Indian sports wrap, September 3: AAI treasurer Ummacheril elected to World Archery medical committee
ARCHERY
AAI treasurer Dr Ummacheril elected to World Archery medical committee
Archery Association of India treasurer Dr. Joris Paulose Ummacheril was elected as a member of the medical and sports science committee of World Archery at its 56th Congress that concluded in Gwagnju, South Korea on Wednesday.
The medical and sports science committee comprises five elected members with a chairperson and deputy chairperson to be chosen from among them. At least three members, including the chairperson, must be qualified doctors. Members are elected for a two-year term.
“I wholeheartedly thank our president Arjun Munda ji, secretary general Virendra Sachdeva ji, Anil Kamineni ji and each and every one of you for the support and trust in me,” Dr Ummacheril said after his election.
“Candidates must have a medical or scientific background, with at least a master’s degree recommended.” Dr Ummacheril, who holds a BHMS degree from the University of Calicut, has been associated with the AAI in various capacities for the last 15 years.
A former archer himself, the 49-year-old has officiated as a continental judge at the Asian Grand Prix (2013, 2014), Asian Championships (2019) and Para Asian Games (2023) among other events. He has also been running a homeopathy clinic since 2005.
“I believe the committee can play a significant role in educating archers and coaches on how to understand, prevent and manage injuries in archery,” he added.
India’s Indranil Datta was re-elected to the judges’ committee of World Archery at the same Congress.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Roundglass Academy wins thrilling shootout in Punjab Junior Hockey League
Roundglass Academy won the shoot-off 3-0 against Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, after the teams were locked 4-4 at the end of regulation period in the Punjab Junior Hockey League at the Balbir Singh Senior International Stadium on Wednesday.
Roundglass goalkeeper Jeevan Singh emerged the hero of the match as he saved the three penalties taken by the Naval Tata team in the penalty shoot. Japnit Singh, Arshdip Singh and Sunny Singh found the target during the shoot-off. to fetch a bonus point for Roundglass.
In another match, SAI, Sonipat, notched up its third successive victory by beating Surjit Academy 1-0, thanks to the goal by Navraj Singh.
The results:
SDAT Academy, Tamil Nadu, 4 (S Krishnan 2, T Gowtham, C Shibi Yuvaraj) bt Namdhari Academy 0.
SAI, Sonipat, 1 (Navraj Singh) bt Surjit Academy 0.
SGPC Academy, Amritsar, 7 (Sukhdev Singh 3, Sukhveer Singh 2, Kamaljeet Singh, Jashanpreet Singh) bt Ghumanhera Risers, Delhi, 3 (Tushar, Nikil, Parikshit).
Roundglass Academy 4 (Gurwinder Singh 2, Gursewak Singh, Jobanpreet Singh) bt Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, 4 (Tushar Parmar 2, Premchand Soy, Ashish Tani Purti) 3-0 (shoot-off).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Annika and Devvrat shine in first leg of US Kids Golf India
Former medallist Annika Chendira kicked off the 2025 US Kids Golf India season in style clinching the opening leg with a superb final-round 3-under 69 in overcast and wet conditions.
Annika, who had an eagle and two birdies in the last five holes, finished four shots clear of Aanya Dandriyal (71) in the Girls 11-12 Category at the Classic Golf and Country Club.
Apart from Annika, the other star of the day was Devvrat Singh Rajawat who also carded 3-under 69 in Boys 13-14 Category. He also had a great finish with three birdies in the last five holes and won his section by eight shots over Vidit Aggarwal (77).
Players in Categories for Under 8 and below played over nine holes, while all others played over 18 holes.
Some of the other standout performances included Zowra Sikand (38, 2-over) in Boys 8, Drona Singh Dhull (75, 3-over) in Boys 11, Yuvraj Singh (76, 4-over) who beat Rayirth Jain in a play-off in Boys 12, Tashi Jain (37, 1-over) in Girls 8 and Aaradhya Bhatnagar (79) and Jenaya Bamnyal (79) in Girls 9-10.
-PTI
TENNIS
Siddhant Banthia and Ramkumar Ramanathan in Challenger quarterfinals
Second seeds Siddhant Banthia and Ramkumar Ramanathan scored a thrilling 7-5, 2-6, [12-10] victory over Wang Aoran and Zhou Yi of China in the $160,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday.
The results:
€181,250 Challenger, Seville, Spain:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Szymon Kielan & Filip Pieczonka (Pol) bt Theo Arribage (Fra) & Arjun Kadhe 7-6(4), 0-6, [10-8].
€181,250 Challenger, Genoa, Italy:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Gregoire Jacq (Fra) bt Adil Kalyanpur & Parikshit Somani 6-4, 7-6(4).
$160,000 Challenger, Shanghai, China:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Pruchya Isaro (Tha) & Niki Poonacha bt Petr Bar Biryukov & Beibit Zhukayev (Kaz) 7-5, 6-4; Siddhant Banthia & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Wang Aoran & Zhou Yi (Chn) 7-5, 2-6, [12-10].
€91,250 Challenger, Cassis, France:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Jakub Paul (Sui) bt James Mackinlay & Hamish Stewart (GBR) 7-6(4), 6-3.
$30,000 ITF men, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand:
Singles (first round): S Mukund bt Arjun Mehrotra (Aus) 6-7(5), 7-5, 1-0 (retired); Thando Longwe-Smit (RSA) bt Tarun Karra 6-4, 6-1; Sidharth Rawat bt Dheeraj Srinivasan 6-2, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF men, Bali, Indonesia:
Singles (first round): Yanki Erel (Tur) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1, 6-1; Prajwal Dev bt Lucca Liu (USA) 4-6, 7-5 (retired).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lucky Kurniawan & Tegar Wibowo (Ina) bt Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4, 3-6, [16-14]; Patricio Alvarado (Ecu) & Stefan Storch (Aus) bt Vadym Konovchuk (Ukr) & Rishabdev Raman 6-1, 5-7, [10-1]; Maan Kesharwani & Atharva Sharma bt M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) & Mitsuki Leong (Mas) 4-6, 7-6(5), [10-7].
$15,000 ITF men, Hong Kong:
Singles (first round): Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Jacob Shen (Hkg) 6-4, 6-2; Parth Aggarwal bt Daniil Bogatov 4-6, 6-0, 2-0 (retired).
$15,000 ITF men, Maanshan, China:
Singles (first round): Vishnu Vardhan bt Ye Hongyu (Chn) 6-3, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF men, Hurghada, Egypt:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lorenzo Lorusso (Ita) & Kris van Wyk (RSA) bt Chinmaya Dev Chauhan & Darrshan Suresh (Mas) 6-1, 6-4; Amr Elsayed & Mohamed Safwat (Egy) bt Kaushik Arunkumar & Ahmed Zaki (Egy) 6-2, 6-3.
$30,000 ITF women, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sofia Dominguez (Ven) & Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Nanari Katsumi (Jpn) & Amanda Elkin (Mex) 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Hurghada, Egypt:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Saoirse Breen (Fij) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Joody Elkady (Egy) & Beatrice Veltri (Ita) 6-2, 6-4; Hania Abouelsaad & Nada Fouad (Egy) bt Mar Morros (Esp) & Raja
Sarvagnya Kilaru 6-2, 6-1; Justine Bretnacher & Louna Zoppas (Fra) bt Aiyana Paes (GBR) & Saily Thakkar 6-3, 6-4; Mariam Atia (Egy) & Maddalena Giordano (Ita) bt Elizaveta Gurianova & Sharanya Shetty 4-6, 6-3, [10-6]; Sofia Avataneo (Ita) & Martina Smolenova (Svk) bt Fatema Khairy (Egy) & Saumrita Verma 7-6(4), 6-3; Daria Khomutsianskaya & Anna Kubareva bt Abhinaya Balaji & Suryanshi Shekhawat 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Denia, Spain:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Didi Canizares (Esp) & Madhurima Sawant bt Shanelle Iaconi (Aus) & Patricia Carretero (Esp) 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Telavi, Georgia:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Harsshali Mandavkar & Noelani Teso (Jpn) bt Luisa Schruff (Ger) & Saah Suljadzic (Den) 6-4, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia:
Singles (first round): Ellie Daniels (Can) bt Sreemanya Anugonda 6-0, 6-0; Lois Newberry (GBR) bt Tanisha Kashyap 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Leonie Schuknecht & Lucia Schuknecht (Ger) bt Sreemanya Anugonda & Claudia Soro (Ita) 6-1, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Kayseri, Turkey:
Singles (first round): Ekaterina Yashina bt Aaddi Gupta 6-0, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Heraklion, Greece:
Singles (first round): Elizabeth Coleman (USA) bt Zeel Desai 7-6(3), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Published on Sep 03, 2025