Tough day for Indian trio at Queen Sirikit Cup
The Indian trio of Zara Anand, Vidhatri Urs and Heena Kang endured a troublesome day because it dropped three locations to be ninth within the group competitors on the forty fourth Queen Sirikit Cup golf match in Christchurch on Thursday.
First spherical co-leader within the particular person occasion, Zara (73-77) fell to eleventh whereas Vidhatri (79-77) dropped from T-20 to T-26.
Heena Kang (85-76), alternatively, climbed to thirtieth as towards T-32 a day earlier as she shot one of the best rating among the many Indians on the second day.
Heading into the third spherical within the 12-nation championship, Australia’s Sarah Hammett with a 5-under 67 moved into high spot and a complete of 141 whole. She is 5 in entrance of second-placed Kim Shi-hyun.While Korea’s Lee Hyo-song, Kiwi Eunseo Choi and Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Ping-hua are in a three-way tie for third place.
Among groups, Australia leads by three over Korea with Japan one additional behind. Chinese Taipei are fourth and hosts New Zealand share fifth spot with Thailand on 297 adopted by Indonesia (301), Singapore (304), Hong Kong and India (each 305), the Philippines 322 and Malaysia 326.
Zara failed to choose any birdies however hung in tenaciously on the difficult Clearwater Golf Club with only one birdie within the first 13 holes. She then dropped 4 bogeys within the final 5 holes and completed with 77.
Vidhatri had an action-packed spherical with three birdies, six bogeys and a double bogey. She managed simply three pars on the entrance 9 and one other 5 on the return journey in her spherical of 77.
Heena had one birdie on the fifth, however after that she had three bogeys and a double for 76.
- PTI
Kolkata Challenge 2024: Ahlawat, Mane share lead after opening spherical
Veer Ahlawat and Udayan Mane carded an similar five-under 67 to share the lead after the opening spherical of the Kolkata Challenge on the Royal Calcutta Golf Club course in Kolkata on Thursday.
The Indian duo was one shot away from 11 others, together with final week’s Delhi Challenge winner John Parry and one other house golfer Akshay Sharma.
Arjun Atwal scored 69, whereas S.S.P. Chawrasia returned a spherical of 74 on their house course.
- Y.B. Sarangi
67-Veer Ahlawat, Udayan Mane; 68-Charlie Lindh (Swe), Andrew Wilson (Eng), Wil Besseling (Ned), John Parry (Eng), Andoni Etchenique (Fra), Maximilian Steinlechner (Aut), Matt Oshrine (USA), Robin Sciot-Siegrist (Fra), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Brandon Robinson Thompson (Eng), Akshay Sharma.
- PTI
third Sub Junior National Championship: Boxers from UP and Maharashtra dominate on day two
Boxers in motion on the third Sub Junior National Championship in Greater Noida.| Photo Credit:SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Four boys from Uttar Pradesh and 6 women from Maharashtra clinched victories on the second day on the third Sub Junior National Championship on the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.
Gurdeep began the profitable streak for Uttar Pradesh within the 37kg class towards Vinjesh Kolar of Goa in a bout that ended with a referee stopping the competition within the third spherical. Devansh Yadav (49kg) and Pranjeet Singh (70+kg) earned similar 5-0 wins to additional strengthen UP’s maintain on the day.
Bhavya (61kg) confronted a problem from Telangana’s Mohammed Ur Rehman however managed profitable the bout 4-1 margin.
Four boxers every from Steel Plant Sports Control Board, Manipur and Uttarakhand additionally entered the subsequent spherical with a win.
Meanwhile, the ladies class noticed the domination of Maharashtra boxers with six of their boxers transferring into the subsequent spherical.
While Samrudhi Randeep (33kg), Samiksha Ghodeswar (37kg) and Shanaya (64kg) gained their respective bouts with a unanimous 5-0 resolution, Ishika Zambre (40kg) and Samruddhi Shinde (55kg) needed to work exhausting to safe 4-1 victories towards Andhra Pradesh’s Tejaswini and Goa’s Sidhi respectively.
Avantika Kewat (43kg) showcased an aggressive show as she didn't break a sweat throughout her RSC win within the third spherical.
Four boxers from Telangana and Tamil Nadu additionally certified for the subsequent spherical on day two.
The semifinals and finals shall be performed on Sunday and Monday respectively.
- Team Sportstar
National Equestrian Championship Eventing to begin from March 21
The first three-day competitors will start on March 21 and the second and remaining will start on March 28.| Photo Credit:SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Close to 200 riders will compete in National Equestrian Championship Eventing on the Army Polo and Riding Centre in New Delhi, beginning March 21, the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) introduced on Thursday.
The first three-day competitors will start on March 21 and the second and remaining will start on March 28.
The Eventing competitors, also referred to as Horse Trial, includes three disciplines Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping.
In three-day occasions, Show Jumping competitors unfolds on day three.
“We will have around 36 teams and close to 200 riders competing over three days. Competition will be in Pre-Novice, Novice and CCN categories. We have an excellent jury, headed by Col. (retired) Dushyant Bali. I am sure we will see some interesting and exciting action in the championships,” Col Jaiveer Singh, Secretary General EFI, stated.
In Show Jumping, the horse jumps over colored poles with a most time allowed and the target is to leap a transparent spherical contained in the time restrict. On the final day it turns into difficult as a result of the horses get drained and that results in extra errors.
In Cross nation, horses and riders negotiate a course of pure obstacles over a number of miles. The obstacles must be jumped inside a time restrict. The horse must be daring, straight and quick for cross nation.
In Dressage, the rider-horse combo performs in an enviornment of 20m x 60m, bordered by a low rail which the horse should keep inside. The enviornment has 12 lettered markers positioned symmetrically indicating the place the actions are to begin the place the tempo modifications are to happen and the place the actions will finish.
-PTI
Powerlifters Ashok, Parmjeet qualify for Paris Paralympics
Asian Games bronze medallists Ashok and Parmjeet Kumar certified for the Paris 2024 Paralympics by profitable a silver medal every on the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Thursday.
Competing within the 41kg class, Manpreet Kaur earned a bronze medal after lifting 86kg.
In a show of sheer energy and dedication, Ashok lifted a powerful 192kg and 196kg respectively, which gave him the silver medal.
After his second try was declared a ‘no lift’, he cleared 196kg in his third.
In the fiercely-contested 49kg class, Parmjeet lifted 160kg and 166kg in his first two makes an attempt and narrowly missed out on the gold.
Ashok stated after his effort, “To participate in the Paralympics is the dream of every para-athlete, and I am elated to have taken a significant step towards realising that dream. I am determined to achieve greatness and bring glory to my country.”
- PTI
Jhanjharia, Bagri advance to second spherical in CCI Billiards Classic
Kanishk Jhanjharia and Anurag Bagri will conflict within the second spherical after recording one-sided wins of their respective first-round contests right here on the CCI Billiards Classic occasion on Thursday.
At Sir Wilson Jones corridor, Cricket Club of India’s (CCI) Jhanjharia cruised previous Amit Sapru 400-213 within the contest lasting over 90 minutes, developing a break of 69 within the course of.
Bagri remained regular on the trail to win as he defeated Anil Sagar 308-227.
In one other match, Akshay Gogri was made to work exhausting by Rahul Narang for a detailed 304-278 victory whereas Sunil Jain additionally needed to toil, profitable by a margin of 277-200 over Anwar Choudhary.
Carl Serrao staged a fightback to defeat Nikhil Ghadge 287-221 and Thakkar additionally scripted an analogous story in his win over Shekhar Surve by 240-189.
Vatsal Ponda beat Bakirao Pacharne 329-240; Yash Rungta beat Sanket Bapat 263-208; Akshay Gogri beat Rahul Narang 304-278; Sunil Jain beat Anwar Choudhary 277-200; Carl Serrao beat Nikhil Ghadge 287-221; Rishabh Thakkar beat Shekar Surve 240-189; Anurag Bagri beat Anil Sagar 308-227; Kanishk Jhanjharia beat Amit Sapru 400-213.
- PTI
$15,000 ITF males’s tennis match: Chirag Duhan, Siddharth Vishwakarma into quarterfinals
Qualifier Chirag Duhan beat Mitsuki Leong of Malaysia 6-4, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the HPCL-Mittal $15,000 ITF males’s tennis match on the CLTA Complex on Thursday.
The Malaysian had earlier overwhelmed the finalist of the final match Karan Singh. Chirag will problem the second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan within the quarterfinals.
National champion Siddharth Vishwakarma beat Yuvan Nandal 7-6(3), 6-4 to arrange a quarterfinal towards high seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan.
Third seed S Mukund performed a three-setter to get previous qualifier Madhwin Kamath. He will play Bang Shuo Yin of Chinese Taipei within the quarterfinals.
Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Hitesh Chauhan 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Yuvan Nandal 7-6(3), 6-4; S Mukund bt Madhwin Kamath 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; Bang Shuo Yin (Tpe) bt Dhruv Hirpara 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-1; Thanapet Chanta bt Sidharth Rawat 6-3, 6-4; Nam Hoang Ly (Vie) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-2, 6-3; Chirag Duhan bt Mitsuki Leong (Mas) 6-4, 6-4; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Woobin Shin (Kor) 6-2, 7-5.
Thanapet Chanta (Tha) & Kazuma Kawachi (Jpn) bt Kabir Hans & Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) 6-4, 6-4; Yunseok Jang & Woobin Shin (Kor) bt Parth Aggarwal & VM Ranjeet 6-2, 6-2; Siddhant Banthia & Karan Singh bt Bharath Kumaran & Rishi Reddy 4-6, 6-4, [17-15]; Manish Sureshkumar & Vishnu Vardhan bt Chirag Duhan & Yuichiro Inui (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF junior tennis match: Praneel,Samarth crash out in semifinals;Diya and Harithashree into doubles finals
Praneel Sharma was unable to capitalise on a powerful begin and went down preventing in three units to Oswaldo Tirado of Mexico within the boys semifinals of the ITF junior tennis match on the Shanti Academy on Thursday.
The different Indian, Samarth Sahita additionally bought overwhelmed by second seed Hyu Kawanishi of Japan in straight units.
In the ladies part, Diya Ramesh and Harithashree Venkatesh made the doubles remaining.
Boys: Oswaldo Tirado (Mex) bt Praneel Sharma 2-6, 6-2, 7-6; Hyu Kawanishi (Jpn) bt Samarth Sahita 6-4, 7-6(4).
Boys-double: Kether Gonzalez & Oswaldo Tirado (Mex) bt Hyu Kawanishi (Jpn) & Samarth Sahita 6-4, 6-7(3), [10-6]; Dev Kanbargimath & Aarjun Pandit bt Aashravya Mehra & Adhiraj Thakur 6-7(4), 6-3, [10-4].
Girls: Rioko Umekuni (Jpn) bt Viktoriia Sedova 6-3, 6-2; Polina NIkitina bt Dinara De Silva (Sri) 6-1, 6-0.
Girls-doubles: Polina Nikitina & Viktoriia Sedenkova bt Viktoria Sedova & Alina Sogomonyan (Arm) 6-4, 6-1; Diya Ramesh & Harithashree Venkatesh bt Angel Patel & Anvi Punaganti 6-3, 6-3.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Arjun and Jeevan in ATP Challenger semifinals
Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat the second seeds Bart Stevens and Petros Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2 within the doubles quarterfinals of the €74,825 Challenger tennis match in Murcia, Spain, on Thursday.
€74,825 Challenger, Murcia, Spain: Doubles (quarterfinals): Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Bart Stevens (Ned) & Petros Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-4, 6-2; Francisco Cabral & Hendrique Rocha (Por) bt Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) 4-6, 6-3, [10-7].
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Indian Open polo championship: Sahara Warriors into the ultimate after 7-6 victory over Jindal Panther
Chris Mackenzie fired 5 objectives to information Sahara Warriors to a 7-6 victory over Jindal Panther in a league match of the Indian Open polo championship on the Jaipur Polo floor in New Delhi on Thursday.
With its second successive victory, Sahara Warriors ensured its berth within the remaining. In the final league match, Jindal Panther will tackle Sujan Indian Tigers to resolve the opposite finalist.
Sahara Warriors 7 (Chris Mackenzie 5, Daniel Otamendi 2) bt Jindal Panther 6 (Santiago Marambio 3, Siddhant Sharma 2, Shamsheer Ali).
- Kamesh Srinivasan
WTT Feeder Beirut 2024: Sathiyan, Xia Lian win singles titles
In an all-India remaining, G. Sathiyan overcame Manav Thakkar 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 within the males’s singles remaining of the WTT Feeder desk tennis match in Beirut (Lebanon) on Thursday. Earlier, 60-year-old Xia Lian Ni of Luxembourg, seeded sixth, beat fifth-seeded Suh Hyo Won of Korea 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 within the girls’s singles remaining.
In the lads’s doubles remaining, Cuba’s Andy Pereira and Jorge Campos defeated India’s Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar 5-11, 11-7, 13-11, 14-12.
- Team Sportstar
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