HOCKEY
Manipur overcomes Bengal hurdle
In a possible conflict to determine the desk topper, Manipur blunted the problem of Bengal 3-1 in a Pool-H contest of the 14th Hockey India Senior Nationwide males’s championship on the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium right here on Saturday. Whereas Bengal accomplished its quota of three matches with a sole defeat, an unbeaten Manipur will tackle Assam on Monday in its last group match.
From Pool-F, Uttar Pradesh scored its third straight win and certified for the quarterfinals, with a 11-1 victory over Jammu & Kashmir.
For all its dominance all through the tie, Manipur might discover the goal solely as late because the third quarter when Rabichandra Singh scored off a penalty nook. From there on, it was largely Manipur’s present. Bengal was on the receiving finish for the main half. It did have its probabilities however on the last third.
The outcomes:
Pool-A: Punjab 8 (Gurjinder Singh 8, 11, Jobanpreet Singh 14, Surdarshan Singh 38, 39, Pardeep Singh 42, 50), Gursahibjit Singh 44) bt Dadra Nagar & Daman & Diu 0.
B: Haryana 5 (Pankaj 29, Joginder Singh 32, 48, Deepak 35, Rajinder Singh 37) bt Telangana 1 (Venkatesh Telugu 58).
F: UP 11 (Vishnukant Singh 13, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay 14, 39, 50, Atul Deep 16, Chandan Singh 22, Faraz Mohd. 30, 57, Iktidar Ishrat 40, Arun Sahani 52, Jay Prakash Patel 60) bt J&Okay 1 (Karanjit Singh 8); Delhi 6 (Dheeraj Vats 4, 28, Govind Singh Bisht 19, Nitesh 22, 41, 44) bt Kerala 1 (Rishabh Kushwaha 41).
H: Assam 4 (Abdul Qadir 10, 30, 40, Aniket Tiwari 44) bt Bihar 1 (Ravi Kumar 21); Manipur 3 (Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh 39, Nilakanta Sharma 45, Cyril Lugun 55) bt Bengal 1 (Nitesh Neupane 51).
-Okay. Keerthivasan
TENNIS
Ramkumar Ramanathan, Mukund Sasikumar headline ITF Championship
Indian stars Ramkumar Ramanathan and Mukund Sasikumar headline a robust subject of gamers from internationally to function within the males’s ITF Championship to be held right here from November 10 to 17.
The occasion, which can mark the start of a busy season for the Maharashtra State Garden Tennis Affiliation (MSLTA) until March subsequent yr, may have a prize cash of USD 25,000 and the gamers may have a chance to earn ATP factors.
Whereas the winner of the occasion will get 50 ATP factors, the runner-up will get 30 factors. The semifinalists will get 18 factors and people making the ultimate eight will get 9 factors every.
There can be 5 factors up for grabs for many who end in spherical of 16 and one level for ending in spherical of 32.
The qualifying rounds can be held on November 10 and 11 whereas the principle draw will begin from November 12-17.
“This occasion is a part of three males’s ITF occasions in a row hosted by AITA for a 3rd yr in a row, which may even give alternative to Indian gamers to earn beneficial prize cash and ATP factors,” MSLTA secretary Sundar Iyer mentioned in a launch.
Different Indians to function within the occasion are: Aryan Shah, Karan Singh, the 17-year-old males’s nationwide champion Rethin Pranav, runner-up Nitin Kumar Sinha, 15-year-old Manas Dhamne and Siddanth Bhantia, who’ve been awarded the principle draw wild playing cards.
The abroad gamers in the principle draw embrace Uzbekistan’s Khumoyun Sultanov, Dalibor Svrcina, Bogdan Bobrov and Egor Agafonov from Russia and Louis Wessels from Germany.
-PTI
Aryan Shah loses to Dalibor Svrcina
Prime seed Dalibor Svrcina proved robust for Aryan Shah as he raced to a 6-0, 6-4 victory within the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis match on the Kalinga Stadium on Saturday.
Within the last, Dalibor will play seventh seed Nick Chappell of the USA.
The highest seeds, Egor Agafonov and Bogdan Bobrov gained the doubles title beating Rishab Agarwal and Kabir Hans in straight units.
The outcomes:
Singles (semifinals): Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Aryan Shah 6-0, 6-4; Nick Chappell (USA) bt Bogdan Bobrov 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles (last): Egor Agafonov & Bogdan Bobrov bt Rishab Agarwal & Kabir Hans 6-4, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
Calicut FC takes on Forca Kochi in Tremendous League Kerala last
Calicut FC coaching forward of its last towards Forca Kochi
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Calicut FC coaching forward of its last towards Forca Kochi
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It’s only apt that the 2 groups that completed atop the league desk ought to contest the ultimate of the inaugural Tremendous League Kerala. The expectations are excessive about Sunday night time’s conflict on the Company Stadium between host Calicut FC and Forca Kochi.
When the 2 sides met within the league part, Calicut FC had gained a match (1-0) whereas the opposite was drawn (1-1). Calicut can also be the league’s highest-scoring workforce, having pumped in 20 objectives on its technique to the ultimate.
However the league’s top-scorer is a Kochi striker although – Dori, the Brazilian striker who has netted 5. There are two Calicut gamers with 4 objectives apiece – Kervens Belfort and Gani Nigam.
Calicut coach Ian Gillan mentioned his workforce wasn’t going to underestimate Forca. “Their defensive file speaks for itself, and we are going to should be sensible in breaking them down,” he mentioned. “We have now labored on our offensive actions, transitions, and creating areas to use, and we’ll look to place that into motion from the primary whistle.”
His counterpart Mario Lemos mentioned the ultimate could possibly be a tactical battle. “Our workforce has labored exhausting to refine each our defensive group and our attacking patterns,” he mentioned. “We are going to look to neutralize Calicut’s attacking threats whereas exploiting the areas that may open up because the match progresses. It’s about discovering that excellent stability between protection and assault, and we’re assured we are able to try this towards a top quality facet like Calicut.”
The kick-off is at 8 p.m.
-P.Okay. Ajith Kumar