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SQUASH
Asian Championships: India ensures medals in men’s, women’s doubles
India confirmed medals in both men’s and women’s doubles categories at the 2nd Asian Doubles Squash Championships, in Kuching, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
In a thrilling men’s doubles quarterfinal, Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Korea’s Minwoo Lee and Jooyoung Na with a scoreline of 10-11, 11-3, 11-5 in 36 minutes. They will face Hong Kong’s Chi Him Wong and Ming Hong Tang in the semifinals.
In women’s doubles, experienced campaigner Joshana Chinappa partnered with youngster Anahat Singh to dominate the Philippines’ Jemyca Aribado and Yvonne Alyssa Dalida, winning comfortably 11-6, 11-3 in just 12 minutes in the last-eight clash. Joshana-Anahat pair will be up against Hong Kong’s Po Yui Kirstie Wong and Yee Lam Toby Tse for a place in the final.
Abhay-Anahat and Velavan-Joshana duos will compete in the mixed doubles quarterfinals on Wednesday.
– Team Sportstar
ATHLETICS
National U20 Athletics: Murad Sirman and Anushka Yadav win gold medals, set new meet records
Gujarat’s Murad Sirman broke the meet record while winning the gold in the men’s 400m hurdles on the final day of the 23rd National Junior (U20) Federation Athletics Championships in Prayagraj on Tuesday.
Sirman clocked 50.75 seconds to better the earlier meet record of 51.26 seconds set by Durgesh Kumar Pal in 2012.
Uttar Pradesh’s promising hammer thrower Anushka Yadav also improved the meet record of 57.09m set by Tanya Chaudhary in 2022. Anushka’s gold winning throw was 60.46m.
She also holds the junior national record of 62.89m set in February at the Uttarakhand National Games.
RESULTS
MEN
200m: J Pandiyan (Tamil Nadu) 21.33 seconds, Rushiraj S (Gujarat) 21.42 seconds, Pratik Maharana (Odisha) 21.44 seconds.
800m: Mogali Venkatram (NCOE Bengaluru) 1:49.94 seconds, Prince (Haryana)1:50.09 seconds, Vinod Kumar (Telangana) 1:50.26 seconds.
5,000m: Rahul Kumar Verma (Chhattisgarh) 14:20.11 seconds, Indrajeet Bharat (Uttar Pradesh) 14:22.82, Vivek Chand (Gujarat) 14:24.89.
400m hurdles: Murad Sirman (Gujarat) 50.75 seconds (meet record, previous record 51.26 seconds set by Durgesh Kumar Pal in 2012), Bhushan Sunil Patil (Karnataka) 52.21 seconds, Amit Kumar (NCOE Patiala) 52.37 seconds.
3,000m steeplechase: Navratan (Haryana) 9:05.75 seconds, Tanish Kumar (Delhi) 9:10.26, Aryan (Haryana) 9:17.95.
Shot put: Anurag Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 18.99m, Omkar Prasad Nand (Odisha) 18.46m, Sai Kiran A (NCOE Patiala) 18.13m.
Javelin throw: Dipesh Choudhary (Rajasthan) 72.98m, Rohan Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 70.52m, Himanshu (JSW) 69.30m.
Triple jump: S Ravi (Tamil Nadu) 15.44m, Yuvaraj K (NCOE Trivandrum) 15.34m, Shekh Zeeshan (Uttar Pradesh) 15.27m.
High jump: Basant (Rajasthan) 2.11m, Shiv Bhagwan (Haryana) 2.08m, Parthiv Vinod (Kerala) 2.04m.
WOMEN
200m: Dhesikha V (Tamil Nadu) 24.44 seconds, Nipam (Uttar Pradesh) 24.68 seconds, Sanjana (Delhi) 24.80 seconds.
800m: Prateeksha Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 2:07.89 seconds, Heena (Haryana) 2:08.84 seconds, Geetika Dahiya (Haryana) 2:10.24 seconds.
5,000m: Priyanka Oksa (NOCE Bengaluru) 17:07.09 seconds, Shilpa Dihora (Gujarat) 17:07.71, Sonam Parmar (Madhya Pradesh) 17:11.60.
400m hurdles: Tanu Chaudhary (NCOE Patiala) 1:01.09 seconds, Apurva Anand Naik (Karnataka) 1:01.92, Harshita Goswami (Delhi) 1:02.59.
3,000m steeplechase: Sakshi Borhade (Maharashtra) 10:50.39 seconds, Garima Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 10:52.64, Priya Chhetri (Sikkim) 11:08.59.
Javelin throw: Bhavya Pilania (JSW) 47.65m, Poonam (JSW) 46.15m, Janvi Shekhawat (Rajasthan) 43.05m.
Hammer throw: Anushka Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 60.46m (meet record, previous mark 57.09m set by Tanya Chaudhary in 2022), Haqikat Grewal (Punjab) 53.05m, Ankita Mohapatra (Odisha) 47.40m.
Triple jump: Sadhana Ravi (Tamil Nadu) 12.75m, Paveena Rajesh (Tamil Nadu) 12.55m, Jasleen Kaur (Punjab) 12.42m.
Heptathlon: Sriteja Tholem (Telangana) 4735 points, Harshita Goswami (Delhi) 4414 points, Jasmine Mathachan (Kerala) 3907 points.
Long jump: Pavana Nagaraj (Karnataka) 6.29m, Mubassina Mohammed (NCOE Trivandrum) 6.15m, Pariksha (Haryana) 5.87m.
– PTI
HOCKEY
Hockey India Masters Cup: Chandigarh beats Haryana in shootout to reach men’s semifinals
Chandigarh beat Haryana in shootout to reach men’s semifinals at the Hockey India Masters Cup in Chennai on Tuesday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Chandigarh beat Haryana in shootout to reach men’s semifinals at the Hockey India Masters Cup in Chennai on Tuesday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Haryana and Hockey Punjab progressed to the women’s semifinals of the inaugural Hockey India Masters Cup at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.
In the men’s category, Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Chandigarh joined Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and Hockey Association of Odisha in the semifinals.
RESULTS
Men’s Quarterfinals
Hockey Maharashtra 2-1 Hockey Karnataka
Hockey Chandigarh 2-2 (SO 3-1) Hockey Haryana 2-2
Women’s Quarterfinals
Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu 3-1 Hockey Karnataka
Hockey Association of Odisha 10-0 Kerala Hockey
Hockey Haryana 8-0 Hockey Himachal Pradesh
Hockey Punjab 13-0 Hockey Maharashtra
SEMIFINAL LINEUP
Men
June 25: Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu vs Hockey Chandigarh – 2PM
June 25: Hockey Association of Odisha vs Hockey Maharashtra – 4PM
Women
June 26: Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu vs Hockey Association of Odisha – 6AM
June 26: Hockey Haryana vs Hockey Punjab – 8AM
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Vaidehi reaches second round of ITF event in Chinese Taipei
Vaidehi Chaudhari beat qualifier Lisa-Marie Rioux of Japan 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Tuesday.
RESULTS
ATP 250, Mallorca, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Robert Galloway (USA) bt Gregoire Jacq & Alexandre Muller (Fra) 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Alejandro Pertusa (Esp) & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Cesar Bouchelaghem & Romain Gales (Fra) 7-6(7), 6-3.
$30,000 ITF women, Chinese Taipei
Singles (first round): Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Lisa-Marie Rioux (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4.
– Team Sportstar
CHESS
Aurionpro International Grandmaster Chess Tournament: Lalit edges Gharibyan on tiebreaks to become champion
It was a passed pawn that did the trick as Lalit Babu beat Levan Pantsulaia with the black pieces and emerged the champion with eight points from nine rounds in the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old Lalit was tied with Mamikon Gharibyan, who also capitalised on a passed pawn to prevail in 95 moves against Neelotpal Das. The tie-break score put Lalit ahead.
The champion won INR four lakh and the runner-up INR three lakh. Deepan Chakkravarthy finished fifth behind Duc Hoa Nguyen and Boris Savchenko, and collected INR 1.25 lakh.
In the under-13 section, Madhesh Kumar won the title outright with eight points, and pocketed INR two lakh. Advik Agrawal finished runner-up and won INR 1.5 lakh.
RESULTS (9th round)
Mamikon Gharibyan 8 bt Neelotpal Das 7; Levan Pantsulaia 6.5 lost to Lalit Babu 8; Van Huy Nguyen 7 drew with Manuel Petrosyan 7; Boris Savchenko 7.5 bt Aleksej Aleksandrov 6.5; Siddhanth Poonja 6.5 lost to Deepan Chakkravarthy 7.5; Duc Hoa Nguyen 7.5 bt David Gochelashvili 6.5; Arsen Davtyan 7 bt Shankhodip De 6; Alexei Fedorov 7 bt Rupesh Jaiswal 6; Viresh Sharnarthi 6 lost to Nayaka Budhidharma 7; Avirat Chauhan 7 bt Sherla Prathamesh 6; Luka Paichadze 6.5 bt Alluri Reddy 6; Hrishikesh Kumar 5.5 lost to Mihail Nikitenko 6.5.
Under-13: Advik Agrawal 7.5 bt Aansh Nerurkar 7; Madhesh Kumar 8 bt Vyom Malhotra 6.5; Madhvendra Sharma 7 bt Shaunak Badole 6.5 R Nijesh 6.5 drew with Aadik Lenin 6.5; Adhiraj Mitra 6.5 drew with Siddhant Salunke 6.5; Jagreet Misra 7 bt Anvita Sathi 6.
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Lalit Babu; 2. Mamikon Gharyban; 3. Duc Hoa Nguyen; 4. Boris Savchenko; 5. Deepan Chakkravarthy.
Under-13: 1. Madhesh Kumar; 2. Advik Agrawal; 3. Aansh Nerurkar.
– Team Sportstar
MOTORSPORT
Indian racer Akshay Gupta claims SP3T podium at the 2025 24 Hours of Nürburgring
Indian endurance racer Akshay Gupta secured a third-place finish in the SP3T class at the 2025 24 Hours of Nurburgring last weekend.
Sharing the #808 Cupra Leon TCR DSG with Japan’s Junichi Umemoto and German duo Lutz Obermann and Dennis Leissing, the AsBest Racing quartet climbed the podium despite early gearbox gremlins and an overnight repair stop that cost nearly two hours.
The 24 Hours of Nürburgring combines the 20.8‑km Nordschleife and the modern Grand Prix loop to create the longest permanent race track on the planet, with more than 120 GT and touring cars ranging from factory‑backed GT3 machines to grassroots entries
-Team Sportstar
SNOOKER
Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship: Paras Gupta reaches semifinals
India’s Paras Gupta, who outplayed reigning IBSF World 6-Red snooker champion Kamal Chawla earlier in the day, scored a crushing 5-0 win over Sunny Wang to storm into the semifinals of the ACBS Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship in Colombo on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Agra cueist played the big points well to put it past the Singaporean, who had earlier shocked former champion Muhammad Sajjad of Pakistan 5-0.
In the semifinals, he will face either Habib Sabah (Bahrain) or Ali Al Obaidli (Qatar).
RESULTS
Quarterfinals: Paras Gupta (Ind) beat Sunny Wang (Sin) 5-0 (35-28, 44-9, 40-2, 53-12, 59 (59) -0).
Pre-quarters: Paras Gupta beat Kamal Chawla (Ind) 5-2 (45-0, 63 (47) -4, 36 (30) -19, 26-35, 41-34, 25-34, 37 (33) -0).
-PTI
CRICKET
Telangana High Court appoints Justice Naveen Rao to oversee HCA league matches
The High Court of Telangana has issued orders stating that Justice P. Naveen Rao (Retd.) will oversee the conduct of the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s league matches for the 2025-26 season.
Responding to a writ petition filed by Jai Hanuman Club, the High Court observed that the delay in conducting the annual HCA leagues was detrimental to the interests of players.
It also said that former India A cricketer Vanka Pratap will take up the role of a coordinator and assist and coordinate with Naveen and the HCA.
“All the respondents shall assist, co-operate and co-ordinate with Justice P. Naveen Rao in coordination with Vanka Prathap without causing any hindrance in conducting the league matches for the season 2025-26,” Justice E.V. Venugopal noted.
The court further ordered a fixed honorarium of ₹3 lakhs per month to be paid to Naveen and ₹2 lakhs per month to Pratap. It was also stated that the former is authorized to form a team — including selectors and observers — to conduct the league matches with the assistance and coordination of Pratap.
– Team Sportstar
WRESTLING
Asian U-17 Championships: Rutuja, Manisha clinch gold medals
Women wrestlers Rutuja Gurav (46kg) and Manisha (69kg) landed gold medals at the Asian under-17 wrestling championships in Vung Tau, Vietnam, on Tuesday.
Cheshta (40kg) and Tina Punia (61kg) took silver medals, while Saarika (53kg) picked up a bronze. In Greco Roman, Sachin Kumar (80kg) claimed a bronze.
– Team Sportstar
SWIMMING
National Aquatics Championships: Rujula, Bhavya break meet records
Karnataka’s Rujula S after her win in the 50m freestyle final during the 78th Senior National Aquatics Championship at the Kalinga Stadium Sports Complex in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
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Karnataka’s Rujula S after her win in the 50m freestyle final during the 78th Senior National Aquatics Championship at the Kalinga Stadium Sports Complex in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
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Rujula S. and Bhavya Sachdeva swam confidently to break women’s 50m and 1500m freestyle meet records respectively and clinch gold medals in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old Rujula benefitted from her strong mindset and good preparation to improve upon her previous personal best of 26.91 and secure her maiden gold. “The distance was short, so I went all out,” said Rujula.
Bhavya swam tactically and increased the gap with others after the half-way stage as she shattered Malavika’s 10-year-old record with a time of 17:35.07 and bagged her second gold. “It was slower than what I thought. After missing the mark in 2023, it feels good to achieve it,” said Bhavya, who relocated from Australia to Bangkok to avoid racism and resume her training last year.
Competing in the lone 50m backstroke event, Olympian Srihari Nataraj, without a shave and clearly in training mode for the upcoming World University Games, clocked 25.86 in the heats and 25.70 in the final to claim the top honour. He narrowly missed his 2019 National record of 25.58.
Aryan Nehra, who set the National mark of 3:52.55 in 2023, fought back in the final 100m to regain the 400m freestyle crown with 3:55.96.
Tamil Nadu (Nithik Nathella, Danush Suresh, B. Benediction Rohit, Adhithya Dinesh) took the men’s 4x100m medley relay gold with a record.
RESULTS (WINNERS ONLY)
Men: 400m freestyle: Aryan Nehra (Guj) 3:55.96; 50m backstroke: Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 25.70; 200m butterfly: Sajan Prakash (AIP) 1:58.98; 4x100m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 3:45.09 (NMR, Old 3:45.66, 2024).
Women: 50m freestyle: Rujula S. (Kar) 26.36 (NMR, Old 26.47, Rujuta Khade, 2023); 1500m freestyle: Bhavya Sachdeva (Del) 17:35.07 (NMR, Old 17:39. 16, Malavika V., 2015); 50m backstroke: Vihitha Nayana Loganathan (Kar) 29.99; 200m butterfly: Astha Choudhury (RSPB) 2:20.63; 4x100m medley relay: Karnataka 4:25.92.
– Y.B. Sarangi
