HOCKEY
Hockey India Academy C’ship: Odisha Naval Tata HPC to meet Round Glass Punjab in women’s final
Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High-Performance Centre will meet Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy in the women’s final of the Hockey India Junior Academy Championship.
Odisha Naval Tata came up with a resounding 7-0 victory over Salute Hockey Academy in the first semifinal, courtesy a Sheetal Yadav hat-trick.
In the subsequent second semifinal, Roundglass Punjab thumped Ghumanhera Risers’ Academy 10-1, with Ribka netting four goals.
In the men’s pool clashes, Odisha Naval Tata drubbed Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy 12-0 as Pritam Ekka and Sanjit Tirkey were the stars, with each scoring hat-tricks.
The following contest saw Ghumanhera Risers defeat Republican Sports Club 2-1, courtesy of goals from Akshay Kumar and Pryash.
The third game witnessed Namdhari XI hammering Thirumalvalavan Hockey Academy 11-0, with Navraj Singh having five goals to his name.
The day’s final fixture had Bhai Behlo Hockey Academy Bhagta nailing Cheema Hockey Academy 12-1, thanks to five goals from Gourav Bawa.
- PTI
KABADDI
Haryana to host Global Women’s Kabaddi League in September
The Global Women’s Kabaddi League, featuring about 15 countries, is scheduled to be staged in Haryana in September.
The league will be organised by the Holistic International Pravasi Sports Association (HIPSA) in collaboration with World Kabaddi, with an objective to promote women’s kabaddi across the world.
England, Poland, Argentina, Canada and Italy are reported to have expressed interest among others in being part of this initiative.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
Subroto Cup: Mother International School to play Government Senior Secondary School in first semi
Mother International School, Ranchi will play Government Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Bhiwani, in the first semifinal of the 63rd Subroto Cup under-17 girls football tournament at the Tejas ground on Monday.
Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Protisthan will play The Prorompat Sabal Leikai High School, Imphal, in the second semifinal at the same venue.
The matches are scheduled to be staged from 7.30 a.m. and 9 a.m. respectively.
The teams had a rest day after their quarterfinals on Saturday.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BILLIARDS
Pherwani, Garg record wins in first round of Western India Billiards and Snooker C’ship
Sparsh Pherwani and Mayur Garg recorded commanding wins in their respective outings to advance into the round of 32 in the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Sunday.
Hosts Khar Gymkhana’s Pherwani hammered Gujarat’s Oswald Massey 4-0 (53-19, 57-20, 70-23, and 67-26), while Mayur Garg crushed Mumbai’s Rahul Sachdev 4-0 (73-30, 63-46, 74-39, and 67-60).
Devendra Joshi from the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board had to work hard for a 4-3 win over Mumbai’s Nikhil Saigal, which he recorded by a margin of 32-57, 58-53, 54-66, 71-14, 65-35, 47-54, and 64-49.
Another PSPB player Laxman Rawat defeated Pune’s Aashit Pandya 4-0 (63-23, 67-32, 95-34, and 70-10) in the first round.
Gujarat’s Shashi Patel got the better of Mumbai’s Shabaz Khan 4-1 (60-19, 65-1, 6-46, 54-7, and 61-35).
Results:
PTI
TENNIS
Top seeds Theo Arribage of France and Orlando Luz of Brazil beat fourth seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vjjay Sundar Prashanth in the doubles final of the €74,825 Challenger tennis tournament in Bonn, Germany.
The champions collected 75 ATP points and €4,250. The Indian pair won 50 points and €2,450.
S.D. Prajwal and Adil Kalyanpur won the doubles title in the $25,000 ITF men’s event in Brazzaville, Congo. It was the second back to back Title for the Indian duo which has not dropped a set in two weeks.
The results:
- Kamesh Srinivasan
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