CRICKET
Ruturaj Gaikwad launches 24th Super Kings Academy centre in Pondicherry
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad inaugurated the latest Super Kings Academy centre in Puducherry on April 23. The Academy in Puducherry is a partnership with Stansford International Higher Secondary School and is the 24th centre across the world. The academy is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with four turf wickets, two astro turf wickets and two matting wickets apart from floodlights.
Apart from Ruturaj, KS Viswanathan (Managing Director, Chennai Super Kings), AK Sai J Saravanan Kumar (Hon’ble Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare, Puducherry), Sam Paul (Chairman, Sam Paul Educational Trust), M Sivasankar (Member of Puducherry Legislative Assembly Ozhukarai Constituency), R Sathiya Sundaram IPS (Deputy Inspector General of Police), Louis Mariano (Director of Cricket, Super Kings Academy) and Sriram Krishnamurthy (Head Coach, Super Kings Academy) were the other guests of honour.
Ruturaj inaugurated the centre and also interacted with the students as well.
– Team Sportstar
BASKETBALL
Tamil Nadu placed in Group B of FIBA West Asia Super League Final 8
Tamil Nadu has been placed in Group-B in the FIBA West Asia Super League Final 8 to be held in Zouk Mikael, Lebanon from May 10 to 18 along with Shabab Al Ahli (UAE), Tabiat Basketball (Iran) and Al Qadsia SC (Kuwait). Group-A has four more teams: Al Riyadi Beirut Club (Lebanon), Ittihad Club (Saudi Arabia), Sagesse SC (Lebanon) and BC Astana (Kazakhstan). In fact, Tamil Nadu qualified for the West Asia Super League by virtue of winning the South Asian Basketball Association Championship held in Chennai recently.
Earlier, speaking to The Hindu, Tamil Nadu’s head coach C. V. Sunny said. “the South Asian Basketball Association title-win was expected. But it would be tough this time at the West Asia League as there are teams from Kuwait and Lebanon. Last time, we lost in the group stages. This time, we would like to qualify for the knock-outs. To make it happen, we have recruited two from USA–one a centre training in Italy and the other a power forward playing in College, as guest players. We are trying to get the foreign players for the coaching camp for five days to be held in Chennai soon.”
– Keerthivasan K
TENNIS
AITA National Series Juniors: Ribhav Saroha beats third seed Shreyas Dogial
Ribhav Saroha beat third seed Shreyas Dogial 7-5, 6-2 in the under-18 boys pre-quarterfinals of the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Wednesday.
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
Under-18 boys: Swaraj Dhamdhere bt Amrit Dhankar 7-5, 6-4; vivaan Bidasaria bt Neev Kothari 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Dhruv Ghanghas bt Heet Kandoriya 6-2, 7-5; Armaan Walia bt Dev Nandasana 6-2, 6-3; Anur Tahsildar bt Mahijith Kaura 6-0, 6-4; Ribhav Saroha bt Shreyas Dogial 7-5, 6-2; Megh Patel bt Aritra Sasmal 6-3, 6-0; Nithin Barath bt Himanish Brinda 6-3, 6-4.
Under-18 girls: Ranjhana Sangram bt Avni Sahraya 6-0, 6-2; Manshi Singh bt Manvi Gupta 6-4, 6-0; Shagun Kumari bt Alexa Singh 0-6, 6-3, 7-5; Pal Upadhyay bt Miraya Agrawal 6-0, 6-4; Iha Joshi bt Dhatri Dave 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Nainika Bendram bt Tamanna Walia 6-2, 6-0; Sherry Sharma bt Shrawasti Kundilya 6-3, 6-2; Riya Sachdeva bt Eshanya Khattar 6-3, 6-1.
– Team Sportstar
Aryan Shah enters second round of Ivory Coast Open II
Aryan Shah beat Taha Baadi of Morocco 7-6(5) 6-2 in the first round of the USD 60,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Wednesday.
In the ITF women’s event in Antalya, Turkey, Vaishnavi Adkar progressed in both singles and doubles, winning her first-round matches.
The results:
$100,000 Challener, Gwangju, Korea: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan & Aoran Wang (Chn) bt Antoine Escoffier & Luca Sanchez (Fra) 6-2, 6-0.
$60,000 Challenger, Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Singles (first round): Aryan Shah bt Taha Baadi (Mar) 7-6(5), 6-2; Aleksandre Bakshi (Geo) bt Karan Singh 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Singles (first round): Sean Cuenin (Fra) bt Rohan Mehra 6-3, 6-1.
$100,000 ITF women, Charlottesville, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Isabelle Haverlag (Ned) & Valeriya Strakhova (Ukr) bt Jessie Aney (USA) & Riya Bhatia 6-2, 7-5.
$60,000 ITF women, Chiasso, Switzerland: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jodie Burrage & Freya Christie (GBR) bt Weronika Falkowska (Pol) & Ankita Raina 7-6(3), 6-4.
$30,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Maria Golovina & Daria Shadcheva bt Lakshmi Gowda & Basant Kaur (USA) 6-0, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Singles (first round): Aruzhan Sagandykova (Kaz) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-2; Franziska Sziedat (Ger) bt Pooja Ingale 6-0, 6-3; Valeriia Shvetsova bt Akanksha Nitture 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daria Shubina (Uzb) & Valeriya Yushchenko bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi & Lorena Schaedel (Ger) 6-0, 6-4; Elina Nepliy & Aruzhan Sagandykova (Kaz) bt Paavanii Paathak & Anastasiia Sergienko 6-4, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (first round): Lidia Encheva (Bul) bt Tanisha Kashyap 6-2, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey: Singles (first round): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Polina Bakhmutkina 6-3, 6-4. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar & India Houghton (USA) bt Kristina Kroitor & Marta Makarova 6-4, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Srishti, Jensi enters second round of Asian U-14 Development Tennis Championship
Srishti Kiran and Jensi Kanabar made it to the girls singles second round and doubles semifinals in the Asian U-14 Development Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex on Wednesday.
Second seed Jensi was stretched to three sets in the singles first round by Tsai-Jung Chiang of Chinese Taipei.
Jensi and Srishti dropped three games in all in winning their two doubles matches against Malaysian and Kyrgyzstan opponents.
The results:
Under-14 boys (first round) : Viraj Choudhary bt Mika Mohamed (Mdv) 6-0, 6-0; Ethan Frans (Ina) bt Vivaan Mirdha 6-0, 6-0. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vivaan & Viraj bt Mika Mohamed & Looth Agleem (Mdv) 6-2, 6-1.
Under-14 girls (first round): Srishti Kiran bt Yon Char (Mya) 6-1, 6-3; Jensi Kanabar bt Tsai-Jung Chiang (Tpe) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Doubles (quarterfinals): Jensi & Srishti bt Saara Myzaeva & Eva Gavshyna (Kgz) 6-0, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Delhi Golf Club to host DP World India Championship
Delhi Golf Club (DGC) will host the $4 million DP World India Championship from October 16 to 19.
It will be the biggest prize money event in the country and marks the return of international golf to the DGC after 2016. The president of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), Kapil Dev assured all efforts to make the event a “grand success”.
“The inaugural DP World India Championship is a landmark moment for Indian golf. The tournament provides a great opportunity for our professionals to rub shoulders with some of the best players in the world and gain valuable international exposure. A world class field vying for a record prize purse and playing at a top notch international venue, the Delhi Golf Club, makes it a spectacle for the golf fans”, said Kapil Dev.
The president of DGC, Raj Khosla, was happy to play host to such a top class event, amidst growing competition.
“The wonderful DGC course is inter-woven between Lodhi era monuments, offering a fabulous old world charm while retaining a city-centre location that is easily accessible for fans”, said Raj Khosla.
The Indian event will be eighth of nine in the ‘Back 9” phase of the Race to Dubai, leading to the play-offs and culminating in the championship at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
“We are committed to growing golf in the country. We are working to elevate the Tour in every way and drive positive community impact. The DP World India Championship will ensure that golf continues to evolve in exciting ways,” said the CEO and Managing Director of DP World, Rizwan Soomar.
– Team Sportstar
BOXING
Rudraksh leads the way as six Indians enter semis at Asian U-15, U-17 Boxing Championships on Day 4
Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (46 kg) celebrates his QF win at Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing C’ships in Amman.
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Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (46 kg) celebrates his QF win at Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing C’ships in Amman.
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Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (46kg) led a flawless outing for India on Day 4 of the Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships, clinching a clinical 3-0 win over Kyrgyzstan’s Aidar Musaev. All six Indian boxers in action advanced to the semifinals, continuing the team’s dominant run in Amman.
In the men’s U-15 category, Harsil (37kg) and Sanchit Jayani (49kg) secured commanding 5-0 victories, while Sanskar Vinod Atram (35kg) posted a solid 4-1 win.
Prikshit Balahra (40kg) edged out a hard-fought 3-2 win over Mongolia’s Akhmyetkhan Nursalyem.
In the women’s U-15 division, Milky Meinam (43kg) dominated Yeldana Abdigani of Kazakhstan with a clean 5-0 verdict.
DAY 4 RESULTS
Men’s U-15 – Quarterfinals
35 kg: Sanskar Vinod Atram (IND) bt Mahmoud Almatbouli (JOR) – WP 4:1
37 kg: Harsil (IND) bt Muhammetaly Serdarov (TKM) – WP 5:0
40 kg: Prikshit Balahra (IND) bt Akhmyetkhan Nursalyem (MGL) – WP 3:2
46 kg: Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (IND) bt Aidar Musaev (KGZ) – WP 3:0
49 kg: Sanchit Jayani (IND) bt Yu Chen-En (TPE) – WP 5:0
Women’s U-15 – Quarterfinals
43 kg: Milky Meinam (IND) bt Yeldana Abdigani (KAZ) – WP 5:0
-Team Sportstar
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