Indian Football
Manipur’s TG English School wins 63rd Subroto Cup U-17 Boys tournament
TG English School, Bishnupur, Manipur, beat Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School, Bhoirymbong, Meghalaya, 4-3 via the sudden death tie-break after the teams were locked 1-1 at the end of the regulation period in the final of the 63rd Subroto Cup under-17 boys football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Wednesday.
Namdigong put the Manipur team ahead in the 32nd minute, following a goal mouth melee. Bampliebok Khongjoh converted a penalty in the 64th minute to get the equaliser for Meghalaya, six minutes before hooter.
In the tie-break, Alex, Namdigong and Goutam converted for the Maniput side. Banpliebok, Masharing and Bipiush were successful for the Meghalaya side.
In the sudden death phase, Phonis found the target for the Manipur side, while Wanpli missed for Meghalaya.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari presented the trophies, along with the guest of honour, Harmilan Bainss, the silver medallist in 800 and 1500 metres of the last Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
The champion team was presented Rs.5,00,000 and the runner-up Rs.3,00,000. The semifinalists and quarterfinalists were given Rs.75,000 and Rs.40,000 respectively.
The awards:
Best player: Bampliebok Khongjoh (Rs.40,000)
Best goalkeeper: Ranidas (Rs.25,000)
Best coach: Kitborlans Kharlukhi (Rs.25,000)
Fairplay award: Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow (Rs.50,000).
Best school: TG English School, Manipur (Rs.40,000).
Table Tennis
Dronacharya award-winning table tennis coach Jayanta Pushilal passed away here on Tuesday night. He was 63 and was suffering from kidney related issues.
Pushilal coached top paddlers such as Mouma Das, Arup Basak, Ambika Radhika Suresh and Prapti Sen. He also worked in Maldives, Kazakhstan and the USA as a coach.
-YB Sarangi
Tennis
Riya enters semifinals in AITA women’s tournament
Second seed Riya Sachdeva beat Jasmine Rawat 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Chamunda Rs.100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Faridabad Academy on Wednesday.
In the semifinals, Riya will play Shefali Arora. The other semifinal will be between Aditi Rawat and Aditi Tyagi.
The results (quarterfinals):
Aditi Rawat bt Divya Sharma 6-4, 6-1
Aditi Tyagi bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-1, 6-1
Shefali Arora bt Prisha Prasad 6-2, 6-2
Riya Sachdeva bt Jasmine Rawat 7-5, 6-3
Mannan Agarwal wins ITF junior tennis tournament
Mannan Agarwal battled past fourth seed Ojas Mehlawat 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the boys pre-quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad City Foundation courts on Wednesday.
In the girls section, Riddhi Shinde beat third seed Janvi Asawa 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals.
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
Boys:
Om Patel bt Aarav Chawla 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Srivaant Mummadi bt Namit Bhatia 6-0, 6-2; Mannan Agarwal bt Ojas Mehlawat 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Parth Deorukhakar bt Anjan Sai Boorela 6-3, 6-1; Gurbaaz Narang bt Rohith Gobinath 6-1, 6-2; Vatsal Manikantan bt Shivtej Shirfule 6-0, 6-0; Prabir Chavda bt Pusshkal Srivastava 6-4, 6-4; Adhiraj Thakur bt Amit Moond 6-0, 6-1.
Girls:
Aishwarya Jadhav bt Aahan 1-6, 6-1, 6-0; Pal Upadhyay bt Angel Patel 6-3, 5-7, 7-5; Saiyette Varadkar bt Avani Chitale 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Shaivi Dalal bt Disha Kumar 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Dia Agarwal 6-2, 5-7, 7-5; Riddhi Shinde bt Janvi Asawa 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Aleena Farid bt Apara Khandare 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Prachi Malik bt Riya Pudiyokkada 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Golf
Searching for a hat-trick, Vidhatri takes 3-shot lead in Leg 11 of Hero WPGT
Vidhatri Urs shot a 5-under 67 to put herself in line for a third successive title, in the 11th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Delhi Golf Club on Wednesday. She had won the last two legs in July in the domestic circuit.
Vidhatri was 6-under, but dropped a bogey on the 18th for 67. She led Hitaashee Bakshi (70) by three shots. Tvesa Malik Sandhu had a 1-under 71 card.
Shweta Mansingh was struck by a double bogey on the 18th but scored even par. Sneha Singh, Seher Atwal and amateur Keya Badagu shot 1-over 73 and were tied in the fifth place. Amateur Anvvi Dahhiya and Amandeep Drall shot 74 each.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Hockey
Haryana, Odisha win on day three of the 14th Junior Men’s National Hockey Championship
Haryana, Odisha, Karnataka, Delhi and Tamil Nadu won their respective matches on day three of the 14th Junior Men’s National Hockey Championship on Wednesday. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu also won their respective matches.
In the first match of the day, Haryana won 14-0 against Jammu & Kashmir while Odisha defeated Assam Hockey 13-0 in the second match.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu beat Arunachal 4-2, Karnataka thrashed Andhra Pradesh 6-1 and Delhi prevailed over Kerala 4-3. In the day’s last game, Tamil Nadu drubbed Gujarat 10-2.
-PTI
