Indian Sports Wrap, May 24: Hitaashee rises to fourth at Jabra Ladies; Shubhankar, Veer miss cut in Belgium

GOLF

Rookie Hitaashee rises to fourth with day’s best round

Indian rookie Hitaashee Bakshi registered her best round on the Ladies European Tour as she played five under 66 to rise to tied fourth on the second day of the Jabra Ladies Open 2025 here.

Hitaashee with 72-66 was four-under and three behind the leader, Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland, who had rounds of 67 and 68.

Hitaashee’s 66 was the best card of he day.

As Hitaashee moved into contention, the other three Indians Diksha Dagar (71) at T-30, Avani Prashanth (72) at T-35 and Tvesa Malik (70) at T-43 also made the cut. That made it four out of four Indians into the final round.

Playing her first season on a limited card, Hitaashee, who was T-12 at Dutch Ladies Open last week, landed six birdies against one bogey.

Hitaashee started on the 15th, which is the start of the back nine of the Evian Golf Resort, with a birdie and added one more on the 17th. She birdied the first and the third and again the sixth and eighth. Her sole bogey came in between on the fourth.

Diksha, who had a Top-10 last week, played an even par round of 71 with four birdies and four bogeys for the round. with a total score of one-over par for two days.

Avani Prashanth played one-over par 72 for the second day in a row to close the day at 2-over for two days and was T-35. Avani had a double bogey on the first, which was her 14th hole and a birdie on the fourth, which was her 17th hole.

The leader after two days is Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland. Chiara after a 68 has a total score of seven under par.

-PTI

Shubhankar, Veer miss cut in Belgium

Indian golfers Shubhankar Sharma and Veer Ahlawat have failed to make the cut at Soudal Open 2025 here.

It was a rough two days for the Indians as Ahlawat improved on his first 74 with a 69, but still fell short of the cut which was set at one-under. Sharma carded 74-72 and totalled 4-over, way off the cut mark of one-under.

Ahlawat had five birdies against three bogeys and Sharma had three birdies against four bogeys.

At the end of the second round Ewen Ferguson of Scotland led the field by three shots with a total score of 11 under par.

-PTI

FOOTBALL

Pranjal Bhumij extends stay at Rajasthan United till 2027

Rajasthan United FC midfielder Pranjal Bhumij has extended his contract with the club until 2027, the club announced on Friday.

The former Mumbai City FC, Odisha FC, and Punjab FC player from Assam joined the club in 2024 and became a first team regular for the I-League side.

I’ve played for some big clubs in India, but Rajasthan United feels like home. The vision here is clear, and the environment is all about growth and unity,” Bhumij said.

“I’m proud to be part of this journey and want to give everything for this club and its incredible fans & want that trophy home this season.”

-Team Sportstar