Indian sports wrap, July 12: Aditi lies seventh at halfway mark in Evian Championship

GOLF

Aditi lies seventh at halfway mark in Evian Championship

Aditi Ashok stayed in the top-10 with a solid round of two-under 69 to be tied seventh at half way mark at The Amundi Evian Championship at Aix-Les-Bains.

Aditi, who has never had a top-10 finish in her previous 34 Major starts, with rounds of 67-69 at the Par-71 Evian Resort Golf Club now lies four shots behind the leader, South Korea’s Somi Lee (67-65), who is 10 under par.

Aditi started from the tenth and two birdies and one bogey on either side of the course. She birdied the 11th, 17th, second and the seventh and dropped shots on the 14th and the sixth.

Aditi’s best showing in a Major came at the 2024 Evian, when she was Tied-17th. This is her 19th cut in 35 Major starts, the most by any Indian golfer, male or female.

After 36 holes of action at Evian Resort Golf Club, 74 players made the cut which fell at two-over par.

– PTI

FUTSAL

AIFF Futsal Club Championship to kick off on August 3 in Rudrapur

The AIFF Futsal Club Championship will be held from August 3 to 18 at the Shri Manoj Sarkar Stadium in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand.

Seventeen clubs will compete for the trophy in the fourth edition of the tournament.

The teams have been drawn into four groups — three with four teams and one with five. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals.

Uttarakhand side Corbett FC are the defending champions, having defeated Golazo FC 3-2 in the 2023-24 final in Vadodara.

They will aim to retain the title on home soil and become the first club to win the tournament more than once.

Delhi FC won the inaugural edition in 2021-22, followed by Minerva Academy FC in 2022-23.

– PTI