Indian sports wrap, July 14: Aditi rises to T-22nd at Evian, Lahiri takes 4-shot lead in Spain – Sportstar

SHOOTING

Skeet shooter Bhavtegh in competition for remaining berth in Jr World Cup

Skeet marksman Bhavtegh Singh Gill loved a near-perfect opening day of qualification, capturing down 74 out of 75 targets to complete on sole third spot within the ISSF Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy, on Sunday.

All 68 opponents within the occasion will come again on Monday to finish the 2 remaining qualification rounds earlier than the highest six head into the ultimate.

India has thus far clinched a bronze medal within the competitors by way of Sabeera Haris in girls’s lure.

People Benjamin Keller and Jordan Sapp are main the skeet competitors with excellent scores of 75 every.

Bhavtegh’s solely miss was within the first spherical. His compatriots Zoravar Bedi (69) and Munek Battula (66) had been additional down in twenty fifth and Forty seventh spots, respectively.

Vanshika Tiwari was one of the best Indian on present in girls’s skeet, capturing 67 to occupy the 14th spot after the primary day of qualification.

Sanjana Sood shot 66 to be in nineteenth spot, whereas Zahra Deesawala’s 60 gave her the thirty ninth place.

– PTI

TENNIS

Shinde, Kung win doubles title in Rome

Vasanti Shinde in partnership with Leonie Kung of Switzerland received the doubles title, beating Matilde Paoletti and Beatrice Ricci 4-6, 6-4, [10-] within the remaining of the $75,000 ITF girls’s tennis event in Rome, Italy.

It was the maiden doubles title within the skilled circuit for the 27-year-old Vasanti. For the 23-year-old Leonie, it was the eleventh profession doubles title.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

BADMINTON

Saneeth, Tasnim clinch women and men singles titles in VV Natu Memorial badminton event

Karnataka’s Saneeth DS and Gujarat’s Tasnim Mir notched up snug wins over their respective opponents to safe the boys’s and ladies’s singles titles within the Yonex-Dawn VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Rating badminton event on Sunday.

Third seed Saneeth ended the dream run of qualifier Tushar Suveer 21-15, 21-12 in a 44-minute conflict between two Karnataka gamers within the males’s remaining, whereas Tasnim received the higher of Devika, who received the final rating meet in Bengaluru, 21-16, 21-13.

Whereas the kids dominated the singles classes, the skilled Aarthi Sara Sunil confirmed that she remains to be a power to reckon with, clinching the ladies’s doubles crown within the firm of VS Varshini.

The highest seeds got here from a recreation all the way down to beat Karnataka’s former nationwide champions Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat Okay 17-21, 22-20, 21-18 in 53 minutes.

Shikha, nonetheless, stood atop the blended doubles podium as she and Nitin Kumar, seeded second, defeated Dhruv Rawat and Radhika Sharma 15-21, 21-14, 21-17 within the remaining.

Rawat clinched the boys’s doubles crown, pairing up with Assam’s Suraj Goala. The highest seeds defeated Akshan Shetty and Ravikrishna PS 21-15, 22-20 in 40 minutes.

-PTI

MORE SPORTS

Parvej and Sonam received the boys’s and ladies’s gold within the seven-kilometre race organised as Bharat in Paris Run on the Nehru Stadium on Sunday.

The meet additionally had competitors in Esports. Whereas the runners had a complete prize purse of Rs. 1,50,000, the Esports champions shared a prize purse of Rs. 1,14,000.

Staff Hail India, comprising Prakul Singh Fertyal, Ketan Singh, Dev Kumar, Abhijeet Das emerged the champion within the BGMI (Battle Grounds Cell India) part.

Piyush Kumar Mishra from Patna received the Echess title.

Vanshaj Sharma from Mumbai received the title within the EA Sports activities FC 24 class.

“It is a nice event for Indi to determine its presence within the Esports trade and win medals together with conventional sports activities,” mentioned the chief visitor Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of Textiles.

“It’s our want that the Indian contingent doubles the medals tally within the Paris Olympics. The popularity of Esports within the Olympics is a giant step which is able to encourage fanatics and propel them to do higher,” mentioned Manoj Tewari, Member of Parliament.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Aditi rises to T-Twenty second at Evian Championship

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok shot three birdies within the final 4 holes of the third spherical as she carded a 4-under 67 and jumped 22 locations to tied-22 on the Amundi Evian Championship right here.

The Indian, who has performed greater than 30 Majors, vaulted to 5-under for 3 rounds as she continues her seek for her maiden High-10 end in a Main.

Earlier, Diksha Dagar had withdrawn from the occasion after her first spherical 76.

Each Aditi and Diksha will play for India on the Olympic Video games in Paris.

The 72-hole stroke play competitors has a handbag of USD 8 million with a winner’s share of USD1.2 million.

Australian Stephanie Kyriacou edged a stroke forward of Japan’s Ayaka Furue and Lauren Coughlin of the USA with a birdie on the ultimate gap.

Randhawa mendacity tied sixth in Senior Swiss Open, Jeev T-29

India’s Jyoti Randhawa stayed in line for a advantageous High-10 end as he signed for a spherical of 69 to be tied-sixth on the Swiss Senior Open on the Legends Tour of Europe for over 50-year-old golfers.

The 52-year-old, who opened with a 66, is now at 5-under after two rounds.

Randhawa, taking part in his first season on the Legends, had a gentle second spherical with two birdies and one bogey.

The opposite Indian within the area, Jeev Milkha Singh dropped to T-29 with a second spherical of 72 after his first spherical 68.

He had two birdies, an eagle, 4 bogeys and a double bogey.

Andrew Marshall of England (66-66) and Brazil’s Adilson Da Silva (64-68) had been tied for the lead with Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden (69-64) mendacity third.

Sharma trails in T-61st place, as Indian-American Theegala is T-4th in Scotland

India’s Shubhankar Sharma shot a modest even-par 70 within the third spherical to maneuver to tied-61st on the Genesis Scottish Open golf event right here.

Shubhankar shot six birdies and as many bogeys to be 3-under with one spherical to go.

Per week forward of the Open at Royal Troon, the Indian has been getting his birdies, however too many dropped pictures have pegged him again.

Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg took a two-shot lead as he sits at 17-under whereas native man Robert MacIntyre is respiratory down his neck at 15-under. PGA Tour winner Adam Scott (64) was third at 14-under.

Indian-American Sahith Theegala (65-66-66) at 13-under was tied fourth alongside USA’s Collin Morikawa (66), South Korea’s Sungjae Im (67) and Frenchman Antoine Rozner (68).

Atwal slips to tied-59th in Kaulig Championship

Arjun Atwal slipped within the third spherical of the Kaulig Championships on the Champions Tour for Over 50s right here on the Firefox Nation Membership.

The Indian veteran, who had rounds of 74-71 on the primary two days, added a 73 to go to 8-over and is T-59th. He was tied-Forty seventh on the finish of the second spherical.

Anirban Lahiri takes 4-shot lead in Spain

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri inched nearer to a maiden win on the LIV golf sequence as he carded a 5-under 66 within the second spherical to take a four-shot lead on the LIV Golf Andalucía right here.

Lahiri, who performs on the Crushers staff, put himself in place for his first win after the second spherical that included six birdies and no bogeys in his final 13 holes.

The 37-year-old, who opened with a 2-under 69, is 7-under with 18 holes to go. New Zealand’s Danny Lee his closest pursuer at 3-under.

Lahiri is searching for to finish his nine-year victory drought. His final win got here in his residence nation within the Hero Indian Open on the DP World Tour.

“It (the lead) doesn’t actually matter on this golf course. Daily it’s important to battle it out … [but] it’s a troublesome golf course to catch up,” Lahiri mentioned.

Because of Lahiri, captain Bryson DeChambeau’s 67 and Paul Casey’s 69, the league-leading Crushers shot a counting rating of 11-under to maneuver atop the staff leaderboard at 7-under.

They’ve a four-shot benefit over residence favourites Fireballs GC and are searching for a 3rd staff trophy this 12 months.

Whereas Lahiri has skilled loads of staff success with the Crushers, the latest of his 18 particular person professional wins got here in February 2015 in India.

Since becoming a member of LIV Golf in 2022, he’s had a number of shut calls, together with his debut begin in Boston when he was a part of a three-man playoff received by Dustin Johnson.

Final 12 months, he had three podium finishes, together with a runner-up to DeChambeau in Chicago.

“The win would imply loads. I’ve been chasing it for some time,” mentioned Lahiri, whose household arrived on the town and shall be cheering him on the ultimate day.

Squash

Anahat, Shaurya enter fourth spherical of World Junior Squash

India’s Anahat Singh and Shaurya Bawa entered the fourth spherical of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston within the women’ and boys’ sections respectively.

Reigning girls’s nationwide champion Anahat defeated Samantha Jaffe of the US 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 within the third spherical.

She is going to meet Japan’s Akari Midorikawa for a spot within the quarterfinals.

In the meantime, Bawa rallied to beat USA’s Rustin Wiser 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 within the third spherical and can lock horns with Segundo Portabales of Argentina within the pre-quarterfinals.

Different Indian outcomes (Boys): third spherical: Yuvraj Wadhwani misplaced to Javier Emilio Romo Lopez (Ecuador) 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11.

2nd spherical: Ayaan Vaziralli misplaced to Wasey Maqsood (Canada) 3-11, 4-11, 11th of September; Arihant KS misplaced to Low Wa-Sern (Malaysia) 11-9, 7-11, 4-11, 7-11; Yuvraj Wadhwani beat Ivan Santamaria (Colombia) 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4; Shaurya Bawa beat Altamis A Sufian (Malaysia) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; Avalokit Singh misplaced to Seojin Oh (S Korea) 6-11, 5-11, 7-11.

Ladies: third spherical: Tiana Parasrampuria misplaced to Lauren Baltayan (France) 5-11, 3-11, 3-11.

Paris Olympics

‘Bharat in Paris’ marathon flagged off to have fun Indian Olympic motion

The ‘Bharat in Paris’ marathon was flagged off right here on Sunday to have fun India’s Olympic motion in addition to the popularity of Esports by the IOC.

The race was flagged off by union minister of textiles Giriraj Singh and Manoj Tiwary, a member of the parliament.

A complete of 118 athletes, led by ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, will compete within the Paris Olympics, beginning July 26.

The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Saudi Arabia authorities have entered into an settlement to conduct the inaugural Olympic Esports Video games within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia subsequent 12 months.

“The Bharat In Paris occasion marks the popularity of Esports amongst conventional sports activities. The run goals to combine conventional sports activities with the quick rising Indian esports phase, which even the Authorities of India has acknowledged not too long ago,” a launch mentioned.

Giriraj mentioned, “The rising alternative of digital India affords nice potentialities in leveraging new sports activities akin to esports.” Together with the run, the occasion additionally included an esports event with a cumulative winners’ prize pool of Rs 2.64 lakh.

Whereas the runners received a prize of Rs 1.50 lakh, the esports opponents acquired Rs 1.14 lakh.

Hockey sub junior women and men’s North Zone championship to be held in Jhansi

The second version of Hockey India’s sub junior males’s and ladies’s North Zone Championship shall be held in Jhansi from Monday with the ultimate slated to be performed on July 22.

The groups competing within the males’s class are Hockey Haryana, Hockey Chandigarh and Hockey Uttarakhand in Pool A. Whereas Pool B includes Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Punjab, Delhi Hockey, and Hockey Jammu and Kashmir.

Within the girls’s class, the competing groups are Hockey Haryana, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Punjab, Hockey Himachal, Hockey Chandigarh and Hockey Uttarakhand.

Hockey Punjab and Hockey Jammu and Kashmir will get the occasion underway within the males’s class, adopted by matches between Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Delhi Hockey.

Within the girls’s class, Hockey Haryana will face Hockey Chandigarh, adopted by a conflict between Hockey Punjab and Hockey Himachal. The final match of the day will see Uttar Pradesh Hockey play in opposition to Hockey Uttarakhand.

Cricket

Vizag Warriors wins Andhra Premier League

Vizag Warriors emerged champions within the Andhra Premier League T-20 cricket championship defeating Uttarandhra Lions by 87 runs within the remaining at Dr. YSR-ACA-VDCA Stadium right here on Saturday evening.

Batting first, Vizag Warriors scored 189 for 5 in 20 overs with openers B. Munish Ram (37, 27b, 6×4) and Ashwin Hebbar (91 n.o., 56b, 8×4, 4×6) being the principle scorers.

In reply, Uttarandhra Lions folded for 102 in 16.3 overs with B. Satvik (26) being the top-scorer and solely two different batters S. Tarun (13) and Dheeraj Kumar (11) crossed double figures.

For the winners, Okay. Sudharsan (two for 21), J. Ram (two for 23) and P.M. Gangadhar (three for 17) bowled effectively.

The winners collected a money prize of Rs, 25 lakhs and the runner-up Rs. 15 lakhs.

Ashwin Hebbar, who was additionally the top-scorer of the event with 456 runs adopted by India wicketkeeper-batter Okay.S. Bharat (341), was the ‘participant of the ultimate’.

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