GOLF
Indian golfers disappoint at Alfred Dunhill
The primary two rounds supplied huge disappointment for the Indians as Shubhankar Sharma and Om Prakash Chouhan had been positioned tied 139 and 154 respectively within the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.
Sharma shot even par rounds at Carnoustie and Kingsbarns however that didn’t assist his trigger, whereas Chouhan was even additional down with 71-75.
Sharma nonetheless has his spherical to go, whereas Chouhan will play his third spherical at Carnoustie.
In the meantime, Nicolas Colsaerts relied on native data as he shot a surprising 65 to share the lead with Cameron John after the second spherical.
The Belgian kicked off his marketing campaign with a 65 on the Outdated Course at St Andrews and recorded the identical rating on the notoriously tough Carnoustie to achieve 14 underneath par and put himself in place to seal a fourth DP World Tour title and his first since 2019.
Scottish pair Grant Forrest and Martin Gilbert lead the group occasion on 24 underneath par after two rounds.
Colsaerts, the 2012 Ryder Cup star, who has blended golf and commentary work this season, has been coming to this occasion for 20 years, and felt his expertise of Carnoustie paid dividends as he shot eight birdies and a single bogey, together with good points on the tough ninth and seventeenth.
Australia’s John adopted up his opening 62 at Kingsbarns with a 68 on the Outdated Course, grabbing a share of the lead along with his good birdie on the seventeenth.
John, who sits 1007th on the Official World Golf Rating, sandwiched a disappointing double bogey on the fifth between birdies on the fourth and sixth earlier than closing the entrance 9 with a 25-foot birdie from off the ninth inexperienced.
A ten-foot birdie on the tenth took him to inside a shot of the lead earlier than a close-range achieve on the twelfth noticed him be part of in a single day chief Darren Fichardt on the prime.
A sequence of pars adopted earlier than he holed from 22 toes on the seventeenth to get to 14 underneath and share the lead with Colsaerts.
Residence favorite David Legislation and first-round chief Fichardt had been in a tie for third a shot additional again, one forward of the four-strong group on 12 underneath.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton emerged because the main pair from Kingsbarns, attending to 11 underneath par after rounds of 65 and 68 respectively, to sit down alongside Tom Vaillant of France and Welshman James Ashfield, who’s making his skilled debut this week.
-Press Belief of India
ARCHERY
2024 Asian Youth Archery Championship: Vaishnavi shines as India girls win silver medal in recurve U-18 occasion
Rising Indian archer Vaishnavi Pawar impressed along with her good efficiency because the Indian group clinched the silver medal within the recurve U-18 girls’s group class on the 2024 Asian Youth Archery Championship in Taipei Metropolis.
Vaishnavi usually took the primary shot for the three-member Indian group, that additionally comprised Pranjal Tholiya and Jannat, in each spherical and dealt with the stress fairly properly because the facet pipped the mighty South Korea within the semifinal in a shoot-off.
The Indian group fought again from a 2-4 deficit to drive a shoot-off for the gold medal in opposition to the host, which finally prevailed.
Vaishnavi Pawar
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Vaishnavi Pawar
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“I’m extremely proud to signify India alongside my teammates. Beating South Korea within the semifinals was a big milestone for us, and we’re decided to maintain striving for extra. I’m particularly grateful for the unwavering assist from the Punit Balan Group, which has been instrumental in my journey to this point. Profitable silver on the Asian Youth Archery Championship is a testomony to our arduous work and dedication, and it conjures up me to goal even larger sooner or later,” Vaishnavi commented.
Vaishnavi, who had completed fourth within the trials to make it to the Asian Youth Archery Championship, additionally reached the quarterfinals within the particular person class.
-Workforce Sportstar
TENNIS
Challenger tennis event: Chandrasekar-Poonacha duo beats Arneodo-Cervantes
Fourth seeded Anirudh Chandrasekar and Niki Poonacha beat Romain Arneodo and Inigo Cervantes 7-6(2), 6-4 within the doubles last of the €120,950 Challenger tennis event in Villena, Spain, on Saturday.
It was the fifth Challenger title for each, and the primary collectively as a pair. It was the third Challenger title of the season for Niki, and the second for Anirudh.
The champion group collected €6,845 and 100 ATP factors. The runners-up bought 60 factors and €4,050.
The outcomes:
€120,950 Challenger, Villena, Spain Doubles (last): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Niki Poonacha bt Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Inigo Cervantes (Esp) 7-6(2), 6-4.
-Workforce Sportstar