GOLF
Shaurya Binu of Bengaluru set the early pace in Dream Valley Vooty Masters
Shaurya Binu of Bengaluru set the early pace with a top-notch six-under 66 in round one of the Rs 1 crore prize money Dream Valley Vooty Masters at Vooty Golf County in Vikarabad near Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Chilean Matias Dominguez and Patna’s Aman Raj were placed one stroke behind the leader in tied second position.
The 19-year-old Shaurya, playing only his second season as a professional, began the week on a positive note as he sank a 25-footer for birdie on the first hole and followed that up with a terrific approach that led to a short birdie conversion on the third.
After picking up a birdie and bogey each before the turn, Shaurya made big gains on the back-nine with four more birdies, three of them being 10 to 15 feet conversions.
Matias Dominguez, the Qualifying School winner, picked up an eagle, four birdies and a bogey during his 67, courtesy a couple of monster putts and some outstanding wedge shots.
Aman Raj mixed six birdies with a bogey for his 67 to be tied second along with Dominguez.
The leaderboard:
1st round:
FOOTBALL
A midfield tussle between Kerala’s Abdu Raheem (left, No. 5) and Assam’s Rahul Das in the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship at Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Kerala commences its Santosh Trophy journey on a winning note
Kerala picked up a comfortable win by downing Assam 3-1 in its opening Group A league match of the 77th National Football Championship for Santosh trophy at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
Kerala established a lone goal lead in the opening half thanks to Abdu Raheem’s effort in the 19th minute. Sajeesh E. found the target in the 67th minute to help Kerala double its lead before Dipu Mirdha reduced the margin scoring the only goal for Assam in the 77th minute. Kerala latched on to the slender lead till the injury-time when Nijo Gilbert found the third goal for Kerala and ensured the full quota of points for the seven-time champion.
In another match of the same group, Services found the winner late in the injury-time off Shafeel P.P. to beat last year’s runner-up Maghalaya 1-0.
The result:
- Team Sportstar
Arunachal holds Goa 3-3
Host Arunachal Pradesh sprung a surprise by holding five-time champion Goa 3-3 in the final Group A league match of the day. In a topsy-turvy contest, Goa led 3-2 till late in the injury-time when Rahul Singpho found the equaliser in the 90+6 minutes to salvage one point for the home side.
The result:
- Team Sportstar
ATHLETICS
Tejaswin Shankar fourth at World Indoor Tour event
After opening his season with 2.23m on February 10, national high jump record-holder Tejaswin Shankar finished fourth with 2.22m in the Hvezdy v Nehvizdech meet – a World Athletics Indoor Tour-silver event – at Nehvizdy, Czech Republic, on Tuesday.
South Korea’s Woo Sang-hyeok, the World Indoor champion and last year Diamond League Final winner, took the gold with 2.25m while the next three positions all went at 2.22.
- Team Sportstar
POLO
Delta Polo celebrates a dominant victory over Mayfair Polo in the Gen. Sparrow Cup
Santiago Marambio scored seven goals to help Delta Polo to a 10-2 victory over Mayfair Polo in a league match of the Gen. Sparrow Cup polo tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Wednesday.
In the opening match on Tuesday, Dhruvpal Godara had slammed nine goals in helping 61st Cavalry-Royal Enfield to a 12 goals to 4 1/2 victory over Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC).
The results (league):
- Kamesh Srinivasan
TRACK CYCLING
Asian Track Cycling: India bag Para Team Sprint silver, Pursuit bronze
Indian cyclists made a bright beginning to the Asian Track Cycling Championships, winning a silver in the Para-Team Sprint event while bagging bronze in the Team Pursuit junior segment here on Wednesday.
The para-cycling team consisting of Arshad Shaikh, Jalaluddin Ansari and Basavaraj Horaddi won silver in the Para-Team Sprint with an impressive timing of 1:02.661s. Malaysia grabbed gold (52.284s), while Saudi Arabia settled for bronze.
- PTI
SNOOKER
Saigal qualifies for main draw of CCI Snooker Classic
Nikhil Saigal carved out a 4-1 win against Shubojit Roy in a best-of-7-frame final to qualify for the main draw at the CCI Snooker Classic here on Wednesday.
Saigal played solidly and confidently went for his shots against Roy who fought well and managed to win the second frame. But thereafter, Saigal called the shots and played some excellent shots to complete a 66-42, 14-59, 87-21, 64-52 and 63-40 victory.
- PTI
TENNIS
ITF Women: Zeel beats Tyra in first round
Zeel Desai beat Tyra Lithiby 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
The results:
- Team Sportstar
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