FOOTBALL
India U23 declares 29-member possible squad for publicity pleasant matches in Tajikistan
On Wednesday, India U23 males’s nationwide group head coach Naushad Moosa named a 29-member possible squad for the publicity pleasant matches in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, subsequent month.
India U23s will face the Tajikistan U23 and Kyrgyz Republic U23 groups in two matches on June 18, and June 21, respectively, as a part of the federation’s long-term plans to smoothen a pathway to the senior nationwide group.
The group will set camp in Kolkata on June 1, the place they are going to practice earlier than setting off for Dushanbe, on June 16.
India U-23 Males’s Nationwide Group Probables checklist
Goalkeepers: Sahil, Priyansh Dubey, Md Arbaz.
Defenders: Nikhil Barla, Dippendu Biswas, Bikash Yumnam, Pramveer, Clarence Fernandes, Sajad Hussain Parray, Muhammed Saheef, Subham Bhattacharya, Suman Dey.
Midfielders: Vibin Mohanan, Lalremtluanga Fanai, Vinith Venkatesh, Harsh Patre, Rahul Raju, Lalrinliana Hnamte, Macarton Louis Nickson, Manglenthang Kipgen, Chingangbam Shivaldo Singh, Mohammed Aimen, Huidrom Thoi Singh.
Forwards: Parthib Sundar Gogoi, Md Suhail, Korou Singh Thingujam, Mohammed Sanan Ok, Alan Shaji, Joseph Sunny.
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BOXING
BFI Names 19-member India squad for Thailand Open
The squad—comprising 10 males and 9 girls—has been chosen from the continuing elite nationwide camp on the Netaji Subhas Nationwide Institute of Sports activities, Patiala.
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The squad—comprising 10 males and 9 girls—has been chosen from the continuing elite nationwide camp on the Netaji Subhas Nationwide Institute of Sports activities, Patiala.
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The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has introduced a 19-member squad for the fourth Thailand Open Worldwide Boxing Match 2025, scheduled in Bangkok from Might 24 to June 1.
The squad—comprising 10 males and 9 girls—has been chosen from the continuing elite nationwide camp on the Netaji Subhas Nationwide Institute of Sports activities, Patiala, which is underway because the season builds towards key tournaments.
India squad for Thailand Open:
India’s males’s squad:
Naothoi Singh Kongkham (47–50kg), Pawan Bartwal (50–55kg), Nikhil (55–60kg), Amit Kumar (60–65kg), Hemant Yadav (65–70kg), Deepak (70–75kg), Dhruv Singh (75–80kg), Jugnoo (80–85kg), Naman Tanwar (85–90kg), and Anshul Gill (90kg+)
India girls’s squad:
Yasika Rai (45–48kg), Tamanna (48–51kg), Abha Singh (51–54kg), Priya (54–57kg), Sanju (57–60kg), Saneh (65–70kg), Anjali (70–75kg), Lalfakmawii Ralte (75–80kg), and Kiran (80kg+). No boxer has been named within the girls’s 60–65kg class for this version.
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MOTORSPORT
Harith Noah Withdraws from W2RC’s South African Safari Rally after unlucky damage
Harith Noah in motion throughout the South African Safari Rally in Solar Metropolis.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Harith Noah in motion throughout the South African Safari Rally in Solar Metropolis.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Indian rally-raid rider Harith Noah was pressured to withdraw from the South African Safari Rally, the Spherical 3 of 2025 FIA-FIM World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), following a crash at first of Stage 1 in Solar Metropolis.
Harith encountered a jackal that jumped in entrance of his bike and whereas making an attempt to brake and maneuver across the animal, he crashed, leading to vital swelling in his proper hand. He received up and confirmed resilience, driving 20km extra earlier than withdrawing on account of lack of grip energy and ache from the autumn.
Harith had made a very good begin to the rally, ending fifth in Prologue Stage of Rally 2 with a timing of seven:44.1s, marking his return to rally-raid after he had an injury-led exit on the Dakar Rally, earlier in January which required surgical procedure to his wrist.
“Fortuitously, it’s not the wrist that received injured this time. There was a number of swelling in my proper hand, and I simply didn’t have the energy to carry the bike and journey, which pressured me to cease,” mentioned Harith from South Africa. “We don’t precisely know what the difficulty is but, however nothing seems to be damaged, which is an efficient signal. I’ll be getting an MRI as we speak to examine for any additional injury”
Noah, who rides for the Sherco TVS Rally Manufacturing facility group, is looking forward to a swift restoration and goals to return in time for the Baja España Aragón 2025 in Spain, scheduled from 25 to 27 July.
“The necessary factor is that we’re protected. Regardless that it was simply two days of driving, I discovered quite a bit and really feel like I’ve gained precious expertise. I positively know what might be executed and I do know I might be again. Hopefully, this is only one step backward to take an even bigger step ahead,” mentioned Harith.
The 2025 W2RC season options 5 rounds throughout three continents, pushing riders by a large spectrum of terrains and situations. The yr kicked off with the legendary Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, adopted by the Abu Dhabi Desert Problem. Now, the championship heads into uncharted territory with the debut of the South African Safari Rally. The ultimate two rounds will take riders to Portugal for the BP Final Rally Raid in September, earlier than culminating with the enduring Rallye du Maroc in October. –
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SQUASH
HCL Doubles Squash Championship: Joshna Chinappa secures spots in girls’s and combined doubles finals
Velavan Senthilkumar (second from proper) and Joshna Chinappa (second from left) throughout the combined doubles semifinals on the Nationwide Doubles Squash Championship in Chennai on Thursday.
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Velavan Senthilkumar (second from proper) and Joshna Chinappa (second from left) throughout the combined doubles semifinals on the Nationwide Doubles Squash Championship in Chennai on Thursday.
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Joshna Chinappa, the 19-time senior Nationwide girls’s champion, goes robust at 38 years. The best way she has been taking part in on the ongoing Nationwide doubles championships proves that she has one other yr or two of squash left in her.
On Thursday, the a number of Commonwealth and Asian Video games medallist reached the Nationwide doubles finals in girls’s doubles, together with Anahat Singh (as the highest seed), and combined doubles with Velavan Senthilkumar (because the second seed).
“Velavan is absolutely stable. So, it makes my job simpler. And Anahat, on the forehand, is equally robust. That could be a enormous distinction,” mentioned Joshna, at 106, the third-highest ranked Indian after Anahat (57) and Akanksha Salunkhe (71).
When requested whether or not she is trying ahead to taking part in her fifth Asian Video games in Japan subsequent yr, Joshna refused to be categorical. “I’ll take it month by month primarily based on what tournaments are arising. My targets are the Nationals as a result of that’s, in fact, the choice standards for the Asian Video games. Enjoying within the Asian Video games is certainly a risk.” she mentioned.
RESULTS (Semifinals)
Males: Abhay Singh & Velavan Senthilkumar bt Rahul Baitha & Suraj Chand 11-4, 11-3.
Guhan Senthilkumar & Ravi Dixit bt Abhay S Vasudev & L. Meyyappan 11-2 11-4.
Girls: Anahat Singh & Joshna Chinappa bt Nirupama Dubey & Shameena Riaz 11-10, 11-3; Pooja Arthi & S. Rathika bt Ananya Narayan & Anjali Semwal 11-6, 11-6.
Blended: Abhay Singh & Anahat Singh bt Ravi Dixit & Janet Vidhi 11-6, 11-6.
Velavan Senthilkumar & Joshna Chinappa bt Sandhesh P.R and Shameena Riaz 11-4, 11-4.
-Ok. Keerthivasan
SHOOTING
Shotgun nationwide choice trials: Bhavtegh takes lead, world file holder Angad second
World College skeet champion Bhavtegh Singh Gill shot 73 out of 75 to take the lead forward of World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan (72) and world file holder Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (71) within the second Shotgun Nationwide choice trials on the Dr. Karni Singh Vary, Tughlakabad, on Thursday.
Bhavtegh shot 24, 24 and 25 within the three rounds. Two extra rounds might be shot on Friday, and the highest six will compete within the remaining.
Rituraj Bundela and Smit Singh had been additionally on 71, whereas Asian Video games silver medallist Anantjeet Singh Naruka had shot 70, following rounds of 23, 25 and 22.
In girls’s skeet, Maheshwari Chauhan led with 69, one level forward of World Cup medallist Ganemat Sekhon. Parinaaz Dhaliwal (67) and Darshna Rathore (66) had been shut on heel behind the leaders.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ISFF Junior World Cup: Raiza wins girls’s skeet silver
Olympian Raiza Dhillon received the ladies’s skeet silver as she was overwhelmed 53-51 by Phoebe Bodley-Scott of Britain
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Olympian Raiza Dhillon received the ladies’s skeet silver as she was overwhelmed 53-51 by Phoebe Bodley-Scott of Britain
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Olympian Raiza Dhillon received the ladies’s skeet silver as she was overwhelmed 53-51 by Phoebe Bodley-Scott of Britain within the Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, on Thursday.
It was a commendable fare from Raiza as she fought exhausting for the gold until the top, after having conceded a three-point result in the Briton after 40 of the 60 birds within the remaining. Raiza missed solely one of many final 20 birds, however the Briton nosed forward.
India stayed on prime of the desk with a gold and two silver medals.
India was unfortunate to not win one other medal in combined air pistol, as Urva Chaudhary and Chirag Sharma misplaced out on the prospect to struggle for the gold or any medal, after being tied with three different groups, Ukraine, Chinese language Taipei and Italy on 576 within the second place.
India ultimately positioned fifth owing to its inferior rating of 14 inner-10s, whereas the opposite groups certified to play for the medals with 15x and 16x.
The outcomes:
10m combined air pistol: 1. China (Jin Bohan, Zhang Yingtao) 16 (579); 2. Ukraine (Yulia Isachenko, Maksym HImon) 14 (576); 3. Italy (Alessandra Fait, Francesco Rutigliani) 16 (576); 4. Chinese language Taipei (Yen-Ching Cheng, Hsiang-Chen Hsieh) 10 (576); 5. India (Urva Chaudhary, Chirag Sharma) 576; India-2 (Sanskriti Bana, Pushpender Singh) 560.
Skeet: Junior girls: 1. Phoebe Bodley-Scott (GBR) 53 (116); 2. Raiza Dhillon 51 (116); 3. Annabella Hettmer (Ger) 38 (116); 15. Vanshika Tiwari 109; 19. Yashasvi Rathore 106; 28. Mohika Sisodiya 100.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Junior Davis Cup: India beats Indonesia 2-0
India beat Indonesia 2-0 within the positional play-off for the ninth to sixteenth place within the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 boys tennis event in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Thursday.
India will subsequent play New Zealand within the play off for the ninth to twelfth locations.
Chinese language Taipei, Japan, Korea and China received their quarterfinals towards Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong and Australia, respectively to e-book their place within the World Group stage to be held later in Europe.
The outcomes (ninth place positional play-off)
India bt Indonesia 2-0 (Prateek Sheoran bt Rafa Manguinsong 6-2, 1-6, [10-6]; Tavish Pahwa bt Joachim Gunawan 6-3, 6-3).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Males’s ITF event: Aryan Shah beats Argentina’s Cigarran in pre-quarterfinals
Aryan Shah outplayed Thiago Cigarran of Argentina 6-1, 6-2 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF males’s tennis event in Coquimbo, Chile.
Within the €91,250 Challenger in Skopje, North Macedonia, Rithvik Bollipalli and Vijay Sundar Prashanth scored an exciting 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-8] victory over Neil Oberleitner and David Pichler within the doubles quarterfinals. Sriram Balaji additionally made the doubles semifinals with MIguel Reyes-Varela.
Outcomes
€91,250 Challenger, Skopje, North Macedonia Doubles (quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) bt Alexander Donski (Bul) 7 Sergio Gornes (Esp) 7-6(9), 7-5; Rithvik Bollipalli & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Neil Oberleitner & David Pichler (Aut) 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-8].
$60,000 Challenger, Tbilisi, Georgia Doubles (quarterfinals): Siddhant Banthia & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Aleksandre Bakshi & Sergey Betov (Geo) 6-2, 3-6, [10-6].
$30,000 ITF males, Coquimbo, Chile Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Shah bt Thiago Cigarran (Arg) 6-1, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF males, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Karan Singh bt Damir Abdusamadov (Uzb) 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-2; Kriish Tyagi bt Aristarkh Safonov 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Aleksandr Lobanov bt Atharva Sharma 6-2, 6-1; First spherical: Karan bt Amir Milushev (Uzb) 7-6(3), 7-5; Kriish bt Adam Farag-Cao (Can) 7-6(5), 6-4.
Doubles (quarterfinal): Ishaque Eqbal & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Alexey Aleshchev & Ivan Zaytsev 6-1, 7-5; Aleksandr Lobanov & Karan Singh bt Maan Kesharwani & Atharva Sharma 5-7, 6-3, [10-7].
$30,000 ITF girls, Andong, Korea Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Janice Tjen (Ina) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles (quarterfinals): BoYoung Jeong (Kor) & Janice Tjen (Ina) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Sohyun Park (Kor) 7-6(3), 7-5.
$30,000 ITF girls, Orlando, USA Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Elena-Teodora Cadar (Rou) bt Claire An & Monika Ekstrand (USA) 6-4, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF girls, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Singles (second spherical): Ana Grubor (Can) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-1, 6-4; Sara Dols (Esp) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinal): Haruna Arakawa (Jpn) & Mary Lewis (USA) bt Saumya Vig & Camilla Zanolini (Ita) 6-0, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF girls, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia Doubles (quarterfinals): Aliine Yuneva & Valeriya Yushchenko bt Akanksha Nitture & Soha Sadiq 6-2, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan