SHOOTING
Skeet shooter Bhavtegh in contention for final berth in Jr World Cup
Skeet marksman Bhavtegh Singh Gill enjoyed a near-perfect opening day of qualification, shooting down 74 out of 75 targets to finish on sole third spot in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy, on Sunday.
All 68 competitors in the event will come back on Monday to complete the two final qualification rounds before the top six head into the final.
India has so far clinched a bronze medal in the competition through Sabeera Haris in women’s trap.
Americans Benjamin Keller and Jordan Sapp are leading the skeet competition with perfect scores of 75 each.
Bhavtegh’s only miss was in the first round. His compatriots Zoravar Bedi (69) and Munek Battula (66) were further down in 25th and 47th spots, respectively.
Vanshika Tiwari was the best Indian on show in women’s skeet, shooting 67 to occupy the 14th spot after the first day of qualification.
Sanjana Sood shot 66 to be in 19th spot, while Zahra Deesawala’s 60 gave her the 39th position.
- PTI
TENNIS
Shinde, Kung win doubles title in Rome
Vasanti Shinde in partnership with Leonie Kung of Switzerland won the doubles title, beating Matilde Paoletti and Beatrice Ricci 4-6, 6-4, [10-] in the final of the $75,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Rome, Italy.
It was the maiden doubles title in the professional circuit for the 27-year-old Vasanti. For the 23-year-old Leonie, it was the 11th career doubles title.
THE RESULTS:
$75,000 ITF women, Rome, Italy
$15,000 ITF women, Lakewood, USA
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BADMINTON
Saneeth, Tasnim clinch men and women singles titles in VV Natu Memorial badminton tournament
Karnataka’s Saneeth DS and Gujarat’s Tasnim Mir notched up comfortable wins over their respective opponents to secure the men’s and women’s singles titles in the Yonex-Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking badminton tournament on Sunday.
Third seed Saneeth ended the dream run of qualifier Tushar Suveer 21-15, 21-12 in a 44-minute clash between two Karnataka players in the men’s final, while Tasnim got the better of Devika, who won the last ranking meet in Bengaluru, 21-16, 21-13.
While the youngsters ruled the singles categories, the experienced Aarthi Sara Sunil showed that she is still a force to reckon with, clinching the women’s doubles crown in the company of VS Varshini.
The top seeds came from a game down to beat Karnataka’s former national champions Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat K 17-21, 22-20, 21-18 in 53 minutes.
Shikha, however, stood atop the mixed doubles podium as she and Nitin Kumar, seeded second, defeated Dhruv Rawat and Radhika Sharma 15-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the final.
Rawat clinched the men’s doubles crown, pairing up with Assam’s Suraj Goala. The top seeds defeated Akshan Shetty and Ravikrishna PS 21-15, 22-20 in 40 minutes.
THE RESULTS
MEN’S SINGLES
WOMEN’S SINGLES
MEN’S DOUBLES
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
MIXED DOUBLES
-PTI
MORE SPORTS
Parvej and Sonam won the men’s and women’s gold in the seven-kilometre race organised as Bharat in Paris Run at the Nehru Stadium on Sunday.
The meet also had competition in Esports. While the runners had a total prize purse of Rs. 1,50,000, the Esports champions shared a prize purse of Rs. 1,14,000.
Team Hail India, comprising Prakul Singh Fertyal, Ketan Singh, Dev Kumar, Abhijeet Das emerged the champion in the BGMI (Battle Grounds Mobile India) section.
Piyush Kumar Mishra from Patna won the Echess title.
Vanshaj Sharma from Mumbai won the title in the EA Sports FC 24 category.
“This is a great occasion for Indi to establish its presence in the Esports industry and win medals along with traditional sports,” said the chief guest Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of Textiles.
“It is our wish that the Indian contingent doubles the medals tally in the Paris Olympics. The recognition of Esports in the Olympics is a big step which will motivate enthusiasts and propel them to do better,” said Manoj Tewari, Member of Parliament.
THE RESULTS
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Aditi rises to T-22nd at Evian Championship
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok shot three birdies in the last four holes of the third round as she carded a 4-under 67 and jumped 22 places to tied-22 at the Amundi Evian Championship here.
The Indian, who has played more than 30 Majors, vaulted to 5-under for three rounds as she continues her search for her maiden Top-10 finish in a Major.
Earlier, Diksha Dagar had withdrawn from the event after her first round 76.
Both Aditi and Diksha will play for India at the Olympic Games in Paris.
The 72-hole stroke play competition has a purse of USD 8 million with a winner’s share of USD1.2 million.
Australian Stephanie Kyriacou edged a stroke ahead of Japan’s Ayaka Furue and Lauren Coughlin of the United States with a birdie on the final hole.
Randhawa lying tied sixth in Senior Swiss Open, Jeev T-29
India’s Jyoti Randhawa stayed in line for a fine Top-10 finish as he signed for a round of 69 to be tied-sixth at 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, playing his first season on the Legends, had a steady second round with two birdies and one bogey.
The other Indian in the field, Jeev Milkha Singh dropped to T-29 with a second round of 72 after his first round 68.
He had two birdies, an eagle, four bogeys and a double bogey.
Andrew Marshall of England (66-66) and Brazil’s Adilson Da Silva (64-68) were tied for the lead with Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden (69-64) lying 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 in the third round to move to tied-61st at the Genesis Scottish Open golf tournament here.
Shubhankar shot six birdies and as many bogeys to be 3-under with one round to go.
A week ahead of the Open at Royal Troon, the Indian has been getting his birdies, but too many dropped shots have pegged him back.
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg took a two-shot lead as he sits at 17-under while local man Robert MacIntyre is breathing 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 in the third round of the Kaulig Championships on the Champions Tour for Over 50s here at the Firefox Country Club.
The Indian veteran, who had rounds of 74-71 on the first two days, added a 73 to go to 8-over and is T-59th. He was tied-47th at the end of the second round.
Anirban Lahiri takes 4-shot lead in Spain
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri inched closer to a maiden win on the LIV golf series as he carded a 5-under 66 in the second round to take a four-shot lead at the LIV Golf Andalucía here.
Lahiri, who plays on the Crushers team, put himself in position for his first win after the second round that included six birdies and no bogeys in his last 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 seeking to end his nine-year victory drought. His last win came in his home country in the Hero Indian Open on the DP World Tour.
“It (the lead) doesn’t really matter on this golf course. Every day you have to battle it out … [but] it is a difficult golf course to catch up,” Lahiri said.
Thanks to Lahiri, captain Bryson DeChambeau’s 67 and Paul Casey’s 69, the league-leading Crushers shot a counting score of 11-under to move atop the team leaderboard at 7-under.
They have a four-shot advantage over home favourites Fireballs GC and are seeking a third team trophy this year.
While Lahiri has experienced plenty of team success with the Crushers, the most recent of his 18 individual pro wins came in February 2015 in India.
Since joining LIV Golf in 2022, he’s had a few close calls, including his debut start in Boston when he was part of a three-man playoff won by Dustin Johnson.
Last year, he had three podium finishes, including a runner-up to DeChambeau in Chicago.
“The win would mean a lot. I’ve been chasing it for a while,” said Lahiri, whose family arrived in town and will be cheering him on the final day.
Squash
Anahat, Shaurya enter fourth round of World Junior Squash
India’s Anahat Singh and Shaurya Bawa entered the fourth round of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston in the girls’ and boys’ sections respectively.
Reigning women’s national champion Anahat defeated Samantha Jaffe of the US 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 in the third round.
She will meet Japan’s Akari Midorikawa for a place in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Bawa rallied to beat USA’s Rustin Wiser 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 in the third round and will lock horns with Segundo Portabales of Argentina in the pre-quarterfinals.
Other Indian results (Boys): 3rd round: Yuvraj Wadhwani lost to Javier Emilio Romo Lopez (Ecuador) 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11.
2nd round: Ayaan Vaziralli lost to Wasey Maqsood (Canada) 3-11, 4-11, 9-11; Arihant KS lost 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 lost to Seojin Oh (S Korea) 6-11, 5-11, 7-11.
Girls: 3rd round: Tiana Parasrampuria lost to Lauren Baltayan (France) 5-11, 3-11, 3-11.
Paris Olympics
‘Bharat in Paris’ marathon flagged off to celebrate Indian Olympic movement
The ‘Bharat in Paris’ marathon was flagged off here on Sunday to celebrate India’s Olympic movement as well as the recognition 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 total of 118 athletes, led by ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, will compete in the Paris Olympics, starting July 26.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Saudi Arabia government have entered into an agreement to conduct the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia next year.
“The Bharat In Paris event marks the recognition of Esports amongst traditional sports. The run aims to integrate traditional sports with the fast growing Indian esports segment, which even the Government of India has acknowledged recently,” a release said.
Giriraj said, “The growing opportunity of digital India offers great possibilities in leveraging new sports such as esports.” Along with the run, the event also included an esports tournament with a cumulative winners’ prize pool of Rs 2.64 lakh.
While the runners got a prize of Rs 1.50 lakh, the esports competitors received Rs 1.14 lakh.
Hockey sub junior men and women’s North Zone championship to be held in Jhansi
The second edition of Hockey India’s sub junior men’s and women’s North Zone Championship will be held in Jhansi from Monday with the final slated to be played on July 22.
The teams competing in the men’s category are Hockey Haryana, Hockey Chandigarh and Hockey Uttarakhand in Pool A. While Pool B comprises Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Punjab, Delhi Hockey, and Hockey Jammu and Kashmir.
In the women’s category, the competing teams 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 event underway in the men’s category, followed by matches between Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Delhi Hockey.
In the women’s category, Hockey Haryana will face Hockey Chandigarh, followed by a clash between Hockey Punjab and Hockey Himachal. The last match of the day will see Uttar Pradesh Hockey play against Hockey Uttarakhand.
Cricket
Vizag Warriors wins Andhra Premier League
Vizag Warriors emerged champions in the Andhra Premier League T-20 cricket championship defeating Uttarandhra Lions by 87 runs in the final at Dr. YSR-ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Saturday night.
Batting first, Vizag Warriors scored 189 for five in 20 overs with openers B. Munish Ram (37, 27b, 6x4) and Ashwin Hebbar (91 n.o., 56b, 8x4, 4x6) being the main scorers.
In reply, Uttarandhra Lions folded for 102 in 16.3 overs with B. Satvik (26) being the top-scorer and only two other batters S. Tarun (13) and Dheeraj Kumar (11) crossed double figures.
For the winners, K. Sudharsan (two for 21), J. Ram (two for 23) and P.M. Gangadhar (three for 17) bowled well.
The winners collected a cash prize of Rs, 25 lakhs and the runner-up Rs. 15 lakhs.
Ashwin Hebbar, who was also the top-scorer of the tournament with 456 runs followed by India wicketkeeper-batter K.S. Bharat (341), was the ‘player of the final’.
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