FOOTBALL
Educational group launches United Kolkata Sports Club, aims to play in ISL
On a day Mohun Bagan won its maiden League Winners Shield, the city witnessed the launch of another football club, United Kolkata Sports Club, with an ambitious “goal to play in the top-tier Indian Super League”.
Mohun Bagan won the ISL Shield, defeating Mumbai City FC 2-1 here on Monday.
The club, which has named former India footballer Deepak Mondal as its head coach during the launch here on Monday, will kick off its journey from the First Division in the Calcutta Football League in the upcoming season.
“We will have our team building soon and will start our journey from first division in the next season,” Mondal said.
Backed by city-based private educational conglomerate Techno India Group, the club also has tied up with Brazilian former Mohun Bagan forward Jose Ramirez Barreto.
“With his extensive experience and expertise, he is expected to lead the team to new heights,” the club said in a statement.
The club will have practice grounds at Salt Lake.
“The club aims to compete with new talents by taking in players from universities across India. Our goal is to feature in the ISL,” said the secretary of the club, Debdutt Roychowdhury.
He further announced their plans to open a sports university for the students to pursue their careers further in sports.
-PTI
ATHLETICS
Entry standards for Federation Cup athletics in Bhubaneswar
The 27 th National Federation Cup athletics championships will be held at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, from May 12 to 15. The Government of Odisha will conduct the event in association with the Odisha Athletics Association under the aegis of the Athletics Federation of India.
Only athletes who are 18 years and above (born on May 12, 2006 or before) and have achieved the AFI’s entry standards in National or State championships, where electronic system had been used, are eligible to take part.
Entry standards: Men: 100m: 10.60s. 200m: 21.70s. 400m: 48.50s. 800m: 1:52.00s. 1500m: 3:50.00s. 5000m: 14:40.00s. 10,000m: 31.30.00s. 110m hurdles: 14.50s. 400m hurdles: 51.30s. 3000m steeple chase: 9:10.00s. High jump: 2.00m. Pole vault: 4.40m. Long jump: 7.30m. Triple jump: 15.30m. Shot put: 16.20m. Discus throw: 50.00m. Hammer throw: 60.00m. Javelin throw: 70.00m. Decathlon: 5500 pts.
Women: 100m: 12.10s. 200m: 24.50s. 400m: 55.00s. 800m: 2:15.00s. 1500m: 4:30.00s. 5000M: 17:00.00s. 10,000: 35:00.00s. 100m hurdles: 15.00s. 400m hurdles: 1:02.00s. 3000m steeple chase: 12:30.00s. High jump: 1.60m. Pole vault: 3.30m. Long jump: 5.85m. Triple jump: 12.50m. Shot put: 13.50m. Discus throw: 43.00m. Hammer throw: 45.00m. Javelin throw: 46.00m. Heptathlon: 4000 pts.
-Stan Rayan
TENNIS
Women’s tennis tournament: Soha loses to Shin Jiho
Soha Sadiq was beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Shin Jiho of Korea in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.
The results:
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daria Gorska (Pol) & Maria Oliva (Mex) bt Diva Bhatia & Britney Chiu (USA) 6-1, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Singles (first round): Shin Jiho (Kor) bt Soha Sadiq 6-3, 6-1.
-Team Sportstar
GOLF
Mani Ram dominates round one with a nine-under 63 in Gurgaon Open
Haryana’s Mani Ram dominated round one with a scorching nine-under 63 to lead by two shots at Rs 1 crore Gurgaon Open being played at the Classic Golf & Country Club on Tuesday.
The Bengaluru-based C Muniyappa fired a seven-under 65 to be placed second on a windy day with the sun and clouds playing hide and seek.
M Dharma, another Bengaluru golfer and Chandigarh’s Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal, were a further shot back in tied third place.
Mani Ram, currently 13th on the TATA Steel PGTI Ranking with a runner-up finish to his credit this season, started his birdie-run on the third hole, followed by a long conversion on the fourth and an accurate approach that led to a tap-in on the sixth.
The 42-year-old Mani Ram, a three-time winner on the PGTI Feeder Tour, then rose further on the leaderboard with three more birdies on the eighth, ninth and 10th.
His lone bogey on the 11th was an aberration as Mani Ram came roaring back with a chip-in for birdie on the 13th and eagle and birdie on the next two holes, where he left himself putts within five feet.
Mani Ram saved par on the 16th with a 30-feet conversion. However, he missed out on a birdie from five feet on the 18th that could’ve seen him equal the 2009 course record of 62 jointly held by Thailand’s Chapchai Nirat and India’s Anirban Lahiri.
Mani Ram said, “I couldn’t have asked for a better opening round. It’s my career-best score. My confidence has been sky-high this season due to my good hitting form. The putting has been a bit up and down, but today even my putter was hot.
“It was after my third birdie of the day on the sixth that I felt I could go really low today. The rest of the day then went as per my plan and that helped me get to 63.” Muniyappa’s 65 was an error-free round as he made five birdies on the back-nine and followed that up with two more on the front-nine.
Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal and M Dharma produced rounds of 66 which were also bogey-free efforts.
-PTI
WRESTLING
Rohit Dahiya loses bronze medal bout in Asian Championships
Wrestler Rohit Dahiya lost his bronze medal bout to a top-ranked Uzbek grappler as India finished their Greco-Roman campaign at the Asian Championships without a single podium finish on Tuesday.
On a day when all other Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers continued to struggle, Dahiya (82kg) was the only one to enter the bronze medal round, but he lost to Mukhammadkodir Rasulov, ranked No.1 here, on points.
The other three wrestlers on show on Tuesday, Parvesh (60kg), Vinayak Siddheshwar Patil (67kg) and Ankit Gulia (72kg), got eliminated in the preliminary rounds.
However, Dahiya, who had represented the country in the 2022 World U-20 Championships in Sofia, despite losing his quarterfinal bout to Japan’s Yoshida Taizo on points 7-2, made it to the bronze medal round as the opponent he had lost to made it to the final.
In the 60kg category, Parvesh lost his pre-quarterfinal bout by technical superiority to Kazakhstan’s Galym Kabdunassarov, while Hanjae Chung of South Korea overcame Vinayak Patil 7-1 on points in the 67kg category quarterfinal.
In 72kg category, Kazakhstan’s Adilkhan Satayev inflicted a victory by fall on Ankit Gulia in the qualification round.
On Monday, five Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers -- Arjun Halakurki (55kg), Umesh (63kg), Sajan (77kg), Ajay (87kg) and Mehar Singh (130kg) -- lost in the preliminary rounds.
The Indian women wrestlers have won six medals -- three silver and as many bronze -- in the competition, while in men’s freestyle events, the country bagged a silver through Udit (57kg).
Abhimanyu (70kg) and Vicky (97kg) clinched bronze medals in their respective categories.
-PTI
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