GOLF
Diksha 4th, Pranavi thirteenth in Morocco after second spherical
Diksha Dagar positioned herself for a very good end as she moved into the tied fourth spot on the finish of the second spherical of the Lalla Meryem Cup on the Ladies European Tour right here on Saturday.
Diksha, third on the LET Order of Merit in 2023, shot 2-under 73 and moved to 4-under 142 complete.
Fellow Indian Pranavi Urs, enjoying her first full season on the LET, appeared set for a excessive place after the second gap as she was 3-under by the entrance 9 and 5-under for the occasion at that stage.
Pranavi then dropped a double bogey on the 14th and a bogey on the seventeenth to drop again to even par 73. At 2-under complete, she was tied thirteenth on the Par-73 Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course.
Mexico’s Maria Fassi continued to dominate the occasion after producing a robust second spherical of 69 (-4).
Fassi has held the lead for the reason that begin of the event carding a spherical of 65 (-8) on day one.
Diksha, who shot 2-under 71 within the first spherical, opened the second spherical with 5 pars earlier than discovering a birdie on the sixth. She gave that shot again on the ninth, however birdies on the tenth and the 18th noticed her end at 2-under.
Pranavi, who had six birdies towards two bogeys and a double bogey, birdied second, fourth and seventh. She dropped a double bogey on the 14th, and it was her second double, as she had one on the primary day, too. She additionally had a bogey on the seventeenth on the second day.
Despite a shaky begin, a double bogey on gap two, Fassi, an LPGA participant, dusted off her nerves to roll in three birdies on the entrance 9 on holes 5, six and eight.
At the flip, Fassi continued her nice kind by rolling in an additional 4 birdies with solely a bogey on the seventeenth to blemish her again 9 scorecard.
Home favorite Ines Laklalech sits in solo third after a spherical of 73 (par). The Moroccan acquired off to a robust begin, carding two birdies in her first 4 holes earlier than dropping photographs on holes 9 and fifteen.
Six gamers are tied for fourth on four-under-par; Czech Republic’s Sara Kouskova and Klara Davidson Spilkova, England’s Bronte Law, Diksha, Norway’s Madelene Stavnar and Spain’s Fatima Fernandez Cano.
-PTI
ARCHERY
Asia Cup Stage-1: Indian compound archers bag two gold medals
Indian compound archers bagged two of the three crew gold medals within the Asia Cup Stage-1 in Baghdad on Saturday.
While India claimed males and combined crew occasion gold medals, it suffered a shock defeat to Iran within the girls’s crew ultimate.
The outcomes
Compound: Team: Finals: Men: India (Priyansh, Kushal Dalal, Prathamesh Jawkar) bt Iran (Arash Ghaseimpour, Amin Pakzad, Behnia Radrezvan) 232-229; Women: Iran (Bita Asheghzaldeh, Fatemeh Hemmati, Haleh Izadkhah) bt India (Priya Gurjar, Parneet Kaur, Aditi Swami) 229-223; Mixed: India (Aditi Swami, Prathamesh Jawkar) bt Iran (Fatemeh Hemmati, Amin Pakzad) 159-157; Individual: Bronze medal match: Women: Aditi Swami bt Priya Gurjar 148-145.
-Y.B.Sarangi
FOOTBALL
Karnataka holds Mizoram 2-2 to grab some extent
Defending champion Karnataka held former champion Mizoram to a 2-2 attract a Group B league encounter of the 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, on the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday.
Mizoram went within the lead early off a strike from M.S. Dawngliana within the thirteenth minute earlier than Malsawmzuala doubled the rating proper after the break within the forty seventh minute. Karnataka fought again nicely within the ultimate quarter of the motion and restored parity as Prabin Tigga (67th minute) and R. Vishal (69th) discovered the Mizoram internet as soon as every in a span of two minutes.
Having drawn its first spherical match towards Delhi (1-1), Karnataka netted two factors from two outings whereas Mizoram, which misplaced its first spherical match towards Maharashtra (1-3), picked up its first level after the draw.
Manipur beat Maharashtra 2-1 in one other Group B match. Maharashtra went within the lead within the 14th minute off Azfar Noorani however Manipur restored parity within the fortieth minute when Rojen Wahengbam discovered the goal. Kabiraj Singh fetched the winner late within the 88th minute to provide Manipur the complete quota of factors. Manipur tallied 4 factors from a win and draw whereas Maharashtra remained on three factors.
The outcomes:
Karnataka 2 (Prabin Tigga 67, R. Vishal 69) drew with Mizoram 2 (Dawngliana 13, Malsawmzuala 47).
Manipur 2 (Rojen Wahengbam 40, Kabiraj Singh 88) bt Maharashtra 1 (Azfar Noorani 14).
Delhi 4 (Vivek Kumar 34, Jaideep Singh 50, 76, Milind Negi 68) bt Railways 0.
– Amitabha Das Sharma
POLO
Gen. Sparrow Cup semifinal outcomes
Santiago Marambio scored six objectives in serving to Delta Polo to a 7-4 victory over Army Service Corps (ASC) within the semifinals of the Gen. Sparrow Cup polo event on the Jaipur Polo floor on Saturday.
In the ultimate to be performed on Sunday, Delta Polo will face Mayfair Polo which beat 61st Cavalry-Royal Enfield 7-6.
The outcomes (semifinals):
Delta Polo 7 (Santiago Marambio 6, Hurr Ali) bt ASC 4 (Yatinder Kumar 2, Abhimanyu Pathak, Ravinder Mang).
Mayfair Polo 7 (Naveen Singh 5, Salim Azmi, Angad Singh Sandhu) bt 61st Cavalry-Royal Enfield 6 (Dhruvpal Godara 6).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Rian Sharma and Prachi Malik win within the U-18 AITA National sequence
Rian Sharma and Prachi Malik received the girls and boys titles respectively within the AITA National sequence under-18 tennis event on the Joygaon Academy.
It was a double crown for Rian, as he received the doubles title as nicely, in partnership with Arnav Bishnoi.
The outcomes (finals):
Under-18 boys:Rian Sharma bt Akshat Dhull 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles: Rian Sharma & Arnav Bishnoi bt Parth Deorukhakar & Omkar Shinde 6-4, 6-3.
Under-18 women: Prachi Malik bt Samiksha Dabas 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Navy DAbas & Apara Khandare bt Dhanvi Kale & Mahi Trivedi 6-2, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan