Indian sports activities wrap, December 19: Kerala beats Odisha in Santosh Trophy 2024; Rider Raju makes Asian Continentals

FOOTBALL

Santosh Trophy 2024: Kerala beats Odisha to register third straight win

Kerala scored its third win in-a-row when it notched up a 2-0 win in opposition to Odisha to keep up its place on the prime with 9 factors whereas Meghalaya recorded its first win within the ultimate spherical of the 78th Santosh Trophy nationwide soccer championship at Deccan Enviornment right here on Thursday.

Former champions, Kerala, took the lead within the fortieth minute after some spectacular particular person ability from Muhammad Ajsal, who raced from the half-way line, left two defenders within the lurch and rifled a left-footer into the underside nook.

Kerala scored once more with a speedy turnover within the 54th minute. Odisha misplaced the ball in the midst of the park and Muhammed Musharaf was fast to show and launch Naseeb Rahman via on aim. Rahman with all his composure swiftly tucked the ball previous Siddhanta Padhan within the Odisha aim.

In one other match, Donlad Diengdoh fired Meghalaya into prime gear in opposition to Delhi, hanging twice within the area of two minutes to go away Delhi surprised. The primary one got here within the forty ninth minute as he took full benefit of a rebound after Delhi goalkeeper Raj Kumar Mahato saved a long-range strike. Diengdoh was in the fitting place on the proper time to poke dwelling from shut vary.

The Delhi defence was then caught napping two minutes later as Diengdoh latched onto a via ball and went round Mahato, who had ventured out to the sting of the field in an try to clear the ball. Because the Delhi defenders rushed to the aim line, the Meghalaya ahead squeezed the ball into the online with precision.

– Group Sportstar

EQUESTRIAN

Rider Raju secures spot in Asian Continental Championships

Rider Raju Singh completed twice on the rostrum on the FEI’s CCI 3-star occasion to qualify for subsequent 12 months’s Asian Continental Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.

Raju secured first place along with his horse Mawillan and an in depth second with Matakali, cementing his superiority within the prestigious occasion that concluded on Wednesday.

Showcasing their prowess, Raju, Pradeep Kumar and Kumabhar Mahesh Okay Sharayu additionally efficiently met the difficult Minimal Eligibility Necessities by finishing the occasion with penalties of 48 or much less–and can make up the Indian group on the Asian Continental Championships.

“The distinctive performances witnessed right here in Jaipur replicate the rising calibre of equestrian sports activities in India,” EFI Secretary Basic Col. Jaiveer Singh stated.

“Raju Singh, Pradeep Kumar, and Kumabhar Mahesh Okay Sharayus’s success on this occasion is a big milestone, and their achievements, particularly with the MER qualification of the Indian group, set an inspiring precedent for the upcoming Asian Championship in Pattaya.”

Competing within the Dressage Take a look at, Present Leaping, and Cross Nation back-to-back days, Raju took the highest podium within the latter with horse Mawillan and second place with horse Matakli, accumulating 38.8 and 40.6 penalty factors, respectively.

Kumar adopted with horse Parinda in third place with 42.3 penalty factors, whereas Sharayu, with horse Indian Glory, additionally completed throughout the MER with a rating of 46.7.

Moreover, within the Dressage Take a look at, Kumar restricted himself to a prudent 33.5 penalty factors, forward of each Raju and Sharayu.

In the meantime, Singh extended his excellent show by additionally taking the highest two spots in Present Leaping, scoring 38.4 with Mawillan and 40.6 with Matakali. Lt Col Ashish Malik, using on De Baune De Landette, completed third in Present Leaping with a rating of 41.1.

The competitors witnessed outstanding performances from a various group of riders, particularly within the Cross Nation part.

Neel Kamal, using Rajpal Singh Rock, secured fifth place with a rating of 55.0, adopted intently by Vishwanath P Shankar on Amar with 55.4.

-Press Belief of India

MOTORSPORTS

Novice Cup to start on Friday

Seven groups with 22 racers will battle it out for podium on the Novice Cup, which is part of the JK Tyre-FMSCI Nationwide Racing Championship, scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

Zion Racing, MSport, DTS Racing, Momentum Motorsport, Delta Velocity, Ahura Racing and Avalanche Racing will compete throughout 5 races over the 2 days to resolve the general champion of 2024.

The Novice Cup is a feeder collection from the place many racers have graduated to the upper degree resembling Ruhaan Alva, reigning Components LGB4 champion Tijil Rao, Amir Sayed, Vishwas Vijayraj, Arjun Nair and Naethan.

-Press Belief of India

GOLF

Avani and Amandeep on target for LET card

Avani Prashanth stayed on target to getting her taking part in rights on the Women European Tour, regardless of an over par third spherical on the Remaining Qualifier of Lalla Aicha Q-Faculty.

Avani, who shot 69-69 within the first two rounds carded 1-over 73 at Par-72 Al Maaden Golf Course.

Avani at 6-under via 54 holes is Tied-Fifteenth with the following greatest Indian being Amandeep Drall (70-71-72) at 5-under and Tied-Twentieth.

Sneha Singh (73-70-72) is 3-under and T-35, whereas Hitaashee Bakshi (76-77-67) is 2-over and T-71 and Vani Kapoor (72-73-75) is 3-over and T-84.

The rivals for the 90-hole five-round qualifier alternate between the Par-72 Royal Golf Marrakech and Par-73 Al Maaden Golf Marrakech programs.

The fifth spherical can be performed on Al Maaden Golf Marrakech.

The Prime 20 and ties will get Class 12 standing with No. 21-50 getting Class 16 and the remaining will get Class 19.

Spain’s Blanca Fernandez fired a spherical of 67(-6) for a 13-under on day three at Al Maaden Golf Marrakech to guide by one-shot.

The Spaniard started the day in a share of third place and began nicely with a birdie on the primary earlier than making an eagle on the fourth. She had six birdies and an eagle in opposition to two bogeys.

Daniela Darquea continued her tremendous type on the Royal Golf Marrakech firing a spherical of 68 (-4) on day three in Morocco. She was second at 12-under.

Eire’s Anna Foster had an distinctive third day firing the spherical of the week at Al Maaden with a 65 (-8). She is tied third with Teresa Toscano (67).

Germany’s Polly Mack, who’s in outright fifth place on 10-under-par, posted a bogey-free 69 (-3) at Royal.

-Press Belief of India

Tata Metal Championship: Thangaraja, Chhibber, Bedi transfer to joint lead

N Thangaraja of Sri Lanka led together with Saarthak Chhibber and Aadil Bedi with six-under 65 on the opening day of the Rs.3 crore Tata Metal golf championship on the Golmuri and Beldih golf programs on Thursday.

Regardless of the distinctive sample of competing over 9 holes every within the two programs that play just a little totally different, with par 35 and 36 respectively, there have been a number of good scores.

One of many latest champions within the circuit, Jamal Hossain of Bangladesh was joint fourth with three others, one shot behind the leaders.

Two-time winner Udayan Mane, the present rating chief Veer Ahlawat and the seasoned SSP Chawrasia have been amongst six tied joint eight with four-under 67.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Ajeetesh Sandhu mendacity tied fifth in Asian Tour Q-Faculty

Ajeetesh Sandhu dropped a late double bogey and one other bogey within the final three holes, however stayed in top-5 after the third spherical of the Remaining Stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying Faculty.

Sandhu, who had a share of the primary spherical lead, is now 12-under with rounds of 63-70-68.

The Qualifier is being performed on two programs — the A and B course and the C and D at Lake View Resort and Golf Membership in Hua Hin.

The following greatest Indians are Karandeep Kochhar (67-73-69) and Aryan Roopa Anand (69-71-69) and each are 4-under for 3 rounds. They’re T-45.

Arjun Sharma (70) at T-96, Pukhraj Singh Gill (71) at T-110, Anshul Kabthiyal (73) and S Chikkarangappa (73) at T-123, Rashid Khan (74) and Honey Baisoya (72) at T-130 are nonetheless within the fray as top-35 earn Tour playing cards.

Kyungnam Kang, who has 20 years of expertise within the skilled recreation drained a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap quickly after an eagle on 15, on the A and B course to open up a three-shot lead after the third spherical.

He fired a six-under-par 65 to take a seat at 16-under with two rounds remaining within the college — which after Saturday’s ultimate spherical will determined the top-35.

Behind the chief, Kang, are American Christopher Hickman (65) plus Japan’s Takumi Murakami (66) and Taiki Yoshida (67) who’re tied for second.

Sandhu (68) and second-round chief Australian Jack Thompson (70) are a shot additional again.

Mendacity in a tie for seventh 5 off prime spot are Australia’s Lawry Flynn (65), Yosuke Asaji (67) from Japan, and Korean Doyeob Mun (70).

The highest-70 and ties will make the second and ultimate minimize of the week.

-Press Belief of India

CRICKET

CSK launches ninth version of Junior Tremendous Kings inter-school T20 cricket event

Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) launched the ninth version of the Junior Tremendous Kings inter-school T20 cricket event on the M.A. Chidambaram stadium on Thursday.

The competitors, which begins on December 26 and ends on January 22, will characteristic 108 faculties from throughout 23 districts in Tamil Nadu and three different states (Goa, Andhra, and Karnataka). The event is recognised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation (TNCA).

CSK left-arm pacers Mukesh Choudhary and Gurjapneet Singh have been the particular friends.

Okay.S. Viswanathan, CSK CEO, R.N. Baba, TNCA Help. Secretary, Louis Mariano, Operations Head – Tremendous Kings Academy, Vignesh Murali, Head of Advertising – Equitas Small Finance Financial institution, and S. Sriram, CSK Head of Finance, additionally graced the event.

The primary section of the event can be held for groups from Chennai and 22 different districts from December 26 to 31. Matches can be performed in Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Trichy, Ariyalur, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Dindigul, Sivagangai, Tirunelveli, and Kanyakumari.

The second and ultimate section will happen from January 17 to 22 in Tirunelveli, the place the champion can be topped. Eight groups will contest the second section – three from the Districts, the winner and runner-up of the Chennai section, and one group every from Andhra, Goa, and Karnataka. The semifinals and ultimate can be performed underneath floodlights.

“CSK has at all times taken delight in tapping expertise on the grassroot degree. JSK was began in 2012, initially just for Tamil Nadu, the place we began with a metropolis and a few Districts. Then, it unfold to extra Districts, and now, within the second section, we even have groups from Goa, Andhra, and Karnataka. So, over time, it’s our plan to make it an All-India event,” stated Okay.S. Viswanathan.

“JSK is a event that has gone on to provide the gamers of the calibre of Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, and Sai Sudharsan, all of whom have gone on to do nicely within the IPL,” he added.

-Group Sportstar

TENNIS

Defending champion Shrivalli goes down

Qualifier Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland beat the champion of the final event, the seventh seed Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the Ganesh Naik Advanced on Thursday.

The highest seeded Ankita Raina additionally retired halfway via the second set in opposition to Thasaporn Naklo of Thailand. Nevertheless, Ankita was capable of return for her doubles quarterfinals in partnership with Prarthana Thombare, and made the semifinals.

Second seed Sahaja Yamalapalli shoulders the Indian hopes in singles, as she meets Ekaterina Reyngold within the quarterfinals on Friday.

India thumps Japan at Asia-Oceania Rod Laver Junior Problem

The Indian group asserted its prowess by beating Japan 4-2 within the second league match of the Asia-Oceania IC Rod Laver Junior Problem tennis occasion on the Winchester Enviornment on Thursday.

India, thus certified for the world broad problem, that can be hosted by Spain subsequent 12 months.

The Indian group received the 4 singles via Aradhya Kshitij, Sohini Mohanty, Samarth Sahita and Rishitha Basireddy to make sure its qualification from the three-team competitors. Later, the Japanese have been capable of assert themselves by profitable each the girls and boys doubles matches.

India had received the worldwide problem final 12 months via Manas Dhamne, Rushil Khosla, Sohini Mohanty and Asmi Adkar, with the group receiving the trophy from the legend Rod Laver himself within the USA.

The captain of the Indian group, Vikram Anand, captured the fun of the tie in opposition to Japan.

“Samarth and Sohini actually got here again from the brink to clinch this unbelievable victory for us. The excessive humidity and the heavy Slazenger balls made the play tough on the indoor enviornment. The Japanese don’t play many ITF junior tournaments and thus it was tough to learn about their recreation. Our gamers will proceed to play the worldwide circuit and ought to be prepared for the worldwide problem, when it’s held in Spain, tentatively in June,” stated Vikram Anand.

Host Singapore was the third group, and was overwhelmed by each India and Japan.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

AITA males’s event: Parth beats Sarthak in Rajesh Patel memorial semifinal

Prime seed Parth Aggarwal beat third seed Sarthak Suden 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 within the semifinals of the Rajesh Patel memorial Rs.100,000 AITA males’s tennis event on the Tennis Vidyalaya in Sector-61 on Thursday.

Within the ultimate, Parth will play Mayank Sharma who outplayed Bhicky Sagolshem for the lack of 4 video games.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Inter-Companies championship: Balaji cruises previous Vikrant in quarters

Olympian Sriram Balaji eased previous Vikrant Dahiya 9-1 within the quarterfinals of the 76th Inter-Companies tennis championship organised by the Indian Navy on the DLTA Advanced on Thursday.

Balaji had earlier knocked out the highest seed Ajay Malik 9-6 within the quarterfinals. Within the semifinals, Balaji will play fellow former nationwide champion Mohit Mayur. The opposite semifinal can be between Suraj Prabodh and second seed Manish Ganesh.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

SQUASH

Akanksha Salunkhe knocks out Tanvi Khanna in Western India Slam Squash event

India’s prime seeded Akanksha Salunkhe recorded a hard-fought win in opposition to compatriot Tanvi Khanna of their second spherical match of the 79th Western India Slam Squash Event on Thursday.

Salunkhe defeated Khanna 11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 12-10 on the Cricket Membership of India.

In one other ladies’s recreation, Hong Hong’s Bobo Lam knocked out the fourth seeded Malta’s Colette Sultana with a September 11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-9 win.

In males’s class, Czech Republic’s prime seed Viktor Byrtus defeated India’s Suraj Kumar Chand 11-6, 11-7, 11-4.

– Press Belief of India