Indian sports news wrap, January 28
HOCKEY
Indian navy wins Beighton Cup
Indian Navy beat Indian Oil via penalty shootout in the final to win the title in the Coal India 125 th Beighton Cup hockey tournament at SAI astro-turf ground in Kolkata on Sunday.
Both the teams were tied 2-2 after the regulation time. In the shootout, the Navy team prevailed 3-2.
RESULT
India Navy 2 (Sushil Dhanwar, Akib Rahim) bt Indian Oil 2 (Gurjinder Singh-2) via penalty shootout [Indian Navy 3 (Prashant, Yogesh Singh, Kuldeep) bt Indian Oil 2 (Affan Yusuf, Ankit Pal)].
-Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Chandrasekar-Prashanth go down in Quimper Challenger
Second seeds Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth were beaten 7-6(4), 6-3 by Manuel Guinard and Arthur Rinderknech in the doubles final of the €148,625 Challenger tennis tournament in Quimper, France, on Sunday.
The champion team collected €8,450 and 125 ATP points. The runners-up got €4,870 and 64 points.
-Team Sportstar
Japan’s Uchijima wins ITF tournament in Pune
Moyuka Uchijima of Japan outplayed qualifier Tina Nadine Smith of Australia 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the NECC $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune on Sunday.
The 21-year-old Tina had a good start going up 2-0 and then leading 4-3. However, the 22-year-old Uchijima won the next nine games, dropping only 14 points in all to her opponent.
It was the ninth career singles title for Uchijima, who was winning her second successive title in India, after the one in Navi Mumbai a few weeks back. She had also won the title in Pune earlier.
The champion collected $4,903 and 50 WTA points. The runner-up pocketed $2,591 and 33 points. The players move to the next tournament with the same prize money in Indore from Monday.
-Team Sportstar
KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES
TN wins volleyball gold in boys’ & WB wins in girls
Tamil Nadu Volley ball team winning the Khelo India Youth games 2024 at Jawaharalal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.
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Tamil Nadu Volley ball team winning the Khelo India Youth games 2024 at Jawaharalal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.
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Tamil Nadu put up a splendid performance to bag the boys’ volleyball gold in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games here on Sunday, with a 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 25-15 win over Haryana in the final.
Leading by two sets to love, TN faltered in the third. The way the host regrouped in the fourth set was magnificent. The contest was even-stevens till 15-13. From thereon, TN ran away with the match with attacker Karthik and Bharath Kumar producing timely smashes. Earlier, West Bengal won the girls’ volleyball gold, defeating Rajasthan 23-25, 25-22, 25-13, 25-23.
The results:
Volleyball (finals): Boys: TN bt Haryana 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 25-15; Girls: West Bengal bt Rajasthan 23-25, 25-22, 25-13, 25-23.
Swimming:
Boys: 100m backstroke: 1. Akash Mani (Kar) 57.14; 2. Nithik Nathella (TN); 3. Rishabh Anupam Das; 200m breaststroke: 1. Rana Pratap (Jhr) 2:23.98; 2. Shlok Santosh Khopade (Mah); 3. Abhinandan Khadelwal (Raj); 400m medley: 1. Yug Chelani (Raj) 4:38.40; 2. Mongam Theerdu Samadev (AP); 3. Saswata Roy (WB).
Girls: 100m butterfly: 1. Aditi Satish Hegde (Mah) 1:04.78; 2. Jahnabi Kashyap (Asm); 3. Rithika Mahesh (Kar); 100m backstroke: 1. Deeksha Sivakumar (TN) 1:07.91; 2. Pratishtha B Dangi (Mah); 3. Sri Nithya Sagi (TS); 400m freestyle: 1. Vritti Agarwal (TS) 4:32.77; 2. Meenakshi M 400m fre enon (Kar); 3. Aditi Satish Hegde (Mah); 4x100m freestyle: 1. Maharashtra 4:08.61; 2. TN 4:12.34.
Cycling:
Boys: Individual road race (80Km): 1. N. Kishore (TN) 38.69s; 2. Mijaan Abbas (Guj); 3. S. Nithin (TN); Girls: Time trial (20Km): 1. Nanda Chichakhandi (Kar) 38.19s; 2. Alanis Lilly Cubeleo (Ker); 3. Anupama Guled (Kar).
Weightlifting: Boys: 89Kg: 1. V. Ramu (AP) 292Kg; 2. Sanidhya Sanjay More (Mah); 3. J. Dheershan (TN); Girls: 59Kg: 1. B. Harika (AP) 166; 2. L. Rassia (TN); 3. Tulasi Sanu (Odi); 64Kg: 1. Ankita (Raj) 174Kg; 2. C. Harshika (Pon); 3. Barsha Bor (WB).
-Team Sportstar