BADMINTON
Korea Masters 2024: Kiran George defeats Nguyen Hai Dang
Indian shuttler Kiran George got here from behind to defeat Vietnam’s Nguyen Hai Dang on the Korea Masters occasion on Wednesday.
The Indian defeated Nguyen 15-21, 21-12, 21-15 in a match that lasted for 57 minutes.
George is the one Indian to participate within the competitors.
He’ll face Chinese language Taipei’s Chi Yu Jen within the second spherical.
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HOCKEY
Senior Males’s Nationals: Haryana begins with an enormous victory over Himachal
Haryana’s Rajant (yellow jersey) scores a objective in opposition to Himachal throughout the 14th Hockey India Senior Males Nationwide Championship on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.
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Haryana’s Rajant (yellow jersey) scores a objective in opposition to Himachal throughout the 14th Hockey India Senior Males Nationwide Championship on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.
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Sandeep Sangwan has been the coach of the Haryana males’s State group since 2011, when the primary Senior males’s Nationals underneath Hockey India was held.
A two-time champion and final version’s finalist, Haryana, in response to Sangwan is eager to show the tables this time round. With gamers equivalent to strikers Joginder Singh, Rajant and the defence helmed by former Olympian Surender Kumar, Sangwan is hopeful of his group making issues work. The 12-1 victory over Himachal within the opening Pool-B match of the Nationwide championship in Chennai on Wednesday supplied the group the proper begin for the harder battles forward. Within the final match of the day, Maharashtra defeated Gujarat with a report 30-0 margin win.
RESULTS
Pool B: Haryana 12 (Rajant 3, 34, 36, 49, Joginder Singh 5, 30, Yashdeep Siwach 19, Somjeet 27, Rohit 33, Pankaj 43, 45, Mandeep Mor 49) bt Himachal 1 (Ayush 30).
Pool E: Odisha 11 (Amandeep Lakra 2, 46, 49, Matiyas Dang 9, Ajay Kumar Ekka 15, 26, Sudeep Chirmako 17, 48, 58, Kerobin Lakra 29, Rajat Akash Tirkey 50) bt Rajasthan 1 (Vijendra Singh 57).
Le Puducherry 7 (S. Suriya 5, A. Tamilarasan 22, Rajat Minz 28, T. Arun Kumar 30, 42, R. Ranjith 50, 55) bt Arunachal 0.
Pool F: Kerala 4 (M. Nishanth 22, Premkumar 24, Teswin Viju 33, Mohit Kushwaha 60) bt J&Ok 0.
Pool G: Jharkhand 3 (Simon Bodra 35, 48, Dilbar Barla 44) bt Goa 1 (I. E. Palangappa 50).
Maharashtra 30 (Aakib Rahim 3, Pratap Shinde 5, 30, Aditya Lalage 5, 22, 24, 25, 29, Venkatesh Devkar 7, 30, 38, Taleb Shah 12, 23, 45, Venkatesh Kencha 13, 21, Devinder Walmiki 19, 33, Govind Nag 28, 43, Aniket Gurav 39, 54, 55, Ajinkya Jadhav 40, 42, 53, 53, 59, Rajat Sharma 59, Dharshan Vibhav Gawkar 57) bt Gujarat 0.
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TENNIS
ITF Bhubaneswar: Prajwal Dev knocks out second seed S Mukund in opening spherical
S. D. Prajwal Dev performed sturdy to oust the second seed S Mukund 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 within the first spherical of the 25,000 USD ITF males’s tennis event on the Kalinga Stadium on Wednesday.
Nationwide champion, 17-year-old Rethin Pranav beat qualifier Raghav Jaisinghani 6-3, 6-2 to earn his first ATP level. And so did qualifier Yash Chaurasia as he beat wild card Pratyush Mohanty 6-2, 6-2.
Rethin will meet fourth seed Egor Agafonov within the pre-quarterfinals.
The younger Manas Dhamne bounced again from a tricky begin to beat former nationwide champion Manish Sureshkumar 6-7(0), 6-1, 6-3 to arrange a second spherical in opposition to the highest seed Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic.
RESULTS
Singles (first spherical): Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Maan Kesharwani 6-2, 6-3; Manas Dhamne bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-7(0), 6-1, 6-3; Dev Javia bt Adhithya Ganesan (USA) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1; Egor Agafonov bt Adil Kalyanpur 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 (retired); Rethin Pranav bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-3, 6-2; Karan Singh bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-2, 7-5; Yash Chaurasia bt Pratyush Mohanty 6-2, 6-2; Bogdan Bobrov bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-1, 6-3; Nick Chappell (USA) bt Kazuki Nishiwaki (Jpn) 7-5, 6-4; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 6-3; Rohan Mehra bt Hitesh Chauhan 6-3, 7-5; S.D. Prajwal Dev bt S Mukund 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Raghav Jaisinghani & Bharath Kumaran bt Amrutjay Mohanty & Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-1, 4-6, [10-8]; Dev Javia & Sidharth Rawat bt Nick Chappell (USA) & Nitin Kumar Sinha 4-6, 6-4,[10-8]; M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) & Karan Singh bt Aditya Balsekar & Rishi Reddy 6-3, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal & Kabir Hans bt Pratyush Mohanty & Dharmil Shah 6-2, 6-4.
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AITA Ladies’s Match: Durganshi reaches semifinals
Durganshi Kumar warded off a stiff problem from Yashika Shokeen 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 within the quarterfinals of the Rs. 2,50,000 AITA girls’s tennis event on the Joygaon Academy in Jhajjar on Wednesday.
Durganshi will play second seed Sahira Singh within the semifinals. The opposite semifinal will likely be between prime seed Yubrani Banerjee and Anjali Rathi.
RESULTS (Quarterfinals)
Yubrani Banerjee bt Kashish Bhatia 3-6, 6-4, 4-0 (conceded); Anjali Rathi bt Mirudhula Palanivel 6-4, 6-4; Durganshi Kumar bt Yashika Shokeen 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Sahira Singh bt Vidula Amar 6-1, 7-6(3).
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POLO
Cavalry Gold Cup: Jindal Panther beats Vimal Arion Achievers
Simran Shergill and Mehraj Godara scored two objectives every to assist Jindal Panther beat Vimal Arion Achievers 6-5 in a league match of the Habanos Cavalry Gold Cup polo event on the Military Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Wednesday.
RESULTS (League stage)
Achievers 5 (Chris Mackenzie 4, Abhimanyu Pathak) bt Jaipur USPA 3 (Lance Watson 3).
Jindal Panther 6 (Simran Shergill 2, Mehraj Godara 2, Siddhant Sharma, Hurr Ali) bt Vimal Arion Achievers 5 (Daniel Otamendi 4, Shamsheer Ali).
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GOLF
Karandeep, Kshitij share joint lead in Poona Membership Open golf
Karandeep Kochhar of Chandigarh and Delhi’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul fired similar scores of seven-under 64 to finish spherical one as joint leaders at The Poona Membership Open golf event on Wednesday.
Delhi duo of Rashid Khan and Saarthak Chhibber produced rounds of six-under 65 to be positioned joint tied third within the Rs 1 crore occasion.
Divyansh Dubey, who sank two eagles throughout his spherical of 66, was the highest-placed among the many Pune-based professionals.
He shared the fifth place together with Chandi Mandir’s Chandarjeet Yadav and Bengaluru’s M Dharma.
Among the many outstanding names, TATA Metal PGTI Rating chief Veer Ahlawat carded a 68 to be tied twelfth, whereas native favorite Udayan Mane returned a 72 to be tied sixtieth.
Karandeep, who was in nice driving type, got here up with a flawless 64, changing two brief birdie putts on the front-nine earlier than driving the inexperienced on the par-4 ninth and rolling in a 15-footer for eagle there.
He drove the very subsequent inexperienced on the par-4 tenth to arrange a two-putt for birdie there.
The 25-year-old Asian Tour common, thereafter, added two extra birdies to his card together with one other 15-feet conversion.
Kshitij made eight birdies and a bogey throughout his opening spherical.
-PTI
FOOTBALL
Tremendous League Kerala: Dorielton delights as Forca Kochi enters last
Two sensible objectives from striker Dorielton Gomes helped Forca Kochi FC flatten Kannur Warriors FC 2-0 and enter the ultimate of the Tremendous League Kerala soccer on the EMS Company Stadium in Kozhikode on Wednesday evening.
Kochi will meet Calicut FC – the 2 sides which completed within the prime two rungs of the league section – within the last on November 10.
After a lackluster first hour within the semifinal, the objectives got here in an eight-minute spell halfway by way of the second. And Dorielton’s first objective was among the finest seen within the SLK to date.
Dorielton (proper) dodging defender Vikas on his option to his second objective.
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Dorielton (proper) dodging defender Vikas on his option to his second objective.
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After receiving a rising supply from Basanta Singh contained in the crowded field, Dorielton chest-trapped the ball and got here up with an outstanding bicycle kick that beat the goalkeeper P.A. Ajmal.
A couple of minutes later, the Brazilian scored his second. This time he moved into the field from the left, dodged defender Vikas by stepping apart and despatched a right-footer to the far nook which simply slipped underneath the goalkeeper and went in.
With that, Dorielton, who completed on prime of the goalscorers’ checklist, took his tally to seven objectives on this league.
The match, which started at 8 PM as a substitute of the conventional 7.30 PM kickoff, had been a boring affair for a significant half earlier than these twin strikes, with only a few probabilities being created by either side.
The one moments of pleasure within the first half was the hard-working Nijo Gilbert’s runs on the left, dodging previous defenders. And halfway by way of the primary half, Gilbert despatched a fiery shot from the left and Ajmal effected a formidable save.
A few minutes later, Dorielton’s try went over.
The final two encounters, house and away, between the 2 sides had ended 1-1 within the league section however tonight was a really totally different evening.
The consequence (semifinal)
Forca Kochi FC 2 (Dorielton 71 & 79) bt Kannur Warriors FC 0.
– Stan Rayan