Group: India: Males (first, 2108), Ladies (first, 2074), Combined (fourth, 1399).
-Y. B. Sarangi
BADMINTON
NALCO hosts All India Public Sector Badminton Match in Bhubaneswar
A glimpse from the opening ceremony in Bhubaneswar.
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A glimpse from the opening ceremony in Bhubaneswar.
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The All India Public Sector Badminton Match commenced in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, with Nationwide Aluminium Firm Restricted, a Navratna CPSE below the Ministry of Mines, Authorities of India, internet hosting the distinguished national-level occasion.
The four-day match, organised in coordination with the All India Public Sector Sports activities Management Board, New Delhi, is being held from April 7 to 10 on the KIIT Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar for the primary time.
The match has drawn participation from over 200 gamers representing 14 public sectors, together with Coal India Restricted, Metal Authority of India Restricted, Bharat Heavy Electricals Restricted, Oil India Restricted, Meals Company of India, Reserve Financial institution of India, Comptroller and Auditor Common of India, Life Insurance coverage Company of India, Staff State Insurance coverage Company, amongst others.
-Group Sportstar
SHOOTING
Taking pictures World Cup: Indian air pistol shooters disappoint, 25m pistol ladies in competition
Indian shooters endured a disappointing outing within the males’s 10m air pistol occasion on the ISSF Pistol/Rifle World Cup on Wednesday, with all three members failing to qualify for the finals, only a day after clinching the combined staff gold with a world-record efficiency.
Younger Mukesh Nelavalli, who had shattered the world document en path to successful gold within the 10m air pistol combined staff occasion on the opening day on Tuesday, completed 14th with an mixture rating of 579, lacking out on the eight-shooter closing by a substantial margin.
On a day when even world No. 1 Hu Kai of China struggled — ending fifteenth with a rating of 578M — Mukesh was undone by two subpar sequence of 94 and 95 within the opening and shutting rounds. In between, he posted stable scores of 98, 98, 97, and 97 within the six-series qualification stage.
Paris Olympics gold medallist Yu Xie delivered an excellent efficiency, capturing 588 to high the qualifying spherical and advance to the finals in first place, with sequence scores of 98, 99, 97, 98, 99, and 97.
Ujjawal Malik, the 10m air pistol combined staff gold medallist on the 2024 Cairo World Cup, completed twenty second with a complete of 577 (95, 96, 96, 97, 95, 98). In the meantime, the third Indian, Pramod — competing as a senior for the primary time in a global occasion — shot 574 to be locations thirty ninth in a discipline of 86 shooters.
Within the ladies’s 25m pistol occasion, Olympian Rhythm Sangwan shot 292 (99, 96, 97) within the precision spherical to be positioned sixth after the opening day, whereas Divya T additionally impressed with a 291 (96, 98, 97) to safe eighth place. The third Indian, Simranpreet Kaur Brar shot 282 (93, 94, 95) to be positioned forty fifth.
Paris Olympics silver medallist Camille Jedrzejewski of France led the sector after the opening day with a rating of 294.
The second stage of the competitors — the speedy spherical — will likely be held on Thursday, with the top-eight shooters advancing to the medal spherical.
– PTI
GOLF
IGPL Mauritius: Bhullar assured of fine present
Eleven time Asian Tour and four-time IGPL occasion winner Gaganjeet Bhullar is assured of a great present on the AM Inexperienced IGPL Invitational 2026, Mauritius, hosted by Leander Paes.
The 37-year-old Bhullar had gained the opening IGPL Tour occasion in Chandigarh final month.
“A win is what all of us tee up for and that’s my purpose this week, too. Final 12 months, I gained the primary two occasions in Chandigarh and Larger Noida, and I hope I could make it back-to-back as soon as once more,” mentioned Bhullar, who nonetheless is conscious that the opposition within the IGPL is kind of sturdy with the presence of in-form gamers like Karandeep Kochhar and Pukhraj Singh Gill.
Bhullar, who arrived in Mauritius on Tuesday, mentioned, “I simply reached (Mauritius). I’m going to play a follow spherical. However having mentioned that, you understand, I did play an occasion right here some years in the past. It’s a good looking golf course.
“I believe it’s an amazing achievement for IGPL to return all the way in which to Mauritius. It’s a good looking place, it’s such an amazing expertise for thus many children, who haven’t performed so many tournaments exterior India to return right here.” Bhullar, who performed right here within the occasion prior to now, when it was co-sanctioned by the Asian and European Excursions, is now trying ahead to this week’s occasion and including it to his record of successes.
On the season thus far, he added, “I obtained off to an amazing begin on IGPL. I gained my first occasion this 12 months and the purpose is simply to construct on that momentum and preserve doing nicely and carry on doing higher.”
– PTI
Khalin Joshi surges forward on day two at Andhra Open Golf
Khalin Joshi shot a second consecutive three-under 68 to maneuver into the lead with a complete of six-under 136 after spherical two of the Andhra Open golf match right here on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old Bengaluru-based former Asian Tour winner holds a one-shot benefit over in a single day chief Dhruv Sheoran, who carded one-under 70 to slide to second spot at five-under 137.
S Chikkarangappa, a 14-time winner on the DP World PGTI, additionally returned a 70 to take a seat third at four-under 138.
On a windy day the place circumstances proved difficult, Khalin (68-68) stayed regular from tee to inexperienced to edge forward.
Khalin made 4 birdies and a bogey on the ultimate gap.
“I had a fairly stable day. From tee to inexperienced I hit it nicely. It was windy, however total, I’m proud of my ball-striking and I’m now trying ahead to the weekend.
“The massive problem was coping with the switching wind. I really feel I negotiated the circumstances nicely,” Khalin mentioned.
The par-5 seventh has been adjusted to a 477-yard par-4, bringing the course par all the way down to 71.
Dhruv Sheoran (67-70) appeared set to increase his lead after opening with an eagle and constructing a three-shot cushion by way of 12 holes.
Nevertheless, back-to-back bogeys on the sixteenth and seventeenth noticed him slip again into second place.
Six gamers — Viraj Madappa, Sri Lanka’s N Thangaraja, Chandigarh trio of Brashwarpal Singh, Akshay Sharma, Manjot Singh, and Dubai-based Yash Majmudar — have been tied fourth at two-under 140.
The lower fell at six-over 148, with 52 of 130 gamers advancing to the final two rounds.
-PTI
Printed on Apr 08, 2026