Indian sports activities news wrap, March 12

Here are all the key updates and developments in Indian sport on March 12.

FOOTBALL

Gokulam downs Sreenidi, finishes third in I-League

Gokulam Kerala defeated Sreenidi Deccan by a lone aim on the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Sunday and completed third within the I-League, behind champion RoundGlass Punjab FC and Sreenidi.

Gokulam’s Spanish ahead Sergio Mendigutxia scored off a penalty, awarded after Sreenidi captain David Castaneda dealt with the ball contained in the field, early within the second half and that proved to be the match-winner.

Mendigutxia despatched a strong shot to the left nook and although Sreenidi goalkeeper Harsh Patil guessed it proper, the ball was past his attain.

The house group’s goalkeeper Shibinraj Kunniyil, who pulled off many saves, was adjudged because the participant of the match.

The end result: Gokulam Kerala 1 (Sergio Mendigutxia 50) bt Sreenidi Deccan 0.

GOLF

Gandas Tied-53rd at Kenya Open, Shubhankar misses lower

Indian golfer Manu Gandas discovered himself in Tied-53rd place after a combined day on the Magical Kenya Open.

At 3-under by 13 holes, Gandas gave the impression to be rising effectively up the leaderboard earlier than he fell again on account of a hat-trick of bogeys. He did handle to complete beneath par at 1-under 70 and has yet another spherical to make up within the DP World Tour occasion.

Gandas earned his method into the DP World Tour by way of a strategic alliance between the DP World Tour and PGTI, the place he topped the Order of Merit.

Gandas birdied the primary, sixth and tenth however had bogeys on 14th, fifteenth and sixteenth earlier than discovering a birdie on seventeenth.

Gandas’ buddy and fellow Indian Shubhankar Sharma missed the lower.

Jorge Campillo carded the joint-lowest spherical of the event to take a one-stroke lead into the ultimate spherical.

-PTI

Vani and Pranavi end strongly in Top-20 in Women’s South African Open

Vani Kapoor and Pranavi Urs had a creditable end inside Top-20 within the 2023 Investec South African Women’s Open at Steenberg Golf Club.

Vani, who was in Top-10 after three rounds, did handle a remaining spherical of 1-under 71, however slipped from in a single day tied-eighth to tied twelfth at 8-under complete.

Meanwhile, Pranavi shot her greatest spherical of the week with an action-packed again 9. Pranavi shot 69 and completed 7-under to be tied sixteenth.

The 2022 AIG Women’s Open champion, Ashleigh Buhai, fired a remaining spherical of 68 (-4) to win the 2023 Investec South African Women’s Open at Steenberg Golf Club, right here on Saturday.

The South African famous person had held a four-shot lead because the halfway mark and maintained that benefit on the ultimate day.

Buhai rolled in six birdies and two bogeys on the fourth day of competitors to seal her fifth LET title with a rating of 22-under-par and win this event for the fourth time. Spain’s Ana Pelaez Trivino completed second, whereas Chiara Noja was third.

Vani, needing a quick begin to make a bid for the next end, managed just one birdie and one bogey on the entrance 9 and on the again 9 she had two birdies towards one bogey.

Pranavi parred her first seven holes earlier than she bogeyed the Par-5 eighth for the second time this week. She shortly obtained that shot again with a birdie on the ninth.

The again 9 was filled with motion, as she birdied tenth, eleventh and twelfth to make it 4 in a row.

There was a double bogey on Par-4 fifteenth however she birdied the following solely to drop a shot on seventeenth. On the 18th, she landed an eagle and carded 69. The dropped photographs late within the spherical could have robbed a primary profession Top-10 for Pranavi.

For yet one more time, Pelaez Trivino completed in second place on the LET after she produced a spherical of 68 (-4) on the ultimate day to achieve 18-under-par.

It was a flawless day for the LET winner who rolled in birdies on holes 5, 10, 12 and 18 to safe her runner-up end.

Germany’s Chiara Noja ended the event in solo third place on 17-under-par after a fourth spherical of 69 (-3) which included 4 birdies and one bogey.

Argentina’s Magdalena Simmermacher completed in fourth place on 15-under-par with South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer in fifth on 11-under-par, whereas Czechia’s Klara Davidson Spilkova was one shot additional again in sixth spot.

Five gamers completed in a tie for seventh place with France’s Anais Meyssonnier, England’s Gabriella Cowley, South Africa’s Casandra Alexander, Sweden’s Johanna Gustavsson and Italy’s Alessandra Fanali all on nine-under-par.

In the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol, India’s Aditi Ashok continues to prepared the ground with 1,210 factors to her identify.

-PTI

Modest end for Avani, Nishna as Eila wins WAAP by 5 photographs

Avani Prashanth and Nishna Patel, the 2 Indians who made the lower on the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship (WAAP), ended the occasion on a somewhat subdued be aware with 3-over 75 every on the ultimate day.

Avani, the Queen Sirikit Cup’s particular person champion, shot rounds of 73-71-74-75 to complete 5-over 289 and completed tied twenty fourth, whereas Nishna Patel, enjoying the WAAP for the third time, additionally carded 75, and with rounds of 71-72-77-75, totalled 7-over 291 to complete tied thirty fifth.

The different 4 Indians — Anika Varma, Vidhatri Urs, Mannat Brar and Lavanya Jadon — missed the lower.

-PTI