Boxing
Sachin and Sagar put up strong performances on day two of the 7th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championship
2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Sagar (92kg+) and 2021 World Youth Gold medalist Sachin (57kg) registered dominant victories on the second day of the 7th National Men’s Elite Boxing Championship in Shillong on Sunday.
Sachin, who plays for SSCB, faced an underperforming Vishal Kumar of Punjab in the first round. Sachin ended the match unanimously with a margin of 5-0. He will face Rajasthan’s Roshan Saini in the last sixteen on Tuesday.
Sagar, who represents the RSPB (Railway Sports Promotion Board), defeated Uttarakhand’s Shubham Singh by referee’s stoppage decision in the first round. Sagar will face SSCB’s Satish Kumar in the last 16 on Tuesday.
SSCB’s reigning World Youth Champion Banshaji (63.5kg) also put up a dominant performance against All India Police’s (AIP) Ashish. Showcasing his technical prowess, the highly-rated youngster denied his opponent a chance to come back, securing a 5-0 win. Vanjaj will face Uttar Pradesh’s Ratandeep Sharma in the last 16 on Tuesday.
Three-time national champion Barinder Singh (60kg), representing the RSPB (Railway Sports Promotion Board), also advanced to the last 16 with a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Maharashtra’s Vishal Nupe. Barinder will face Rajasthan’s Lokesh Khichi in the last 16 clash on Tuesday.
More than 350 boxers from 13 weight classes competed in the tournament.
hockey
Nehru Women’s Hockey Championship: RSPB beat KICSE
Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) defeated Khalo Indian Center of Sports Excellence (KICSE), Bilaspur in SNBP 2nd Nehru Women’s Hockey Championship League at Shivaji Stadium on Monday.
Devika Sen and Bharti Saroha scored two goals each in the victory. Geeta Yadav scored two goals for Chatara.
Results (League):
Hockey Odisha 1 (Rojita Kujur) bt HFB Academy, Chatera, 1 (Hritika Singh).
RSPB 9 (Devika Sen 2, Bharti Saroha 2, Lalrindiki, Shilpi Dabas, Chetna, Preeti Dubey, Manisha Chauhan) bt Khelo India Centre, Bilaspur, 2 (Geeta Yadav 2).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Squash
North India Squash Champion: Kushal Vir Singh defeated Kushagra Kanoi
Kushal Vir Singh defeated Kushagra Kanoi 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10.
Results (before quarter finals):
Men’s Under-19: Mayappan L bt Sujai Pathak 11-5, 11-2, 11-5; Arush Tripathi (Part Tripathi) vs Rajaj Yadav 11-5, 11-4, 11-3; Singh bt Ashu 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Siddhant Rewari v Aditya Prakash 11-1, 11-3, 11-6 Kushal Bir Singh 11-8, 11-8, 9- 11, 12-10; Abhay Vasudev 11-1, 11-4, 11-2 Karan Yadav vs Robin Saxena 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
Under-15 Girls: Kashvi Marigal bt Palak Kumar 11-3, 11-0, 11-0, Savi Kalanki 11-0, 11-2, 11-1, Debashree Arora bt Gurin; Kaur 11-2, 11-3, 11-1; Ana Sood 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 vs Gaurisha Jain 11-2; 11-1; Fabiha Nafees (Nafees) vs Gargi Arya 11-2, 11-3, 11-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
tennis
ITF Junior Tennis Championships: Samarth Sahita defeats Moise Koume
Samarth Sahita defeated the Frenchman 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in the men’s first round of the ITF Junior Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex on Monday.
In the women’s group, qualifier Akriti Sankuser defeated Poland’s Julia Szerek 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the first round.
Results (First Round):
Men: Krishish Tyagi bt Braj Gohil 6-2, 7-6(3); Maximus Wong (Singapore) 6-3, 6-4, Vishal Pu Vishal Prakash v Karthik Gusain (Canada) 6-2, 6; -4; Arjun Pandit vs. Smit Patel 6-3, 6-4; 6-2; Ryan Sharma 6-4, 6-4; BT Shankar Haysnam 6-3, 6-4 Reddy 7-5, 6-2 Nikita Nikolenko (Kazakhstan) beats BT Paz Deoruhaka 6-3, 7-6(4) Yash Baha beats Yash Bahalkar (UK) 6-0, 6 -1; Rethin Pranab bt Chandan Shivraj 6-3, 6-1; Pavel Pavel Skvortkov bt Rushikesh Sonawane 6-2, 6-4; (3).
Women’s category: Maleka Amirgaliva (Kaji) bt Riya Sachdeva 6-0, 6-2; Lakshmisiri Dandu bt Durganshi Kumar 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 vs. Julia Szerek (Poland) 6-2; -6, 6-3, Aishwarya Yadav and Harshini Nagaraj 7-6(2), 6-3; 3; Rishit Basireddy 6-1, 6-2, Jannath Chiripal 6-2, 7-5 Mahi Singh bt Amodini Naik; -1, 6-4; Alia Anna Gogulina (Kazakhstan) bt Aditi Gulati 6-3, 6-2 Dia Ramesh v Diva Bhatia 6-3, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF Women’s Tennis Championship: Gurmanat Kaur defeats Sandhu Snehal Mane
Australia’s Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu defeated second seed Snehal Mane 5-7, 7-6(2), (10-8) in their second-round qualifying match at the $15,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Championship at the Ahmedabad City Foundation Stadium on Monday.
In the third and final qualifier: Gulmanat will face Priyanka Rodrigues, who defeated Chandana 10-8 in a thrilling super tie-break · Chandana Potugari.
Selected players: 1. Vaidehi Chowdhury, 2. Diletta Cherubini (Italy), 3. Ekaterina Yashina, 4. Srivalli Vamidipathy, 5. Antonia Schmidt (Germany), 6. Anastasia Sukhotina, 7. Humera Baharmus, 8. Smriti Bhas.
Results:
Singles Qualification (Second Round): Abhilasha Bista (NIP) vs Khushili Modi 7-6 (4), 2-6, (10-5) BT Snehal Mane 5-7, 7-6; (2), (10-8) Priyanka Rodrigues vs. Chandana Potugari 6-1, 6 -7(1), (10-8) Sanjana Sirimalla 4-6, 6-4, (10-8); Ishwari Matere bt Nidhitra Rajamohan 6-3, 6-3; USA Sonal Patil vs Nithesa Selvaraj (Australia) 6-2, 6-3; Madhurima Sawant vs. Kashish Bhatia 4-6, 6-2, (10-4).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
shooting
Shift dominates at 50m rifle prone;
Asian Games gold medalist Sift Kaur Samra continued her good run by finishing first in the women’s 50m rifle prone event at the 66th National Shooting Championships on Monday.
India’s top three goalscorer with 627.3 points is ahead of Odisha’s Sriyanka Sadangir, who has 624.7 points. Rajasthan’s Manini Kaushik finished third and Samra along with Anjum Mudgil and Banshika Shahi also won team gold for Punjab.
In September, Samra won the gold medal in the individual 50-meter rifle three-position event at the Asian Games with a world record and an Asian Games record of 469.6 points.
Bandvi Singh of Madhya Pradesh and Nishchal of Haryana won the civilian and junior titles respectively.
At the Paralympic National Championships held at the same time, Haryana’s Deepak Saini won the 50m Rifle Prone Mixed (SH1) Senior category with 602.7 points. Delhi’s Naresh Kumar Sharma was second with 598.2 points and Maharashtra’s Swaroop Unhalkar was third with 592.3 points.
Meanwhile, in Bhopal where the pistol competition was held, Shiv Narwal set a new national record by scoring 590 in the junior men’s 25m event.
Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the women’s 50m pistol title for Punjab.
– PTI
the archer
Archery nationals: Tushar Shaleke beats top seed Tarundeep Rai in quarterfinals
Tushar Shelle defeated top seed Tarundeep Rai 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Ayodhya Nationals In the Archery Championship, the men’s recurve individual title clash took place against Mrinal Chauhan who beat Olympic quota winner B. defeated Dhiraj. On Monday.
Veteran Rajat Chauhan defeated world champion Ojs Deotale to reach the men’s compound final. He will face Prakesh Jawahar, who defeated veteran Abhishek Verma.
Results:
Recurve: Men: Quarter-finals: Tushar Shelke (AIP) v Sunny Kumar (Miz) 6-0, Atul Verma (Goa) v Sukhchain Singh (SSCB) 6-4, Mrinal Chauhan (JHA) v Indrachand Swamy (SSCB) 6- 0, b. Dheeraj (SSCB) bt Neeraj Chauhan (AIP) 6-4; Semi-finals: Schellke v Verma 6-4, Mrinal v Dhiraj 6-5 (decider 10-9).
Women: Quarterfinals: Sangeeta (HAL) bt Kritika Bichupriya (MP) 6-2, Nikki Sharma (RAJ) bt Gurmehar Kaur Grewal (CHD) 7-3, Ridhi Four (HAL) bt Varsha Sona (RAJ) 7-3, Amisha Chaurasia (ON) def Thori Sanaike (MAN) 6-0; Semi-finals: Sangeetha vs Nikki 7-1, Ridhi vs Ameesha 6-0.
Composite: Men: Quarter-finals: Abhishek Verma (Del) bt Pakesh Fuge (MH) 148-146, Pakesh Jawahar (MH) bt Hrithik Chahal (Del) 148-145, Priyansh (Del) bt Ankit Yadav (RAJ) 141, 146 Rajat Chauhan (AIP) bt Ojas Deotale (Mah) 149-145; Semi-finals: Jawkar vs Verma 149-148, Rajat vs Priyansh 149-147;
Women: Quarterfinals: Aditi Swamy (MAH) bt Priya Gurjar (RAJ) 145-144, Avneet Kaur (PUN) bt Parneet Kaur (PUN) 146-144, Sakshi Chowdhury (UP) bt Pragati (DEL) 146-139, Muskan Kirr (MP) bt Anita Kumari (JHA) 147-140; Semi-finals: Aditi vs. Avneet 148-146, Sakshi vs. Muskan 146-146 (decider 10-9).
– YB Sarangi
