SQUASH
Velavan storms into Batch Open squash ultimate in Paris
National champion Velavan Senthilkumar superior to his profession 12 th Professional Squash Association ultimate on the USD 12,000 Batch Open Challenger Tour occasion in Paris.
The top-seeded Indian, ranked 58 on the planet, defeated Hong Kong’s Andes Ling 11-2, 11-1, 11-6 in 22 minutes within the semifinal on Saturday, and can tackle Frenchman Melvil Scianimanico for the title.
– Team Sportstar
BOXING
Jadumani, Akash enter quarterfinals of ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing C’ships
Mandengbam Jadumani Singh (51kg) and Akash Gorkha (60kg) entered the quarterfinals of the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships on Sunday.
Jadumani Singh outperformed Aldarkhishig Battulga of Mongolia by successful the bout with an RSC (Referee Stop Contest) determination in spherical two in U-22 class.
Akash, however, confronted a troublesome problem in opposition to Mongolia’s Ganbaatar Gan Erdene however made a outstanding comeback after dropping the primary spherical to win the bout 4-1.
Both the boxers will play their quarter-final bout on Tuesday.
Ajay Kumar (63.5kg) and Ankush (71kg) will start their marketing campaign within the U-22 class in a while Sunday.
On Saturday, Jatin (57kg), Sagar Jakhar (60kg) and Yashwardhan Singh (63.5kg) additionally entered the following spherical. Jatin and Yashwardhan gained their bouts with an an identical 5-0 win, whereas Sagar acquired a walkover from his opponent Leong Brandon of Singapore.
On Monday, 11 boxers shall be in motion of their respective youth classes with Laxmi (50kg), Tamanna (54kg), Yatri Patel (57kg) and Shrusthi Sathe (63kg) competing within the ladies’s class.
Brijesh Tamta (48kg), Jitesh (54kg), Sagar Jakhar (69kg), Sumit (67kg), Rahul Kundu (75kg), Hemant Sangwan (86kg) and Lakshay Rathi (+92kg) will compete within the males’s class.
The finals for the youth and U-22 class shall be performed on May 6 and seven respectively.
-PTI
ATHLETICS
Ajay fifth, Priti sixth in Drake Relays
Asian champion Ajay Kumar Saroj completed fifth within the males’s 1500m within the Drake Relays, a World Athletics Continental Tour-silver occasion, in Iowa, USA, on Saturday.
Ajay, additionally the Asian Games silver medallist, clocked 3:38.32s. American Johnathan Reniewicki (3:36.44) gained the gold.
Asian Games bronze medallist Priti was sixth within the ladies’s 3000m steeple chase in 9:44.82s. American Annie Rodenfels took the title in 9:31.03s.
Meanwhile within the Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia, additionally a World Athletics Continental Tour-silver occasion, nationwide excessive leap record-holder Tejaswin Shankar was seventh with 2.15m. American Kyle Rollins gained the gold with 2.23m.
-Stan Rayan
GOLF
Diksha shoots under-par rating to complete in top-25 in South African Women’s Open
Diksha Dagar performed a gentle ultimate spherical of 1-under 71 and completed tied-Twenty fourth on the Investec South African Women’s Open on Sunday.
The 23-year-old southpaw, a two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, has been very constant this season, lacking only one minimize in six begins and ending in top-25 within the remaining six occasions.
Diksha, ranging from the tenth, bogeyed the Par-3 14th for the second time this week, however birdied the sixteenth and the 18th. She discovered 11 of the 14 fairways and 15 of the 18 greens in regulation and had just one three putt, which was on the 14th. Yet, she didn’t convert among the makeable birdie putts and had simply 5 one-putts.
Diksha, who had a win within the Czech Republic final yr and two top-3s within the Amundi German Masters and the Hero Women’s Indian Open, will transfer to Asia for the following occasion in Korea, the Aramco Ladies Korea.
This season, Diksha has had three top-10s in six begins in Lalla Meryem Cup (ninth), Aramco Series Tampa (T-6) and Joburg Ladies (T-3) and twice in top-25 in Kenya (T-19) and Capetown (T-24). Her solely missed minimize was in Aramco Ladies International in Saudi Arabia.
Belgium’s Manon de Roey held her lead and gained by 4 regardless of a closing bogey. She shot 72 and completed at 14-under and 4 forward of England’s Gabriela Cowley (70) on a day when there have been simply two playing cards beneath 70.
Nicole Garcia of South Africa (71) was fourth and Ines Laklalech of Morocco, positioned second after the third spherical slipped to fifth with a 76.
India’s different three gamers, Tvesa Malik, Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari missed the minimize.
– PTI
JM Eagle LA Championship: Aditi Ashok lies T-Fiftieth in LPGA
Aditi Ashok closed in a disappointing method with a double bogey and a bogey on the ultimate two holes of her third spherical and slipped to T-50 on the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship.
The Indian star has had a modest season up to now on the LPGA in 2024.
Overall, Aditi had 4 birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. It was the second double bogey of the week for the Indian, who had double bogeyed the tenth a day earlier.
Grace Kim stumbled to a 5-over 76 however nonetheless held on to a share of the lead on the Wilshire Country Club.
Four strokes forward getting into the day after rounds of 64 and 66, Kim was tied with fellow Australian Hannah Green, the defending champion who saved par with a 12-footer on the par-3 18th for a 70. They had been at 7-under 206.
There had been three gamers in tied third and it included Maja Stark, taking part in alongside Kim within the ultimate group.
Stark bogeyed the 18th for a 73. The Swede was one shot behind Jin Hee Im of South Korean, who had a back-nine 30 in a 63 for the very best spherical of the day and Germany’s Esther Henseleit (71).
Kim bogeyed the par-5 second gap and had a double bogey on the par-3 fourth. She additionally dropped pictures on the par-4 tenth and sixteenth holes.
Stark completed second final week exterior Houston in The Chevron Championship.
– PTI
Anirban Lahiri T-14 in Liv Golf Adelaide
Anirban Lahiri shot 5-under 67 and completed T-14 within the Liv Golf Adelaide as Brendan Steele gained the person title with a gritty 4-under 68 to complete at 18 underneath. He was one stroke higher than Louis Oosthuizen.
Lahiri, who shot 65-71 within the first two rounds, ended at 13-under. In his ultimate spherical of 67, he had six birdies and one bogey.
Hometown group Ripper GC, captained by Cameron Smith, beat the all-South African Stinger GC on the second playoff gap to seize a victory at The Grange Golf Course. The group comprised Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Lucas Herbert.
Steele entered the ultimate spherical with a one-stroke lead and produced a string of 5 consecutive birdies to provide himself sufficient cushion in opposition to the hard-charging Oosthuizen, who shot a 7-under 65.
– PTI