BADMINTON
Deswal-Rishi enter combined doubles closing of the Inter-ministry badminton event
Gaurav Deswal and Bhavya Rishi of Delhi Audit beat Abhinav Prakash of Ministry of Communication and Swati Sharma of Delhi Audit 21-13, 21-17 within the combined doubles closing of the Inter-ministry badminton event on the AIIMS Gymkhana on Saturday.
Himanshu Saroha and Bhavya Rishi of Delhi Audit had been declared because the ‘Player of the Tournament’ within the males’s and ladies’s sections respectively.
At the conclusion of the championship, Rohan Kapoor of Delhi Audit was felicitated for being a part of the silver-winning Indian staff within the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Rajeev Sharma of Delhi was additionally felicitated for successful the gold within the over-55 part within the World Seniors Championship in Jeonju, Korea.
The outcomes:
Men’s doubles (closing): Tushar Sharma & Himanshu Saroha bt Gaurav Deswal & Abhinav Prakash 21-14, 16-21, 21-17; Third place: Arvind Kumar & KP Biju Kumar bt Rajender & Kulvinder 21-16, 21-14.
Women’s doubles (closing): Namita Pathania & Bhavya Rishi bt Lalita Dahiya & Megha Morcha Bora 21-14, 21-17; Third place: Swati Sharma & Ruchika Patwal bt Nisha & AP Kaur 21-8, 21-9.
Mixed doubles (closing): Gaurav Deswal & Bhavya Rishi bt Abhinav Prakash & Swati Sharma 21-13, 21-17; Third place: Tushar Sharma & Namita Pathania bt Jagbeer & Nisha 21-15, 21-12.
Veteran males (closing): Vijay Sharma bt Gajender 21-16, 21-17; Third place: Sunil Yadav bt Amit Tyagi 21-9, 21-12.
– Team Sportstar
GOLF
Bhullar finishes tied Tenth in Riyadh
Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar performed his finest spherical of the week with a bogey-free 6-under 65 and completed tied-Tenth on the USD 1 million Saudi Open in Jeddah on Sunday.
Bhullar, who was T-25 after three rounds, improved by 15 spots and was one of the best among the many Indian finishers at Riyadh Golf Club.
Bhullar totalled 11-under for the week and was seven photographs behind Denwit Boriboonsub of Thailand, who shot 64 within the closing spherical for a complete of 18-under 266.
Boriboonsub received USD 180,000, whereas Henrik Stenson (67) was second at 15-under and received USD 110,000.
India’s Veer Ahlawat, who was mendacity T-3 after three rounds, slipped within the closing spherical with a card of 2-over 73 and ended T-16 at 8-under.
Among different Indians, Yuvraj Sandhu (70) completed T-23 and S Chikkarangappa (74) dropped to T-32. Ajeetesh Sandhu (69) was T-65, Bhullar impressed with 4 birdies on the entrance 9 and added two extra on the again 9.
Boriboonsub accomplished a uncommon hat-trick of titles as he recorded an excellent three-shot win. The 19-year-old Thai shot a closing spherical seven-under-par 64 for a four-round-aggregate of 18-under 266.
Stenson raced by way of with a 65 to safe second place whereas Travis Smyth from Australia was third after a 67 in an occasion that delivered to a conclusion the Asian Tour’s 23-event, USD 35 million season.
Phachara Khongwatmai of Thailand, the in a single day chief, signed off with a 70 and tied for fourth, 5 behind the sensible younger beginner Ratchanon ‘TK’ Chantananuwant, in with a 66, and Japan’s Jinichiro Kozuma, who closed with a 67.
– PTI
Subhash Tamang beats Rohit to grow to be first golfer from Nepal to win All India beginner c’ships
Subhash Tamang, who comes from a humble background, turned the primary golfer from Nepal to win the celebrated All India Amateur Championships run by the Indian Golf Union.
Tamang, who was virtually 10 when he first held a golf membership, beat Rohit of India 9&7 to win the 122nd version of the event on the iconic Royal Calcutta Golf Club.
The 21-year-old Tamang, who was neck-and-neck with Rohit for the primary 15 holes, pulled away to 3-up after 18 holes. In the afternoon session he was unstoppable, and the match ended when he was 9 forward with seven holes left.
“It is the happiest moment of my life,” stated Tamang, who came to visit to India in 2022 to hone his expertise beneath an India professional, Tarun Sardesai at his academy close to Bengaluru.
Tamang’s performances earned him begins on the prestigious Asia Pacific Amateur Championships and different internationals, however that is his largest win.
Tamang was first noticed by Tashi Ghale, a Nepalese businessman and the President of Nepal Golf Association. Ghale took him to Deepak Acharya, the Director of Operations, and a educating skilled at Gokarna Golf Club, the place Tamang educated and performed.
Then across the begin of 2022, Ghale and Acharya helped Tamang to get to India and practice with Sardesai, who now trains the Nepal staff.
Tamang, who was 54th at Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships in 2022 in Thailand, missed the reduce on the AAC this yr in Melbourne. His finest world rank has been one hundred and fifth however was ranked 153rd at the beginning of the week. Now this newest win might as soon as once more convey him nearer to career-best rank.
The flagship occasion of the IGU, the All-India Amateur Championships started with a 36-hole stroke play occasion to slender the sector right down to 32 for the Matchplay part.
Tamang was fourth within the 36-hole stroke play at the beginning of the week, he made his means by way of quite a few rivals to succeed in the ultimate. His hardest match got here within the first spherical, when he was taken to further holes and received on the nineteenth gap in opposition to Kanav Chauhan.
Then he beat Vishesh Sharma within the pre-quarter finals and Dhruv Suri within the quarter finals by related margins of 4&3. In the semi-finals, he once more bought good in essential phases and beat the highest seed Altin Van der Merwe of South Africa 3&1.
Earlier within the stroke play staff occasion, South Africa emerged winners with Altin Van Der Merwe and Jordan Clay Burnand main the cost. The two South Africans misplaced out within the semi-finals, as Tamang beat Van der Merwe and Rohit eradicated Burnand.
India A with Sandeep Yadav and Rohit had been second at 294 and India B comprising Vinamra Anand and Shaurya Bhattacharya had been third at 295.
The All-India Amateur Championships is India’s oldest golf event having began in 1892. The Championships weren’t held throughout the two World Wars and was cancelled as soon as in 2020 because of Covid.
– PTI
MOTOR SPORTS
Sandeep Kumar, Chetan Surineni win MRF Formula titles
On a day over-run with feelings, Chennai’s Sandeep Kumar and Bengaluru teenager Chetan Surnineni received the titles within the showpiece MRF Formula 2000 and 1600 classes, respectively, because the curtains got here down on the fourth and closing spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship 2023 on the Madras International Circuit on Sunday.
Also selecting up the National titles of their respective classes had been Gurunath Meiyappan (Race Concepts, Indian Touring Cars), Deepak Ravikumar (Performance Racing, Indian Junior Touring Cars) and Diljith TS (DTS Racing, Super Stock and Formula LGB 1300).
The Championship battle within the MRF Formula 2000 went proper right down to the wire. Sandeep Kumar did simply sufficient to select up essential factors and pip Kolkata’s Arya Singh by simply three factors to say the championship. Incidentally, each the MRF F2000 races had been received by Bengaluru’s Aditya Swaminathan.
“I am totally exhausted but very satisfied to win my first-ever National championship. I missed the qualifying session yesterday as I was racing in Dubai (Porsche Cup) and returned home early this morning. After a two-hour sleep, I was at the track for the races. The feeling is still to sink in as I am just too tired mentally,” stated Meiyappan.
Another Chennai driver, Deepak Ravikumar edged out his Performance Racing team-mate Akkineni Anand Prasad for the title within the IJTC class by successful each the races in the present day for a double whereas 30-year-old Diljith, who had successfully sealed the championship with a spherical to spare, solely confirmed the title within the Super Stock class.
However, Diljith needed to battle laborious for the Formula LGB 1300 crown that was determined solely on conclusion of the ultimate race on this class. He completed second in Race-1 behind team-mate Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore) and third in Race-2 to annex the title. The Race-2 was received by 16-year-old Bengaluru schoolboy Dhruvh Goswami (MSport) from pole place within the reverse grid.
-Team Sportstar