SQUASH
Joshna, Chotrani advance in Hamburg Open
Veteran Joshna Chinappa and Veer Chotrani superior within the Hamburg Open squash, whereas compatriots Velavan Senthilkumar and Tanvi Khanna bowed out within the opening spherical.
Former girls’s world No. 10 Joshna eased previous native challenger Saskia Beinhard 11-4, 11-5, 11-4, whereas males’s world No. 47 Chotrani beat Spain’s Ivan Perez 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 within the PSA Bronze-level occasion.
Males’s fifth seed Abhay Singh, who moved as much as a career-best world rating of twenty-two this week, and Ramit Tandon, the seventh seed, obtained first-round byes.
OTHER INDIAN RESULTS
Males: R Tsukue (Jpn) bt V Senthilkumar 11-4, 11-9, 14-12.
Girls: Hannah Craig (Irl) bt Tanvi Khanna 11-5, 11-7, 13-11.
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HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour: Aryaveer rallies to beat Sri Lanka’s Shamil
India’s Aryaveer Dewan, the reigning Asian Below-17 boys’ champion, rallied from 2-0 all the way down to beat Sri Lanka’s Shamil Wakeel 10-12, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 in 71 minutes within the males’s first spherical of the 2026 HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour on the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Thursday.
Different Outcomes – Spherical of 32
Males: Rahul Baitha bt Mohit Bhatt 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; Tay Jun Qian (MAS) bt Adarsh Banodha 11-4, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Md Hafiz Abdul Harif (MAS) bt Ansh Tripathi 11-8, 11-6, 11-8; Wailok To (HK) bt Ravi Dixit 11-3, 11-4, 11-2; Om Semwal bt Purav Rambhia 11-3, 11-8, 11-8; Nickhileswar Moganasundharam (MAS) bt Yusha Nafees 11-13, 12-10, 11-1, 8-11, 12-10; Sandhesh Palanivel Ravikumar bt Gurveer Singh 12-10, 11-5, 12-10.
Girls: Whitney Wilson (MAS) bt Shuvra S Borah 11-3, 11-6, 11-2; Saanvi Kalanki bt Eesha Shrivastava 11-5, 11-4, 11-9; Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) bt Reiva Nimbalkar 11-8, 11-9, 11-3; Vyomika Khandelwal bt Aahana Singh 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9; Rui Jean Yek (MAS) bt Samairah Raj Bhandare 11-2, 11-7, 11-3; Anika Dubey bt Sangamithra Shanmugham 11-1, 11-3, 11-4; Kenzy Abou Elenien (Ger) bt Nandikasree Kalaivanan 11th of September, 11-5, 11-4, 14-12; Salma Othman (Egy) bt Sahana Kalaivanan 11-2, 11-6, 11-7.
-Group Sportstar
GOLF
IGPL: Olympian Mane shares early lead with Soni and Shah
Olympian Udayan Mane, trying to find his maiden win on the IGPL Invitational South Africa in Johannesburg, received off to a bogey-free begin and was tied for the lead with two others at 7-under 65 on the finish of the primary day.
Mane was sharing the lead with Milind Soni and Manav Shah, and the trio have been one clear off the sector. An enormous bunch was snapping at their heels as six others have been inside two photographs of them.
The crowded leaderboard noticed final yr’s IGPL Rankings winner Pukhraj Singh Gill (66) one behind at sole fourth, whereas Gaganjeet Bhullar, the 11-time Asian Tour winner, the in-form Karandeep Kochhar and the upcoming Saarthak Chhibber have been all tied fifth at 5-under 67.
Within the group contest, the 7-under playing cards by co-leaders Shah and Soni ensured Inexperienced Fuels Hyderabad was on high at 14-under, whereas Honer Gurugram with Pukhraj Gill (66) and Shat Mishra (69) have been second at 9-under.
Krishna Punjab was helped by Kochhar (67) and Harendra Gupta (69) into the third place at 8-under.
Sachin Baisoya, who ended his IGPL title drought final week in Mauritius, was sole eighth at 4-under 68, which included an eagle on the ninth. Seven gamers, together with two locals, have been tied for the ninth spot at 3-under 69 on the iconic Royal Johannesburg Golf Membership’s West Course.
The 5 Indians have been Raghav Chugh, Shat Mishra, Harendra Gupta, Ranjit Singh and left-hander Kartik Sharma, whereas the 2 locals at T-9 with them have been Allister de Kock and Musiwalo Nethunzwi.
The highest girls within the discipline after day one have been Vidhatri Urs and Vani Kapoor, who carded an even-par 72 every. Each had two birdies and two bogeys every.
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Pranavi is the highest Indian with spherical of 70 in Joburg
Indian golfer Pranavi Urs received off to a flying begin with a bogey-free 3-under 70 to be positioned tied twenty second after the primary spherical of the Joburg Women Open on the Women European Tour.
She was the best-placed Indian among the many 5 within the discipline this week, with the opening spherical but to be accomplished on the par-73 Randpark Golf Membership.
Tvesa Malik and Diksha Dagar carded 1-under 72 to be tied 52nd, whereas Avani Prashanth struggled to 2-over 75 and Hitaashee Bakshi endured a disappointing spherical of 4-over 77.
Each Avani and Hitaashee will want low rounds to make the reduce.
Tvesa was 4-under at one stage by way of the entrance 9 however dropped a double bogey and a bogey on the fifteenth and sixteenth holes.
Diksha had 5 birdies, three bogeys and a double in her spherical of 72.
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Shubhankar fires 64 to shut in on a win at Boulders Traditional
In a single day chief Shubhankar Sharma fired a scorching eight-under 64 to construct a seven-shot lead after Spherical 3 of the inaugural Rs 1 crore Boulders Traditional on Thursday.
The 29-year-old (66-66-64), a two-time DP World Tour winner, matched the course document set by Honey Baisoya a day earlier. He moved to 20-under 196 with one spherical to go on the Boulder Hills Golf & Nation Membership.
Sharma’s spherical featured 9 birdies and one bogey as he took agency management heading into the ultimate day.
Delhi’s Rashid Khan (67-70-66), Chandigarh’s Angad Cheema (68-69-66), and first-round chief Vishesh Sharma (65-70-68) of Hyderabad have been tied second at 13-under 203.
Rashid and Cheema returned matching six-under 66s, whereas Vishesh carded a four-under 68.
A six-time winner on the DP World PGTI, Shubhankar is enjoying his first occasion on the tour for the reason that Tour Championship in Jamshedpur in December 2021. His final win on the tour got here on the McLeod Russel Tour Championship in Kolkata in December 2017.
“I performed actually stable at this time — most likely hit it one of the best I’ve all week. Every thing was clicking, and even after I misplaced a little bit of momentum, I bounced again shortly with birdies,” Sharma mentioned.
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PICKLEBALL
Arjun, Aditya win one other gold at US Open
Arjun Singh, mixed with Aditya Singh, to win the boys’s doubles 5.0 occasion on the US Open Pickleball Championship by getting the higher of J. Meode and W. Lin 11th of September, 11-2, 11-7 within the ultimate in Naples, Florida.
One other Indian pair to bag a medal was Panth Thakkar and Atharva Sheth, who took house a silver within the 4.5 males’s doubles class, after shedding the summit conflict to Caian Appel and Michael Van Dusen 8-11, 11th of September.
That is Arjun’s third gold on the match and his second together with his brother Aditya.
That they had received the U18 boys doubles title earlier within the match.
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TABLE TENNIS
Prime seeds Tamil Nadu, Bengal arrange U-19 Ladies’ title conflict
Tamil Nadu and West Bengal will meet within the Below-19 ladies’ group ultimate on the UTT 87th Inter-State Junior and Youth Nationwide Desk Tennis Championships.
West Bengal sealed its place within the ultimate with a 3-0 win over Delhi on Thursday, although the scoreline hardly mirrored the depth of the match, with two tightly contested rubbers going the space.
Earlier, the highest seed was pushed to the brink by fourth-seeded Maharashtra, with Divyanshi Bhowmick rising as a formidable hurdle and threatening to derail Tamil Nadu’s marketing campaign.
Nonetheless, Tamil Nadu confirmed resilience when it mattered most.
After conceding the opening rubber to Divyanshi, Ananya Muralidharan rose to the event, delivering a composed efficiency to outclass Hardee Patel within the decider and steer her group into the ultimate.
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RUGBY
Rugby nationals: Bihar, West Bengal, Delhi impress
Host and defending champion Bihar made a powerful assertion with commanding wins, together with a 59-0 victory over Madhya Pradesh and a 60-0 rout of Uttar Pradesh, as the ladies’s group stage of the Senior Nationwide Rugby Sevens Championship concluded on Thursday.
That includes 27 groups from throughout states and union territories, the group stage produced a mixture of dominant performances and carefully fought contests, setting the tone for the knockout rounds.
West Bengal emerged as essentially the most prolific aspect, topping the scoring charts with 129 factors from two matches, together with a 66-0 win over Manipur and a 63-0 victory in opposition to Andhra Pradesh.
Kerala additionally impressed, ending third among the many highest-scoring groups with 98 factors from two matches, highlighted by a 69-0 win over DNHDD (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu) and a 29-0 consequence in opposition to Jharkhand.
Odisha (93 factors), Maharashtra (85 factors) and Delhi (85 factors) have been additionally among the many standout performers, registering convincing wins.
With the group stage full, groups now head into the knockout rounds and rating matches, the place the battle for the nationwide title is ready to accentuate.
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TENNIS
Bhambri enters semis
India’s Yuki Bhambri, together with New Zealand accomplice Michael Venus, entered the semifinals of the Munich Open after beating Luciano Darderi and Santiago Gonzalez 6-4, 6-1 in a last-eight conflict.
Bhambri and Venus will face German duo of MarkWallner and JakobSchnaitter within the last-four conflict.
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Printed on Apr 16, 2026