Indian sports news wrap, July 30

The main developments from the world of sports activities on July 30 the place Indians took half are as follows:

CRICKET

Nikhil Chopra to move DDCA’S CAC

Former worldwide cricketer Nikhil Chopra will head the three-member DDCA Cricket Advisory Committee. As per the announcement, Surinder Khanna and Anjali Sharma have been the opposite members. The committee is tasked with advising the President with the appointment of choice committee members, coaches, managers and help employees for numerous groups of the DDCA. 

– Rakesh Rao

WEIGHTLIFTING

Siddhanta Gogoi topped 61kg junior Asian champion; Gyaneshwari, Koyel win silver medals

India’s Siddhanta Gogoi clinched the boys’s 61kg junior title whereas Gyaneshwari Yadav and Koyel Bar secured silver medals within the ladies’s 49kg occasion on the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships on Sunday.

The 19-year-old Siddhanta, who had upstaged senior Shubham Todkar earlier this month on the Commonwealth Championships, lifted 265kg (116kg+149kg) to offer host India its first gold medal of the continuing version.

It was 5kg higher than his 260kg (112kg+148kg) effort that fetched him the CWC junior title and would have gained him the senior title as properly had he competed.

It was double delight for the host within the males’s 61kg junior occasion as Sankar Lapung clinched the bronze medal with a greatest effort of 256kg (114kg+142kg).

Earlier within the day, Gyaneshwari completed runner up among the many juniors, whereas Koyel got here second within the ladies’s 49kg youth class on day three of the Championships on the Gautam Buddha University right here.

Gyaneshwari lifted a complete of 175kg (78kg+97kg). Two failed makes an attempt – one every in snatch and clear and jerk part – prevented her from matching her gold-winning effort on the Commonwealth Senior Championships held earlier this month.

Spearheading India’s marketing campaign within the absence of Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, the 20-year-old had recorded her private greatest within the snatch (78kg) in addition to the clear and jerk part (98kg).

Philippines’ Rosegie Ramos was topped the Asian Junior Champion for her effort of 182kg (83kg+99kg) whereas Vietnamese lifter Birch Tram Ngyun 169kg (76kg+93kg) took house the bronze.

In the youth occasion, Koyel heaved 69kg in snatch and 86kg in clear and jerk for a complete effort of 155kg. Another Phillippine lifter, Jhodie Peralta, gained the gold 160kg (73kg+87kg) whereas Thailand’s Phanida Denduang 151kg (67kg+84kg) got here third.

– PTI

BADMINTON

Govind lifts maiden State males’s title, Andrea retains her crown

There was one section early within the second recreation of the Kerala State senior badminton championship’s males’s remaining on Sunday when Govind Krishna felt all was misplaced.

The 22-year-old from Kozhikode, but to get better absolutely from a current hamstring harm, had misplaced the opening recreation in opposition to Ernakulam’s S. Abhishek and was down 0-4 within the subsequent.

“At that stage, I thought the match was gone, I felt I didn’t have anything to lose so I played a bit more freely. And then, I got into the zone,” Govind mentioned after defeating Abhishek 13-21, 21-15, 21-17 for his maiden State senior title on the CSN Trust corridor right here.

“He made many mistakes in that second game, he lost the rhythm and I got in.”

And instantly Abhishek, from Ernakulam, who had appeared so impressed within the opening recreation, appeared to have critical doubts about himself within the second recreation as Govind levelled at 9 after which broke away to a 19-15 lead with some telling smashes.

The two have been degree for a significant a part of the decider however Abhishek gained a 15-12 lead. But as soon as Govind equalised at 15, the previous turned jittery and dedicated a collection of errors.

The top-seeded Andrea Sarah Kurien retained her State ladies’s title however she was additionally stretched to a few video games by second-seed Farza Nazrin.

Farza, who trains on the Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru, had misplaced the under-19 remaining to Andrea a few days in the past however she appeared to have picked up some priceless classes from that encounter.

She appeared higher and stronger initially and moved Andrea round and took the opening recreation.

Andrea, from Ernakulam, seemed to be in some discomfort at that stage.

“My weight training hasn’t been regular so my legs are really weak now. The more I moved, the more I got tired so I tried to be really slow,” she mentioned.

“But then in the second set, I had no choice. I really didn’t think I’d win because I was really tired.”

But whereas her legs have been weary, her thoughts didn’t give in. She grabbed the openings that got here her method and gained a 17-11 benefit within the second recreation after Farza tousled a flick and a smash. She held on to it and slowly broke away and by no means appeared again.

– Stan Rayan

BOXING

Three-nation camp for boxers to begin on July 31

Elite Indian female and male boxers shall be a part of a week-long three-nation camp, beginning at NIS Patiala from Monday.

A 21-member workforce from Philippines and a 31-member workforce from Russia have reached Patiala and their boxers can have sparring periods with the house boxers, who will make the most of the expertise to arrange for the Asian Games.

The first and second rung Indian boxers will transfer to China within the first week of September for one more camp previous to the Asiad.

-Y. B. Sarangi

TENNIS

Rishab and Ishaque lose doubles remaining

Rishab Agarwal and Ishaque Eqbal have been crushed 7-5, 3-6, [10-8] by prime seeds Guy Orly Iradukunda and Aziz Ouakaa within the doubles remaining of the $ 25,000 ITF males’s tennis event in Brazzaville, Congo.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Karthik Karunakaran wins AITA wheelchair event

Top seed Karthik Karunakaran overcame a late resistance from Shekar Veeraswamy for a 6-1, 7-5 victory within the remaining of the AITA Rs. 200,000 wheelchair tennis event on the DLTA Complex on Sunday.

Karthik led 6-1, 4-1 earlier than Shekar gained many rounds of applause from the appreciative gathering along with his delectable recreation. However, on the crunch, Karthik was in a position to assert himself for a straight-set triumph.

In reality, Karthik had dropped solely six video games in all on his solution to the ultimate.

Later, Karthik was crushed within the doubles remaining, in partnership with Mariappan Durai, by Indra Pandey and Balachandar Subramanian 10-8 within the tremendous tie-break.

In the ladies’s remaining, prime seed KP Shilpa beat Prathima Rao in straight units, albeit after a tussle.

The singles champions have been introduced Rs. 12,500 every, and the runners-up Rs. 8,400. The doubles champions acquired Rs. 6,200.

The president of AITA, Dr. Anil Jain and the president of DLTA, Rohit Rajpal, introduced the prizes.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

MORE SPORTS

CRPF athletes win 5 gold, 1 silver for India in World Police and Fire Games

Athletes from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) fetched 5 gold and one silver medal for India on the opening day of the World Police and Fire Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Luwangthem Gunao and M Dhiren Singh gained two gold medals every in males’s physique and physique constructing, whereas Ritu Rani added one other yellow steel in ladies’s 59kg wrestling.

Rohit Kumar bagged a silver in males’s 74kg freestyle occasion, based on CRPF DIG (Sports) Ajay Kumar Vashist.

Nineteen CRPF athletes, together with eight ladies, have been amongst 138 gamers from numerous Central Armed Police Forces and state police representing India within the Games, mentioned Vashist.

– PTI

MOTORSPORT

Three in a row for Arjun Rao on the Indian National Rally Championship

The phases have been extraordinarily tough and appeared all chewed up. But Arjun Rao (co-driver Satish Rajagopal) of Mandovi Racing) discovered it to his liking and rallied his solution to a commanding win within the Rally of Coimbatore, the third spherical of the FMSCI Blueband Sports Indian National Rally Championship for 4 wheelers, right here on Sunday.

It is Arjun’s third total victory this season. “This is the best ever performance in my 22 years of rallying career. Three back-to-back victories and I can’t be happier than this,” mentioned the younger man after the race.

There have been 4 phases for the day and Arjun got here out the quickest in three of them. “That’s because the tyres (MRF) had the right grip. In fact, the entire team has worked hard for this win and kudos to each one of them,” he added.

Earlier within the day, in a single day chief Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik) of Arka Motorsport loved a 19-second edge over Arjun going into the primary stage. But he bumped into points proper at first.

His exhaust manifold opened and there was no engine energy, additional down the street a stone hit the brake caliper and the fluids leaked leading to a brake failure. Despite that, he gave his greatest solely to complete third behind Philippos Mathai (co-driver P.V. Srinivasa Murthy).

– Rayan Rozario

GOLF

Aditi slips on third day as Boutier retains lead

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok had one other tough spherical at a Major as she slipped to Tied-57th after carding a 3-over 74 on day three of the Amundi Evian Championship.

France’s Celine Boutier carded a 4-under 67 to keep up her second spherical lead.

She leads by three strokes at 11-under and is being chased by Nasa Hataoka, Minjee Lee, Brooke Henderson, Nelly Korda and Yuka Saso.

Playing in a gentle drizzle on Saturday, Aditi, who’s taking part in her twenty sixth Major however nonetheless searching for a maiden Top-10 end and a primary win on the LPGA Tour, shot 3-over with three bogeys on sixth, 14th and fifteenth.

– PTI

Jeev rises to eleventh amid very robust winds at Senior Open in Wales

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh compiled a extremely creditable even par 71 to rise to eleventh place on a day when among the star gamers on the Senior Open suffered on the windswept Royal Porthcawl Golf Club that confirmed its enamel.

Jeev (69-77-71) was 4-over tied eleventh, however solely 4 photographs behind the chief Alex Cejka (68-71-74) at even par.

Finding 4 birdies to make up for his 4 bogeys, Jeev was one of many solely seven gamers to shoot even par 71, which was one of the best rating of the day with nobody going under par.

Alex Čejka birdied the final gap to maneuver into the lead because the German carded 4 birdies and 7 bogeys. He battled to a 3 over par 74 on day three and regardless of transferring backwards to degree par for the occasion.

No participant was underneath par. Cejka was adopted by Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington and Englishman Phillip Archer who have been in a tie for second place with New Zealand’s Steven Alker and three-time Major winner Vijay Singh on 1-over.

– PTI