HOCKEY
Skipper Pragya Mourya (2) and Raju Ranwa scored the objectives in guiding Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF) to a 3-0 victory over Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) in a group-C league match of the Nehru ladies’s hockey event on the Shivaji Stadium on Tuesday.
The outcomes (league):
CRPF (Pragya Mourya 2, Raju Ranwa) bt SAI, Delhi 3-0
Railway Sports activities Promotion Board (Gagandeep Kaur, Aishwarya Chavan, Preeti Dubey, Shilpi Dabas, Anupa Barla) bt Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy, Amritsar (Tanya) 5-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
AITA ladies’s event
Qualifier Kanupriya Rajawat beat fifth seed Shefali Arora 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 within the pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA ladies’s tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Tuesday.
Within the quarterfinals, Kanupriya will face prime seed Kavya Khirwar who cruised previous Smita Walhekar for the lack of one recreation.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals): Kavya Khirwar bt Smita Walhekar 6-0, 6-1; Manupriya Rajawat bt Shefali Arora 2-6, 7-5, 6-3; Rachita Talwar bt Muskan Prajapati 6-0, 6-1; Riya Sachdeva bt Sanjami Arora 6-3, 6-2; Radhika Yadav bt Diya Tyagi 6-1, 6-0; Shruti Gupta bt Chahat Duhan 6-4, 6-2; Tamanna Panwar bt Ritu Rai 6-4, 4-1 (conceded); Riya Uboveja bt Poorvi Bhatt 6-3, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF ladies’s event
Qualifier Peangtarn Plipuech of Thailand beat Karman Kaur Thandi 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 within the first spherical of the $100,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event in Dubai on Tuesday.
A victory for Karman would have fetched her a gathering with the previous top-10 participant, Kristina Mladenovic of France.
The outcomes:
$100,000 ITF ladies, Dubai, UAE
Singles (first spherical): Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Karman Kaur Thandi 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL-
Ibrahim Nurudeen struck a brace to information Actual Kashmir to a 2-1 win over Sreenidi Deccan in a sixth-round match of the I-League, right here on Tuesday.
The ‘Snow Leopards’ trailed till the hour mark after Sreenidi Deccan struck by means of Asheer Akhtar within the twelfth minute however the dwelling facet made a outstanding comeback to notch up its fifth win of the season on the TRC Stadium Nurudeen restored parity within the 61st minute by changing from the spot and scored the winner within the stoppage time handy his facet all of the three factors.
The win noticed Actual Kashmir keep their prime spot within the I-League desk with 16 factors. They unbeaten this season with 5 wins and one draw.
“The boys merely lived as much as the event and gave their greatest to maintain the flag of Snow Leopards flying,” stated RKFC coach Mehrajuddin Wadoo.
“It was a formidable problem to beat a staff like Sreenidi Deccan. The staff performed exceptionally nicely to stage a comeback after being down 0-1 within the first half,” stated RKFC chairman Sandeep Chattoo.
-PTI
Gokularm Kerala returns dwelling with excessive hopes
A return to the house floor, the Gokulam Kerala males have to be hoping, may also mark a return to type. They’re mendacity fifth within the desk, after being held 1-1 by Kenkre of their final match.
They need to be eager to take full factors off Sudeva Delhi on the Malappuram Districts Sports activities Complicated Stadium in Manjeri on Wednesday. They can’t be happy with something much less from a match in opposition to an opponent but to keep away from a defeat in 4 makes an attempt.
Gokulam Kerala coaching forward of its I-League match in opposition to Sudeva Delhi.
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Gokulam, the champion for the final two years, may also be determined to attain some objectives. It has netted simply three objectives from 5 video games.
Gokulam is on eight factors – that’s eight behind the table-topper Actual Kashmir. Sreenidi Deccan is on 12, adopted by RoundGlass Punjab and Rajasthan United, who’ve 10 factors every.
-P.Ok. Ajith Kumar
Inaugural Seashore soccer Nationwide Championship set to be held in Surat in February
The inaugural Seashore Soccer Nationwide Championship is ready to be held in Surat in February subsequent yr.
The Seashore soccer Committee of the All India Soccer Federation on Tuesday beneficial the formation of a sub-committee that can look into the operational elements of internet hosting the event within the first half of February.
The committee requested the AIFF secretariat to border the rules for Seashore Soccer and invite all of the state associations to ship their entries for the event.
“The Committee additionally felt that the seaside soccer gamers needs to be of a special breed than common footballers, and as such, these registered for skilled tournaments just like the Hero Santosh Trophy, Hero ISL and Hero I-League shouldn’t be allowed to take part within the Seashore Soccer Championship,” an AIFF launch stated.
In the meantime, the Futsal Committee of the AIFF additionally beneficial that the Futsal Membership Championship 2022-23 be held in New Delhi from January 9 to 22 with 13 groups collaborating in it.
It was additionally beneficial that the highest three groups from final season’s championship be given direct entry.
The Committee stated the AIFF ought to nominate the champions of the 2022-23 season to play within the AFC Futsal Membership Championship. It additionally beneficial scouting of gamers for the nationwide staff, which might additionally participate within the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers in October subsequent yr.
-PTI