KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES
Odisha and Haryana bag hockey girls and boys titles; Tamil Nadu boys in volleyball closing
Odisha and Haryana bagged the boys’ and ladies’ hockey titles, respectively, within the sixth Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai on Saturday. Odisha blanked Madhya Pradesh 4-0 in boys’ closing whereas Haryana edged out Madhya Pradesh by a solitary purpose for the ladies’ crown.
Odisha was the higher workforce all through. It outshone MP in pace and co-ordination. Pratap Toppo scored a brace. Karan Lakra and Rohit Kullu scored one every.
With eight minutes remaining for the hooter, Ishika scored the winner for Haryana off a penalty nook. Her well timed push in a melee fetched her workforce the crown.
In volleyball boys’ closing, Tamil Nadu will tackle Haryana on Sunday. The host defeated Andhra Pradesh 18-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 15-11 whereas Haryana overcame Uttar Pradesh 25-22, 25-17, 25-18.
The outcomes:
Hockey: Finals: Boys: Odisha 4 (Pratap Toppo 2, Karan Lakra, Rohit Kullu) bt MP 0; Girls: Haryana 1 (Ishika) bt MP 0.
Volleyball: Semifinals: Boys: Haryana bt UP 25-22, 25-17, 25-18; TN bt AP 18-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 15-11; Girls: WB bt Guj 25-11, 30-28, 25-19; Rajasthan bt TN 13-25, 25-20, 25-20.
Swimming:
Boys: 50m freestyle: 1. Jananjoy Jyoti Hazarika (Asm) 25.53; 2. Salil Prashant Bhagwat (Mah); 3. Heer Sunil Pitroda (Guj); 100m breaststroke: 1. Rana Pratap (Jha) 1:04.91; 2. Vidith S Shankar (Kar); 3. Bhhagya Gahlaut (Del); 200m freestyle: 1. Yug Chelani (Raj) 1:54.41; 2. Tirthank Pegu (Asm); 3. Gotteti Sampath Kumar Yadav (AP); Girls: 200m freestyle: 1. Vriti Agarwal (TS) 2:11.32; 2. Aditi Satish Hegde (Mah); 3. Sri Charanu Tumu (Kar); 800m freestyle: 1. Vritti Agarwal (TS) 9:22.74; 2. Aditi N Mulay (Kar); 3. Meenakshi Menon (Kar); 100m breaststroke: 1. Venika Vineet Parikh (Guj) 1;14.94; 2. Pahi Borah (Asm); 3. M. V. Joyshree (TN); 50m buttterfly: 1. Rujuta Prasad Rajadnya (Mah) 29.18s; 2. Jahnabi Kashyap (Asm); 3. Subhranshini Priyadarshini (Asm).
Shooting: Boys: 10m air rifle: 1. Asmit Chatterjee (WB) 250.9 pts; 2. Himanshu (Har)b; 3. Manvendra Singh Shekhawat (Raj); 25m speedy fireplace pistol: 1. Okay. Tanishq Muralidhar Naidu (TS) 19pts; 2. Mukesh Nelavalli (AP); 3. Swaraj Sachin Bhondave (Mah).
Cycling: Boys: Individual time trial: 1. Jai Durga (Chd) 00:41:09.550s; 2. Kheta Ram Chiga (Raj); 3. Akshar Tyagi (Del); Girls: Individual highway race: 1. Alanis Lilly Cubeleo (Ker) 01:57:04.640s ; 2. Santoshi Oraon (Jha); 3. J. Srimathi (TN).
Weightlifting: Boys: 61kg: 1. Sadananda Bariha (Odi) 242 kg; 2. Anush Lokhande (Mah); 3. Riki Gogoi (Asm); 67kg: 1. Mahadev Vadar (Mah) 253; 2. P. Akash (TN); 3. Deepak Kumar Pradhan (Odi); Girls: 49kg: 1. Aarti Tatgunti (Mah) 170kg; 2. Panchami Sonowal (Asm); 3. Soumya Dalvi (Mah); 55kg: 1. V. Susmitha (AP) 173; 2. Mina Santa (Odi); 3. V. R. Kanika Shree (TN); 73kg: 1. N. V. Mahesh (AP) 265; 2. V. M. Vasantha Kumar (TN); 3. Aayush Rana (UP).
-Team Sportstar
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TENNIS
Ajeet Bhardwaj wins over-65 closing of ITF Masters
Top seed Ajeet Bhardwaj overcame stiff resistance from second seed Ashish Sen 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 within the over-65 closing of the ITF Masters tennis event on the DLTA Complex on Saturday.
In an equally competive over-70 closing, AJS Chhatwal beat Ravi Singh in three units after shedding the primary set in tie-break.
Priyanka Mehta and Sohini Kumar received the ladies’s over-35 and over-45 singles titles. In males’s over-45 closing, Swarandeep Singh Dhodi received a troublesome battle 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 in opposition to Syed Babar Zaidi.
The outcomes (finals):
Men: Over-30: Kshitij Kamal bt Pulkit Mishra 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Over-35: Rahul Belwal bt Shrikant Kumawat 7-5, 6-2. Over-40: Aditya Khanna bt Ravindranath Pandey 6-2, 6-0. Over-45: Swarandeep Singh Dhodi bt Syed Babar Zaidi 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4. Over-50: Jagdish Tanwar bt Akhil Mathur 6-2, 6-3. Over-55: Tulasi Venkat Nettem bt Sanjeev Magon 7-5, 6-2. Over-60: Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah bt Dilip Singh Nongmaithem 6-0, 6-2. Over-65: Ajeet Bhardwaj bt Ashish Sen 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Over-70: AJS Chhatwal bt Ravi Singh 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-1.
Women: Over-35: Priyanka Mehta bt Nikunj Kamal 6-3, 6-0. Over-45: Sohini Kumari bt Sonia Milkha Singh 6-2, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Top seeds Naiktha and Fanni surprised in USD 40,000 ITF ladies’s event
Fourth seeds Alexandra Eala and Darja Semenistaja beat prime seeds Naiktha Bains and Fanni Stollar 7-6(8), 6-3 to clinch the doubles title within the NECC USD 40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the Deccan Gymkhana on Saturday.
In the singles semifinals, Moyuka Uchijima of Japan beat prime seed Darja Semenistaja 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) to arrange a title conflict in opposition to qualifier Tina Nadine Smith of Australia. Tina beat Dalila Jakupovic 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-0.
The outcomes:
Singles (semifinals): Moyuka Uchijima (Jpn) bt Darja Semenistaja (Lat) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5); Tina Nadine Smith (Aus) bt Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-0; Quarterfinals: Darja bt Alexandra Eala (Phi) 7-6(6), 6-0; Moyuka bt Anouk Koevermans (Ned) 6-2, 6-4; Dalila bt Anca Alexia Todoni (Rou) 6-0, 1-6, 6-4; Tina bt Anastasia Tikhonova 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (closing): Alexandra Eala (Phi) & Darja Semenistaja (Lat) bt Naiktha Bains (GBR) & Fannis Stollar (Hun) 7-6(8), 6-3; Semifinals: Naiktha & Fanni bt Rutuja Bhosale & Ankita Raina 7-5, 6-7(3), [10-1]; Alexandra & Darja bt Saki Imamura & Naho Sato (Jpn) 7-6(5), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Anirudh, Vijay cruise into finals of Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve
Second seeds Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth bought previous compatriots Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan within the doubles semifinals of the Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve (€148,625 Challenger tennis event) in Quimper, France, on Saturday.
Anirudh and Vijay led 5-2 when Arjun and Jeevan retired.
The outcomes:
€148,625 Challenger, Quimper, France: Doubles (semifinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 5-2 (retired); Quarterfinals: Arjun & Jeevan bt Ugo Blanchet & Matteo Martineau (Fra) 3-6, 7-6(6), [10-8].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Yusuf scores hat-trick to steer Indian Oil to closing of Beighton Cup
Affan Yusuf scored a hat-trick as Indian Oil blanked Indian Air Force 5-0 within the semifinals to arrange a title conflict with Indian Navy within the Coal India one hundred and twenty fifth Beighton Cup hockey event on the SAI (Sports Authority of India) Astro-Turf floor in Kolkata on Saturday.
Indian Navy beat Army XI within the different semifinal.
The outcomes (semifinals):
Indian Navy 1 (Sunny Malik) bt Army XI (Red) 0; Indian Oil 5 (Affan Yusuf-3, Povanna C.B., Sudip Chirmako) bt Indian Air Force 0.
-Y. B. Sarangi
FOOTBALL
Injured Kwame Peprah to overlook remainder of ISL season
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Kerala Blasters’ Ghanaian ahead Kwame Peprah will miss out the remainder of the Indian Super League season after struggling a groin harm within the current Kalinga Super Cup soccer match in opposition to Jamshedpur FC in Bhubaneswar.
“Following a thorough medical assessment, the club announces with regret that Peprah will be unavailable for the rest of the season. The club wishes Peprah a seamless rehab and recovery phase,” mentioned a Blasters launch.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com