GOLF
Jeev, Jyoti among Indian stars to compete in country’s inaugural Legends Tour event from August 30
Jeev Milkha Singh will play the dual role of an organiser and player in the HSBC India Legends golf championship to be played at the Jaypee Greens in Greater Noida from August 30 to September 1.
The three-day competition, which boasts of participation from former US Open champion Michael Campbell among other luminaries, will offer a total prize purse of $5,00,000. The champion will get $74,250, while the second and third places will fetch $49,000 and $32,700 respectively.
The strong field, with players from 17 countries, is also expected to feature nine Indian players.
“I hope all the players have a great experience and enjoy the Indian cuisine and culture,” said Jeev Milkha Singh, in a press conference here on Tuesday.
The tournament will be preceded by the Pro-Am event on August 28 and 29.
“I am coming to India after 15 years and looking forward to some good golf,” said Michael Campbell.
“We are excited to partner with the Legends Tour as it debuts in India. This marks a historic moment for professional golf in India as it opens up new avenues for leading senior Indian professionals to compete against the best in the world,” said Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO of the PGTI.
The other Indian players in the fray, apart from Jeev and Jyoti Randhawa, will be Mukesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh, Harmeet Kahlon, Vijay Kumar, Amandeep Johl, Vishal Singh and Sanjay Kumar.
“Jaypee Greens golf course has consistently upheld its reputation as a championship-level course. We are honoured to host India’s inaugural Legends Tour event,” said Dhruv Pal Singh, Senior General Manager of Jaypee Greens Golf Course.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Semwal, Nirupma clinch titles in GCH All India SRFI Squash Championship
Om Semwal and Nirupma Dubey clinched the men’s and women’s open titles respectively in the second edition of the Garware Club House All India SRFI Squash Championship here.
In the men’s open final, Mumbai’s Semwal defeated his Sri Lankan opponent and No 2 seeded Shamil Wakeel 3-2 to clinch the Sharad Pawar Trophy, winning 11-4, 4-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-4.
In the women’s final, Nirupma trumped compatriot Tanishka Jain 3-1 as she won 11-6, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9 in the final of the tournament held here from August 19 to 25.
The event, held under the aegis of the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI), witnessed more than 470 entries with 70 per cent children from over 20 states in the country. It had prize money of USD 1000 each for the men’s open and women’s open categories.
“With the guidance from the Squash Rackets Federation of India, along with commitment and support from our GCH office bearers and our squash committee, we were able to deliver a thoroughly professional event,” said Mohit Chaturvedi, GCH director and chairman of the squash committee.
Results:
Men’ open: Om Semwal (India) beat Shamil Wakeel (Sri Lanka) 3:2 (11-4, 4-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-4)
Women’s open: Nirupma Dubey (India) beat Tanishka Jain (India) 3:1 (11-6, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9)
Other winners: Isha Shelke girls’ U-11, Vihaan Chandhok boys’ U-11, Divyanshi Jain girls’ U13, Devansh Aggarwal boys’ U-13, Aarika Mishra girls’ U-15, Saharsh Shahra boys’ U-15, Vyomika Khandelwal girls’ U-17, Priyaan Thakker boys’ U-17, Anika Dubey girls’ U-19, Karan Yadav boys’ U-19.
-PTI
BADMINTON
Taarini Suri clinches double badminton crowns
Taarni Suri from Mumbai clinched girls’ doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Kotak India Junior U-19 International Badminton tournament, held in Hyderabad.
The tournament was held at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad.
The 17-year-old Taarini, who trains at the Cricket Club of India under Hufrish Nariman, teamed up with Shravani Walekar to beat the Indonesian combination of Keyla Putri and Micha Wardoyo 21-10, 21-15 in the girls’ doubles final.
Taarini and Bhavya Chhabra then produced an upset against the top seeded Attawut Sreepeaw and Pannawee Polyiam of Thailand 21-13, 19-21, 21-14 in the mixed doubles final.
Taarini and the Nashik-based Shravani have been playing together since their U-13 days but it was only earlier this year that they decided to focus only on doubles.
In the semifinal, Taarini and Shravani had beaten the Thailand pair of Kodchaporn Chaichana and Pannawee Polyiam.
Chhabra trains at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, Assam, and has also kept her focus on doubles.
Taarni is a part of the Indian team which will participate in the World Junior Championship in Nanchang, China from September 30.
-PTI
BASKETBALL
State championship: Alappuzha to meet Kozhikode in girls final
Alappuzha staved off a strong third-quarter challenge from Thrissur and entered the girl’s final of the 40th Kerala State youth basketball championship at the Carmel CMI Public School, Vazhakulam, on Tuesday.
Alappuzha led 38-18 at half-time, but Liya Maria, with an impressive show (29 points), led Thrissur’s recovery in the next quarter. Thrissur was just two points behind Alappuzha, at 49-47, at one stage, but the latter bounced back to take the match 80-71.
Thrissur’s Liya Maria’s fine performance (29 points) went in vain against Alappuzha in the girl’s semifinal.
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Thrissur’s Liya Maria’s fine performance (29 points) went in vain against Alappuzha in the girl’s semifinal.
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Meanwhile, defending girls champion Kozhikode breezed past Kollam 86-39 and set up a final clash with Alappuzha.
The results
Boys: Quarterfinals: Kottayam 66 (Milen Jose Mathew 15, Abhinav Santhosh 11, R.S. Abhijith 11) bt Thiruvananthapuram 35 (Dhruv Radhakrishnan 13); Thrissur 64 (Abhishek R. Pradeep 16, A.S. Advaith 10) bt Malappuram 28 (Muhammed Shihan 14); Kozhikode 69 (Vignesh Siva 15, S. Ashique 11, Anantha Krishnan 11) bt Pathanamthitta 37 (Kevin Paul Titus 10); Idukki 69 (Naijal Jacob 15, Albert Regi 13, Dominic Sanu 11) bt Alappuzha 57 (Akshay Alex 21, Alan Cleophas Jain 12).
Girls: Semifinals: Kozhikode 86 (K. Arthika 24, Diya Biju 11) bt Kollam 39 (Brisa Binu 15); Alappuzha 80 (Thejas Thobhias 18, Anju A. Joseph 16, Subadra Jayakumar 13, Niranjana 12) bt Thrissur 71 (Liya Maria 29, Ann Rose 19, Adina Maria 12).
Quarterfinals: Thrissur 65 (Anna Rose 17, Adina Johnson 12) bt Idukki 38 (K.S. Arshitha 16); Alappuzha 46 (Subhadra Jayakumar 15, S. Hridhya 11) bt Thiruvananthapuram 21.
-Stan Rayan
TENNIS
ITF Masters: Chandril Sood wins mixed gold in world championship
Chandril Sood won the mixed doubles gold with Kerstina Peckl of Austria in the over-30 event of the ITF Masters tennis World Championship in Lisbon, Portugal, recently.
Kerstina Peckl and Chandril Sood with the mixed doubles gold in the ITF Masters tennis World Championship in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Kerstina Peckl and Chandril Sood with the mixed doubles gold in the ITF Masters tennis World Championship in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Chandril and Kerstina won 3-6, 6-3, [17-15] in the final against Kadi Liic Saar and Samuel Martinez of Spain.
Chandril also won the men’s doubles bronze medal with his twin brother Lakshit Sood. The Indian pair was beaten in the semifinals by the eventual champions Goncalo Falcao and Joao Ferreira of Portugal.
Interestingly, Lakshit in partnership with Joanne Homza of Canada was beaten in the mixed doubles semifinals by Kerstin and Chandril, and won the bronze medal.
The results
Over-30: Mixed doubles (final): Kerstin Peckl (Aut) & Chandril Sood bt Kadi Liic Saar (Est) & Samuel Martinez (Esp) 3-6, 6-3, [17-15]; Semifinals: Kerstin & Chandril bt Joanne Homza (Can) & Lakshit Sood 6-1, 6-2.
Men’s doubles (semifinals): Goncalo Falcao & Joao Ferreira (Por) bt Chandril Sood & Lakshit Sood 7-6(4), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Challenger tournament: Anirudh Chandrasekhar-Hernandez duo wins in doubles pre-quarterfinals
Anirudh Chandrasekar in partnership with David Hernandez of Spain fought his way past Joan Nadal Vives and Abdullah Shelbayh 7-6(6), 6-7(5), [10-8] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €74,825 Challenger tennis tournament in Manacor, Spain, on Tuesday.
The results:
€74,825 Challenger, Manacor, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & David Hernandez (Esp) bt Joan Nadal Vives (Esp) & Abdullah Shelbayh (Jor) 7-6(6), 6-7(5), [10-8].
$25,000 ITF men, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Singles (first round): S Mukund bt Krittin Koaykul (Tha) 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sai Karteek Reddy & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (Tha) bt Tomohiro Masabayashi (Jpn) & Thantub Suksumrarn (Tha) 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Singles (first round): Matthew Summers (GBR) bt Sidharth Rawat 7-5, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Parth Aggarwal & Edison Ambarzumjan (Ger) bt Igor Panin & Pavel Shchaya-Zubrov 6-4, 6-4; Adil Kalyanpur & Vishnu Vardhan bt Dev Javia & Aryan Shah 6-3, 6-4.
$40,000 ITF women, Jinan, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): I-Hsuan Cho & Yi Tsen Cho (Tpe) bt Riya Bhatia & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) 6-0, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Watsachol Sawatdee & Tanuchaporn Yongmod (Tha) 2-6, 7-6(0), [10-8].
$15,000 ITF women, Valladolid, Spain
Singles (first round): Liu Min (Chn) bt Aaddi Gupta 6-1, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Hanna Bougouffa (Fra) bt Himadri Kashyap 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai & Celine Simunyu (Irl) bt Polina Kalbekova & Ralina Kalmulina 6-2, 6-0.
– Team Sportstar
FOOTBALL
Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy: FC Goa beats Brisbane Roar in, climbs to top of Group A
FC Goa secured a significant 1-0 victory over Australian A-League Men side Brisbane Roar FC in a fiercely contested match at the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy 2024 on Tuesday to send the side on top of the Group A table.
Albanian forward Armando Sadiku scored the solitary goal.
Earlier in the day, Head Coach Manolo Marquez named a strong starting XI, featuring all five available foreign players, with only Iker Guarrotxena missing out as he had just arrived in Goa.
Arshdeep Singh started between the posts, while the attacking trio of Sadiku, Dejan Drazic, and Borja Herrera led the charge up front.
The match was intense from the outset, with both teams displaying physicality in their play. Known for its aggressive style, Brisbane Roar stayed true to it and was not hesitant to use force to thwart FC Goa’s advances.
As the first half drew to a close, tempers flared, culminating in Brisbane’s Benjamin Halloran receiving a direct red card in the first minute of added time for a reckless challenge, reducing the visitors to ten men.
FC Goa capitalized on its numerical advantage early in the second half, scoring the decisive goal in the 51st minute.
– Team Sportstar