SHOOTING
Saurabh Chaudhary finishes thirtieth, Sagar Dangi sixth in Rio World Cup
Sagar Dangi certified within the second spot with 581 however ended up sixth ultimately in males’s air pistol within the taking pictures World Cup in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
India has fielded a 16-member workforce for the World Cup, giving an opportunity largely for shooters who haven’t made it to the workforce for the Asian Games.
Former world No.1 and a number of World Cup gold medallist and Asian Games champion, Saurabh Chaudhary shot 572 and positioned thirtieth in a area of 62.
Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh had shot 629.1 in blended air rifle. They have been fourth within the first batch with the highest rating being 629.7.
Results:
10m air pistol: Men: 1. Federico Maldini (Ita) 237.8 (580); 2. Emils Vasermanis (Lat) 2236.4 (586); 3. Lauris Strautmanis (Lat) 217.3 (580); 6. Sagar Dangi 157.4 (581); 15. Sharvan Kumar 576; 16. Kedarling Uchaganve 576; 30. Saurabh Chaudhary 572.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
CRICKET
WPL: Gujarat Giants gamers, coaches meet workforce homeowners
Former India ladies’s captain Mithali Raj, India star Harleen Deol have been amongst these from Gujarat Giants who met the workforce homeowners Adani Sportsline workforce and Pranav Adani on Friday.
Team mentor and advisor Mithali and assistant coach Nooshin Al Khadeer have been current on the assembly together with gamers Harleen Deol, Sushma Verma, Shabnam Shakil, Hurley Gala, Sneh Rana, Parunika Sisodia, Mansi Joshi, Meghna Sabbineni, Tanuja Kanwar, Ashwani Kumari, and Monica Patel.
Currently, the WPL has 5 groups: the champions Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriorz and Delhi Capitals. The inaugural version was performed in Mumbai, with the video games distributed between the DY Patil Stadium and the Brabourne Stadium on the Cricket Club of India. The dates and the venues for the second season are awaited from the BCCI.
The squad’s head coach is Australian legend Rachael Haynes. Harleen Deol was among the finest Indian performers, scoring 202 runs in 8 video games. That aside, South African opener Laura Wolvaardt and Ashleigh Gardner scored two fifties every, whereas England’s Sophia Dunkley scored the quickest half-century of the event, reaching the landmark off 18 deliveries.
– V. V. Subrahmanyam
TENNIS
Riya Sachdeva with the women singles and doubles trophies within the Asian under-16 tennis event in Jalandhar.
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Riya Sachdeva with the women singles and doubles trophies within the Asian under-16 tennis event in Jalandhar.
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Asian U-16: Riya Sachdeva wins singles, doubles title
Riya Sachdeva received a double crown within the Asian under-16 tennis championship on the Singha Sports Academy on Friday.
Riya beat Aakruti Sonkusare 6-2, 7-6(3) for the singles title. She received the doubles title in partnership with Divya Ungrish.
Hruthik Katakam received the boys title, and the doubles title was bagged by Kartikey Agassi and Pratheek Sheoran.
Results:
Under-16 boys (ultimate): Hruthik Katakam bt A Mhasde 6-3, 6-1; Third place: Ranvir Singh bt Nirvaan Thingbaijam 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (ultimate): Kartikey Agassi & Pratheek Sheoran bt Ranvir Singh & Nirvaan Thingbaijam 7-6(6), 6-2.
Under-16 women (ultimate): Riya Sachdeva bt Aakruti Sonkusare 6-2, 7-6(3); Third place: Divya Ungrish bt Samaira Kohli 6-7(5), 6-2, [10-4].
Doubles (ultimate): Riya Sachdeva & Divya Ungrish bt Savitha Bhuvaneswaran & Sherry Sharma 6-3, 1-6, [10-6].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF Juniors: Prisha Shinde beats Priyanka Rana
Top seed Prisha Shinde edged out fourth seed Priyanka Rana 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) within the women semifinals of the ITF junior tennis event on the Ahmedabad City Foundation courts on Friday.
In the ultimate, Prisha will probably be challenged by Ruma Gaikaiwari.
In the boys part, Aniketh Venkataraman arrange a title conflict towards second seed Samarth Sahita.
Results:
Boys: Aniketh Venkataraman bt Tavish Pahwa 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Samarth Sahita bt Vatsal Manikantan 6-1, 6-2.
Girls: Prisha Shinde bt Priyanka Rana 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5); Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Mehak Kapoor 6-3, 7-5.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Vaishnavi Adkar in semifinals
Vaishnavi Adkar outplayed Luisa Hrda of Germany 6-0, 6-1 to achieve the semifinals of the $15,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event in Monastir, Tunisia, on Friday.
The outcomes:
$25,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Daniil Ostapenkov & Kris Van Wyk (RSA) bt Dev Javia & Cyril Vandermeerssch (Fra) 6-4, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF males, Kigali, Rwanda: Singles (quarterfinals): Damien Wenger (Sui) bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-4, 6-2; Corentin Denolly (Fra) bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-2, 6-2. Doubles (semifinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Ishaque Eqbal bt Siddhant Banthia & Sai Karteek Reddy 6-3, 3-6, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (semifinals): Cengiz Aksu (Tur) & Chirag Duhan bt Fabien Salle (Fra) & Imran Sibille (Mar) 6-4, 6-3.
$80,000 ITF ladies, Le Neubourg, France: Doubles (semifinals): Fiona Ferro (Fra) & Aline Korneeva bt Tiphanie Lemaitre (Fra) & Vasanti Shinde 6-4, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF ladies, Perth, Australia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Monique Barry (Nzl) & Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Mia Horvit (USA) & Tenika Mcgiffin (Aus) 4-6, 7-6(2), [12-10].
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Luisa Hrda (Ger) 6-0, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
Sreenidi Deccan FC continues to provide younger skills
“Sreenidi Deccan Football Club (SDFC), founded in 2015 with the vision of nurturing football talent in the country by providing an environment that inspired young players to be self-motivated and contribute positively to the sport, takes pride in informing that two of its players – Levis Zangminlun and Aiborlang Khartangmaw – played a key role in India winning the recent SAAF (under-16) championship in Bhutan,” mentioned Dr. Okay.T. Mahhe, chairman of Sreenidhi Educational Group which owns the Club.
Aiborlang Khartangmaw
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Aiborlang Khartangmaw
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“Having developed world-class facilities and ensuring that promising players have access to the best coaching, training and support, SDFC has become an integral part of developing football in the country, and making India a globally competitive football nation,” he mentioned.
“Levis and Aiborlang are just two of many success stories SDFC can be proud of, having put in considerable time and resources into developing young Indian football players,” mentioned Dr Mahhe.
“We are immensely proud of Levis and Aiborlang for making their debut for the Indian team and their performance in the tournament, with multiple goals scored, demonstrates the quality of the work that our Youth Academy has been doing over the past few years,” he mentioned.
Levis Zangminlun
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Levis Zangminlun
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Earlier this yr, two extra Academy boys – Sahil Tamang and Pauminthang Munsong – have been referred to as up for the India under-19 nationwide camp which was held in Bhubaneswar. Sreenidi Deccan FC additionally participated in numerous key youth tournaments throughout age teams just like the Reliance Foundation Development League (U-21), AIFF Youth Cup (U-17) and the JSW Youth Cup (U-15 and U-13).
SDFC has additionally made it its mission to determine promising soccer expertise in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to assist them develop their expertise and obtain their potential. Two Academy boys – Tikam Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) and Rayyan bin Ghanam (Telangana) – have been promoted to the Sreenidi Deccan FC senior workforce for the upcoming I-League 2023-24 season.
“Our commitment to developing football in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is undoubted and we look forward to having more players from these regions playing at the highest level and representing the country very soon,” reiterated Dr. Okay. T. Mahhe.
-V V Subrahmanyam
CHESS
The champions on the Asian junior championship (from left): Mayank Chakraborty (speedy), G. Tejaswini (women’ classical), Aleksey Grebnev (classical and blitz), Nazerke Nurgali (women’ speedy) and Bommini Mounika Akshaya (women’ blitz).
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The champions on the Asian junior championship (from left): Mayank Chakraborty (speedy), G. Tejaswini (women’ classical), Aleksey Grebnev (classical and blitz), Nazerke Nurgali (women’ speedy) and Bommini Mounika Akshaya (women’ blitz).
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Asian Junior Chess: Grebnev scores a double for Russia; Tejaswini, Mounika emerge women’ champions
After transferring its affiliation from Europe to Asia earlier this yr, Russia scored its largest second on the continental chessboard on Friday. That was thanks solely to Aleksey Grebnev.
After claiming the Tata Steel Asian junior title within the afternoon, Grebnev, taking part in beneath the FIDE flag, added one other championship earlier than the day ended. He claimed the blitz title to convey some cheer to Russian chess.
For the host, it was the women who introduced pleasure. After G. Teswaini claimed the championship within the classical occasion, Bommini Mounika Akshaya received the blitz title.
Standings:
Important outcomes (ninth spherical, Indians except specified):
Open: Ayush Sharma 6.5 drew with S. Rohith Krishna 6.5; Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) 7 bt Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 5.5; S. Aswath 7 bt Sambit Panda 5.5; Ajay Parvathareddy 6 drew with Manish Cristiano 6; L. Srihari 5.5 misplaced to Mayank Chakraborty 6.5; Dilshan Liyanage (SL) 5.5 drew with Zhangir Bizhigitov (Kaz) 5.5; Tahsin Zia (Ban) 6 bt Dhyey Agarwal 5; L.R. Srhari 5.5 drew with Kushagra Mohan 5; N.B. Hari Madhavan 5.5 bt Vrashank Chouhan 4.5.
The standings:
1-2. Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) and S. Aswath 7; 3-5. S. Rohith Krishna, Ayush Sharma and Mayank Chakraborty 6.5; 6-8. Manish Cristiano, Tahsin Zia and Ajay Parvathareddy 6; 9-19. Sambit Panda, Ritvik Krishnan, Gilbert Tarigan (Ina), Dilshan Liyanage (SL), L.R. Srihari, G.B. Harshavardhan, L. Srihari, Alekhya Mukhopadhyay, Abilmansur Abdilkhair (Kaz), N.B. Hari Madhavan and Zhangir Bizhigitov (Kaz) 5.5.
Girls: Bommini Mounika Akshaya 6.5 drew with G. Tejaswini 7.5; Bristy Mukherjee 7 bt Nazerke Nurgali (Kaz) 6; Mrudul Dehankar 6 drew with Saina Salonika 6; Ayaulym Kaldarova (Kaz) 5.5 misplaced to Mrittika Mallick 6.5; Anastasia Ivanova (FIDE) 5.5 misplaced to V. Rindhiya 6; Shubhi Gupta 5.5 drew with Bhagyashree Patil 5.5; Keerti Reddy 5.5 drew with M.Okay. Poorna Sri 5.5; Mohitha Vakcheri 5 drew with Zeinep Sultanbek (Kaz) 5; H.G. Pragnya 5.5 bt Wadifa Ahmed (Ban) 4.5; Sherali Pattnaik 4.5 misplaced to Sachi Jain 5.5.
The standings:
1. G. Tejaswini 7.5; 2. Bristy Mukherjee 7; 3-4. Bommini Mounika Akshaya and Mrittika Mallick 6.5; 5-8. Saina Salonika, Nazerke Nurgali (Kaz), V. Rindhiya and Mrudul Dehankar 6; 9-17. Keerti Reddy, Shubhi Gupta, Ayaulym Kaldarova (Kaz), Bhagyashree Patil, M.Okay. Poorna Sri, Anastasia Ivanova (FIDE), H.G. Pragnya, Sachi Jain and Masanam Divyabharathi 5.5.
-P.Okay. Ajith Kumar
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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