FOOTBALL
Inaugural season of six-team Gujarat Super League to kick off on May 1
Six teams will be vying for the title in the inaugural edition of the Gujarat Super League (GSL), which will be held in a single round-robin format from May 1-12, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage contesting the final.
The six franchises are – Ahmedabad Avengers, Gandhinagar Giants, Karnavati Knights, Saurashtra Spartans, Surat Strikers, Vadodara Warriors.
All matches will be streamed live on FIFA+ and the Gujarat State Football Association YouTube Channel.
After the Santosh Trophy Final Round, the GSL will become the second Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+.
The matches will be held at the EKA Arena, TransStadia.
-PTI
TENNIS
National wheelchair tennis championship: Shekar beats Mariappan to book semifinal spot
Second seed Shekar Veeraswamy beat fifth seed Mariappan Durai 9-4 to set up a semifinal against third seed Balachandar Subramanian in the second National wheelchair tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Thursday.
The other semifinal will be between top seed Kartik Karunakaran and BM Kundaragi.
The results (quarterfinals):
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Arjun-Jeevan duo reaches quarterfinals
Top seeds Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat Thomas Fancutt and Hunter Reese 6-2, 7-5 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $82,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Savannah, USA.
In the $100,000 ITF women’s event in Tokyo, Japan, Prarthana Thombare and Arianne Hartono were beaten in the doubles quarterfinals.
The results:
€74,825 Challenger, Rome, Italy
$82,000 Challenger, Savannah, USA
$25,000 ITF men, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
$15,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
$100,000 ITF women, Tokyo, Japan
$60,000 ITF women, Charlottesville, USA
$40,000 ITF women, Lopota, Georgia
$40,000 ITF women, Wuning, China
$15,000 ITF women, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
- Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Diksha makes a battling 73 at South African Women’s Open
Diksha Dagar waged a gritty battle to finish the opening day with a hard-fought 1-over 73 at the South African Women’s Open here on Thursday.
Dagar is now tied 53rd after Round 1.
Diksha has been in fine form after a strong 2023 season, during which she had a win in Czech Republic and two Top-3 finishes in Amundi German Masters and Hero Women’s Indian Open.
This season she already has three Top-10 finishes.
In the opening round she had four birdies and five bogeys.
It was a constant battle and she was never better than 1-under but was never worse than 10-over either, which is where she finished.
On the back nine, twice she had back-to-back bogeys and once she had back-to-back birdies.
Tvesa Malik was also one-over with one more hole to play. At present, she is also tied-53rd.
Ridhima Dilawari with three birdies and five bogeys was 2-over and on tied-67th place while Vani Kapoor had an interesting round with an eagle on par-4 fifth hole followed by a double bogey on Par-4 sixth.
She had three other bogeys in her 75 and was tied 81 needing a solid second round to make the cut
- PTI.
PICKLEBALL
PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball to debut in India next year
The Pro Tour of Pickleball (PPA) and Major League Pickleball (MLP) are set to debut in India next year. The inaugural Indian Open worth 1500 PPA ranking points will take place next year and feature pro players from around the world.
The United Pickleball Association and Global Sports have teamed up to promote the sport in the country through the PPA Tour and MLP.
Played both indoors and outdoors, pickleball is short-handed paddle sport in which two players for singles and four players for doubles hit a ball over a 34-inch net until one side is unable to return or makes an error.
It will start with an exhibition PPA Tour India Monsoon Pickleball Championships in Mumbai in August, which will feature 20 pro players.
The Indian Open 2025, also the debut PPA Tour event in Asia, will be held in February. The MLP will be a week-long franchise-based competition for a 12-team season in pipeline from June 2025.
“The PPA Tour India and MLP India will create a pathway for players to compete on pickleball’s biggest stage and reach the top of the sport,” said Connor Pardoe, founder and CEO of the PPA Tour in a statement.
- PTI
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