HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour: Suraj Chand baggage crown
Suraj Kumar Chand defeated South Korean Jeongmin Ryu in straight video games within the males’s ultimate of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour on the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Monday.
The Indian second seed, ranked 134 on this planet, beat his eighth seed opponent 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 for his fourth PSA Tour title.
Egyptian seventh seed Rouqaia Othman defeated Malaysian second seed Harleein Tan 12-10, 11-7, 11th of September, 11-7 within the ladies’s ultimate.
– Workforce Sportstar
HOCKEY
Hockey India declares Sub Junior Males and Girls members for U-18 Nationwide Teaching Camp in Bhopal
Hockey India on Monday introduced an inventory of 84 gamers (42 males and 42 ladies) for the upcoming U-18 Nationwide Teaching Camp, started at SAI Bhopal on April 19, 2026. The gamers have been chosen primarily based on the just lately concluded sixteenth Hockey India Sub Junior Nationwide Championships.
The preliminary 42-member teams shall be pruned right down to 24 gamers after one week of analysis, and they are going to be a part of an intensive coaching block that’s a part of the ultimate preparations for the Males’s and Girls’s U18 Asia Cup Kakamigahara 2026, which is able to happen in Japan from Could 29 to June 6.
A serious spotlight of the camp would be the publicity sequence at SAI Bhopal, the place the Indian males’s and girls’s U-18 sides will play apply matches in opposition to Australia’s U-18 groups from Could 11 to 21. This camp serves as the ultimate choice floor for the squads that may symbolize India on the U18 Asia Cup.
Rani Rampal has been named as coach for the Girls’s workforce, whereas Sardar Singh and Rajnish Mishra shall be in command of the Males’s camp.
Commenting on the camp, males’s coach Singh stated, “This camp is a implausible initiative by Hockey India to nurture the following era of expertise. Our main focus shall be on strengthening their foundational fundamentals whereas introducing them to the tactical calls for of contemporary hockey. I see immense potential on this group. We may even see a number of of those gamers representing India on the senior degree for the following 10 to fifteen years. The upcoming sequence in opposition to Australia will present these younger boys with a significant style of worldwide stress.”
Girls’s coach Rampal stated, “Our focus in Bhopal shall be on refining particular person expertise and workforce construction. The publicity matches in opposition to Australia are a implausible alternative for the women to check themselves in opposition to a world-class facet. It’s one of the simplest ways to arrange them for the calls for of the Asia Cup and past. Furthermore, these younger athletes are the way forward for the game, and we need to guarantee they develop the temperament required to dominate on the highest degree for years to return.”
The 42-member males’s squad contains a sturdy contingent from Uttar Pradesh (7), adopted by Madhya Pradesh (6), and Punjab (4). Moreover, there are three gamers every from Odisha, Jharkhand, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (DDD), whereas two gamers every have been included within the camp from Bihar, Haryana, and Chandigarh. Additionally, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand and Rajasthan contribute one participant every to the camp.
The 42-member ladies’s squad is led by eight gamers from Jharkhand, whereas Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Odisha contribute 5 gamers every. Uttar Pradesh has 4 representatives, with Haryana, Bihar, and Mizoram contributing three gamers every. Manipur is represented by two gamers, adopted by Maharashtra, Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir, and Tamil Nadu with one participant every.
Nationwide Teaching Camp
Sub Junior Males
Goalkeepers: Ayush Rajak (Madhya Pradesh), Birender Kumar (DDD), Vishal Bada (Odisha), Sawan Kumar (Bihar)
Defenders: Ansh Bahutra (Madhya Pradesh), Nitish Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Ashish Tani Purti (Jharkhand), Abhay Shah (Bihar), Deepakprakash Toppo (Odisha)
Midfielders: Avi Manikpuri (Madhya Pradesh), Romit Pal (Uttar Pradesh), Rahul Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Karan Dhanuk (Uttar Pradesh), Parvesh Kumar Yadav (DDD), Sahil Duhan (Chandigarh), Arhdip Singh (Punjab), Varinder Singh (Punjab), Gursimranpreet Singh (Punjab), Premchand Soy (Jharkhand), Punit (Haryana), Jatin (Haryana), Arman Soreng (Odisha), Varunpreet Singh (Jammu & Kashmir), Aamod Santosh (Maharashtra), Manish Singh Kunwar (Uttarakhand), M Kavisakthibose (Tamil Nadu), Daksh (Himachal Pradesh)
Forwards: Siddharth Ben (Madhya Pradesh), Karan Gautam (Madhya Pradesh), Gazee Khan (Madhya Pradesh), Prahalad Rajbhar (Uttar Pradesh), Ketan Kushwaha (Uttar Pradesh), Ajay Yadav (DDD), Arjandeep Singh (Chandigarh), Akash Deep (Punjab), Jaysan Kandulna (Jharkhand), Harsh Kumar Goutme (Telangana), Shashank Kumar (Arunachal Pradesh), Adarsh Govind (Karnataka), Om Kumar Yadav (Chhattisgarh), Chirag Saini (Rajasthan), Shahrukh Ali (Uttar Pradesh)
Sub Junior Girls
Goalkeepers: Khili Kumari (Jharkhand), Mahak Parihar (Madhya Pradesh), Harry (Punjab)
Defenders: Radhika (Haryana), Preety Bilung (Jharkhand), Sugan Sanga (Jharkhand), Nilam Topno (Jharkhand), Kiran Ekka (Odisha), Sonam Yadav (Bihar), Shalini Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Sulochani (Punjab), Rashmeen Kaur (Punjab), Anvi Rawat (Maharashtra), Ankita Lakra (Jharkhand), Shivani Kumari (Bihar), Rupam Kumari (Bihar)
Midfielders: Divya Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Sneha Davde (Madhya Pradesh), Tongbram Lanchenbi Devi (Manipur), Pushpa Manjhi (Jharkhand), Nancy Saroha (Haryana), Rubina Baxla (Odisha), Kaligota Veena (Telangana), Akansh Mitra (Uttar Pradesh), Lovepreet Kaur (Punjab), Laminganbi Akoijam (Manipur), Akshra Dutta (Jammu & Kashmir)
Forwards: Sandeepa Kumari (Jharkhand), Nammi Geethasri (Madhya Pradesh), Nousheen Naz (Madhya Pradesh), Diya (Haryana), Vaishali Sen (Uttar Pradesh), Shruti Kumari (Jharkhand), Harshita (Punjab), Princess Priya Ekka (Odisha), Priyanka Minz (Odisha), Sweety Kujur (Odisha), Okay Vanlalpeki (Mizoram), Laldinpuii (Mizoram), C Malsawmzeli (Mizoram), Arika Kumari (Uttar Pradesh), Jonisha Defny MJ (Tamil Nadu)
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GOLF
DP World Gamers Championship tees off in Nuh with sturdy area
As many as 130 professionals, together with main home names similar to Veer Ahlawat, Om Prakash Chouhan and Manu Gandas, will vie for prime honours when the Rs 1 crore DP World Gamers Championship tees off on the Traditional Golf & Nation Membership in Nuh on Monday.
The match could have a powerful area with Saptak Talwar (2026 DP World PGTI Order of Advantage chief), Khalin Joshi and Honey Baisoya (each winners on the DP World PGTI this season) and Angad Cheema (two-time winner on the DP World PGTI final yr) additionally competing.
Sri Lanka’s N Thangaraja, a three-time winner on the DP World PGTI final yr, would be the main international contingent within the area.
The host area of Gurugram and Nuh shall be represented by outstanding names similar to Dhruv Sheoran and Tapendra Ghai — each winners on the DP World PGTI — in addition to Manish Thakran and Shivendra Singh Sisodia, winners on the DP World PGTI NexGen, and Kushal Singh, Manav Bais and Saurav Rathi.
– PTI
Revealed on Apr 20, 2026