BOXING
Sub-Junior National Boxing C’Ships to begin on August 7
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) will host the 4th Sub-Junior (U-15) Boys and Girls National Boxing Championships from August 7 to 13, 2025, at Galgotias University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
The event will see the participation of over 700 young boxers, including 400 boys and 300 girls aged between 13 and 14, who will compete across 15 weight categories.
Haryana (Girls) and Chandigarh (Boys) enter this edition as the defending champions from the 3rd Sub-Junior Nationals.
Boxers will compete under World Boxing Technical Rules, with three rounds of 1.5 minutes each, with a minute’s rest in between rounds. A 10-point scoring system shall be followed. Medal winners from the REC Combined Talent Hunt 2024 are also eligible, making the competition even more competitive.
-Team Sportstar
FOOTBALL
East Bengal signs goalkeeper Aaryan Saroha
East Bengal FC on Tuesday announced that it has signed goalkeeper Aaryan Saroha for the upcoming season.
-Team Sportstar
RACKETLON
India clinches Racketlon World Championship Challengers Cup
India, led by Vikramaditya Chaufla, clinched the the Racketlon World Championship Challengers Cup after a registering a thrilling victory over Denmark in a dramatic final in Rotterdam.
The road to the title was far from smooth. India battled past USA in the quarterfinals before pulling off a tense win against Germany in the semifinal. Each tie came down to the wire, testing the grit and resilience of every player on court.
Chaufla’s calm leadership, strategic clarity, and match temperament steered India through one of their most memorable racketlon runs. Already a Nations Cup gold medallist, this becomes the former badminton player’s second world title.
The title-winning squad also included Prashant Sen, Nihit Singh, Suhail Kapur, Krishna Kotak, Nidhi Tiwari and Raghav Jatia.Racketlon is a combination sport in which the competitors are required to play four racket sports: table tennis, badminton, tennis and squash.
-PTI
TENNIS
Aditi makes quarterfinals in AITA Women’s tournament
Fifth seed Aditi Tyagi had to fight her way past Mahi Trivedi 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Rs. 100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Tuesday.
The results:
The results (pre-quarterfinals): Mahika Khanna bt Divya Bhardwaj 6-2, 6-2; Jennifer Luikham bt Shatakshi Choudhary 6-0, 6-2; Riya Sachdeva bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-2, 6-2; Aditi Tyagi bt Mahi Trivedi 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; Shagun Kumari bt Yashika Shokeen 6-5 (retired); Jeetesh Kumari bt Bhumika Dahiya 7-5, 6-1; Suryanshi Shakhawat bt Ruma Gaikaiwari 6-3 (retired); Samriti Punyani bt Jasmine Rawat 6-3, 6-4.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Ngal loses to Rodionov Vonn Challenger
Sumit Nagal was beaten 7-6(2), 6-3 by the seventh seed Jurij Rodionov of Austria in the first round of the €91,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Bonn, Germany.
Results:
€91,250 Challenger, Bonn, Germany
Singles (first round): Jurij Rodionov (Aut) bt Sumit Nagal 7-6(2), 6-3.
$30,000 ITF men, Bali, Indonesia
Singles (first round): Sidharth Rawat bt Yusuke Kusuhara (Jpn) 6-1, 6-3; Leo Borg (Swe) bt Maan Kesharwani 6-2, 6-2; philip Sekulic (Aus) bt Atharva Sharma 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Patricio Alvarado (Ecu) & Koki Matsuda (Jpn) bt Sidharth Rawat & Dharmil Shah 6-1, 6-3; Alexander Chang (USA) & Anthony Susanto (Ina) bt Atharva Sharma & Yash Yadav 7-6(2), 6-2; Yanki Erel (Tur) & Karan Singh bt Lucky Kurniawan & Renaldi Salim (Ina) 6-2, 6-2; Pietro Mugelli (Ita) & Michael Zhu (USA) bt Ajay Malik & Caheer Warik 4-6, 6-4, [10-5].
$30,000 ITF men, Brazzaville, Congo
Singles (first round): Alexander Agirovsky (Blr) bt Chinmaya Dev Chauhan 6-2, 6-0; Stephane Kamendje (Can) bt Julappagari Reddy 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Dev Javia bt Alexey Dubinin 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinal): Rishikrishna Ayyappan & Darrshan Suresh (Mas) bt Kryce Kassa & Wolfgang Liyombi (Gab) 6-0, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Singapore
Singles (first round): Bill Chan (Sgp) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luke Koh & Maximus Wong (Sgp) bt Rishabhdev Raman & Keerthivassan Suresh 6-4, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF women, Roehampton, Britain
Singles (first round): Hannah Klugman (GBR) bt Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aglaya Fedorova & Daria Khomutsianskaya (Blr) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi & Anjali Rathi 6-4, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
15th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2025: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh enter semifinal
Punjab team in action against Odisha.
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Punjab team in action against Odisha.
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The quarterfinals of the 15th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2025 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai saw Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh advance as the final four.
Results (Quarterfinals)
Uttar Pradesh defeated Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 4–1
Punjab defeated Odisha 4–3
Jharkhand defeated Chandigarh 13–0
Madhya Pradesh defeated Haryana 2–1
– Team Sportstar
15th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2025: Gujarat, Manipur, Assam, Bihar, Manipur win on day 4
Players in action on day 4 of the 15th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2025.
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Players in action on day 4 of the 15th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2025.
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The fourth day of the 15th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Gujarat and Mizoram won their respective matches in Division ‘C’ while Manipur, Assam, Himachal and Bihar won their respective matches in Division ‘B’.
Meanwhile, in the first Division ‘B’ match Manipur defeated Hockey 9-1 with Ritu Devi Laishram (5’, 25’, 46’, 47’) scoring four goals, captain Romita Waribam Chanu (45’, 59’) scoring two goals and Kangjam Silvia Chanu (56’), Devi Mutum Priya (28’) and Devi Thokchom Dainali (55’) scoring a goal each for Manipur. The lone goal for Puducherry was scored by Dhivyasri (24’).
Results (Day 4):
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu defeated Jammu and Kashmir 6-0 in Division ‘C’
Gujarat defeated Raj. 3-2 in Division ‘C’
Mizoram defeated Telangana 15-0 in Division ‘C’
Manipur defeated Puducherry 9-1 in Division ‘B’
Assam defeated Kerala 5-1 in Division ‘B’
Himachal defeated Delhi 7-1 in Division ‘B’
Bihar defeated Arunachal 1-0 in Division ‘B
– Team Sportstar
SWIMMING
Karnataka emerges victorious at the 41st Sub-Junior National Swimming Championships
Karnataka emerges victorious at the 41st Sub-Junior National Swimming Championships in Bengaluru.
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Karnataka emerges victorious at the 41st Sub-Junior National Swimming Championships in Bengaluru.
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The 41st Sub-Junior National Swimming Championships concluded today at the Basavangudi Aquatic Centre in Bengaluru, with Karnataka emerging as the overall champions. The host state secured the top spot with a total of 104 points, while Manipur was the runner-up with 81 points.
Results:
Boys –
100m Backstroke
A P Arya Sathar (Tamil Nadu) 1:05.53
Krishiv Doshi (Madhya Pradesh) 1:05.74
Hemanshu Nahakpam (Manipur) 1:08.90
100m Freestyle
Koijam Athoiba Singh (Manipur) 58.59
Hemanshu Nahakpam (Manipur) 59.75
A P Arya Sathar (Tamil Nadu) 1:00.79
400m Freestyle
N Pavan Krishnaa (Karnataka) 4:40.83
Virat Vardhan (Delhi) 4:44.07
Krishiv Doshi (Madhya Pradesh) 4:44.62
200m Medley Relay
Uttar Pradesh (Raj Yadav, Nitesh Nishad, Avinash Nishad, Ansh Pratap Singh) 2:09.39
Manipur (Soram Pietersen, Laitonjam Punghen, Mangalsana Thangjam, Koijam Athoiba Singh) 2:09.77
Tamil Nadu (A P Arya Sathar, N Rohith, Mohit Rajan B, Jitesh Mohana Krishnan) 2:10.75
Girls
100m Backstroke
Alfiya M (Tamil Nadu) 1:10.70
Serena Saroha (Haryana) 1:11.84
Annika Goplani (Maharashtra) 1:13.36
100m Freestyle
Purvi Ritesh Naik (Goa) 1:04.40
Stuti Singh (Karnataka) 1:04.49
Amatullah Dholakwala (Maharashtra) 1:05.30
400m Freestyle
Nyra Bopanna Kalengada (Karnataka) 4:53.96
Purvi Ritesh Naik (Goa) 4:54.63
Annika Goplani (Maharashtra) 4:55.38
200m Medley Relay
Karnataka (Nyra Bopanna Kalengada, Drithi Abhilash, Shwiti Diwakar Suvarna, Stuti Singh) 2:16.71
Tamil Nadu (M Alfiya, J Sri Harshini, Sai Meera Janarthan Janani, R R Poshika) 2:19.57
Gujarat (Parina Kirtan Shah, Smriti Singh, Hiranshi Vikramsingh, Neer Siddharth Shah) 2:20.14
– Team Sportstar
SQUASH
PSA Challenger: Lap Man Au knocks out Tomotaka Endo
Lap Man Au of Hong Kong knocked out the second seed Tomotaka Endo of Japan 5-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 14-12 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the HCL PSA Challenger squash tournament at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium on Tuesday.
While none of the Indian players made it to the quarterfinals of the men’s event, Pooja Aarti, Shamina Riaz, Anjalli Semwal and Tanvi Khanna made the women’s quarterfinals.
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
Men: Yassin Shahody (Egy) bt Ayaan Ali 7-11, 11-1, 11-6, 13-11; Naoki Hayashi (Jpn) bt Harley Lam (Hkg) 11-8, 12-14, 11-9, 11-9; Saif Rafay (Egy) bt Suraj Chand 12-10, 11-7, 11-5; Darrren Pragasam (Mas) bt Diwakar Singh 11-3, 11-3, 11-6; Ravindu Laskiri (Sri) bt Aryaveer Dewan 11-9, 11-4, 7-11, 11-3; Karim Aguib (Can) bt Om Semwal 11-7, 15-13, 11-4; Mohamed Gohar (Egy) bt Sandhesh Ravikumar 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-5; Lap Man Au (Hkg) bt Tomotaka Endo (Jpn) 5-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 14-12.
Women: Nour Khafagi (Egy) bt Mahak Talati 11-2, 11-1, 11-3; Pooja Aarti bt Janet Vidhi 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Shamina Riaz bt Anika Dubey 11-8, 11-1, 10-12m 12-10; Akari Midorikawa (Jpn) bt Unnati Tripath 1-3, 11-9, 7-11, 11-2; Goh Jin Juan (Mas) bt Sunita Patel 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Anjali Semwal bt Isha Srivastava 3-11, 11-3, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9; Tanvi Khanna bt Ratika Seelan 11-5, 11-3, 11-1; Menna Walid (Egy) bt Aradhana Podwal 11-8, 11-7, 11-9.
– Team Sportstar
GOLF
Young Anshul Kabthiyal in joint lead
Young Anshul Kabthiyal led along with three others Amardeep Malik, Angad Cheema and Karandeep Kochhar with a 3-under 69 in the first round of the Coal India Open Rs.1 crore golf championship at the Kensville Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.
“I hardly missed a green today. I struck the ball well. The putting was also good. My best moment was recovery for birdie on the 14th after landing my tee shot in the trees,” said Anshul.
The scores (first round):
1T. Karandeep Kochhar, Anshul Kabthiyal, Angad Cheema, Amardeep Malik 69; 5T. Yuvraj Sandhu, Manoj S, Om Prakash Chouhan, Ravi Kumar 70; 9T. Federico Zucchetti, Arjun Prasad, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Aniket Sawant, K Prabagaran, N Thangaraja, Khalin Joshi, Shankar Das, Abhinav Lohan 71.
– Team Sportstar
BOXING
7 Indian boxers assured of medals at U19 Asian Boxing C’ships
Indian boxers continued their march towards a significant medal count at the U19 and U22 Asian Boxing Championships with seven women pugilists assuring themselves of a podium finish here on Tuesday.
Competing in the U-19 category, Yakshika (51kg), Nisha (54kg), Muskan (57kg), Vini (60kg), Nisha (65kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg) and Aarti Kumari (75kg) reached the semifinals of their respective weight classes.
India is already assured of over a dozen medals in the U22 category and the contingent will be looking to bag as many gold medals as possible in the business end of the competition.
Yakshika began India’s march in the last four stage with a hard-fought 3:2 split decision victory in the 51kg bout over Mukhtasar Alieva of Uzbekistan before Nisha showed her attacking prowess to force the referee to stop the bout against Milana Shikhshabekova of Kyrgyzstan in the 54kg contest.
Muskan then came to the party and earned a unanimous decision against Robiya Ravshanova of Uzbekistan in the 57kg quarterfinals and Vini then forced the referee to stop the bout in the very first round with a flurry of punches to knock out Adelia Asylbek Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan.
In the evening session, Nisha was the first to add another medal to India’s growing tally as she dominated the three rounds against Yu-En Li of Chinese Taipei for a unanimous verdict in the 65kg quarterfinals.
Akansha then packed off Enkhgerel Gerelmunkh of Mongolia in the very first round in the 70kg bout to force a RSC before Aarti wrapped up the day with a 4:1 win over Zarina Tolybai of Kazakhstan.
Suman Kumari was the only Indian boxer to miss out as she went down 2:3 in a very close contest against Maftuna Musurmonova of Uzbekistan in the 48kg category.
-PTI
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