HOCKEY
Haryana storms into quarterfinals of Senior Men’s Nationals
Two-time champion and last year’s finalist Haryana stamped its authority with a 8-0 victory over Mizoram in a Pool B contest of the Hockey India-14th Senior National men’s championship at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Monday, thereby cementing its place in the last eight.
Mizoram did put up a fight in the first two quarters, keeping Haryana largely at bay.
From the third quarter, Haryana upped the ante. Current India Junior-World-Cupper Rohit, 20, turned out to be the star for Haryana, scoring four goals. Tuesday is a rest day and the quarterfinals will be held on Wednesday.
The results:
Punjab vs Manipur; Haryana vs Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu vs Uttar Pradesh;’ Karnataka vs Odisha.
Quarterfinal line-up:
Pool A: Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 3 (Aman Sharma 2, Mohd. Sadiq 26, Arvind Yadav 59) bt Chhattisgarh 1 (Roshanjeet Minz 15).
B: Haryana 8 (Pardeep Singh Mor 4, Rohit 31, 34, 47, 58, Joginder Singh 41, Amit Chahal 52, Rajinder Singh 57) bt Mizoram 0. ; Telangana 5 (Venkatesh Telugu 2, 38, Sandeep Subedar 3, 18, Ravi Teja Cheepati 52) bt Himachal 4 (Ayush 11, Harsh 37, Abhishek 52, Kumar Vishal 55).
G: Goa 6 (Suyesh Mayekar 2, Vasu Dev 7, Ayyaz Khan 17, Abhishek Pathak 29, Issub Sayyed 39, 60) bt Gujarat 0.
H: Manipur 10 (Ganendrajith Ningombam 3, Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang 10, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam 13, Laishram Dipu Singh 14, 27, 26, Bhakar Ningomban 45, Ningombam Jenjen Singh 46, Moriangthem Dhananjay Meetei 52, 54) bt Assam 0.
-K. Keethivasan
GOLF
Sharma finishes 32nd as Warring grabs title in Abu Dhabi
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma produced his best card of the week, a superb seven-under 65, in the final round to sign off at tied 32nd position at the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championships. After 71-73 on the first two days, Sharma had a great weekend as his final two rounds of 66 and 65 had an eagle each.
On the final day, Sharma, who retained his DP World card, had seven birdies, an eagle and two bogeys.
Paul Waring held off a stellar chasing pack to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and claim his first Rolex Series title.
The Englishman displayed nerves of steel in his bogey-free closing 66 as he got to 24 under par and two shots ahead of four-time Rolex Series winner Tyrrell Hatton, with Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy, England’s Matt Wallace and Dane Thorbjørn Olesen a shot further back.
Waring had taken control of the first event of the new DP World Tour Play-Offs with a course-record 61 at Yas Links on Friday but saw his five-shot halfway lead reduced to one as he posted a 73 a day later.
-PTI
