FOOTBALL

India U-17 males beat Atletico Madrileno U-16s in apply recreation

The India U-17 males’s staff registered a 2-1 victory over Atletico de Madrileno U-16s in a apply recreation on the Alcala de Henares, in Madrid.

The India U-17s are at present enjoying a collection of apply matches as a part of their preparation for the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023, which is able to happen in Thailand in June.

Thanglalsoun Gangte and Lalpekhlua scored early within the second half for India, earlier than Tallon pulled one again for the native staff on Thursday.

The hosts started the match on the entrance foot, as India dug deep within the opening exchanges to maintain the scores degree.

However, India have been able to shift gears on the counter, and obtained an opportunity within the third minute itself, once they broke off a Faizan Waheed clearance and Gogocha proceeded up the pitch to feed a cross to Gangte, who shot huge.

Gangte was within the thick of issues once more, this time on the different finish of the pitch, within the twenty third minute, when he cleared an Atletico nook.

The two groups saved going from side to side at one another, earlier than Omang obtained a chance to place his aspect ahead with somewhat over 5 minutes of regulation time left within the first half. However, his shot was saved by Atletico keeper Dani.

India keeper Julfikar Gazi was additionally known as into motion late within the first half, as he saved the scores at 0-0 earlier than the breather. The Spanish aspect started on the entrance foot within the second half as nicely, and Gazi needed to make an acrobatic save early on to maintain them out within the 53rd minute.

As it occurs in a coaching recreation, India head coach Bibiano Fernandes introduced in a number of adjustments a few minutes later, as Danny Meitei, Gurnaj Grewal, Vanlalpeka Guite, Korou Singh, Lalpekhlua, Thokchom, and Ricky Meetei changed Prachit, Rohen, Omang, Lemment, Gogocha, Faizan Waheed, and Dhanajit, respectively.

Interestingly, the adjustments turned the sport round for the Blue Colts, and India took the lead as Korou handed it for Gangte, who took his likelihood with aplomb. Having taken the lead, the Korou-Gangte duo labored their magic as soon as once more, simply 4 minutes later.

Korou despatched in a cross for Gangte, and this time, the latter, as a substitute of going for the aim himself, left it for Lalpekhlua, to make it 2-0.

Atletico pulled one again by way of substitute Tallon within the 78th minute, however India held on to register their second win within the three apply matches they've performed up to now in Spain.

-PTI

SHOOTING

Gurjoat leads standings after 4 rounds within the Shooting World Cup

Gurjoat Singh Khangura slipped a bit, however saved himself near the highest after 4 rounds with a rating of 97 in males’s skeet within the shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.

After two good rounds on the opening day, Gurjoat shot 24 and 23 on the second day.

Erik Pittini of Italy led with 100, however he was not in rivalry for the knock-out stage, as he was competing within the RPO part.

Seven others led on 98. One extra spherical on Saturday will see the highest eight qualifying for the semifinals.

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka shot 96, however Olympian and World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan was within the 78th spot amongst 108 with a rating of 88, following rounds of 19, 24, 21, 24.

In girls’s skeet, Ganemat Sekhon sustained her good work and had a complete of 92 following a collection of 24, 23, 22 and 23. Jiang Yiting of China led with 99, whereas seven others have been on 94.

Maheshwari Chauhan (91) was within the twenty first place, whereas Darshna Rathore slipped to the thirty fourth spot with 88.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Chouhan birdies final gap to card even par at Abu Dhabi Challenge

India’s Om Prakash Chouhan, enjoying a European Challenge Tour occasion in overseas soil for the primary time, picked a birdie on the final gap to card a good par 71 within the opening spherical of the Abu Dhabi Challenge.

Winner of the Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge final month on European Challenge Tour, Chouhan is slated to play back-to-back occasions in Abu Dhabi as he seeks to consolidate his place on the Order of Merit, from the place the highest 20 will go on to earn a card into the DP World Tour.

Chouhan is at present ninth within the standings.

Chouhan had two birdies in opposition to two bogeys and was mendacity tied 61st which was simply contained in the cutline.

Starting from the primary 9, he bogeyed the sixth, however made amends on the eighth. He once more dropped a shot on tenth however completed the spherical with a birdie on Par-5 18th.

England’s Tom Lewis posted an eight underneath par spherical of 64 to take a one shot lead after the opening day.

Lewis birdied two of his closing three holes to take the outright lead, one forward of Dubai resident Joshua Grenville-Wood and Frenchman Julien Sale, who each carded seven underneath par rounds of 65.

Spaniard Ivan Cantero Gutierrez posted a six underneath par spherical of 66 to maneuver into fourth place on six underneath par.

The Road to Mallorca Order of Merit Number One Ugo Coussaud continued his sturdy begin to the season as he posted a 5 underneath par spherical of 67 to maneuver right into a share of fifth place alongside Swedish duo Joel Sjoholm and Niklas Lemke, Italian Andrea Pavan and South African Brandon Stone.

The back-to-back occasions in Abu Dhabi have come about following a long-term partnership between the European Tour group and the Emirates Golf Federation.

-PTI

Modest begin for Arjun Atwal in Mexico

Continuing to divide his time between the PGA TOUR and the PGA Champions Tour, India’s Arjun Atwal opened his marketing campaign with a one-under 70 to lie tied sixty fifth on the Mexico Open.

Atwal, who turned 50 final month to grow to be eligible for the PGA Champions Tour, had two birdies, one among them on his closing 18th gap in opposition to one birdie.

Atwal, who just lately completed T-11 on his Seniors debut, is enjoying his seventh occasion of the season, the place he'll full 20 years subsequent season.

American Indian Akshay Bhatia (68) was T-Thirty first, whereas Aaron Rai was T-81 with a rating of 71.

Two Koreans -- Sung Kang and S H Kim -- have been the perfect Asians alongside China’s Carl Yuan and Marty Dou Cheng. All of them carded 2-under 69 every and have been Tied-Fiftieth.

Austin Smotherman, who gained the Mexico Open in 2018, when it was a part of the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica schedule, completed with 4 straight birdies for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead over Erik van Rooyen and Tano Goya. Smotherman performed bogey-free at Vidanta Vallarta.

Van Rooyen performed his closing 5 holes in four-under and it included an eagle on the par-4 fifteenth when he holed out from 141 yards.

Masters champion Jon Rahm, who gained the Mexico Open at Vidanta in 2022, had 5 birdies on his final 11 holes to beat a sluggish begin for a 67. Tony Finau was amongst 5 gamers at 65.

The Mexico Open, which began in 1944, has had previous winners just like the legendary Ben Crenshaw, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Bobby Locke and Roberto De Vicenzo.

-PTI

CRICKET

Women’s cricket for the visually challenged: Nepal beat India to take 2-1 collection lead

A 186-run opening wicket stand between Binita Pun and Mankeshi Chaudhary helped Nepal overcome India by 9 wickets within the third match of the Women’s T20 Bilateral Series for the Blind right here.

Nepal scored the profitable run on the final ball of its innings offering a spectacle of a match by chasing a frightening 214-run goal. With the win, Nepal took a 2-1 lead within the five-match collection.

Brief scores

India 213/5 in 20 Overs (Sushma Patel – 63 no, Simu Das – 46 no, H. Gangavva – 39, Basanti Hansda – 23; Nisha Chaudhary – 1/26) misplaced to NEPAL – 217/1 in 20 Overs (Binita Pun – 126 no, Mankeshi Chaudhary – 65).

-PTI

TENNIS

AITA tremendous collection juniors: Top seed Tamanna beats second seed Presha

Top seed Tamanna Takoria bounced again from a sluggish begin to beat second seed Presha Shanthamoor 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 within the ladies closing of the Rajesh Patel memorial AITA Super Series junior tennis match on the Tennis Vidyalaya on Friday.

Aarjun Pandit gained the boys title by beating prime seed Deepam Malik 6-4, 6-3.

Tennis coach Ankit Patel conducts the match yearly in reminiscence of his father Rajesh Patel, a famend basketball coach who helped lots of of gamers, particularly girls, make a profession within the recreation.

Results (finals)

Under-18 boys: Aarjun Pandit bt Deepam Malik 6-4, 6-3.

Under-18 ladies: Tamanna Takoria bt Presha Shanthamoor 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

-Team Sportstar

Bhushan beats Varghese in ITF Masters

Second seed Chandra Bhushan beat prime seed Paul Varghese 7-6(6), 7-5 within the over-55 closing of the ITF Masters tennis match on the grass courts of Service Club.

In the over-45 girls’s occasion, Mayuka Sakai of Japan beat prime seed Manju Khare 6-2, 6-1 for the title.

Results (finals):

Men: Over-30: Pulkit Mishra bt Suresh Reddy 6-0, 6-3. Over-35: Rahul Belwal bt Vikas Gulliya 6-0, 6-1. Over-40: Tushar Sharma bt Amit Kirti Tilak 6-2, 6-0. Over-45: Nishant Goel bt Deepak Marwaha 1-6, 7-5, [10-7]. Over-50: Ajit Maruti Sail bt Narendra Kankaria 6-4, 6-4. Over-55: Chandra Bhushan bt Paul Varghese 7-6(6), 7-5. Over-60: Ashish Sen bt Dipankar Chakravarti 3-6, 6-2, [10-5]. Over-65: AJS Chhatwal bt Ajay Talwar 6-1, 6-1.

Women: Over-35 (league) Priyanka Mehta bt Daveletova Madina (Uzb) 6-1, 6-1. Over-40 (league): Mansi Majeji bt Rani Kaur 1-6, 6-3, [10-8]. Over-45: Mayuka Sakai (Jpn) bt Manju Khare 6-2, 6-1. Over-55 (league): Vibha Choudhary bt Chetana Arjun 6-2, 6-3.

- Team Sportstar

Sonal Patil beats Kashish Bhatia in AITA girls’s match

Fifth seed Sonal Patil beat third seed Kashish Bhatia 6-4, 6-2 within the closing of Rs.100,000 AITA girls’s tennis match on the Joygaon Academy on Friday.

It was a commendable run by Sonal, who dropped solely six video games in all in profitable her first 4 rounds earlier than the ultimate.

In the doubles closing, Kashish in partnership with Samriti Punyani beat the highest seeds Sonal and Chandana Potugari 6-1, 6-3.

Results (finals):

Singles: Sonal Patil bt Kashish Bhatia 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: Kashish Bhatia & Samriti Punyani bt Sonal Patil & Chandana Potugari 6-1, 6-3.

- Team Sportstar

Sumit Nagal in semifinals

Qualifier Sumit Nagal sailed into the semifinals with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Max Houkes of the Netherlands within the €73,000 Challenger tennis match in Rome, Italy.

In the $25,000 ITF girls’s occasion in Nottingham, Britain, Rutuja Bhosale reached the semifinals with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over Johanne Christine Svendsen of Denmark.

Results:

$160,000 Challenger, Seoul, Korea

Doubles (quarterfinals): Arjun Kadhe & Purav Raja w.o. Denis Kudla & Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA).

€73,000 Challenger, Rome, Italy

Singles (quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal bt Max Houkes (Ned) 7-5, 6-0.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Viktor Durasovic (Nor) & Fernando Romboli (Bra) bt Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni 7-6(3), 4-6, [10-8].

$25,000 ITF males, Jakarta, Indonesia

Singles (quarterfinals): Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Liu Hanyi (Chn) 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (semifinals): Ray Ho (Tpe) & Parikshit Somani bt Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) & Pruchya Isaro (Tha) 6-7(5), 7-6(1), [10-1].

$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia

Doubles (quarterfinals): Nikita Ianin & Aziz Ouakkaa (Tun) bt Chirag Duhan & Aleksi Lofman (Fin) 7-6(4), 6-3.

$100,000 ITF girls, Charlottesville, USA

Doubles (quarterfinals): Jessy Rompies (Ina) & Prarthana Thombare bt Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) & Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) 6-4, 7-5.

$40,000 ITF girls, Calvi, France

Doubles (semifinals): Eselle Cascino (Fra) & Ankita Raina bt Beatrice Gumulya (Ina) & Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) 4-6, 6-4, [10-3].

$25,000 ITF girls, Nottingham, Britain

Singles (quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale bt Johanne Christine Svendsen (Den) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia

Singles (quarterfinals): Lisa Mays (Aus) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-2, 6-2.

-Kamesh Srinivasan