GOLF
Indian teen golfer Zara in shared lead at Queen Sirikit Cup
Indian teen star Zara Anand braved icy and frosty situations on the opening morning of the forty fourth Queen Sirikit Cup golf match to card 1-over 73 and take a share of the lead in Christchurch, New Zealand on Wednesday.
The 15-year-old Zara, who was added to the staff by the Indian Golf Union following the withdrawal of 2023 winner Avani Prashanth, shot on the Par-72 Clearwater Golf Membership.
She shared the lead with Chinese language Taipei’s Chun-Wei Wu, the reigning Ladies’s Novice Asia-Pacific champion, and Japan’s Aina Fujimoto.
A 12 months in the past, Avani surprised the sector by turning into the primary Indian to win particular person honours on the Queen Sirikit Cup in Manila. This 12 months, nonetheless, Avani is taking part in within the US concurrently Queen Sirikit Cup.
The main trio is one shot forward of 4 others, Shihyun Kim of Korea, Chinese language Taipei’s Ping-Hua Hsieh, Kiwi Eunseo Choi and Australian Sarah Hammett, who all carded 74 every.
At the same time as Zara zoomed to the highest with two birdies towards three bogeys, Vidhatri Urs (79) was T-Twentieth and Heena Kang (85) was T-32, because the icy situations delayed starting of the play by half an hour.
Scoring was powerful and no participant carded an even-par spherical or higher.
Within the staff standings, India was sixth on six-over. Chinese language Taipei led with a three-over-total for 2 finest scores from staff of three. They had been three pictures away from the host nation, New Zealand, and the pre-tournament favourites, Korea.
Australia and Japan sit an extra shot behind.
Zara, a runner-up on the All India Women Novice, and a 3rd place finisher on the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour occasion, dropped a shot on the Par-3 fourth, however recovered that shot with a birdie on the Par-3 ninth.
On the again 9, back-to-back bogeys pushed her again however she made up one shot with a birdie on the Par-4 closing 18th for a 73.
Chun-Wei had three birdies and 4 bogeys in the course of the spherical between the eighth and the thirteenth holes, whereas Fujimoto additionally had three birdies towards 4 bogeys.
-PTI
BOXING
Sub Junior Nationwide Boxing Championship: Boxers from Haryana, Punjab off to flying begins
Boxers in motion on the third Sub Junior Nationwide Championship in Better Noida.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Boxers in motion on the third Sub Junior Nationwide Championship in Better Noida.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Six boys from Haryana and 4 ladies from Punjab moved to the following spherical with wins on day one on the third Sub Junior Nationwide Boxing Championship on the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports activities Complicated in Better Noida.
For Haryana, Uday Singh (37kg) began the day on a successful be aware with a convincing 5-0 win over Jharkhand’s Youraj. Persevering with the domination, Dev (43kg) and Sanchit Jayani (46kg) additionally grabbed equivalent 5-0 wins towards Mizoram’s V L Rohluzuala and Maharashtra’s Sunny Yadav respectively.
Ravi Sihag (49kg), Lakshay (52kg), Naman (58kg) had been the opposite pugilists from Haryana to enter the following spherical with victories of their respective matches.
4 pugilists every from Punjab, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu additionally entered the second spherical within the boys’ part.
In the meantime within the junior ladies’ matches, boxers from Punjab dominated the proceedings with three out of 4 claiming RSC victories.
Ek Ampreet (35kg) gained her bout with a unanimous 5-0 resolution over Spoorthi Wali of Karnataka to offer Punjab its first win of the day.
Anamika (43kg) put up an attacking present towards Dolcy Emilia of Meghalaya in a bout that ended with the referee stopping the competition within the ultimate spherical of the match. Later, Affsa (46kg) and Kulpreet (49kg) notched up snug RSC victories within the first and second spherical respectively.
For Uttar Pradesh, Avantika (55kg) and Mehul Malik (64kg) additionally progressed into the following spherical.
The finals of the continuing match shall be performed on March 25.
– Crew Sportstar
TENNIS
ITF Males’s Tennis: Karan Singh loses to Mitsuki Leong
Mitsuki Leong of Malaysia beat the finalist of the final match, eighth seed Karan Singh 7-6(7), 6-2 within the first spherical of the HPCL-Mittal $15,000 ITF males’s tennis match on the CLTA Complicated on Wednesday.
Within the pre-quarterfinals, the Malaysian will play qualifier Chirag Duhan who beat Wishaya Troncharoenchaikul of Thailand in three units.
Champion of the final match, second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan warmed up with a 6-3, 6-2 win over qualifier Manish Ganesh. He’ll subsequent meet Woobin Shin of Korea.
Hitesh Chauhan, Siddharth Vishwakarma, S Mukund, Madhwin Kamath, Dhruv Hirpara and Nitin Kumar Sinha joined Yuvan Nandal and Sidharth Rawat because the Indians within the pre-quarterfinals.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 6-3; Hitesh Chauhan bt Shanker Heisnam 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Shivank Bhatnagar 6-2, 6-0; S Mukund bt Kabir Hans 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-2; Madhwin Kamath bt Yunseon Jang (Kor) 5-2 (retired); Dhruv Hirpara bt SD Prajwal Dev 7-5 (retired); Thanapet Chanta (Tha) bt Rohan Mehra 6-2, 6-4; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Siddhant Banthia 6-4, 6-3; Nam Hoang Ly (Vie) bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-0, 6-2; Mitsuki Leong (Mas) bt Karan Singh 7-6(7), 6-2; Chirag Duhan bt Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (Tha) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Manish Ganesh 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yunseok Jang & Woobin Shin (Kor) bt Shanker Heisnam & Ajay Kundu 6-1, 6-1; Chirag Duhan & Yuichiro Inui (Jpn) bt Oges Theyjo & Neeraj Yashpaul 3-6, 6-3, [10-7].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF Juniors: Praneel Sharma beats high seed Aarjun Pandit
Praneel Sharma beat high seed Aarjun Pandit 6-3, 6-1 to arrange a semifinal conflict towards third seed Oswaldo Tirdado of Mexico within the Indian Tree ITF junior tennis match on the Shanti Academy on Wednesday.
The opposite semifinal within the boys part will function Samarthi Sahita towards second seed Hyu Kawanishi of Japan.
Within the ladies part, Dinara De Silva of Sri Lanka overcame a troublesome begin to beat Yi-Ching Huang of Chinese language Taipei 0-6, 6-3, 6-2.
The outcomes (quarterfinals):
Boys: Praneel Sharma bt Aarjun Pandit 6-3, 6-1; Oswaldo Tirado (Mex) bt Rian Sharma 6-3, 6-4; Samarth Sahita bt Pratyaksh 6-2, 6-3; Hyu Kawanishi (Jpn) bt Sriniketh Kannan 7-5, 6-3.
Ladies: Rioko Umekuni (Jpn) bt Diya Chaudhary 6-2, 6-2; Viktoriia Sedova bt Eva Korysheva (Kaz) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Dinara De Silva (Sri) bt Yi-Ching Huang (Tpe) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2; Polina Nikitina bt Adiya Omarbek (Kaz) 6-3, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Challenger Tennis: Balaji-Begemann duo beat Goransson and Pelligrino in doubles pre-quarterfinals
Sriram Balaji in partnership with Andre Begemann beat Andre Goransson and Andrea Pelligrino 6-3, 6-2 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €74,825 Challenger tennis match in Murcia, Spain, on Wednesday.
The all-India pairs of Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth, Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan additionally made the doubles quarterfinals.
The outcomes
€74,825 Challenger, Murcia, Spain Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Rithvik Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha 6-3, 6-3; Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Andre Goransson (Swe) & Andrea Pellegrino (Ita) 6-3, 6-2; Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Ivan Liutarevich & Vladyslav Manafov (Ukr) 6-4, 6-4.
$60,000 ITF ladies, Maribor, Slovenia Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Maia Lumsden (GBR) & Jessika Ponchet (Fra) bt Ali Collins (GBR) & Prarthana Thombare 7-6(0), 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
OP Jindal Unviersity to construct padel courts
The OP Jindal World College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy to construct 4 padel tennis courts on the College campus. The collaboration goals to advertise padel tennis in India and supply world-class services for college students.
The MoU was signed by Majid AlNekhailawi, Deputy Chief of Mission, on behalf of the UAE Embassy and Prof. Dr. Mohan Kumar, on behalf of the College.
“Padel tennis is the quickest rising sport within the UAE, reflecting our nation’s deep dedication to health and an energetic way of life. These world-class padel courts will energise India’s already vibrant sports activities tradition by introducing an thrilling new providing that mixes parts of tennis, squash and badminton”, stated the UAE Ambassador in India, Abdulnasser Alshaali.
The College will host tournaments and coaching camps as soon as the padel courts are prepared.
“We’re honoured to collaborate with the UAE Embassy Padel tennis aligns with our mission of selling an energetic, wholesome way of life amongst college students”, stated Professor C Raj Kumar, the Vice Chancellor of OP Jindal College.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
MP, Haryana, Jharkhand enter semifinals of Senior Ladies’s Nationwide hockey
Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Jharkhand certified for the semifinals of the 14th Hockey India Senior Ladies Nationwide Championship 2024 in Pune on Wednesday.
Within the first quarterfinal of the day, Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal 4-3 in a shoot-out after each the groups had been locked 1-1 on the finish of regulation of 60 minutes.
In regulation time, Bengal took the lead within the thirtieth minute by a penalty nook conversion by Maxima Toppo, which was neutralised by Aishwarya Chavan (forty fifth) from a subject purpose.
Within the shoot-out, Chavan, Preeti Dubey and skipper Ishika Chaudhary discovered the online as soon as every for Madhya Pradesh, whereas Anisha Dungdung, Sanjna Horo and Sushmita Panna discovered the goal for Bengal, forcing the competition into sudden loss of life, the place Chavan was profitable however Bengal’s Lily Oram failed.
Within the second quarterfinal, Deepika (fifth, 14th minutes) struck a brace — first from a penalty nook after which from subject play — handy favourites Haryana a 4-1 win over Odisha.
Moreover Deepika, Indian internationals Neha Goyal (thirty ninth) and Navneet Kaur (54th) additionally registered their names within the scoresheet for Haryana.
Odisha’s lone strike got here from the stick of Neha Lakra within the forty second minute.
Within the penultimate quarterfinal, Jharkhand edged previous Mizoram 2-1 to enter the semifinals.
Deepika Soreng (twenty seventh) and Sangita Kumari (thirty third) scored two subject targets for Jharkhand, whereas India striker Lalremsiami (thirty fifth) discovered the online as soon as for Mizoram.
Later within the night, Maharashtra will tackle Manipur in one other ultimate quarter ultimate match to finish the semifinal line-up.
Within the semifinals to be performed on Friday, Haryana will tackle Jharkhand, whereas Madhya Pradesh will play the winner of the ultimate quarterfinal between Maharashtra and Manipur.
– PTI
POLO
Indian Open Polo championship: Sahara Warriors beat Sujan Indian Tigers in opening match
Christ Mackenzie and Hurr Ali scored seven targets between them in guiding Sahara Warriors to an 8-4 victory over Sujan Indian Tigers within the opening league match of the Indian Open Polo championship on the Jaipur polo floor in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The outcomes (league):
Sahara Warriors 8 (Chris Mackenzie 4, Hurr Ali 3, Vishwarupe Bajaj) bt Sujan Indian Tigers 4 (Salvador Jauretche 2, Juan Greguoli, Angad Kalaan).
– Kamesh Srinivasan