HANDBALL
Asian Women’s Handball Championship 2024: India begins campaign against Hong Kong
Hosts India will aspire to give their best in the 20th Asian Women’s Handball Championship to be played at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from Tuesday when they open their campaign against Hong Kong at 6 p.m. STI.
The team had a training camp at the SAI Center in Gandhinagar and showed confidence to demonstrate their improvement from the last edition where they had placed sixth.
World handball giant Korea, a 16-time champion and two-time Olympic champion, will lead the campaign alongside other top teams from the region in Japan and Kazakhstan.
India were paired with Japan, Hong Kong and Iran in the championship stage. The other group includes Korea, Kazakhstan, China and Singapore.
The top two teams from each of the two groups will qualify for the semi-finals. The top four teams will compete in the World Championship next year.
“The tournament means a lot to our players. They are ready to give their all,” said Indian team coach Sachin Chaudhary. The coach highlighted that the team had a preparatory stay at the SAI Center in Gandhinagar, during which all efforts were made to unite the players into a cohesive unit.
Doordarshan will broadcast the tournament.
Team India
Bhawana, Mitali Sharma, Manika Pal, Nina Shil, Shalini Thakur, Priyanka, Diksha Kumari, Sushma, Sonika.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Snigdha eliminates third seed in ITF junior tournament
Snigdha Kanta eliminated third seed Sara Oliveriusova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in the women’s first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana on Monday.
In the boys’ event, Shanker Heisnam got past fourth seed Roshan Santhosh, as the latter bowed out midway through the second set.
The results (first round):
Boys under 18: Samarth Sahita v Kunanan Pantaratorn (Tha) 7-6(5), 6-3; Vihaan Reddy (United States) against Om Patel 6-3, 6-2; Egor Shcherbakov against Tavish Pahwa 7-5, 6-2; Cody Atkinson (Nzl) against Swaraaj Dhamdhere 6-3, 6-3; Izyan Ahmad (United States) against Pratyaksh 6-3, 6-3; Sehaj Singh Pawar against Taisei Hata (Japan) 6-4, 6-1; Aarjun Pandit against Maximus Zavier Wong (Sgp) 7-5, 6-4; Snir Morag (Isr) against Sriniketh Kannan 6-3, 2-1 (retired); Shanker Heisnam vs. Roshan Santhosh (USA) 6-3, 3-0 (retired); Kandhavel Mahalingam against Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) 7-6 (3), 6-2; Alan Aiukhanov against Aradhya Kshitij 6-2, 6-4.
Girls under 18: Alexandra Bayuschenko (Blr) with Prisha Shinde 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Parthsarthi Mundhe vs Priyanka Rana (USA) 7-6 (2), 7-5; Yasaman Yazdani (Iri) against Anvi Punaganti 6-2, 6-3; Yuzuha Negishi (Jpn) against Harsha Oruganti 6-1, 6-2; Laxmisiri Dandu against Diya Ramesh 6-2, 6-4; Aishwarya Jadhav against Malika Amirgalieva (Kaz) 7-6 (3), 6-4; Nainika Bendram against Riya Sachdeva 6-2, 6-0; Snigdha Kanta against Sara Oliveriusova (Czech Republic) 6-1, 6-4; Sai Janvi against Rio Wakayama (Japan) 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-4; Cocomi Saito (Jpn) against Aakruti Sonkusare 6-3, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Pranavi Urs finishes third in Spain
Pranavi Urs, who placed third in the Ladies European Tour of golf in Spain. | Photo credit: archive photo.
Pranavi Urs, who placed third in the Ladies European Tour of golf in Spain. | Photo credit: archive photo.
Pranavi Urs shot a 4-under 68 on the fourth day and placed third with a 14-under 274 at the Spanish Open Golf in Malaga on Sunday.
This was Pranavi’s best performance, in her first season on the Ladies European Tour (LET), as she pocketed the €42,000 cash prize.
“It was a good week. It was close until the 13th hole. I know where I can potentially be and how well I can play under pressure. I handled the situation quite well,” said Pranavi who rose to 17th rank in the LET Order of Merit.
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda won the title with a score of less than 170, beating Belgium’s Manon De Roey by one shot. The champion won €105,000 and second place took home €63,000.
The results: 1. Carlota Ciganda (Esp) (67,66,66,71) 270; 2. Manon De Roey (Bel) (69, 68, 66, 68) 271; 3. Pranavi Urs (66, 69, 71, 68) 274; 4. Helen Briem (Germany) (66, 69, 71, 69)275; 5T. Patricia Schmidt (German) (66, 72, 69, 69), Andrea Revuelta (Esp0 (71, 70, 64, 71) 276; 7T.
Agathe Sauzon (Fra) (72, 70, 69, 6), Annabel Dimmock (Eng) (70, 69, 68, 70), Pia Babnik (Slo) (67, 7, 72, 71) 277; 16T. Aditi Ashok (70, 71, 70, 70) 281; 42T. Diksha Dagar (71, 72, 69, 75) 287; 70T. Tvesa Malik (72, 75, 77, 72) 296.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
MG University Championships: Manoop, Gowri win 400m gold in contrasting styles
This is a university that has produced star quarter milers like Olympian Anilda Thomas and Asiad relay gold medalist VK Vismaya and expectations were high when the women’s 400m began at the 42nd World Championships. athletics of Mahatma Gandhi University on the badly damaged synthetic track of the Municipal Stadium here on Monday.
With no one to push her, it was a breeze for Gowri Nandana who won the gold medal in 55 seconds and the Alphonsa College student is keen to make her mark on the biggest stage.
“I have a personal best of 54.5 seconds and I want to bring it down to 53.5 next year. I want to do well in the National Games, World University Games and also make the Indian team,” said Gowri, a former trainee of Olympian Mercy Kuttan, coached by Raj Mohan at the SAI-National Center of Excellence in Thiruvananthapuram.
The men’s 400m was a close affair and Mr. Manoop of St. Dominic edged out Saran Shaji of Mar Athanasius to win the gold medal in 47.50s.
Heavy rain spoiled many events this afternoon and J. Akshay, 19, of MA College (personal best 7.50m), coached by MA George, former Commonwealth Games silver medalist, MA George , produced a cautious performance to win the title with 7.29m.
In the women’s 20,000m walk, the top three finishers – Alphonsa’s Sandra Surendran, MA’s Asha Soman and Alphonsa’s MP Maneesha – bettered the five-year-old meet record and in the women’s shot put Megha Mariyam Mathew , who won the 81 kg state boxing title. last week in Kannur, I came away with an easy gold medal.
The results (winners only):
Men: 100m: Ashlin Alexander (Sacred Heart, Thevara) 10.60 s. 400M: M. Manoop (St. Dominic’s) 47.50s. 1500M: S. Indranathan (Mar Athanasius) 3:59.58s. 5000M: Benjamin Babu (St.Berchmans) 15:36.66s. 20,000m walk: Jithin Raj (Mar Athanasius) 1:43:58.50s. Long jump: J. Akshay (Mar Athanasius) 7.29 m. High jump: KS Shalbin (St. Berchmans) 1.95 m. Pole vault: Alan Biju (St. Dominic’s) 4.20 m. Shot put: Don Biju (Mar Athanasius) 12.08 m. Discus throw: Alint Prince Ninan (St. Berchmans) 34.67 m. Javelin throw: PK Praveen (St. Berchmans) 52.65 m.
Women: 100m: VS Bhavika (Maharaja) 11.80 s. 400M: Gowri Nandana (Alphonsa) 55h00. 1500M: Shivanki (Alphonsa) 4:51.20s. 5000M: CM Rashi (Alphonsa) 19: 03.66 s. 100m hurdles: Aparna K. Nair (Alphonsa) 14.13 s. 20,000 m walk: Sandra Surendran (Alphonsa) 1:46:36.00s MR, OR 1:54:19.50. Shot put: Megha Mariyam Mathew (Alphonsa) 12.72 m. Hammer throw: Ann Mary Joseph (Alphonsa) 42.80 m.
-Stan Ryan
BASKETBALL
National youth basketball: Haryana boys enter quarters
Haryana boys beat Chandigarh 105-94 in a high-scoring Group B match to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Youth Basketball Championships at the Sabuj Sathi Indoor Stadium here on Monday.
From level 1, the teams ranked fourth will compete in the pre-quarter-finals.
From level 2 onwards, Delhi boys and girls along with Telangana girls and Maharashtra boys have qualified to play the pre-quarter-finals.
Select results:
Boys: Group A: Telangana 77 (Sai Dhairya Mani 19, Dhruv Boppana 14, Aadvik Reddy 13, Reyhan Ellore 10) bt Tamil Nadu 57 (Yadesh Kumar 15, Aakash 11, Sujeeth US 10); Group B: Haryana 105 (Veer Singh 35, Chirag 20, Ajay 17) by Chandigarh 94 (Yash 34, Sachin 22, Nikhil 21), Rajasthan 101 (Piyush Choudhary 27, Mohammed Raza Khan 25, Bupendra Singh Rathore 23) by Kerala 75 (Abhishek Pradeep 25, Millen Jose Mathew 22, Niajal Jacob 11, Kannan Sugunan 11), Uttar Pradesh 69 (Sumit Kumar Singh 10, Sujai Dhariwal 10) and Punjab 59 (Ajitinder Singh 15, Fate Jeet Singh 12, Manjot Singh 10).
Girls: Group A: Rajasthan 62 (Kritika Khatik 22, Jaya Dadhich 16, Divyanshi Sharma 12) bt Madhya Pradesh 57 (Ayushi Yadav 16, Vaishnavi Gupta 13, Bhoomi Prakash 10), Tamil Nadu 80 (Jefrin A. 18, Sumitra Devi 15 ), Angelina Arun George 15, Bhavani P. 11) bt Maharashtra 47 (Reva Kulkarni 13), Uttar Pradesh 67 (Anshika Sharma 32, Pragya Singh 14) but Rajasthan 65 (Samiksha Kesvani 16, Kritika Khatik 12, Jaya Dadich 11, Divyanshi Sharma 10); Group B: Karnataka 92 (Adi Subramanian 23, Nidhi Umesh 22, Nilaaya Reddy 12) vs Gujarat 37 (Dinal Vith Thani 10, Vidhiben Baria 10), Punjab 71 (Gagandeep Kaur 22, Samira Singh 14, Gurasees Kaur 14, K. Vanshika 13) bt Haryana 28. Maharashtra 57 (Reya Kulkarni 25, Pranitha 17) but Uttar Pradesh 35 (Pragya Singh 10).
Group B: Kerala 69 (Liya Maria 23, Arthika 10, Diya Biju 10) vs Haryana 50 (Gariha 11, Ada Khajana 11).
-YB Sarangi
HOCKEY
Yuvraj Walmiki and Pardeep Singh guide RSPB to 5-3 victory over Comptroller and Auditor General XI
Yuvraj Walmiki and Pardeep Singh scored two goals each to help Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) secure a 5-3 victory over Comptroller and Auditor General XI in a quarter-final championship match of the 60th SNBP Hockey Tournament Nehru at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday.
The RSPB have confirmed their place in the semi-finals.
The results (league quarter-finals):
Army XI 5 (Budu Tuti 2, Gaurav Bhagtani, Sunil Xaxa, Jobanpreet Singh) bt Central Board of Direct Taxes 0.
RSPB 5 (Yuvraj Walmiki 2, Pardeep Singh 2, Surdarshan Singh) bt Comptroller and Auditor General XI 3 (NM Surya 2, Parmod).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
