Indian sports news wrap, August 21

GOLF

Lahiri finishes third in Newcastle

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri shot a high-quality 3-under 68 within the closing spherical however failed to search out as many birdies as he deserved to complete third on the International Series England.

The 36-year-old had earlier completed second on the International Series in Vietnam.

Lahiri, who carded 70-69-69 in his first three rounds, completed at 8-under 276 and was third behind winner, Andy Ogletree (64) at 15-under and Ian Poulter (64) at 9-under 275.

Among the opposite Indians, Ajeetesh Sandhu (71-72-71-72) was T-31 whereas Gaganjeet Bhullar (76-67-75-76) at 10-over 294 was T-65 and Jyoti Randhawa (74-71-81-74) was T-74.

Lahiri, who completed runner up on the final LIV Series occasion, has been taking part in properly. In 5 begins previous to this, he has been second or T-2 3 times and T-12 as soon as.

He has good leads to the LIV Series, which haven’t been counted for World Ranking factors.

Lahiri was “very, very pleased” along with his efficiency.

“I think that was probably the top-three ball-striking rounds of the year for me, I think I would rate this round better than my Saturday at Bedminster (on LIV) and better than Adelaide (LIV).

“I was very, very happy with how I swung it. My control of the ball in the air, my distance control everything was spot on. I drove it phenomenally,” he added.

Ogletree stamped his authority as soon as once more on the Asian Tour by claiming the USD 2 million International Series England after a shocking seven-stroke victory – with a runaway 16-under event complete.

The American was unstoppable, capturing a final-round seven-under-par 64 – the joint lowest spherical of the week.

This is Ogletree’s third convincing International Series victory – he triumphed in Qatar by three this yr, and by 4 in Egypt final season – and it consolidated his lead on each the Asian Tour and International Series Order of Merits. He gained USD 360,000.

– PTI

Double podium for Chennai’s Geoffrey Emmanuel in Malaysian Superbike Championship

Geoffrey Emmanuel from Chennai did India proud by clinching a double podium throughout his debut season within the Malaysian Superbike Championship at Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang International Circuit (SIC) final weekend.

Riding a Honda CBR 250cc, the 18-year-old, representing Gusto Racing India, completed third general within the 250cc class (A Class) of the championship. It was a commendable efficiency by the teenager given the restricted seat and observe time on the SIC. Starting from P3, Geoffrey missed the second spot by lower than a tenth of a second in Race 1.

“It was a very challenging weekend for me. We had barely three days to set up the stock CBR250 bike, apart from learning the track. Racing at the SIC was a big opportunity for me and another step towards achieving my goal of making it to the MotoGP,” stated Geoffrey, who additionally takes half within the FIM World Junior Championship.

“The race itself was very competitive, but I managed to hold my position till the finish and am absolutely delighted that I made the podium in both races. I would like to thank my team for its support and the work the boys put in to transform the stock bike into a race-spec machine in such a short span of time. The podium finishes have motivated me to work even harder to realize my racing dreams,” he added.

The championship contains six races to be held over three rounds on the identical venue. The second spherical is scheduled for September 8, adopted by the ultimate spherical on December 15.

-Rayan Rozario

FOOTBALL

Record turn-out at Telangana U-17 squad choice

The beaming faces stated all of it at Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad!

A report turn-out of about 300 younger footballers turning up for the State under-17 squad choice at Gymkhana Ground was not simply the type of response the Telangana Football Association (TFA) officers had been anticipating.

With Sheikh Khaleel Rahman, who represented the united Andhra Pradesh seven occasions within the Santosh Trophy, being the pinnacle coach, TFA secretary G. Palguna is hoping for the much-awaited turn-around in his workforce’s dream to place in place high quality footballers within the subsequent couple of years.

“In fact, all these boys are only from the twin cities. We have the selections for the district boys soon. At the end of it all, we will be pruning the genuinely talented to about 40 to 50 and give them long-term coaching with the first target being the Junior nationals in Sambalpur (MP) next month,” Rahman knowledgeable ‘Sportstar’.

“Most of the boys are inspired by the success story of Hyderabad FC in the ISL and also the fact that the City now boasts about 20 academies,” stated Rahman, taking time without work a busy schedule for the final three days.

“These boys have been split into teams identifying each of them position-wise and making them play matches to test their skills. There is no doubt about the abundance of talent. They only lack match practice,” stated Rahman, the Deputy Manager in SBI.

“Exactly for this reason, TFA is now roping in the Football Academies to start under-15 and 17 leagues soon to prepare teams for the National leagues. This, we feel, will ensure an assembly line of quality players if they are given the kind of desired exposure,” the previous midfielder stated.

The choice panel of P. Acharjee, Zakir Hussain, Vincent Paul, Noorul Ahmed (all AFC license holders) and Akbar Abedi monitoring the choices underneath the supervision of Rahman and the TAF prime officers, there’s hope of real expertise being given the possibility to dream massive.

-V. V. SUBRAHMANYAM

CHESS

Patient Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik in National chess championship

S. P. Sethuraman took his time to transform his likelihood right into a well-crafted 94-move victory over fellow Grandmaster Deep Sengupta to emerge because the chief with six factors after as many rounds of the National chess championship right here on Monday.

With eighth seed Mithrabha Guha holding second seed Abhimanyu Puranik to a 43-move draw on the highest board, Sethuraman knew a victory would give him a half-point lead and encashed on his two-pawn benefit.