Indian Sports Wrap, February 24: Roundglass Hockey Academy wins the Punjab League

HOCKEY

Punjab Hockey League: Roundglass Hockey Academy Bat Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Hockey Academy to Win Title

The Spell Hockey Academy beat Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) Hockey Academy 6-0 in the last championship match and emerged the champion of the Punjab Hockey League at the Surjit stadium in Jalandhar on Monday.

The Rond-Verre was tied with the Surjit Hockey Academy with 23 points of 10 games, but exceeded the table due to its best goals difference from 30 to 22.

The Namdhari Sports Academy finished third, while the SGPC Academy ranked fourth in front of the Punjab sports teams in Mohali and Ludhiana in the six -team competition.

The champion and finalist won 200,000 rupees and 100,000 rupees respectively. The third in the sixth teams shared 150,000 rupees with each other.

Varling Singh was declared the “best player” in the league. Jarman Singh and Gursahil Singh were tried respectively the “best striker” and the “best goalkeeper”. Navraj Singh and Sukhdev Singh were declared the “best defenders” respectively.

The prices were given by the Olympians Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Mukhbam Singh, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Chand Singh, Rajinder Singh and the secretary general of hockey Punjab, Amrik Singh Powar.

-Kamesh srinivasan

TENNIS

ITFOMEN tournament of $ 40,000: Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari To manage

With the main draw featuring 48 players, this is a good opportunity for marginal players to participate in the women’s tennis tournament of $ 40,000 during the game of the Ahmedabad Tennis Foundation from Tuesday.

With the 16 best players obtaining a Bye in the first round in a 64 draw, Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari have repercussions to keep their energy, among the Indian players.

Anjali Rathi infused more life in the ranks while she was beating the second seeded Maria Kalyakkina 7-6 (1), 6-2 in the second and last qualification round. She will play Weronika Ewald in Poland in the first round of the main event.

Akanksha Niture, Humera Baharmus, Sonal Patil and Smriti Bhasin were the other Indian players to qualify for the main draw.

The tennis of Indian women would aspire to produce the quality of the quantity while 18 players try to play their best game for collective progress.

With the eight best players led by Arina Rodionova of Australia and Carlota Cirez of Spain, appearing in the first 300 in the world ranking, the rest of the field would receive an in -depth verification on the quality of his game.

Overall, it should be an entertaining tennis week that would perhaps serve as good preparation for the Indian team as the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania event planned in Pune in April.

Sowing:

1. Arina Rodionova (aus), 2. Carlota Cirez (ESP), 3. Ekaterina Makarova, 4. Mei Yamaguchi (JPN), 5. Haruka Kaji (JPN), 6. 6. Amandine Hesse (Fra), 7. 8 . Tkacheva.

-Kamesh srinivasan

GOLF

Mane, gandas among the Indians at the head of the poster of Chhattisgarh Ope

Udayan Mane, Amandeep Johl, Chhattisgarh Dy. Head Minister Arun Sao and Om Prakash Chouan unveiled the Open Golf Trophy of Chhattisgarh in Raipur on Monday. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

Some of the main professionals Om Prakash Chouhan, Udayan Mane, Rashid Khan, Manu Gandas, Aman Raj and S Chikkarangappa, with the exception of 13 foreign players, seven countries, including the very efficient Bangladesh High Stations will compete with the RS Open the championship Golf to the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort from Tuesday.

“I am delighted to support the staging of the very first professional golf event in Chhattisgarh in association with PGTI. This event will promote the state as an attractive golf destination and will place it firmly on the international golf card. This will inspire the grassy golfers of the state to dream of great and target high, “said Vice-Minister of Chhattisgarh on Monday, Arun Sao during a press conference.

The president of PGTI, the former cricket captain Kapil Dev, thanked the government of Chhattisgarh and the title sponsor South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) for the support and sharing of the vision of “Growing Professional Golf in the country”.

The journey of the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort is beautifully located on the shores of Lake Jhanjh and surrounded by a forest of 500 acres. The peer for the 18 -hole course is 69 years. The top 50 players and links will cut after two laps in a solid field of 123 professionals and three amateurs.

-Kamesh srinivasan