GOLF

Jeev makes lower at Senior Open, as Atwal and Randhawa miss out

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh survived some sturdy winds that saved switching instructions to get better on the again 9 of the difficult Royal Porthcawl Golf Club to make his first lower on the Senior Open Championships.

Jeev, who missed the lower final 12 months at Gleneagles, was fourth after the primary spherical, however slipped to T-48 after a spherical of 6-over 77.

Jeev gave away 4 bogeys and a double on the entrance 9 and was at risk of lacking lower.

He recovered nicely with two birdies on Par-3 fifteenth and the Par-5 18th, which he had birdied on the primary day additionally.

At 4-over he was right down to T-48, however with the chief Steven Alker (71-68) at 4-under, the leaderboard was tight and Jeev might make a transfer on the weekend.

“It was brutal out there,. Though there was no rain, the wind made it really tough,” mentioned Jeev, who gained the 2012 Scottish Open in powerful situations a decade in the past.

Things didn't pan out nicely for the opposite two Indians in fray, Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa, who have been making their Open debuts.

Atwal (78-76) and Jyoti, who got here via the qualifiers, shot rounds of 76-78. Both missed the lower.

- PTI

Rackleton

Vikram, Chaufla, Nandal to shoulder India’s problem at Racketlon World Championship

India has named a 16-member squad for the Racketlon World Championship starting in Rotterdam on August 2.

Adarsh Vikram will captain India within the ‘World Cup’, which is the premier class within the competitors.

Former badminton participant Vikramaditya Chaufla and Siddharth Nandal, who gained silver medals within the particular person class within the final version in Austria, are additionally a part of the World Cup squad. The Indian group had gained gold within the Nations Cup on the World Championship final 12 months.

Racketlon is a mixture sport through which the opponents are required to play 4 racket sports activities: desk tennis, badminton, tennis and squash.

Prashant Sen, Adit Patel, Nikhil Mansukhani, Varun Motasha and Krishna B Kotak shall be seen within the C class ‘Challenge Cup’. Okay A Aadith and Okay A Aadirai kind the under-18 group.

Okay Okay Cheema, who's the president of Racketlon India Sports Association, would be the group supervisor.

- PTI