RUGBY
Hembram, Rathore to steer Rugby India at Asia Rugby U18 7s Championship
The U18 Indian girls and boys rugby staff will compete on the Asia Rugby U18 7s Championship held between September 28 and 29, 2024. The groups led by Charan Hembram and Vijayshree Rathore have left for Malaysia immediately, after a 30-day nationwide camp that was held in SAI Kolkata.
“Many congratulations to the girls and boys who’ve made it to the U18 Indian nationwide staff. This cohort of gamers, a part of the federation’s age-grade groups, are paramount as they symbolize the way forward for rugby in our nation and shall be donning the Indian jersey for the primary time. We want them the perfect.”, mentioned Mr. Rahul Bose, President, Indian Rugby Soccer Union.
The boys are pooled with UAE, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia whereas the ladies are competing with UAE, Hong Kong China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The boys will begin their marketing campaign in opposition to Saudi Arabia while the ladies will go head-to-head with Thailand to kickstart their marketing campaign.
Full Fixtures:
September 28
Match 1: India vs Saudi Arabia (Boys)
Match 2: India vs UAE (Ladies)
Match 3: India vs Singapore (Boys)
Match 4: India vs Hong Kong China (Ladies)
Match 5: India vs Malaysia (Boys)
Match 6: India vs Singapore (Ladies)
September 29
Match 1: India vs Thailand (Ladies)
Match 2: India vs UAE (Boys)
Match 3: India vs Malaysia (Ladies)
*Place matches and Remaining match topic to qualification.
-Staff Sportstar
CHESS
Megha, Tijan to steer India’s marketing campaign in world junior chess for blind
Asian Para Video games medallists Megha Chakraborty and Tijan Gawar will lead India’s marketing campaign within the twelfth IBCA World Junior and Girls Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired to be held right here from Saturday.
The nine-day event, carried out beneath the aegis of All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB), is being staged in Asia for the primary time.
Other than the Indian challengers, high 32 chess gamers from nations corresponding to USA, Poland, Sweden and Ukraine are taking part within the occasion.
“It’s our honour to host this occasion, the place we not solely have fun the distinctive abilities of gamers with visible impairments but in addition strengthen the chess neighborhood world wide.
“We look ahead to some sensational video games and private tales the following few days will deliver,” mentioned Charudatta Jhadhav, the AICFB president in a launch.
-PTI
GOLF
Yuvraj Sandhu lies T-2, Indians begin properly in Taipei
India’s Yuvraj Sandhu bought off to an outstanding begin with a 7-under 65 that positioned him tied second after the primary spherical of the Yeangder TPC golf event in Taiwan.
Sandhu, who was one of many early starters from the primary tee, had three birdies within the first 4 holes and turned in 3-under. Then during the last seven holes, he had 5 birdies, one bogey and one par for an excellent 65.
He was one behind Thailand’s Suteepat Prateeptienchai, who blasted an eight-under-par 64 to take the lead after the first-round.
The chief had an eagle, seven birdies and one dropped shot at Linkou Worldwide Golf & Nation Membership. Chinese language-Taipei’s Wang Wei-hsuan, who additionally carded a 7-under 65, shared the second spot with Sandhu.
Indians had a superb day as Ajeetesh Sandhu (67) and Karandeep Kochhar (67) have been tied sixth whereas Shiv Kapur (68) was T-14.
Amongst different Indians, Rashid Khan (70) was T-46, Gaganjeet Bhullar (71) was T-67, SSP Chawrasia (75) was T-128, S Chikkarangappa (76) was T-137 and Varun Chopra (82) was T-150. Indian-American Manav Shah (70) was T-46.
“Sport is sweet. I’m assured however do have a number of nerves. Fairly removed from dwelling, in fact. As I performed right here final 12 months so I knew what to organize for,” Sandhu mentioned.
He has been struggling this 12 months and missed the previous six cuts, however he’s nonetheless having fun with his debut season on the Asian Tour.
-PTI
MORE SPORTS
World Padel League’s second season to be held in Mumbai
The second season of the World Padel League for each women and men gamers from world wide can be held right here from February 6-9 subsequent 12 months in a franchise-based format.
The primary version of the competitors was organised in Dubai.
Padel is a racquet-based sport which is analogous to tennis and squash. It’s performed in an enclosed house with a web within the center however the courtroom measurement is way smaller than tennis.
The gamers listed here are allowed to hit the ball bouncing off the enclosure as a way to maintain it in play.
It was developed by a Mexican named Enrique Corcuera within the Seventies.
Padel is normally performed by 4 folks in a contest of doubles however gamers can even compete as singles.
The Indian Padel Federation’s president Sneha Abraham Sehgal mentioned, “Padel has been quickly rising in India, and extra persons are more and more eager about taking on the game. With the World Padel League coming to India, it exhibits Padel’s rising reputation within the nation,” she mentioned in a launch.
-PTI
TENNIS
AITA U-14 event: Double crown for Vivaan Mirdha
Kaustubh Singh and champion Vivaan Mirdha within the AITA Tremendous Collection junior tennis event in Jodhpur.
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Kaustubh Singh and champion Vivaan Mirdha within the AITA Tremendous Collection junior tennis event in Jodhpur.
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Vivaan Mirdha received a double crown within the AITA tremendous collection under-14 tennis event on the Mallinath Sardar Academy.
Vivaan defeated his doubles associate Kaustubh Singh 6-3, 7-5 within the last whereas the duo collectively beat Tanish Patil and Vir Chattur.
The ladies title was bagged by Aaradhya Meena who outplayed Darshamini Singh for the lack of one recreation within the last.
The outcomes (finals):
Underneath-14 boys: Vivaan Mirdha bt Kaustubh Singh 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles: Vivaan Mirdha & Kaustubh Singh bt Tanish Patil & Vir Chattur 6-0, 6-2.
Underneath-14 women: Aaradhya Meena bt Darshamini Singh 6-0, 6-1.
– Staff Sportstar
HPCL-Mittal AITA event: Pooja Ingale wins ladies’s last; Debasis Sahoo males’s champion
Second seed Pooja Ingale recovered from a gradual begin to beat qualifier Mahika Khanna 5-7, 6-0, 6-4 within the ladies’s last of the HPCL-Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA males’s and ladies’s tennis event on the CLTA Advanced on Friday.
Within the males’s last, qualifier Debasis Sahoo asserted himself in opposition to Shanker Heisnam for the lack of 4 video games.
The outcomes (finals):
Males: Debasis Sahoo bt Shanker Heisnam 6-1, 6-3.
Girls: Pooja Ingale bt Mahika Khanna 5-7, 6-0, 6-4.
– Staff Sportstar
Nonthaburi Challenger Tennis: Rithvik, Arjun win in doubles semifinals
High seeds Rithvik Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe beat Toshihide Matsui of Japan and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-4 within the doubles semifinals of the $133,250 Challenger tennis event in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Friday.
Within the last, the Indian pair can be challenged by Blake Ellis and Adam Walton of Australia.
The outcomes
$133,250 Challenger, Nonthaburi, Thailand Doubles (semifinals): Rithvik Bollipalli & Arjun Kadhe bt Toshihide Matsui (Jpn) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF males, Kigali, Rwanda Singles (quarterfinals): Adil Kalyanpur bt Manuel Plunger (Ita) 6-3, 6-1; Karan Singh bt Man Iradukunda (Bdi) 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Corentin Denolly (Fra) & Aziz Ouakaa (Tun) bt Adil Kalyanpur & Rishi Reddy 6-4, 6-2. $15,000 ITF males, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (semifinals): Daniil Golubev & Evgenii Tirunev bt Aryan Lakshmanan & Roland Stuurman (Ned) 6-4, 7-5. $25,000 ITF ladies, Berkeley, USA
Doubles (quarterfinals): Alicia Linana (Esp) & Sahaja Yamalapalli w.o. Iva jovic & Clervie Ngounoue (USA); Rutuja Bhosale & Ema Burgic (USA) bt Angella Okutoyi (Ken) & Merna Refaat (Egy) 6-4, 6-2.
-Staff Sportstar
ITF masters: Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah outplays Pawan Jain in over-60 last
Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah was in high type as he outplayed Pawan Jain 6-1, 6-1 within the over-60 last of the ITF Masters tennis event on the Joygaon Academy.
Nagaraj dropped solely eight video games in all in 4 rounds in rising the champion.
Within the ladies’s over-35 occasion, Askhitha Basavaraju asserted herself with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over her doubles associate Nikunj Kamal within the last. Akshitha didn’t drop a recreation within the earlier two rounds.
The outcomes:
Males
Over-30: Pulkit Mishra bt Tanuj Sharma 6-1, 6-1.
Over-35: Gaurav Jain bt Mishal Javia 6-2, 6-2.
Over-40: Raj Kumar bt Aditya Khanna 6-3, 6-3.
Over-45: Swarandeep Dhodi bt Mohit Phogat 4-3 (retired).
Over-50: Narendra Kankaria bt Akhil Mathur 6-3, 6-3.
Over-55: Pawan Kapoor bt Alok Bhatnagar 6-2, 6-3.
Over-60: Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah bt Pawan Jain 6-1, 6-1.
Over-65: Ashok Ray bt Ajay Talwar 6-2, 6-2.
Over-70: A.J.S. Chhatwal bt George Thomas 6-2, 6-3.
Over-75: Narendra Janweja bt MS Venkatachalam 6-2, 6-2.
Girls
Over-30: Vaibhavi Trivedi bt Monnica Menon 6-1, 4-1 (retired).
Over-35: Akshitha Basavaraju bt Nikunj Kamal 6-1, 6-3.
Over-40: Sonal Vohra bt Sandhyarani Bandgar 7-5, 6-3.
– Staff Sportstar
BADMINTON
Kapur, Dharmadhikari high seeds in inter-district and state badminton event
Pune’s Varun Kapur and Saad Dharmadhikari have gotten the highest billing within the males’s and ladies’s classes respectively for Shri Nandu Natekar Memorial Maharashtra State Senior Inter District (Staff) and State Badminton Championship.
The competitors can be held after almost a decade and begins on Sunday. It is going to be carried out beneath the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Affiliation (MBA) and Badminton Affiliation for Mumbai Upanagar (BAMU).
The second seeded gamers within the males’s and ladies’s classes are additionally from Pune within the type of Yash Shah and Shruti Mundada.
Within the males’s doubles, siblings Viplav Kuvale and Viraj Kuvale are the highest seeds whereas within the ladies’s draw, Thane’s Mrunmayee Deshpande and Kolhapur’s Prerana Alvekar is seeded primary.
Thane’s Aman Farogh Sanjay and Anagh Karandikar are the highest seeds within the combined doubles occasion.
– PTI
FOOTBALL
Mahindra Tremendous League: Dorielton sparkles as Forca Kochi celebrates first win
Thanks a ton, Dorielton!
Forca Kochi FC may very well be saying that repeatedly as its Brazilian ahead Dorielton Gomes scored a aim and supplied an help as the house aspect defeated Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 2-1 and celebrated its first win within the Mahindra Tremendous League Kerala on the Nehru Stadium right here on Friday night time.
The second-half substitutions made by Kochi coach Mario Lemos proved efficient and adjusted the complexion of the match. For it was Thiruvananthapuram, which had not misplaced earlier within the league, which dominated the primary half and created many possibilities.
The boys from the capital used the flanks properly, particularly the left, the place Abdul Badish and Ganesan did a superb job with the mix sending some promising crosses to Marcos Wilder.
Brazilian Wilder gave Thiruvananthapuram the lead within the forty first minute, off a nook, heading in an ideal floater from his compatriot Davi Kuhn. However he missed a number of possibilities too earlier than and after this.
However it was a really totally different story within the second half and Kochi held the higher hand. Okay.P. Rahul, who had come within the 59th minute, introduced some life into the house aspect along with his fast runs. He additionally scored Kochi’s opening aim. It started with Dorielton transferring into the field from the suitable, outwitting two defenders, and sending a cross to Rahul on his left. Rahul was fast along with his effort and the goalkeeper Michel Santos fumbled with the ball and watched in horror because it went in.
Dorielton scored Kochi’s match-winner got here within the seventy fifth minute with the cross coming in from Nijo Gilbert from the suitable, following a nook.
The end result:
Forca Kochi FC 2 (Okay.P. Rahul 62, Doriel Ton 76) bt Thiruvananthapuram Kombans 1 (Marcos Wilder 41).
– Stan Rayan