RUGBY
Bengaluru Bravehearts and Delhi Redz share factors; Chennai Bulls, Hyderabad Heroes register wins
It was a red-letter day within the sport of Rugby because the inaugural season of the GMR RPL kicked off in grand fashion on Sunday night on the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports activities Advanced (Andheri Sports activities Advanced). All six franchises had been in motion on the opening day.
On Day 1, the Bengaluru Bravehearts and Delhi Redz performed out a nail-biter that led to a tie, while the Chennai Bulls and Hyderabad Heroes bagged complete wins.
After 4 quarters of intense rugby, with each side going for the kill, the Bengaluru Bravehearts and the Delhi Redz shared the spoils, because the scores learn 21-21. Match two of the opening day noticed the Chennai Bulls win at a canter towards the Mumbai Dreamers, with the rating studying 24-5. Within the ultimate sport of the day, the Hyderabad Heroes placed on a wonderful show – exhibiting nice co-ordination inside themselves, as they swatted apart the Kalinga Black Tigers, with the rating at 24-14.
– Crew Sportstar
CHESS
Aurionpro Grandmaster Chess to start in Mumbai from June 16
Over 400 gamers from 17 nations are anticipated to compete within the Rs 40 lakh Aurionpro Worldwide Grandmaster Chess match and junior worldwide occasion, to be held concurrently from June 16 to 24, on the World Commerce Centre in Mumbai.
Within the Grandmaster part, the highest billing has been given to GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia. GM Petrosyan Manuel from Armenia is the second seed whereas GM Luka Paichadze, additionally from Georgia, is the third seed.
Aurionpro Grandmaster Chess to start in Mumbai from June 16.
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Aurionpro Grandmaster Chess to start in Mumbai from June 16.
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The 12-year-old FIDE Grasp Aansh Nerurkar leads the Indian cost within the junior part, with sturdy problem anticipated from Madhesh Kumar of Pondicherry and Maharashtra’s Avirat Chauhan.
The star attraction, nonetheless, is 12-year-old lady Worldwide Grasp Oshini Gunawardhana from Sri Lanka, whose presence provides worldwide aptitude and pleasure to the sphere.
– PTI
GOLF
Talwar on tied-Sixtieth regardless of making the minimize at Golf Problem
Saptak Talwar made the minimize on the Raiffeisenbank Golf Problem however he continued to wrestle after the third spherical.
With a 3-over 74 his complete for the match is now three over par and is positioned at T-60.
Talwar can be hoping to place collectively a powerful ultimate day to enhance his standing for the occasion.
Having begun his spherical on the entrance 9 he dropped three pictures on the second gap after which spent the remainder of the spherical making an attempt to achieve the pictures again.
He made birdies on the fifth and seventh holes however dropped a shot on the eighth.
On the again 9 Talwar dropped pictures on the tenth and seventeenth holes with a birdie on the 18th to shut the spherical.
– PTI
Avani falters in ultimate spherical, finishes at career-best T-5 in Belgium
Rising India star Avani Prashanth, who began with a one-shot lead, faltered within the fourth and ultimate spherical, ending tied fifth place on the Hulencourt Girls’s Open right here.
She shot 3-over 75 and completed with a card of 7-under 281, in what was her finest end of the season.
One other rookie, Darcey Harry of Wales, celebrated her twenty second birthday, which fell this week, by recovering from an early bogey for a spherical of 68 and a complete of 13-under for the week to register her first profession win.
The tied fifth place was one of the best end for Avani as an expert and equalled her better of the same T-5 within the 2023 Hero Girls’s Indian Open, when she was nonetheless an novice. Avani additionally has 4 top-20 finishes this season.
Diksha Dagar (72) was T-23 at 1-under, whereas Tvesa Malik (76) was T-48. Diksha had two birdies and two bogeys.
– PTI
WRESTLING
U17 world champion Mansi Lather wins trial for junior Asian Championship
Cadet world champion Mansi Lather on Sunday booked her ticket to the U20 Asian Championship to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from July 5-13, after successful the trials within the ladies’s 68kg class right here.
Mansi, who additionally received a bronze on the senior Asian Championship in March this yr, prevailed over Delhi’s Srishti within the ultimate.
Additionally making the Indian squad within the 57kg weight class was Muksan, who final month received a gold within the UWW Rating Sequence Mongolia Open in 59kg. She beat Maharashtra’s Ashlesha Kalyan within the ultimate.
Different ladies wrestlers who’ve certified for the Championships had been Shruti (50kg), Saarika (53kg), Reena (55kg), Nehar Sharma (57kg), Anjli (62kg), Harshita (72kg) and Kajal (76kg).
– PTI
TENNIS
Ankita Raina wins doubles title in Portugal alongside Alice Robbe
Doubles Champions Alice Robbe and Ankita Raina within the ITF ladies’s tennis match in Portugal.
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Doubles Champions Alice Robbe and Ankita Raina within the ITF ladies’s tennis match in Portugal.
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Fourth seeds, Ankita Raina and Alice Robbe beat the third seeds Hiromi Abe and Kanako Morisaki of Japan 1-6, 6-4, [10-8] within the doubles ultimate of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match in Guimaraes, Portugal.
It was the third doubles title of the season and the thirty second of her profession for the 32-year-old Ankita. She has additionally received 11 singles titles within the skilled circuit. It was the eighth profession doubles title for the 25-year-old Alice of France.
The outcomes:
$40,000 ITF ladies, Guimaraes, Portugal
Doubles (ultimate): Ankita Raina & Alice Robbe (Fra) bt Hiromi Abe & Kanako Morisaki (Jpn) 1-6, 6-4, [10-8].
BADMINTON
Chithresh elected President of KBSA
E.P. Chithresh Nair is the brand new president of the Kerala Badminton (Shuttle) Affiliation. The elections and common physique assembly had been held right here on Sunday.
Mohammed Tariq is the brand new secretary. Two gamers have been included within the government committee to make sure gamers’ issues are addressed extra successfully.
The KBSA plans to arrange three zonal academies within the State to coach younger expertise and likewise to supply superior coaching for established gamers. The affiliation additionally plans to organise one worldwide match yearly to supply extra publicity to Kerala gamers.
“Our imaginative and prescient is to make Kerala a powerhouse in badminton by creating a strong ecosystem for gamers in any respect ranges. The zonal academies, worldwide tournaments and player-centric insurance policies will revolutionise the game within the state,” mentioned Chithresh.
– Stan Rayan