SQUASH
Chotrani in Hamburg squash quarters
Indian world No. 47 Veer Chotrani defeated German eighth seed Raphael Kandra 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 within the males’s second spherical to maneuver into the quarterfinals of the Hamburg Open squash.
Nevertheless, his compatriots, fifth seed Abhay Singh, seventh seed Ramit Tandon, and former ladies’s world No. 10 Joshna Chinappa, bowed out within the second spherical of their matches of the PSA Bronze-level occasion on Thursday evening.
Abhay misplaced to Sam Todd (England) Sep 11, 11-7, 4-11, 2-11, Tandon fell to Balazs Farkas (Hungary) 10-12, 11-4, 5-11, Sep 11, and Joshna was overwhelmed by eighth seed Joelle King of New Zealand 11-9, 11-7, Sep 11, 11-4.
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Om Semwal beats Egyptian fifth seed Elshafei
India’s Om Semwal beat Egyptian fifth seed Taha Elshafei 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4 within the males’s second spherical to enter the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour on the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai.
Outcomes (Spherical of 16; Indians until specified):
Males: 8-Jeongmin Ryu (Kor) bt Md Hafiz Abdul Harif (Mas) 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 13-11, 11-7; 1-Ravindu Laksiri (SL) bt Tay Jun Qian (Mas) 7-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; Wailok To (HK) bt 3-Islam Kouritam (Egy) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4; 4-Andes Ling (HK) bt Rahul Baitha 11-4, 11-9, 11-7; 6-Lap Man Au (HK) bt Sandhesh Palanivel Ravikumar 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6; Om Semwal bt 5-Taha Elshafei (Egy) 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4; Nickhileswar Moganasundharam (Mas) bt 7-Harley Lam (HK) 12-14, 11-4, Sep 11, 11-9, 11-7; 2-Suraj Kumar Chand bt Aryaveer Dewan 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
Girls: Sehveetrraa Kumar (Mas) bt 4-Shameena Riaz 11-4, 11-6, 11-7; 5-Nirupama Dubey bt Saanvi Kalanki 11-4, 11-3, 11-4; 7-Rouqaia Othman (Egy) bt Rui Jean Yek (Mas) 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8; 1-Rathika Suthanthira Seelan bt Vyomika Khandelwal 11-6, 11-3, 11-5; 3-Mingyeong Heo (Kor) bt Whitney Wilson (Mas) 10-12, 11-5, Sep 11, 11-5, 11-8; Salma Othman (Egy) bt 6-Unnati Tripathi 16-14, 11-6, 11-8; 8-Pooja Arthi Raghu bt Kenzy Abou Elenien (Ger) 11-2, 11-8, 11-6; 2-Harleein Tan (Mas) bt Anika Dubey 11-5, 15-13, 11-7.
– Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Pranavi best-placed amongst Indians to make the lower at Joburg Open
Pranavi Urs carded a bogey free 3-under 70 within the first spherical of the Joburg Girls Open on the Girls European Tour and was best-placed to make the lower among the many 5 Indians on the occasion.
On the finish of Day 1, she was Tied-Twenty first on the Par-73 Randpark Golf Membership.
Tvesa Malik and Diksha Dagar ended the primary spherical at 1-under 72 and had been Tied-54th whereas Avani Prashanth shot 2-over 75 and Hitaashee Bakshi additionally had a disappointing day with 4-over 77.
Avani and Hitaashee might want to shoot very low rounds to make the lower.
Tvesa, taking part in her first LET occasion of the season, was 4-under at one stage by means of the entrance 9 however completed at 1-under 72 as he gave away a double bogey and a bogey on the fifteenth and the sixteenth holes.
Diksha, ninth on the LET Order of Advantage, had 5 birdies, three bogeys and a double in her spherical of 72.
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Rayhan makes sluggish begin in Mexico
Rayhan Thomas carded a gap spherical of even par 72 and was T-60 on the Tulum Championship on the PGA Riviera on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Thomas started his spherical on the entrance 9 and made birdies on the fourth and eighth holes, together with a bogey on the fifth to be 1-under par on the flip.
On the again 9, Thomas made a late bogey on the Seventeenth to finish his day with an excellent par card with two birdies and two bogeys to be positioned T-60 on the leaderboard.
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Aditi T-59 regardless of under-par spherical
Aditi Ashok started her week in Los Angeles with a spherical of 2-under 70 to seek out herself positioned tied 59th on the leaderboard on the JM Eagle LA Championship on the LPGA Tour.
Aditi started her spherical on the entrance 9 and had made seven pars earlier than dropping a shot on the eighth gap with a bogey.
From 1-over after 10 holes, she recovered on the again 9, making birdies on the eleventh, sixteenth and 18th holes to choose up three pictures and end at 2-under par, seven pictures behind the chief Chizzy Iwai.
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IGPL South Africa: Crimson-hot Mane fires flawless 64 to take six-shot lead
Persevering with his red-hot type, India’s Udayan Mane shot a flawless eight-under 64 with a hole-in-one to open up a commanding six-shot lead after spherical two of the AM Inexperienced IGPL Invitational South Africa.
Having shot a bogey-free seven-under 65 on the opening day, the Olympian went one higher on the Royal Johannesburg’s West Course to maneuver to 15-under, the one participant in double digits beneath par.
Trailing Mane in tied second place are: Manav Shah (65-70), Pukhraj Singh Gill (66-69) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (67-68).
Native favorite Musiwalo Nethunzwi (69-67) was sole fifth, whereas rookie professional Danish Verma (70-67) and one other South African golfer, Alessio Graziani (72-65) had been tied for sixth place.
One of many three first day leaders, Milind Soni, suffered a mid-round lapse with a bogey-double bogey present on the eleventh and the twelfth and carded 73 as he dropped to tied-eighth, alongside Raghav Chugh (69-69) and Karandeep Kochhar (67-71) at 6-under whole.
Final week’s runner-up Veer Ganapathy (70-70) was tied eleventh with Harshjeet Singh Sethie (70-70), Varun Parikh (70-70) and left-handed Kartik Sharma (69-71) a 4-under whole.
The scoring has been moderately low with 27 gamers at par or higher after 36 holes and there’s yet another spherical to go within the occasion.
Mannat Brar (74-69) was the best-placed lady participant at T-21, as Vidhatri Urs (72-72) slipped to T-25.
Starting the second day on the Par-5 first, Mane opened with an eagle after which shot a hole-in-one on the Par-3 fifth as he went to 4-under in very fast time.
One other achieve on the ninth noticed him flip in 5-under. Three extra birdies on the again 9 gave him an outstanding 8-under card that carried him to 15-under.
Mane is coming off a 3rd place in Mauritius and his recreation has been wanting sharp.
A pure long-hitter, the big-built Mane can also be reaping rewards of a a lot sharper brief recreation.
Three-time IGPL winner Bhullar is at all times a risk in any occasion. Extra so in latest instances in AM Inexperienced IGPL.
After a 67 on Day 1, he added a 68 to remain within the hunt.
In the meantime, Ranjit Singh additionally landed an ace on the Par-3 sixteenth later within the day.
Ranjit (69-73), nevertheless, was again in T-Seventeenth place at 2-under whole.
Final week’s winner Sachin Baisoya had a tough day.
He dropped back-to-back bogeys early on the third and the fourth and later double bogeyed the tenth.
Baisoya ended with a 2-over 74 card and was T-17, however is able to hauling himself into the High 10 with a very good last spherical.
Within the staff competitors, Inexperienced Fuels Hyderabad led the standings with constant performances by all 4 gamers—Shah, Verma, Graziani, and Soni.
With the highest two playing cards counting every day, Inexperienced Fuels had been 18-under and 10 pictures forward of Atri Mumbai, which has Mane in its staff.
The third-placed staff is Honer Gurugram, spearheaded by Pukhraj Singh Gill.
-PTI
SHOOTING
NRAI plans to achieve out to 7.5 lakh college students for seventy fifth anniversary celebrations
The Nationwide Rifle Affiliation of India (NRAI), the governing physique for capturing within the nation, has unveiled in depth plans for his or her seventy fifth anniversary celebrations.
Offering particulars of the celebrations deliberate within the coming days, Pawankumar Singh, Secretary Normal, NRAI stated, “Now we have year-long celebrations deliberate. To start with we’ve got set a goal of introducing 7.5 lac (7,50,000) new faculty college students to Capturing, the place we’ll both go to their colleges of name them to the closest vary and make them shoot 10-shots every. We are going to take the assistance of the Authorities, the Ministry of Sports activities in addition to all of the Capturing Academies and even Native Capturing Golf equipment throughout the cities and districts of the nation with a purpose to obtain this purpose. This may assist unearth new pure expertise. Other than this we plan to felicitate all of the Arjuna, Khel Ratna, Dronacharya awardees and Olympic medalists in Capturing in the course of the Nationwide Championships, in addition to the State Awardees in the course of the State Championships. Lastly, in the course of the ISSF World Cup Olympic quota occasion subsequent 12 months in Delhi, we plan to host an exhibition match between our Olympic medalists previous and current.”
– Staff Sportstar
FOOTBALL
I-League 3 2025-26 to start on April 27
The 2025-26 season of the I-League 3, the fourth tier of the Indian males’s soccer league system, will begin on April 27, with 4 teams being hosted in 4 totally different venues, the place the golf equipment will play one another in a single round-robin format.
Group A and Group B matches will probably be performed in Imphal on the Khuman Lampak Stadium and the SAI Turf Floor, respectively, whereas Group C fixtures will happen on the Mulna Soccer Stadium in Balaghat, and Group D on the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports activities Excellence in Bengaluru.
On the finish of the group stage, the highest staff from every group, together with the 2 greatest second-placed groups, will qualify for the Last Spherical which will probably be carried out in a centralised single round-robin format.
The highest two groups on the finish of the Last Spherical will earn promotion to I-League 2 2026-27. A complete of 20 groups will take part in I-League 3 2025-26, divided into 4 teams of 5 groups every.
GROUPS FOR I-LEAGUE 3 2025-26
Group A: FC Raengdai, Sikkim Brotherhood Soccer Membership, Dawn Membership Orissa, ARA FC, Mawlai Sport Membership
Group B: TRAU FC, Zinc Soccer Academy, Clube de Salgaocar, Mumbay Soccer Membership, Samaleshwari SC
Group C: BLG – The Diamond Rock FC, Chhaygaon FC, Citadel Godavari Legends FC, KLASA FC, Kuppuraj FC
Group D: FC Agniputhra, FC Banaras Baghpat, New Associates Membership Dantewada, Techtro Swades United FC, Royal Rangers Soccer Membership
Karnataka topped champion of Beneath-13 ASMITA Nationwide Soccer League 2025-26
Karnataka was topped champion of the Beneath-13 ASMITA Nationwide Soccer League, defeating host Punjab 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw within the last on Thursday, in Mahilpur.
Positioned in Group B, Karnataka started its marketing campaign with a 2-1 win towards Rajasthan, adopted by a 2-2 draw towards Jharkhand, and a 3-0 victory over Assam to safe qualification for the knockout stage.
Within the semifinal, Karnataka defeated Mizoram 2-0 to e book its place within the last.
Within the last, Karnataka’s Subhathra A scored the opening purpose within the thirty first minute earlier than Tanveer Kaur equalised for Punjab within the thirty eighth. Madhumetha Ok netted Karnataka’s profitable penalty in sudden demise.
-Staff Sportstar
India loses to Russia in third and last pleasant forward of AFC Girls’s Asian Cup 2026
The India Beneath-17 ladies’s staff concluded its tour of Russia with a 0-3 defeat within the third and last pleasant towards the host on the Matsesta Soccer Middle in Sochi on Friday.
After a goalless first half, Russia took the lead within the forty sixth minute by means of Valeria Menyailova, earlier than Polina Frolova doubled the benefit within the eightieth. Substitute Anna Bykhanova added the third in stoppage time (90+2’) to seal the consequence.
India was diminished to 10 gamers within the 82nd minute of the match when Julan Nongmaithem was proven a second yellow and despatched off.
The Younger Tigresses, coached by Italian Pamela Conti, used the three-match collection as a part of their preparations for subsequent month’s AFC U-17 Girls’s Asian Cup 2026.
India had earlier misplaced 0-4 within the opening match and 0-3 within the second pleasant, making it a difficult however helpful studying expertise towards a bodily stronger and extra skilled Russian aspect.
-Staff Sportstar
MOTORSPORT
Gaurav Gill units early tempo with beautiful drive
Gaurav Gill, returning to rallying after a 12 months’s break, confirmed no signal of any rust as he put in a dominating efficiency to prime the time sheets within the forty ninth South India Rally which commenced on the Madras Worldwide Circuit in Chennai.
The three-day occasion can also be the second spherical of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship powered by Vamcy Merla and Spherical-1 of the FMSCI Indian Nationwide Rally Championship.
The 44-year-old Delhi-based Gill, a thrice APRC champion and winner of seven Nationwide titles, clocked a mixed time of two minutes, 51.5 seconds for the 2 loops of 1.45 Kms grime Tremendous Particular Stage piloting a Volkswagen Polo to complete 5.1 seconds forward of his arch rival Karna Kadur within the APRC phase with Mangaluru’s Jason Saldanha in third place.
Provisional outcomes (Leg-1, Part-1):
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship: 1. Gaurav Gill / Srikanth GM (India) (02mins, 51.5secs); 2. Karna Kadur / Kumar Ramaswamy (India) (02:56.6); 3. Jason Saldanha / PV Srinivasa Murthy (India) (02:58.3).
Indian Nationwide Rally Championship:
INRC General: 1. Gaurav Gill / Srikanth GM (02:51.5); 2. Ritesh Rai / Phalguna Raghavendra (02:55.6); 3. Karna Kadur / Kumar Ramaswamy (02:56.6)
INRC 2: 1. Arjun Y Mavaji / Jeevarathinam J (03:09.5); 2. Ritesh Guttedar / Suraj M (03:10.3); 3. Rakshith Iyer / Chandrashekar (03:18.2).
INRC 3: 1. Arvind Dheerendra / Shahid Salman (03:01.5); 2. Ashwin Pulagiri / Raghunath Swaminathan (03:01.9); 3. Tarushi Vikram / Athreya Kousgi (03:05.6).
INRC 3T: 1. Vikash Balachandran / Chiranth Jain (02:59.6); 2. Adith KC / Avinash CA (03:09.7); 3. Sidhartha Santosh / Sawan Sathyanarayan (03:11.9).
Girls: 1. Tarushi Vikram / Athreya Kousgi (03:05.6); 2. Athira Murali / Arun Chakkalakkal (03:05.9); 3. Shivani Pruthvi / Vinay Padmashali (03:09.4).
Junior INRC: 1. Tarushi Vikram / Athreya Kousgi (03:05.6); 2. Hoshmand Elavia / Venu Ramesh Kumar (03:14.0).
– Staff Sportstar
RUGBY
Odisha beat Bihar to emerge nationwide champion
Odisha ladies scored a commanding 27-0 victory over defending champion Bihar to emerge champion within the thirteenth Senior Nationwide Rugby 7s Championship in Rajgir.
Odisha’s cost was led by Nirmalya Rout, who scored 15 factors by means of three tries, whereas Tarulata Naik added 10 factors with two tries.
Parbati Hansdah additionally obtained on the scoresheet, sealing a complete win and a 3rd nationwide title in six years for Odisha ladies.
West Bengal secured the bronze medal with a 26-0 win over Delhi within the third place playoff.
The scoring effort was shared by Riya Oraon (7 factors), Rima Oraon (5 factors), Namista Oraon (5 factors), and Sandhya Rai (9 factors).
Within the semifinals, Odisha defeated West Bengal 31-7, whereas Bihar overcame Delhi 33-7.
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TABLE TENNIS
Second-seed West Bengal produced a disciplined and well-rounded efficiency to beat prime seed Tamil Nadu 3-1 within the Beneath-19 ladies’ staff last on the 87th UTT Inter-State Junior and Youth Nationwide Desk Tennis Championships in Dehradun.
Coming into the ultimate with sturdy credentials, Tamil Nadu leaned closely on former nationwide champion M. Hansini and the in-form Ananya Muralidharan, each of whom had been instrumental of their semifinal victory over Maharashtra.
Nevertheless, the duo couldn’t fairly recreate the identical impression within the title conflict. Ananya, although, managed a notable win over Syndrela Das, conserving Tamil Nadu within the contest. However the total staff effort lacked consistency at essential moments.
West Bengal, then again, displayed composure and depth throughout the line-up. Avisha Karmakar set the tone by overcoming Hansini in a hard-fought opening rubber, earlier than Ananya restored parity for Tamil Nadu.
The momentum, nevertheless, swung decisively in West Bengal’s favour thereafter, as Ditsa Roy edged previous Shriya Anand in a tense four-game battle handy her aspect a 2-1 lead.
With the tie delicately poised, Tamil Nadu as soon as once more turned to Hansini to maintain their hopes alive. However the skilled paddler struggled to seek out her rhythm beneath strain. Syndrela, sensing the chance, raised her stage on the proper time and delivered a commanding straight-games victory to seal the tie and the championship for West Bengal.
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Printed on Apr 17, 2026