BASKETBALL
FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, Division B: India begins campaign for promotion with win over Kazakhstan
India women’s basketball team beat Kazakhstan 85-68 in its Group A opener of the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup (Division B) in Shenzhen, China, on Sunday.
Pushpa Senthil Kumar (23 points), Sreekala Rani (15 points) and Sathya Krishnamurthi (15 points) were the top scorers in India’s victory.
The competition, which concludes on July 20, has eight teams divided equally into two groups with the winner of the tournament set to be promoted to Division A.
India has previously won the Division B title in 2017 when it was also the host. However, the team missed out on playing in Division A in 2023 and aims to find its way back.
India’s next match in Group A will be against Chinese Taipei on Monday, July 14, at 2PM IST.
-Team Sportstar
SHOOTING
Lonato World Cup: Lakshay, Neeru fall short of Trap Mixed Team medal rounds
India ended engagements at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato after the pair of Lakshay Sheoran (22, 19, 25) and Neeru Dhanda (25, 24, 25), despite shooting a perfect third series, fell short of the Trap Mixed Team medal rounds. They totaled 140 out of a possible 150 in the qualifying round to finish 10th among 54 pairs.
The second Indian pair of Zoravar Singh Sandhu (21, 23, 24) and Preeti Rajak (23, 24, 23) combined for a tally of 138 to finish in 22nd spot.
While Neeru continued from her brilliant fourth-place finish in the women’s trap a day earlier to miss just one target out of her 75, Lakshay had a blip in the second series, where he missed six, which eventually cost him a shot at a podium finish.
Four teams—Australia, Great Britain, and both the Spanish teams—topped the qualifications with identical tallies of 143.
The Indian pair of Kynan Chenai and Sabeera Haris had won a bronze in the Trap Mixed Team event at the previous Nicosia Shotgun World Cup. The event will be held for the first time in the Olympics at Los Angeles in 2028.
The results:
Trap: Mixed team: 1. Australia-2 (Mitchell Iles, Laetisha Scanlan) 45 (143)14; 2. Spain (Alberto Fernandez, Fatima Galvez) 41 (143)15; 3. Britain (Matthew Coward-Holley, Ellie Seward) 38 (143) 5; 4. Spain-2 (Andres Garcia, Mar Molne Magrina) 36 (143) 7; 10. India (Neeru Dhanda, Lakshay Sheoran) 140; 23. India-2 (Preeti Rajak, Zorawar Singh Sandhu)
WRESTLING
U-20 Asian Championships: India wins three bronze medals on final day
Three more Indian freestyle wrestlers — Sachin (86kg), Sachin (92kg), Jaspooran Singh (125kg) — landed bronze medals at the Asian under-20 championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday.
With two gold, one silver and five bronze medals, India finished second behind Iran, which bagged four gold, two silver and a bronze, in freestyle competitions.
-Y.B. Sarangi
TENNIS
Prarthana Thombare makes final in WTA event
Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Arianne Hartono beat Kayla Cross and Maribella Zamarripa 4-6, 6-3, [12-10] in the doubles semifinals of the $200,000 WTA tennis tournament in Newport, USA.
In the $15,000 ITF men’s event in Monastir, Tunisa, Karan Singh won the singles title as he breezed past Toufik Sahtali of Algeria 6-0, 6-2 in the final.
It was the second singles title in the professional circuit for the 22-year-old Karan who trains at the Roundglass Academy in Chandigarh.
The results:
$200,000 WTA, Newport, USA
Doubles (semifinals): Arianne Hartono (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare bt Kayla Cross (Can) & Maribella Zamarripa (USA) 4-6, 6-3, [12-10].
$200,000 Challenger, Newport, USA
Doubles (semifinals): Hans Hach Verdugo (Mex) & cristian Rodriguez (Col) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Reese Stalder (USA) 6-2, 6-7(6), [13-11].
$30,000 ITF men, Dallas, USA
Singles (semifinals): Alex Rybakov (USA) bt Dhakshineswar Suresh 6-4, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF men, Bastia Lucciana, France
Doubles (final): Tanguy Genier & Johan Nikles (Sui) bt Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1, 1-6, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (final): Karan Singh bt Toufik Sahtali (Alg) 6-0, 6-2.
– Team Sportstar
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