Indian Sports Wrap, January 24: Indian GM Iniyan wins the title in Malaysia

CHESS

GM Iniyan wins the title of international chess of Johor in Malaysia

The Grand Master Indian Iniyan Panteerselvam won the 9th title of the International Chess of Johor Open in Malaysia with a dominant performance.

The 22 -year -old Erode man at Tamil Nadu accumulated 8.5 points in nine games. He finished 1.5 points ahead of his nearest rival, winning against four international masters and a great master.

The Nine Rounds tournament, which ended on Thursday, had 84 eight countries participants, 24 of whom were titled Players.

In fact, at the end of the penultimate lap where he beat the Indonesian Im Nayaka Budhidharma, Iniyan had already obtained the title because he was 1.5 points ahead in the point table.

Iniyan beat Vietnamese GM Nguyen Van Huy during the final round in an impressive performance.

Indian Im Vs Raahul and Chinese IM Li Bo finished second and third respectively.

Iniyan, who won the Chennai Open earlier in January, obtained 15 notation points for victory in the title.

– PTI

SQUASH

Ghoshal, Shameena Emerge WSC Open Champs

Saurav Ghoshal and Shameena Riaz, both representing the Tamil Nadu, emerged the male and female champions, respectively, in the Willingdon Club Sports Classic Open 2025 four stars, which ended in the WSC Squash short.

Ghoshal, the former 39-year-old Indian squash star, retired international tournaments, sent Suraj Chand chand from Jindal Squash Academy, Vashind 11-3, 11-2, 11-2.

Champions of Willingdon Sports Club Squash Classic Open 2025 | Photo credit: Special arrangement

The youngest and, probably the chand, has never been given Ghoshal’s opportunity to participate in long gatherings while the former ACE continued to find the corners with incredible precision to close the points and finish the match in Shortly.

The female finish, although a little longer and with its moments, was still a unilateral affair between the two united players, Shamima winning it on Akanksha Gupta 11-7, 11-8, 11-4 of the Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu players were even more successful, with Sandesh Pr and Shiven Agarwal winning the titles of the boys U-19 and U-17 respectively. While Sandesh PR rallied after a trembling start to take over Karan Yadav 5-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9, Agarwal was beaten for his money by Jigar Rambhia of Maharashtra. Rambhia, who trains and plays the Juhu vile speaks Gymkhana, made a toe with Agarwal, before losing steam in the decision maker to descend 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11- 7.

Results (all finals):

Men: SAURAV Ghoshal (TN) BT Suraj Chand (1) 11-3, 11-2, 11-2

Women 11-7, 11-8, 11-4

Boys U-19: Sandesh Pr (TN) Bt Karan Yadav (UP) 5-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9.

Boys U-17 final: Shiven Agarwal (TN) Bt Purav Rambhia (Mah) 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7.

-Pragieux Sportstar

SOCCER

Maheson

Maheson Singh Tongbram Signs for Chennaiyin FC. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

The ISL Chennaiyin FC club confirmed the signature of Maheson Singh Tongbram on Friday.

Maheson, a talented defensive midfielder from Manipur, was a star in the age group teams, playing a key role in the triumph of the 2019 U-15 SAF-5 championship of the U-5 team and later contributing to the U-2022 SAFF of the U-20 team of the U-20 of the U-20 20 Victory in the championship.

TENNIS

NECC $ 75,000 Women’s tennis tournament from January 26

Darja Semenista de Latvia will be the seeded of the female tennis tournament of $ 75,000 NECC at $ 75,000 to play courts Deccan Gymkhana from January 26 to February 1.

The tournament went from an event of $ 5,000 in 2001 to the current stature of its 24th edition, supported by the same sponsor, National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), all along.

“Next year, we plan to celebrate the tournament’s money jubilee by upgrading it to an event of $ 100,000,” said the secretary of the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), Sound Iyer.

“The event benefits from the distinction of being one of the oldest international tournaments in the world with the same NECC sponsor, after the initiative of Ms. Anurdha Desai 24 years ago,” said the tournament director, Vikrant Sane.

Emma Raducanu, Aryna Sabalenka, Bojana Jovanovski, Magda Linette, Kateryna Bondarenko, Moyuka Uchijima are some of the champions of this tournament which had become champions of the Grand Slam or who reached the top 50 of the world.

Sara Bejlek, Panna Udvardy, Kathinka.

-Kamesh srinivasan

Junior tennis Itf: Arjun beats Damir in the semi-finals to keep the Indian hopes alive

Arjun Rathi kept Indian hopes by beating Damir Zhalgasbay from Kazakhstan 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Bengal Tennis Complex Association Friday.

In the final, Arjun will play Jan Chlodnicki from Poland. The girls’ final will be between Victoria Milovanova and Polina Kuharenko.

-Kamesh srinivasan

ITF male tennis: qualification manas loses against Italian tobacco

The qualifier Manas Dhamne was beaten 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 by Fausto Tabacco of Italy in the pre -quarts of the $ 15,000 male tennis tournament in Manacor, Spain.

Manas also made the double semi-finals with Rocco Piatti.

-Kamesh srinivasan

Filming

Digvijay Singh Shotgun Championship: Rituraj wins gold

Rituraj Singh Bundela defeated Gurjoat Khangura 19-18 during the gold shot after the two were tied out of 55 in the final of the male skeet of the third hunting rifle championship Digvijay Singh at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Friday.

It was a commendable price from Rituraj, who qualified in sixth place with 118, after winning the shot against the holder of the world record Angad Vir Singh Bajwa.

The silver medalist of Asian games, the Olympian Annantjeet Singh Naruka won bronze before the Topper of qualification Mairaj Ahmad Khan (123), Harmehar Singh Lally and Abhay Singh Sekhon.

The gold medalist of the world university championship and the national defending champion Bhavtegh Singh Gill fired 116 and missed the final with two points.

In the women’s section, Ganemat Sekhhon beat the Topper Raiza Dhillon qualification (118) 56-53 for gold. Darshna Rathore won Karttiki Singh Shaktawat bronze, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Mansi Raghuwanshi.

Olympian Maheshwari Chauhan was not in his best form and fired 105 for 11th place.

-Kamesh srinivasan

More sports

Nayana de Telangana completes the golden hat -trick at KHELO India winter games

At just 15 years old, Nayana Sri Talluri de Telangana has marked the story by winning a hat -trick of gold medals in fast skating at the Khelo India winter games after obtaining the first yellow metal in this edition 2 of the competition here Friday.

Nayana, who won the same medal in the under -17 category last year, dominated the short female track event of 500 m, obstructing 1: 01.35 seconds. She left behind her competitors from Karnataka and Maharashtra, continuing her sequence of victories from Kiwg 2023 in Gulmarg.

“It was a golden hat -trick for me since I won in Gulmarg in 2023. I feel very good,” Nayana told Sai Media.

Nayana’s success is the result of building his growing experience. She had shot two gold medals at Kiwg 2024, which presented both under 17 and 17 categories, and won a 3000m female relay in the short -term speed skating championship in 2024 in Jakarta.

“(In Jakarta), there were participants from different countries, which is great, but playing in our own country is entirely different. This year, I’m back on the ice for the first time, and it’s a nostalgic feeling to be back in Ladakh, “she said.

The Tamil Nadu guru, Harshan H, 14, made his solid debut during his first long Kiwg track, finishing second.

Harshan followed the Harshith K of Karnataka, which won the second gold of the day at Gupuks Pond, with Sachin Singh of Haryana taking third place.

Although Harshan had a solid performance, the thin air of Ladakh affected his performance.

“I could not do my best,” said Harshan, adding that the surface of the Gupuk was also difficult to manage, because he is used to skating on artificial ice.

In 2019, Harshan set up a bronze in the open event in the under 10 category organized by the Ice Skating Association of India.

Harshan also participated in the third winter games of Khelo India in Gulmarg in short speed skating in 2023.

The ice hockey competition also proves to be a learning curve for teams like Haryana, Maharashtra, Chandigarh and Rajasthan.

The best teams like Army, ITBP and Ladakh have so far had a smooth navigation in the competition.

-Pti