HOCKEY
Indian junior women’s hockey team goes down against Germany
The Indian junior women’s hockey team conceded an early advantage to eventually go down 0-1 against Germany in the fourth match of its Tour of Europe here.
India had a challenging first quarter as Germany broke the deadlock early match to take a 1-0 lead.
A goalless second and third quarter unfolded, ensuring Germany stayed ahead, even as India worked hard to score an equalizer.
In the final quarter, Germany nearly doubled its lead, but its penalty stroke was denied by India’s goalkeeper.
With minutes left on the clock, India’s final opportunity of the match came in the form of a penalty corner, but it failed to convert it and conceded a 0-1 defeat to Germany.
India will play its next match against Germany in Dusseldorf on Monday.
-PTI
SQUASH
Aryaveer Dewan wins under-17 title Indian Open Juniors
Aryaveer Dewan bounced back after losing the first two games to beat Subhash Choudhary 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 in the under-17 boys final of the HCL Indian Open junior squash championship at the Daly College on Monday.
Champions and runners-up of the HCL Indian Open junior squash championship in Indore on Monday.
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Champions and runners-up of the HCL Indian Open junior squash championship in Indore on Monday.
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In the girls under-13 event, M Goushika scored a thrilling 11-5, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-7 win over Diva Parasrampuria for the title. Favourite Anahat Singh raced away with the girls under-19 title, dropping six points to Reiva NImbalkar.
The results (finals):
Boys: Under-19: Yuvraj Wadhwani bt Tavneet Singh Mundra 11-8, 12-10, 11-8. Under-17: Aryaveer Dewan bt Subhash Choudhary 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6. Under-15: Savir Sood bt Hridhaan Shah 12-10, 16-14, 11-6. Under-13: Shresht Iyer bt Dhruv Bopana 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9. Under-11: Amarya Bajaj bt Dhairya Gogia 11-8, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6.
Girls: Under-19: Anahat Singh bt Reiva Nimbalkar 11-3, 11-0, 11-3. Under-17: Unnati Tripathi bt Navya Sundararajan 11-3, 4-11, 11-3, 11-3. Under-15: Anika Dubey bt Riyansika Verma 14-16, 11-6, 13-11, 11-2. Under-13: M Goushika bt Diva Parasrampuria 11-5, 7-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-7. Under-11: Divyanshi Jain bt Kareena Sashikumar 11-9, 12-10, 11-8.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
MOTORSPORT
FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship 2024 to begin in Chennai
The FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship 2024 (2Wh) is set to kick-off here on June 1.
Spanning six rounds across the country, the multi-city two-wheeler rally will be held in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Goa with the final slated to be held in Pune in December.
The marquee competition will be held at the Madras International Circuit here on June 1 and 2, while Round 2 will be hosted by Bengaluru from July 20-21.
The action then moves to Chandigarh (North Zone) for Round 3 (October 5-6), followed by East Zone Round 4 in Guwahati (November 23-24) and West Zone Round 5 in Goa (December 7-8).
The top five riders from each qualifier will feature in the final from December 15-16.
– PTI
