FOOTBALL
Namdhari FC holds Aizawl FC after late equaliser
Aizawl FC was held to a 1-1 draw by Namdhari FC of their I-League match on Monday.
With an all-Indian beginning line-up, Aizawl took the lead within the fortieth minute because of 21-year-old R Ramdinthara’s third league objective of the season.
Namdhari left it late to equalise, doing so within the eighty fifth minute courtesy of its Spanish striker Ivan Garrido scoring for the second successive match.
With the draw, Aizawl moved as much as the eighth spot within the desk with 25 factors from 21 matches. Namdhari, alternatively, remained in eleventh spot with 24 factors from 23 video games.
Aizawl will now journey to Vasco da Gama to face Churchill Brothers on April 5, whereas Namdhari have a 12-day hole till it takes on Actual Kashmir FC in Srinagar on April 13 to finish its first-ever I-League marketing campaign.
– PTI
Churchill Brothers clean TRAU FC 2-0 in I-League
Churchill Brothers registered its seventh win of the continuing I-League season, defeating TRAU FC 2-0 on the Kalyani Municipal Stadium right here on Monday.
Each of Churchill Brothers’ targets got here within the first half, because the Crimson Machines went into the half-time break with a two-goal cushion.
Midfielder Stendly Teotonio Fernandes didn’t waste a minute as he scored proper after kick-off, whereas TRAU’s Kongbrailatpam Manjit Sharma was adjudged to have scored an personal objective within the first half harm time.
With this win, it provisionally moved as much as the eighth place within the I-League desk, having garnered 27 factors from 22 matches.
Ninth-placed Aizawl FC is 2 factors behind Churchill Brothers, and has performed one recreation much less.
TRAU, who had already been relegated, remained rooted to the underside of the desk with 10 factors from 21 video games.
-PTI
BADMINTON
KBSA introduces scholarship scheme for younger shuttlers
The Kerala Badminton (Shuttle) Affiliation has launched a scholarship scheme for the singles winners and runners-up of its State championships within the under-13, 15, 17 and under-19 age teams.
Every participant will obtain an annual quantity of Rs 24,000 which will likely be paid on a month-to-month foundation so long as they’re State champions in singles occasions within the above age teams.
This was determined on the KBSA government committee assembly held in Kochi on Saturday.
“We’re planning to start out the scholarship in doubles too in future,” mentioned R. Rakesh Sekhar, the KBSA secretary, on Monday.
Eligible gamers for KBSA’s scholarship scheme (Rs 24,000 per yr, 2023-24)
Nandan B. Nair (Ekm), Sreeswar Shijo (Idk), Shivani Sivakumar (Alp), Shreya Maria Mathew (Ktk), Kiran Noguchi (Ekm), Hamdal Fikham (Koz), Hitha Maria Jose (Ekm), Mainu Sara Vinod (Ekm), P.G. Alakananda (Ekm), Aparna Sajeev (Tsr), Bjorn Jaison (Ekm), Dharmik Sreekumar (Ekm), S.M. Aman Suresh (Tvm), S. Abhishek (Ekm), Andrea Sarah Kurien (Ekm), Farza Nazrin (Tvm)
ZONAL TRAINING CENTRES
The KBSA has additionally determined to run three zonal coaching centres, at Ernakulam, Karunagapally (Kollam) and Ottapalam (Palakkad) the place promising gamers will likely be supplied long-term teaching both at ‘no value’ or on subsidised charges.
– Stan Rayan
Nationwide sub-junior badminton in Kozhikode in September
Kerala will host the Nationwide sub-junior badminton championships (under-15 and under-17) in Kozhikode from September 12 to 17.
The Kerala Badminton (Shuttle) Affiliation launched its annual match calendar on Monday and the State senior championships (seniors and under-19) have been allotted to Thrissur. Alappuzha will host the under-15 and under-17 State championships whereas Malappuram would be the venue for the State under-11 and under-13 occasions.
The KBSA match calendar (2024-2025)
2024
State sub-junior rating tournament-1 (under-11 & 13, Kozhikode, April 20-24). State sub-junior rating tournament-2 (under-11 & 13, Thiruvananthapuram, Might 11-15); State senior rating tournament-1 (under-19 & seniors, Kollam, Might 18-22); State junior rating match (under-15 & 17, Ernakulam, Might 25-29).
State sub-junior championships (under-11 & 13, Malappuram, June 8-12); State senior rating tournament-2 (under-19 & seniors, Ottapalam, Palakkad, June-15-19); State junior rating tournament-2 (under-15 & 17, Wayanad, June 22-26).
State junior championships (under-15 and 17, Alappuzha, July 13-17); State senior championships (under-19 & seniors, Thrissur, July 20-24).
Nationwide sub-junior championships (under-15 & 17, Kozhikode, September 12-17).
2025
State veterans championships (35 to 75 years, venue to be introduced, January 4-6); State inter-district championships (under-15, 19 & senior, Kannur, January 10-15).
– Stan Rayan
EQUESTRIAN
Nationwide Eventing Championship: Sthavi Asthana topped champion in particular person class
Sthavi Asthana was topped champion within the particular person class on the Nationwide Eventing Championship that concluded right here on Monday.
It’s his second successive podium end within the two-legged Nationals, having secured a third-place end within the opening leg.
Ashish Malik took the second spot earlier than his pleasure was doubled after incomes a podium end within the staff occasion, ending third.
Asthana copped 4 penalty factors within the Jumps part, because the error was dedicated on impediment quantity 10A. He additionally conceded 4 penalty factors in Present Leaping however didn’t cop any time penalty earlier than excelling within the Dressage and Cross Nation part, recording 36.9 factors.
Alternatively, Malik copped two penalty factors (Time) however got here out clear in jumps. He completed Dressage and Cross Nation with 38.9 factors.
Sthavi Asthana in motion on the Nationwide Eventing Championship that concluded on the Military Polo and Using Centre in New Delhi
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Sthavi Asthana in motion on the Nationwide Eventing Championship that concluded on the Military Polo and Using Centre in New Delhi
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Asthana and Malik had been joined by Raju Singh (42.5) on the rostrum after he secured the third place. Prince Sharma (56.4) completed fourth.
Nonetheless, Prince earned reduction in profitable the staff championship alongside Vimal Kumar, Pradeep Kumar and Ok Mahesh. Competing as staff RVC C and Faculty, the quartet completed the competitors with 198.6 factors.
The winners had been a lot forward of the second-placed staff comprising Ankit Tyagi, HS Tomar, Saurabh Kumar and Sachin Chandel, additionally from the RVC C and Faculty staff. They completed with 243.6 factors.
The third place was grabbed by the Workforce ASC Centre North, which possessed Sandeep, Narayan Singh, Ashish Malik and Mahendra Singh, logging 244.9 factors.
– PTI
TENNIS
Junior choice takes place for Asia-Oceania Junior Billie Jean King Cup
The highest six women within the under-16 rating checklist assembled on the DLTA Advanced on Monday as a part of the choice course of for the Indian staff scheduled to compete within the Asia-Oceania Junior Billie Jean King Cup.
Maaya Rajeshwaran, Diya Ramesh and Sohini Mohanty registered wins within the round-robin league, performed on a best-of-17 video games format.
Yashika Shokeen, Aakruti Sonkusare and Hirva Rangani had been the opposite three gamers within the choice trials.
Coach Namita Bal was additionally current as a part of the choice train. The Indian staff will compete within the Junior Billie Jean King Cup to be held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, from Might 13 to 18.
Equally, the highest six under-16 boys will assemble on the DLTA subsequent week to undergo the choice trials. Coach Sajid Lodi will even be current to finalise the choice.
Aradhya Kshitij, Samarth Sahita, V Thirumurugan, Prateek Sheoran, Kanishk Kathuria and Ranvir Singh have been referred to as for the Junior Davis Cup staff choice.
The Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup can also be scheduled to be held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, from Might 20 to 25.
Within the WJT Asia-Oceania under-14 occasion held just lately in Kuching, Malaysia, the Indian boys secured the second spot and certified for the World Group competitors to be held in Prostejov, Czech Republic. The Indian under-14 women, nevertheless, had did not qualify as they positioned ninth within the Asia-Oceania occasion, having completed third of their group behind Australia and Thailand.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
KHO KHO
Nationwide championship: Maharashtra wins in males’s and girls’s class
Maharashtra emerged champion in each the boys’s and girls’s sections within the 56th Nationwide kho kho championship on the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium right here on Monday.
In an thrilling males’s last, Maharashtra and Railways had been tied 32-32 on the finish of two innings. Within the prolonged recreation, Maharashtra prevailed 52-50.
Within the ladies’s last, Maharashtra beat Airports Authority of India (AAI) 18-16.
The outcomes
Males (Ultimate): Maharashtra bt Railways 52-50; Semifinals: Maharashtra bt Kolhapur 30-28; Railways bt Odisha 24-22.
Girls (last): Maharashtra bt Airports Authority of India (AAI) 18-16; Semifinals: Maharashtra bt Odisha 24-20; AAI bt Delhi 32-10.
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
Father-son duo of Jeev and Harjai Milkha Singh to compete at inaugural Chandigarh Open
The legendary Jeev Milkha Singh and his 14-year-old son Harjai Milkha Singh will likely be in motion on the inaugural Chandigarh Open which is able to witness a number of the prime golfers teeing off on the Chandigarh Golf Membership right here on Wednesday.
Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI) on Monday introduced the launch of the Rs 1 crore prize cash match, to be held from April 3-6.
Harjai, who received the US Children Golf European Championship within the boys U-13 class final yr, alongwith Ayaan Gupta and Ram Singh Maan are the three amateurs who will get the prospect to rub shoulders with the highest professionals.
A bunch of stars together with Veer Ahlawat, who completed tied 2nd at Hero Indian Open on Sunday, Gaganjeet Bhullar, SSP Chawrasia, Rahil Gangjee, Rashid Khan, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, Ok Chikkarangappa, Karandeep Kochhar, Om Prakash Chouhan and Manu Gandas will likely be a part of the sphere.
The sector will even comprise worldwide golfers equivalent to N Thangaraja and Ok Prabagaran from Sri Lanka, Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain from Bangladesh, Kevin Esteve Rigaill from Andorra and Varun Chopra from the USA.
“We’re happy to announce the inaugural version of the Nissan presents Chandigarh Open 2024 hosted by Chandigarh Golf Membership. The golf-loving Chandigarh crowds can count on a visible spectacle,” mentioned PGTI CEO Uttam Singh Mundy in a launch.
The sector additionally contains rookies like PGTI Qualifying College winner Matias Dominguez from Chile, Subash Tamang from Nepal, Michele Ortolani from Italy and Stepan Danek from the Czech Republic.
The opposite outstanding golfers from the town competing this week embrace Ajeetesh Sandhu, Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Angad Cheema, Harendra Gupta, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Aadil Bedi, Gurbaaz Mann, Amritinder Singh and Ravi Kumar.
– PTI
CUE
Advani outwits Causier to retain CCI billiards crown
World champion Pankaj Advani continued his spectacular run as he thrashed Englishman David Causier 1836-743 in a lop-sided last to retain the All India CCI Billiards Traditional title on Monday.
Advani was in excellent kind as he constructed two humungous breaks of 801 and 460 to outwit Causier, a former 10-time World champion, within the four-hour summit conflict performed on the CCI’s Wilson Jones billiards corridor.
On the finish of the primary two-hour session, Advani loved a slender lead of 593-570 and was on a break of 204, which he transformed to a 460.
This was Advani’s fourth successive triumph at this venue. He claimed the CCI Snooker Traditional during the last two years and now retained the billiards title.
In workmanlike style, Advani went about his job of constructing these large breaks which knocked the battle out of his rival.
The Bengaluru-based cueist, who has 27 World titles in his kitty, showcased his artistry as he executed his photographs with silken contact, a high-degree of precision and consistency.
He confirmed excellent contact and beautiful management over the balls as breaks flowed from his cue.
Causier began with a flourish and on his second go to constructed a break of 248 and adopted it with breaks of 146 and 103 to remain within the lead, earlier than the Indian got here into his personal and hammered stupendous breaks to wrest the initiative.
Advani was offered with the winners’ trophy and a money prize of Rs 2,50,000, whereas Causier was awarded a cheque of Rs 1,25,000 and the runner-up trophy.
Earlier, Causier staved off a spirited battle again from India’s Dhvaj Haria to clinch a slender 1108-969 victory in an engrossing semifinal encounter.
Within the second semifinal, Advani was in high-quality kind and outclassed Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist — 1040-595.
– PTI