HOCKEY

India ladies rating one other huge win in Asian Hockey 5s WC Qualifier

Indian ladies’s hockey workforce registered a 7-1 win over Japan within the Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier in Muscat.

Riding excessive following their 7-2 win in opposition to Malaysia within the opener on Friday, India began aggressively on Saturday with in-form Mahima Choudhary opening the scoring within the seventh minute.

She added a second aim within the thirtieth minute.

The different goal-scorers for India had been Akshata Dhekale (eighth), Mariana Kujur (twelfth), Jyoti (twenty third), Monika Dipi Toppo (twenty seventh), and Ajmina Kujur (thirtieth). - PTI

GOLF

Bhullar fees up the leaderboard, lies third at St Andrews

India’s most profitable participant on the Asian Tour, Gaganjeet Bhullar, charged up the leaderboard with an electrical 7-under 65 and is mendacity two pictures behind the chief -- at tied-third -- after three days of the St. Andrews Bay Championship.

With one spherical to go, Bhullar, winner of 10 titles on the Asian Tour -- probably the most by an Indian -- is now 15-under at an occasion, being held at Fairmont Links. He is tied with Mito Pereira from Chile (67) and South African Jaco Ahlers (68) on the Torrance Course at Fairmont, St Andrews.

Turk Pettit (62) is main the sector at 17-under, whereas Matt Jones (66) is second at 16-under.

Bhullar had 4 birdies on the entrance 9 and 4 extra in a row from twelfth to the fifteenth however dropped a bogey on the sixteenth.

Two different Indians are within the top-10. Ajeetesh Sandhu (64) moved to 14-under and is tied-sixth, whereas Anirban Lahiri, a co-leader after the primary spherical, shot 67 and is tied-Tenth.

Among the opposite Indians, SSP Chawrasia (68) is T-27, Veer Ahlawat (72) is T-36, Viraj Madappa (71) is T-43, Rahil Gangjee (72) is T-49 and Rashid Khan (75) is T-65.

Bhullar, who final received a title in Indonesia a yr in the past, has been having a low-key season, however has now moved into rivalry.

“It was a smooth sail, made eight birdies and one bogey. I actually got off to a really good start. I was just thinking about my whole round, I think I ended up hitting 16 greens in regulation today and the first 15 they were all greens in regulation, missed only one fairway today.

“It was a class act. You know, it was the way I drove the ball well, the way I putted, I was quite proud of myself. Actually, the last few months I’ve been trying to work on my game. I’ve been trying to figure out my loose ends and I guess today was one of those rounds when everything came together, and the result was seven under par,” he mentioned.

Sandhu, who has one win on the Asian Tour, began the day in T-21 however went on a rampage with 4 birdies within the first 4 holes and added two extra on the sixth and seventh.

A dropped shot on eighth noticed him flip in 5-under. On the again 9, Sandhu, who's simply coming again after being injured for some time, had 4 birdies in opposition to one bogey. His final 5 holes had three birdies and he returned a card of 8-under 64 and rose to T-6.

Talking about his third spherical, Lahiri mentioned, “I think it’s kind of even par for how easy the scoring conditions were out there. I played very poorly on the front nine, got off to a bad start, had a cold putter, kept leaving myself in positions that weren’t ideal, and that’s where so many birdies were to be made. I made at least three or four pars out there that felt like bogeys. So I guess it’s one of those days, it looks nice on the scorecard, but I know I left a lot of shots out there.” Pettit shot an unbelievable bogey-free 10-under-par 62 with eight birdies and an eagle that left him one in need of the course file. Australian Jones fired 66 with eight birdies and two bogeys, which got here within the first three holes.

American Berry Henson achieved the uncommon feat of constructing back-to-back eagles on the par-five sixth and the par-four seventh. He shot a 65 and is in a tie for fifteenth on 11 beneath.

- PTI

Gandas slips to T-67 in Prague

Indian golfer Manu Gandas slipped to T-67 within the D+D REAL Czech Masters, a DP World Tour occasion in Prague.

The Indian had two birdies in opposition to 4 bogeys on the penultimate day.

Gandas had six birdies on the primary day and 4 extra on the second, however has given away quite a lot of pictures with small errors, discovering fewer greens in regulation and lacking some regulation putts.

Sami Välimäki and Matt Wallace shared a one-stroke lead forward of the ultimate day.

Starting the day two strokes behind in a single day chief Alexander Björk, each carded six birdies and one bogey to maneuver to 16 beneath par as they overtook the Swede at Albatross Golf Resort in Prague.

- PTI