CHESS
Arvind Iyer emerges winner in All India Chess Masters Mumbai FIDE Classical
Arvind Iyer has been crowned champion of the All India Chess Masters Mumbai FIDE Classical Tournament after finishing with seven points in eight rounds to edge out Darsh Shetty in a strong competition.
In fact, both Arvind and Darsh finished with seven points each but the former won the championship on super Buchholz tie-breaks.
Shetty finished as the runner-up position while the third position was claimed by International Master Vikramaditya Kulkarni, who accumulated 6.5 points.
The winner received a cash prize of Rs. 40,000.
In women’s category, Woman Candidate Master Kriti Mayur Patel was adjudged as the Best Player, followed by Reya Banker and Pradeepa Jayapal who secured second and third place respectively.
Vinod Chaturvedi finished first in the veteran’s category, followed by Guru Prasad Patil and Ashok Govindrao Patil at second and third.
– PTI
WRESTLING
Kajal wins India’s second gold medal
Young wrestler Kajal won the second gold at the Under-20 World Championships while Shruti and Saarika grabbed bronze medals, helping India secure runner-up trophy in the women’s event.
Kajal, the 2024 Cadet world champion and reigning U-20 Asian champion, battle past China’s Yuqi Liu 8-6 in a stiff 72kg final. Also cashing on the medal opportunities were Shruti (50kg) and Saarika (53kg).
Shruti was in complete control in the bronze play-off against Germany’s Josephine Wrensch, winning 6-0, and Saarika too was impressive, winning by technical superiority (11-0) against Poland’s Ilona Valchuk.
Priya Malik, a World Under-20 champion in 2023, picked up the silver medal after being pinned by European World U-20 champion Nadiia Sokolovska in the women’s 76kg final at the World under-20 wrestling championships in Samokov, Bulgaria.
In Greco Roman, Suraj (60kg) fought back to beat Frenchman Lucas Lo Grasso 1-1 via criteria and bag a bronze medal.
– Y. B. Sarangi, PTI
ARCHERY
India wins team bronze at World Youth Archery Championships
Indian archers claimed the Under-18 recurve women’s team bronze while staying in medal contention in four other team events, including three finals, at the World youth Archery Championships in Winnipeg, Canada.
Important results (Team):
Recurve (U-18)
Men: India (Agastay Singh, Soham Kanase, Aditya Pawar) got a bye (1st round), bt France 6-0 (2nd round), bt Japan 5-3 (3rd round), lost to Chinese Taipei 3-5 (semifinal), lost to Turkey 3-5 (bronze medal match)
Women: India (Gatha Khadake, Jiana Kumar, Sharvari Shende) got a bye (1st round), bt Mexico 6-0 (2nd round), bt Japan 5-3 (3rd round), lost to Korea 2-6 (semifinal), bt USA 6-0 (bronze medal match)
Mixed team: India (Gatha, Agastay) got a bye (1st round), bt France 5-3 (2nd round), bt Georgia 5-1 (3rd round), lost to Korea 0-6 (semifinal), to meet Chinese Taipei in bronze medal match.
Compound (U-21)
Men: India (Mihir Apar, Kushal Dalal, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru) got a bye (1st round), bt Israel 235-233 (2nd round), bt Korea 233-228 (semifinal), to meet Germany in the final.
Compound (U-18)
Men: India (Mohit Dagar, Yogesh Joshi, Devansh Singh) got byes (1st round and semifinal), to meet USA in the final
Women: India (Surya Hamsini Madala, Prithika Pradeep, Varenya) bt Italy 225-215 (1st round), lost to Chinese Taipei 224-227 (semifinal), lost to Mexico 210-221 (bronze medal match)
Mixed team: India (Prithika, Dagar) got a bye (1st round), bt New Zealand 150-136 (2nd round), bt Spain 154-145 (semifinal), to meet USA in the final.
– Y. B. Sarangi
INDIAN FOOTBALL
Chandigarh, Sikkim, Meghalaya shine in Subroto Cup
Kerala’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial School, Thrissur, sealed a 2-0 win over Harish Pawar Higher Secondary School, Nainital, while Chhattisgarh’s Mata Rukhmani Kanya Ashram registered a 3-0 victory over PM Shri Govt. Mahatma Gandhi Sr. Sec. School, Andrott, Lakshadweep in the Subroto Cup Junior Girls (Under-17) category on Friday.
Assam’s Betkuchi High School and Sri Lanka School Football Association, along with APS Noida and Bihar’s Upgraded High School, Bilaspur played out goalless draws.
West Bengal’s Nandajhar Adibashi Pashili High School continued their winning form with a 2-0 triumph over PM Shri KV Senior School, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.
Sikkim’s PM Shri Tashi Namgyal Sr. Sec. School also impressed, defeating Delhi’s Bharti Public School 3-0.
Meanwhile, Rudrapur’s Amenity Public School (CBSE) held Spring Field Hr. Sec. School (NCC) to a 1-1 draw, and Nagaland’s Govt. High School, Meriema, shared points with JNV Purulia, Mawphlang (NVS) after a 0-0 result.
Maharashtra’s Krida Prabodhini, Pune also registered a massive 20-0 victory against Air Force School, Chakeri.
– PTI
TENNIS
Diya Ramesh sets up summit clash date against Parthsarathi
Second seed Diya Ramesh beat third seed Diya Chaudhary in straight sets and will meet 14th seed Parthsarathi Arun Mundhe in the finals in the ITF Junior Tennis Cup 2025 at SDAT Tennis Stadium Nungambakkam.
Parthsarathi upset top seed Aishwarya Jadhav in a close match. Yashwin Krishnakumar of United States upset top seed Araadhya Kshitij will face Vraj Gohil in the finals
Boys’ Singles semifinals
Yashwin Krishnakumar (USA) bt S1 – Aradhya Kshitij 7-6(6) 6-2, S2 -Vraj Gohil bt S12 – Aran Selvaraasan (GBR) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
Girls’ Singles semifinals
S14 – Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe bt S1 – Aishwarya Jadhav 7-5, 7-6(4), S2 – Diya Ramesh bt S3 – Diya Chaudhary 6-0, 6-1
Boys’ Doubles semifinals
S5 – Aradhya Kshitij/Nikhil Kurapati bt S1 -Vraj Gohil/Aditya Mor 6-3, 6-3, S6 – Shaurya Bharadwaj/Shivtej Shirufule bt Yashwin Krishnakumar(USA)/Nishith Rajesh(USA) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Girls’ Doubles semifinals
S1 – Aishwarya Jadhav/Snigdha Kanta bt Shaivi Gaurav Dalal/ Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe 6-4, 7-6(4), S4 – Savitha Bhuvaneswaran/Diya Ramesh bt Shreeniti Chaudhary/Harsha Karthika Oruganti 5-7, 6-3, 10-4.
– Team Sportstar
Yuki Bhambri in semifinals
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Michael Venus beat Romain Arneodo and Rohan Bopanna 7-6(2), 6-3 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $798,335 ATP tennis tournament in Winston-Salem, USA.
In the semifinals, the second seeded Indo-Kiwi pair will play the Brazilians Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo.
In the ITF men’s event in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, Sidharth Rawat beat third seed Max Basing of Britain 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the semifinals.
The results:
$798.335 ATP, Winston Salem, USA
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Michael Venus (Nzl) bt Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Rohan Bopanna 7-6(2), 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Singles (quarterfinals): Sidharth Rawat bt Max Basing (GBR) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Siwanat Auytayakul & Markus Malaszszak (Tha) bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Thantub Suksumrarn (Tha) 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Alena Kovackova & Jana Kovackova (Cze) bt Aaddi Gupta & Mavie Osterreicher (Aut) 6-2, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Heena Kang wins maiden Pro title at 11th Leg of WPGT
Heena Kang was going great guns with eight holes left but had to quell a late charge from Lavanya Gupta to bag her maiden Pro title at the 11th leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour, here Friday.
Heena, who was fifth on her pro debut last month, was chased hard by amateur Lavanya at the Prestige Golfshire.
Lavanya, who started the final day two shots behind Heena, had fallen five shots behind as she was 4-over by the turn. And then there was a great charge from Lavanya, who birdied the 11th, 14th, and the 16th.
Ananya Garg, who was six behind the leader, Heena, at the start, had a rough start, going three-over in the first five holes. Yet, she fought back with four birdies.
She birdied the seventh and the ninth and added two more on the 16th and the 17th. She ended the day with the best card of the final round with 1-under 71 and was in sole third.
Jasmine Shekar, playing in the leader group, struggled on the front nine with a six-over stretch that included four bogeys and one double. She had two birdies and a bogey on the back nine and carded 77 to finish fourth.
Neha Tripathi (73), amateur Riya Jadon (74), and Ananya Datar (75) were tied fifth at 223, while amateur Mannat Brar, the co-leader after Day 1, and Agrima Manral, both with 76, were tied eighth at 224. Ridhima Dilawari (74) rounded off the Top-10.
Vani Kapoor stays on top of the Hero Order of Merit with Ridhima in second place. Jasmine, Neha, and Amandeep occupy the third to fifth places.
-PTI
Sandhu prevails over Udayan in marathon playoff for back-to-back wins
Yuvraj Sandhu prevailed over Udayan Mane in a marathon playoff that lasted five extra holes to win the PGTI Players Championship at the Clover Greens Golf Course and Resort on Friday.
Both Sandhu, the overnight leader by three shots, and Mane, who was overnight second, ended the regulation 72 holes with identical totals of 28-under 256 that pushed the match into a dramatic playoff.
Delhi’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul (68-67-64-66) delivered a 66 in the last round to claim the third spot at 19-under 265.
– PTI
Sharma and Ahlawat have difficult start at Betfred British Masters
Veer Ahlawat was the better of the two Indians on the first day of the Betfred British Masters his 1-over 73 was good enough only for Tied-67th place.
Shubhankar Sharma with 2-over 74 was T-89 and staring at another missed cut.
– PTI
Published on Aug 22, 2025
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