Indian sports activities information wrap, September 29

GOLF

Rashid lies tied second, Kapur seventh in Mercuries Taiwan Masters

India’s Rashid Khan performed an eventful first spherical and shot a advantageous five-under 67 to lie one-shot off the lead on the Mercuries Taiwan Masters golf match right here on Thursday.

Rashid, a two-time winner on the Asian Tour, was one shot behind defending champion Wang Wei-hsiang, who picked up from the place he left in final 12 months’s occasion with a six-under 66.

It was a great day for the Indians, as Shiv Kapur, who opened final week’s occasion in Chinese language Taipei with an eight-under card, was as soon as once more strong within the first spherical right here with a four-under 68 that positioned him at T-7.

Veer Ahlawat (69) was T-13 whereas Udayan Mane, Rahil Gangjee and S Chikkarangappa had been T-19 with 70 every. SSP Chawrasia (71) was T-27 as had been Honey Baisoya and M Dharma.

4 different Indians, Aman Raj, Khalin Joshi, Viraj Madappa and Ajeetesh Sandhu shot 73 every and had been T-54, whereas Karandeep Kochhar (74) was T-74.

-PTI

FOOTBALL

Indian Girls’s U-17 crew’s match in opposition to Andorra known as off because of unhealthy climate

The Indian Girls’s U-17 crew’s match in opposition to Andorra U-17 on Thursday was known as off because of heavy rainfall and unhealthy climate in Andorra.

It was speculated to be second match of the continuing publicity tour to Spain. The crew had earlier misplaced to Sweden Underneath-17 aspect 1-3.

The publicity tour to Spain was deliberate by the All India Soccer Federation as a part of preparations for the upcoming FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup slated to kick off on October 11 in India.

– Staff Sportstar

MOTORSPORT

Akbar Ebrahim re-elected as FMSCI President

Akbar Ebrahim was re-elected because the president of the Federation of Motor Sports activities Golf equipment of India, the nationwide governing physique for the game, at its Annual Common Assembly held in Chennai on Thursday.

Ebrahim, representing Meco Motorsport, shall be serving a 3rd time period of two years, following his stints in 2016-18 and 2020-22. Earlier this 12 months, he was elected president of the FIA Worldwide Karting Fee.

Gautam B Shantappa, representing the Karnataka Motor Sports activities Membership, was elected Vice-President.

– Staff Sportstar

HOCKEY

Nehru U-17 ladies match: Naharkatia NHS thrashes Deoni’s Authorities Excellence College 23-0

Milka Surin and Sunita Rajput scored 18 targets between them and powered Naharkatia New Excessive College, Assam, to a 23-0 victory over Authorities Excellence College, Deoni, in a group-A preliminary league match of the Charanjit Rai twenty eighth Nehru under-17 ladies hockey match on the Shivaji Stadium on Thursday.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

CHESS

World Chess Championship: Radjabov ends Arjun’s fightback

After a superb fightback, Arjun Erigaisi surrendered to Teimour Radjabov within the Armageddon sport and bowed out of the Chess.com World chess championship.

Within the four-game fast part, Radjabov took the lead by profitable the second sport. He missed an opportunity to shut the match within the third sport that noticed Arjun pressure a dramatic draw.

Within the fourth sport, the place Arjun confronted a must-win state of affairs to pressure the Armageddon sport, the Indian teenager gained on demand.

Within the tie-deciding Armageddon sport, the place Radjabov bid for 14 minutes and virtually opted to play with white items, he slowly outplayed Arjun for a 3-2 verdict.

Within the pre-quarterfinals, lone Indian Nihal Sarin will play China’s No. 1 Ding Liren.

Vaishali finishes joint sixth

In the meantime, R. Vaishali let Russian contender and eventual runner-up Aleksandra Goryachkina off the hook earlier than their closing spherical led to a 67-move draw within the FIDE girls’s Grand Prix chess match in Astana (Kazakhstan) on Thursday.

Vaishali (5 factors) completed tied sixth within the 11-round occasion.

Kateryna Lagno (8) gained the title.

-Rakesh Rao

SHOOTING

Vivaan, Shreyasi bow out of Shotgun World Championship

Vivaan Kapoor and Shreyasi Singh shot 140 and missed the blended lure second stage by two factors within the Shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia, on Thursday.

Viaan shot 72 and Shreyasi had 68, because the crew positioned fifteenth. The opposite Indian pair of Prithviraj Tondaiman and Manisha Keer shot 138 with equal share of 69 every, and ended up twenty fourth amongst 56 groups.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Bopanna into quaterfinals of $1,019,855 ATP tennis match

Rohan Bopanna, seeded No.1 with Matwe Middelkoop, scored a 4-6, 7-6(5), [10-5] victory overDenys Molchanov and Franko Skugor within the doubles quarterfinals of the $1,019,855 ATP tennis match in Tel Aviv on Thursday.

Within the $1,237,570 ATP occasion in Seoul, Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni beat the third seeds Diego Hidalgo and Cristian Rodriguea 6-3, 6-4. They are going to face high seeds Raven Klaasen and Nathaniel Lammons within the semifinals.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Shagun into Asian under-16 tennis match

Shagun Kumari beat Ridhima Singh 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 to arrange a title conflict in opposition to high seed Jaya Kapoor within the Asian under-16 tennis match on the Vijayant Khand Stadium on Thursday.

Jaya Kapoor put herself in line for a double as she gained the doubles title with Shagun Kumari.

Within the boys part, high seed Aditya Mor will play Aradhya Kshitij within the closing. Aditya gained the doubles title with Praneel Sharma.

-Kamesh Srinivasan