Indian sports activities news wrap: March 16

SHOOTING

Ashi Chouksey finishes second in Polish Grand Prix

Asian Games medallist Ashi Chouksey completed a powerful second within the ladies’s 50m rifle 3 Positions (3P) occasion on the on-going Grand Prix Wroclawia and Dolnego Slaska worldwide capturing competitors in Wroclaw, Poland.

Chouksey, who gained three medals on the Asian Games final yr, shot 464.7 within the ultimate to complete behind native favorite Julia Piotrowska.

Two different Indians within the discipline, Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil, additionally entered the ultimate, and completed fourth and seventh, respectively.

Chouksey topped the qualification spherical earlier within the day with a strong 593 throughout the three positions of Kneeling, Prone and Standing.

Anjum was fifth with 591, whereas Sift was sixth with 589.

Julia certified second, a degree behind Ashi, however comfortably prevailed over the younger Indian within the ultimate with a rating of 467.3. Aneta Brabcova of the Czech Republic was third.

In the sooner competitions, Paris Olympic quota holder Anish Bhanwala and Niraj Kumar had gained medals in males’s 25m rapid-fire pistol and 3P occasions, respectively.

– PTI

FOOTBALL

SkaSports Investments and Persik Kediri announce strategic partnership

SkaSports Investments and Persik Kediri, knowledgeable soccer membership in Indonesia collectively introduced that they’d entered right into a strategic partnership settlement with a deal with bettering the digital presence, sporting and business facets of Persik Kediri, with potential future funding, in addition to bringing the membership’s model of soccer to the Indian market.

SkaSports Investments Pvt Ltd, based in 2023 by Rohit Ramesh and Sudhir Menon, is engaged within the enterprise of investing and buying sports activities groups, leagues and properties and dealing for the general improvement of the sporting ecosystem.

SportsCast India was their first acquisition following which they acquired a stake in Cambodian Premier League group Angkor Tiger FC based mostly in Siem Reap.

Persik Kediri is knowledgeable soccer membership in Indonesia which has been established for 73 years based mostly in Kediri, East Java. The membership has gained the Indonesian League twice and in addition has expertise competing within the AFC Champions League.

– Team Sportstar

GOLF

Diksha Dagar makes a modest begin on Epson Tour

India’s Diksha Dagar acquired off to a modest begin with a 3-over 74 to be tied-86th after the primary spherical of the IOA Golf Classic on the Epson Tour.

Diksha had only one birdie in opposition to 4 bogeys on the Par-71 Alaqua Country Club. It is a three-round 54-hole occasion.

Diksha, who’s utilizing her time in between her different worldwide engagements on the Ladies European Tour, the place she has had two Top-10 finishes lately, stayed in Florida after taking part in the Aramco Team Series final week.

She can be taking part in not less than two occasions proper now and doubtless a number of extra later within the season.

– PTI

Theegala shoots 67 to maneuver to tenth as Wyndham Clark leads by 4

Indian-American Sahith Theegala discovered six birdies in opposition to one bogey to card 5-under 67 and soar to tenth spot after the second spherical on the PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

He was tied thirty seventh after the primary spherical however made an enormous leap with birdies in tenth, 14th and sixteenth gap. On his second 9, he birdied the second, fourth and eighth and dropped one shot at third.

The lead was held by Wyndham Clark, the reigning US Open champion. Clark shot an identical rounds of 65 to be 14-under and 4 forward of Xander Schauffele (69) and Canadian Nick Taylor at 10-under at PGA Tour’s flagship occasion.

Rory McIlroy was 6-under par going into the weekend, eight photographs behind chief Clark.

– PTI

BADMINTON

Krishna-Pratheek pair bows out of Orleans Masters, India’s marketing campaign ends

Indian pair Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek Okay suffered a straight-game loss within the males’s doubles quarterfinals to bow out of the Orleans Masters badminton match right here.

The world No. 70 Indian pair misplaced 17-21 16-21 in 40 minutes in opposition to the seventh-seeded Danish mixture of Andreas Sondergaard and Jesper Toft, ranked forty sixth within the BWF chart, on Friday evening.

It ended India’s marketing campaign on the Super 300 occasion.

In ladies’s singles, eighth seed Malvika Bansod, Tanya Hemanth and Imad Farooqui Samiya misplaced early within the match.

Men’s singles gamers, together with third seed Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath and S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian additionally made early exits.

Former nationwide champion Anupama Upadhyaya and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, who had gained the Odisha Masters final yr, misplaced within the second spherical.

– PTI

TENNIS

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty in ultimate

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty was in vibrant type as she beat Polina Iatcenko 6-3, 6-4 to make the singles ultimate, and mixed properly with Vaidehi Chaudhari to win the doubles title within the $25,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match on the Indore Tennis Club on Saturday.

The 22-year-old Shrivalli fired seven aces and transformed six of 14 break factors to quell the problem from the Russian. Polina, who had overwhelmed Ankita Raina within the quarterfinals, did battle again, breaking serve 4 instances to remain within the race, however Shrivalli was capable of step up her recreation with fierce floor strokes that brooked little resistance.

In the ultimate, Shrivalli will play second seed Dalila Jakupovic who patiently countered the artful recreation of the small-built Mananchaya Sawangaew for a 7-6(4), 6-3 victory. The 32-year-old Dalila, who was ranked a career-best 69 in 2018, had gained a double crown final week in Nagpur.

In the doubles ultimate, Shrivalli and Vaidehi recovered from being down 1-3 to win 6-3, 7-5, in opposition to Ya-Hsuan Lee and Sohyun Park. Vaidehi performed her half brilliantly after initially taking part in into the palms of the opponents who had been fairly sharp.

It was the third title as a pair for Shrivalli and Vaidehi.

To her credit score, Shrivalli managed to play near her finest, each in singles and doubles, staying centered proper by, regardless of not being at her finest bodily situation.

She will have to be at her preventing finest and firing away in opposition to the athletic Dalila who reads the opponent and state of affairs effectively for acceptable response.

The outcomes:

Singles (semifinals): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Polina Iatcenko 6-3, 6-4; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) 7-6(4), 6-3.

Doubles (ultimate): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Ya Hsuan Lee (Tpe) & Sohyun Park (Kor) 6-3, 7-5.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Karan Singh defeats high seed Evgeny Donskoy in semis

Karan Singh asserted his energy recreation with a 6-3, 6-4 victory excessive seed and former world No.65, Evgeny Donskoy, within the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis match on the DLTA Complex on Saturday.

The 20-year-old Karan, ranked a modest 730, transformed three of 5 break factors to beat the robust opponent who has a victory over Roger Federer.

In the ultimate, Karan will problem compatriot and third seed Ramkumar Ramanathan, who eased previous Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam 6-2, 6-4.

The 29-year-old Ramkumar has been thriving within the home circuit in latest instances, successful the titles in comparable tournaments in Dharwad, Mumbai and Kalaburagi. He can be on the lookout for his twenty first title to bolster his singles rank that had reached a profession finest 111 in 2018.

In distinction, Karan can be on the lookout for his maiden title within the skilled circuit. He has not dropped a set up to now.

In the doubles ultimate, third seeds Siddhant Banthia and Vishnu Vardhan beat the highest seeds Parikshit Somani and Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 6-1.

It was the forty sixth doubles title in professional circuit for the 36-year-old Vishnu. For Banthia, successful his second title with Vishnu, it was his eighth doubles title.

The outcomes:

Singles (semifinals): Karan Singh bt Evgeny Donskoy 6-3, 6-4; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Nam Hoang Ly (Vie) 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles (ultimate): Siddhant Banthia & Vishnu Vardhan bt Parikshit Somani & Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 6-1.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

CRICKET

North Zone clinches three-wicket win in opposition to South Zone in Vizzy Trophy ultimate

North Zone scored an exhilarating, three-wicket win with one ball to spare in opposition to South Zone within the Vizzy Trophy one-day cricket championship ultimate on the ACA Stadium in Barsapara (Guwahati) on Saturday.

Batting first, South Zone scored 284 in 48.4 overs, with wicketkeeper Aditya Venkatesh (61, 90b, 7×4) and No.6 S. Dinesh Raj (106, 69b, 9×4, 6×6) being the primary scorers. For North, Vikrant Rana was the choose of the bowlers with 4 for 41.

In reply, North Zone crossed the road because of helpful contributions from opener Tripuresh Singh (75, 77b, 10×4, 1×6), No.3 Aayush Sikka (56, 76b, 3×4) and No.4 Abhishek Kaushal (55, 57b, 2×4, 1×6). But it was the essential and lusty hitting by captain Amar Chaudhary (36 n.o., 20b, 4×4,1×6), who got here in at No. 9, which settled the problem in favour of North within the firm of No.8 Aditya Chauhan (14 n.o., 18b).

The scores: Final: South Zone 284 in 48.4 overs (Aditya Venkatesh 61, S. Dineshraj 106, Vikrant Rana 4/41) misplaced to North Zone 287/7 in 49.5 overs (Tripuresh Singh 75, Aayush Sikka 56, Abhishek Kaushal 55, Amar Chaudhary 36 n.o.).

-V.V. Subrahmanyam

Election Commission match for PwD voter consciousness

Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) beat Deaf Cricket Association (DCA) by 69 runs after scoring 190 for 5 in a T-20 match organised by the Election Commission of India to create voter consciousness amongst Persons with Disabilities (PwD), on the Karnail Singh Stadium right here on Saturday.

Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, together with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu had been current within the consciousness marketing campaign. Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi P Krishnamurthy and different senior officers of each ECI and Office of CEO, Delhi, took half within the occasion.

Archer Sheetal Devi, recognised because the nationwide icon (PwD) by the ECI made a digital presence for the occasion, through which the CEC launched a booklet titled, Voter’s information on PwD and senior citizen electors.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

Sanjna sizzles once more as Bengal seal quarterfinal berth with 11-0 win over Telangana

Sanjna nHoro continued her wealthy vein of type, registering yet one more hat-trick as Hockey Bengal thrashed Telangana Hockey 11-0 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Senior Women National Championship right here on Saturday.

In a lop-sided contest, Sanjna (4th, twentieth, twenty first, thirty eighth, forty fourth minutes) scored 5 objectives, whereas Susmita Panna (sixth, tenth, forty second) additionally slammed a hat-trick for Bengal.

Monika Nag (seventh, fortieth) struck a brace, whereas skipper Anjna Dungdung (fifth) additionally discovered the again of the online on the Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium.

Sanjna had earlier scored eight objectives in opposition to Hockey Gujarat. Hockey Bengal completed with an all-win report and picked up 9 factors from Pool H, which additionally contains Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and Hockey Gujarat.

However, it was the top of the street for Uttar Pradesh Hockey regardless of registering a dominating 11-2 win over Hockey Andhra Pradesh in a Pool C match.

Veteran Vandana Katariya (forty third, fiftieth, fifty fifth minutes) slammed a hat-trick, whereas Mumtaz Khan (twenty seventh, forty seventh) and Upasana Singh (thirty fifth, forty sixth) struck twice every.

Shashikala (14th), Reetu Singh (twenty seventh), Swarnika Rawat (thirty eighth) and Simran Singh (57th) discovered the online as soon as every for Uttar Pradesh.

Kalyani Swarnapoodi (seventh) and Garlanka Varahalamma (57th) had been heading in the right direction for Hockey Andhra Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Hockey completed second within the three-team Pool C behind Hockey Jharkhand, whereas Hockey Andhra Pradesh remained win-less.

Both Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Hockey Jharkhand had 4 factors from one win and one draw, however the former had been second within the standings by advantage of an inferior purpose distinction.

Hence, Hockey Jharkhand certified for the quarterfinals from Pool C.

In different matches of the day, Delhi Hockey beat Kerala Hockey 4-1 in Pool B however didn’t progress forward of Hockey Maharashtra, which has two wins in as many video games.

Sonali (thirty seventh, 59th) discovered the online twice, whereas Tanya (twenty first) and Manshi (54th) had been the opposite goal-scorers for Delhi. Kerala Hockey’s lone purpose got here from the stick of Swetha (thirty third).

Elsewhere in Pool A, Chhatisgarh Hockey recorded its first win in two matches, beating Hockey Bihar 2-0 because the latter slumped to their second straight loss.

Anisha Sahu (eighth) and Aanchal Sahu (51st) scored for Delhi Hockey.

The win, nonetheless, was not sufficient for Delhi Hockey to enter the knockout levels, ending second behind Hockey Maharashtra.

Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Bengal have sealed their locations within the quarterfinals.

Later within the day, Hockey Gujarat will tackle Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu in a Pool H tie, whereas Hockey Uttarakhand can be up in opposition to Dadara & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu in Pool G.

On Friday, Hockey Mizoram had defeated Hockey Himachal 10-0.

– Team Sportstar