HOCKEY
Haryana qualifies for quarterfinals of senior men’s national championships
Haryana, two-time champions and last year’s runners-up, asserted their authority with an 8-0 victory over Mizoram in a Pool B match of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship at the SDAT-Mayor Stadium Radhakrishnan here on Monday, cementing his place. in the last eight.
Mizoram fought back in the first two quarters, keeping Haryana largely at bay.
From the third quarter, Haryana upped the ante. Current Indian Junior World Cup winner Rohit, 20, turned out to be Haryana’s star, scoring four goals. Tuesday is a rest day and the quarterfinals will take place on Wednesday.
The results:
Punjab vs Manipur; Haryana v Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu versus Uttar Pradesh; »Karnataka vs Odisha.
Composition of the quarter-finals:
Pool A: Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 3 (Aman Sharma 2, Mohd. Sadiq 26, Arvind Yadav 59) vs Chhattisgarh 1 (Roshanjeet Minz 15).
B: Haryana 8 (Pardeep Singh Mor 4, Rohit 31, 34, 47, 58, Joginder Singh 41, Amit Chahal 52, Rajinder Singh 57) bt Mizoram 0.; Telangana 5 (Venkatesh Telugu 2, 38, Sandeep Subedar 3, 18, Ravi Teja Cheepati 52) bt Himachal 4 (Ayush 11, Harsh 37, Abhishek 52, Kumar Vishal 55).
G: Goa 6 (Suyesh Mayekar 2, Vasu Dev 7, Ayyaz Khan 17, Abhishek Pathak 29, Issub Sayed 39, 60) bt Gujarat 0.
H: Manipur 10 (Ganendrajith Ningombam 3, Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang 10, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam 13, Laishram Dipu Singh 14, 27, 26, Bhakar Ningomban 45, Ningombam Jenjen Singh 46, Moriangthem Dhananjay Meetei 52, 54) bt Assam 0.
-K. Keethivasan
GOLF
Sharma finishes 32nd as Warring takes title in Abu Dhabi
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma produced his best card of the week, a superb under-65, in the final round to finish tied for 32nd position at the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championships. After 71-73 on the first two days, Sharma had a great weekend as his last two rounds of 66 and 65 had an eagle each.
On the final day, Sharma, who retained his DP World card, made seven birdies, an eagle and two bogeys.
Paul Waring held off an exceptional chasing pack to win the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship and claim his first Rolex Series title.
The Englishman showed nerves of steel in his bogey-free closing 66 as he reached 24 under par and two shots ahead of four-time Rolex Series winner Tyrrell Hatton with the Race leader to Dubai Rory McIlroy, the Englishman Matt Wallace and the Dane Thorbjørn Olesen. pulled further back.
Waring had taken control of the first event of the new DP World Tour Play-Offs with a course-record 61 at Yas Links on Friday, but saw his five-shot lead at halfway cut to one as he recorded a 73 a day later.
-PTI
TENNIS
ITF Masters 700: Bhavesh Gour beats Lakshit Sood in men’s over-30 final
Some of the champions of the ITF Masters tennis tournament in Indore. | Photo credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Some of the champions of the ITF Masters tennis tournament in Indore. | Photo credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Bhavesh Gour beat second seed Lakshit Sood 4-6, 7-6 (6), (10-8) in the men’s over-30 final of the ITF Masters 700 tennis tournament at the Indore Tennis Club.
Alice Joy dominated in winning the women’s over-40 title for a one-match loss in the tournament.
The results (final):
Men: Over 30: Bhavesh Gour vs Lakshit Sood 4-6, 7-6(6), (10-8).
Over 35: Jitin Bishnoi against Madhav Patidar 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Over 40: Riyaz Ahmed against Indra Kumar Mahajan 0-6, 7-5, (10-5).
Over 45: Swarandeep Singh Dhodi v Tapan Sharma 6-3, 6-2.
Over 50: Nitten Kirrtane against Jagdish Tanwar 6-4, 6-4.
Over 55: Pawan Kapoor v Ram Kumar Prasad 6-4, 6-1.
Over 60: Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah against Chandra Bhushan 6-4, 6-4.
Over 65: Ashok Ray v Ajeet Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-0.
Over 70: AJS Chhatwal v George Thomas 6-0, 6-1.
Over 75: Narendra Janweja v Ashok Jindel 2-2 (retired).
Women: Over 35: Akshitha Basavaraju against Tulsi Mehta 6-0, 6-3.
Over 40: Alice Joy against Sandhyarani Bandgar 6-0, 6-0.
Over 45: Prerana Apte against Arti Ganesh 2-6, 6-4, (10-7).
Over 50: Neelam Chopra against Vibha Choudhary 6-4, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Aryan to open ITF men’s tournament against Dheeraj
Aryan Shah will start against qualifier Dheeraj Srinivasan in the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament to be played at the MSLTA Complex starting Tuesday.
Aryan, 18, who was inducted into the Davis Cup team in the last match against Sweden, was the best player among the Indians in the last tournament in Bhubaneswar, where he lost in the semi-final against eventual champion Dalibor Svrcina.
National champion Rethin Pranav, a quarter-finalist last week, will start against Dev Javia. Ramkumar Ramanathan, S Mukund, Siddharth Vishwakarma, Manish Sureshkumar, Karan Singh, Vishnu Vardhan, SD Prajwal Dev, Manas Dhamne and Sidharth Rawat will be some of the leading Indian actors who will try to capitalize on an event in a familiar environment.
Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan was seeded ahead of Dalibor Svrcina, adding to the strength of the field.
Yuvan Nandal, Ishaque Eqbal, Rishi Reddy, Dheeraj Srinivasan, Vishnu Vardhan, Udit Kamboj, Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam and M Rifqi Fitriadi of Indonesia made the main draw by winning two rounds in the qualifying event.
Seedlings:
1. Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb), 2. Dalibor Svrcina (Cze), 3. Ramkumar Ramanathan, 4. S Mukund, 5. Bogdan Bobrov, 6. Egor Agafonov, 7. Karan Singh, 8. Siddharth Vishwakarma.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SOCCER
Ashfaq and Ivana win Kerala Sports Journalists Association Best Athlete Awards
Quartermilers Muhammed Ashfaq of GV Raja Sports School and Ivana Tomy of Thalassery SAI were on Monday adjudged the best male and female athletes in Kerala State School Games athletics by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Kerala (KSJA).
The awards, in memory of UH Siddique (Sports Journalist, Suprabhatham, Boys’ Award) and PT Baby (Sports Editor, Mathrubhumi, Girls’ Award), were presented by former Indian football captain IM Vijayan at the Maharaja Stadium the last day of school. Games here.
Ashfaq, 17, broke the senior men’s 400m record and also won gold in the 400m hurdles, while Ivana, 14, clocked an impressive 57.71 seconds while winning the junior title women’s 400m.
The prizes were accompanied by a cash prize of Rs 5,000 each, presented by Ayisha Tanya, Director, Meeran Group.
-Stan Ryan
