ATHLETICS
Tata Steel Kolkata 25K: Kartik, Gulveer to be aming main Indian runners
Asian Games silver medallist Kartik Kumar and bronze medallist Gulveer Singh might be among the many main Indian runners to compete within the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K to be held on Sunday.
After Gulab Chand in 1998, 24-year-old Kartik turned the primary Indian to win an Asian Games medal in 10,000m. Kartik, who bagged the ten,000m silver with 28:15.38 on the Hangzhou Asian Games, would be the star amongst house runners.
Kartik clocked 1:04:08 to complete second among the many Indians within the Delhi half-marathon this yr.
He might be challenged by coaching companion Gulveer, who took the Asiad 10,000m bronze with 28:17.21 to make sure a two-three end for the nation in Hangzhou.
Olympian Gopi T., the primary Indian male to win the Asian marathon championship crown in 2017 in China with a timing of two:15:48, might be within the fray. In October final, he competed within the TCS Amsterdam Marathon and completed with 2:14:58.
Having gained the Indian girls’s class on the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2023 with 00:34:12, Tamsi Singh will look to earn one other memorable end within the Indian girls’s class. She was fifth among the many Indians on the Delhi half-marathon with a timing of 1:18:01.
Ekta Rawat, who was eighth in Delhi with 1:21:30, and Nilima Thakur, who was fourth amongst Indians final yr right here with 1:39:48, may even be prepared for the chance.
The first three in Elite Indian males’s and ladies’s classes will win ₹ 2.75 lakhs, ₹ 2 lakhs and ₹ 1.5 lakhs, respectively. The Indian women and men runners will stand to get an occasion report bonus of ₹ 1 lakh every.
-Y. B. Sarangi
TENNIS
Maaya Rajeshwaran wins junior ladies title
Top seed Maaya Rajeshwaran overcame a stiff resistance from Laxmisiri Dandu 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 within the ladies remaining of the Gadre Marine ITF junior tennis event on the Deccan Gymkhana Club on Saturday.
Laxmisiri Dandu and champion Maaya Rajeshwaran within the ITF
junior tennis event in Pune on Saturday.
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Laxmisiri Dandu and champion Maaya Rajeshwaran within the ITF
junior tennis event in Pune on Saturday.
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It was the fifth singles title within the ITF junior circuit for the 14-year-old Maaya, who trains with coach Manoj Kumar in Coimbatore.
It was a effective run for Laxmisiri who’s groomed on the Sania Mirza Academy in Hyderabad. In the boys remaining, Moise Kouame of France beat Arnav Paparkar 6-3, 6-3.
The outcomes (finals):
Boys: Moise Kouame (Fra) bt Arnav Paparkar 6-3, 6-3. Girls: Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Laxmisiri Dandu 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Chouhan in sole lead in SSP Chawrasia invitational golf
Om Prakash Chouhan carded a two-under 70 to agency up his lead with a complete of 209 after the third spherical of the S.S.P. Chawrasia Invitational occasion on the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) course right here on Saturday.
Four pictures away, Veer Ahlawat was at second place with three-under 213 following his spherical of 71.
Chouhan and Gangjee led the pack of 51 professionals, who made the reduce at seven-over 151 after the conclusion of the unfinished second spherical.
In good and clear climate, Chouhan gathered 4 birdies and three bogeys on the entrance 9 earlier than steadying his recreation on the again 9 whereas gaining a shot on the par-five fifteenth.
At 214, American Varun Chopra (69), Rashid Khan (69), Angad Cheema (72) and Udayan Mane (73) shared the third place.
Udayan Mane struck a hole-in-one on the thirteenth throughout his third spherical.
Previous spherical’s joint chief Gangjee slipped to tied-eighth at 216, whereas defending champion Manu Gandas was positioned tied-Twenty fourth at 222.
The scores (Round 3):
209-Om Prakash Chouhan (70, 69, 70); 213-Veer Ahlawat (74, 68, 71); 214-Varun Chopra (73, 72, 69), Rashid Khan (75, 70, 69), Angad Cheema (75, 67, 72), Udayan Mane (73, 68, 73); 215-Aryan Roopa Anand (75, 70, 70).
-Y. B. Sarangi
BASKETBALL
Railways girls outplay Tamil Nadu to arrange remaining in opposition to Kerala in National Basketball Championship
The Tamil Nadu girls led within the first half, however champion Railways struck within the second half to eke out a 69-62 victory within the semifinals of the 73rd National basketball championship on the Guru Nanak Dev Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
In the ultimate, Railways might be challenged by Kerala which outplayed Karnataka 62-33. The Tamil Nadu males beat Delhi 91-69 within the semifinals. The staff will play the winner of the match between host and defending champion Punjab and the Railways.
The outcomes:
Men (semifinals): Tamil Nadu 91 (Aravind Kumar 18, B Soorya 14, Baldhaneshwar 12, Lokeshwaran 10) bt Delhi 69 (Ravi Bhardwaj 15, Aryan 14, J Sahil 14, Joginder Singh 13). Railways 63 (Sahil Kalyan 22, Rajpreet Singh 20) bt Punjab 56 (Kanwar Gurbaj 17, Amritpal Singh 14, Yadwinder Singh 14).
Quarterfinals: Punjab 81 (Kanwar Gurbaj 32, Amritpal Singh 27) bt Karnataka 70 (Pratyanshu Tomar 30, Abhishek 15).
Women (semifinals): Railways 69 (Poonam Chaturvedi 19, Pushpa Senthilkumar 18, M Bhandawya 14) bt Tamil Nadu 62 9K Sathya 19, M Nishanthi 13, Srividhya 10, Nitika 10). Kerala 62 (R Sreekala 18, Kavitha Jose 17, Garima Merlin Varghese 14, Aneesha Cleetus 11) bt Karnataka 33 (Varsha Nandhini 14).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Ankur clinches gold in centre-fire pistol at National Shooting Championship
Ankur Goel gained the centre hearth pistol gold on the rely again after being tied on 573 with Harsimar Singh Rattha and Manav Singh within the 66th National capturing championship on the Madhya Pradesh Academy.
The outcomes:
25m centre hearth pistol: Men: 1. Ankur Goel 573; 2. Harsimar Singh Rattha 573; 3. Manav Singh 573.
-Kamesh Srinivasan