Indian players win 14 medals including five gold in Asia Pickleball Games
Indian players won a total of 14 medals comprising five gold, four silver and five bronze in the Asia Pickleball Games held in Taiwan recently.
Nitten Kirttane captured gold medal in the 50+ open men’s singles while Vishal Jadhav secured silver in the 35+ open men’s singles.
Khushi Sachdeva and Shraddha Damani each won silver in the 19+ and 35+ women’s singles in the 4.0 category, respectively, while Sandeep Tawde added another silver in the 50+ men’s singles in the 4.0 category.
In doubles, Kirttane and Tawde triumphed to claim the gold in the 50+ Open Men’s Doubles, adding to Vanshik Kapadia and Tejas Mahajan’s gold in the 19+ open men’s doubles.
Kapadia and Vrushali Thakare also won gold in the 19+ open mixed doubles, while Jadhav and Isha Lakhani clinched gold in the 35+ open mixed doubles.
Abhishek Dethan (in 35+ men’s singles 4.0), Johann Fernandes (35+ open women’s singles), Thakare-Sachdeva (19+ open women’s doubles), Damani-Fernandes (35+ women’s doubles 4.0) and Chetan Sanil-Tawde (50+ men’s doubles 4.0) won the bronze medals for India.
The event saw participation from countries such as Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, China, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia apart from India.
“The success of our players is a result of their hard work, passion and dedication for Pickleball, both as a career sport as well as a leisure activity,” said All India Pickleball Association president Arvind Prabhoo.
– PTI
HOCKEY
Directorate General NCC scored a 4-1 victory in shoot-out, to knock out defending champion Victory English School, Thenzawl, Mizoram, in the semifinals of the Charanjit Rai 30th Nehru girls hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Tuesday. The teams were locked 2-2 at the end of the regulation period.
In the final, the NCC team will clash with Kiddy’s Corner Girls School, Gwalior, which ousted the runner-up of the last edition, CM Girls High School, Simdega, Jharkhand, 1-0 thanks to a 44th minute strike by Tanvi.
The NCC team had led 2-0 in the first quarter, following goals from Nancy Saroha and Ritika. However, the Mizoram team responded with goals in the second and fourth quarters through penalty corner strikes by Lalruatsiami and skipper Laltlachhungi.
In the eventual shoot-out, the NCC team was sharp in converting all its four chances through Sukhpreet Kaur, Manjinder, Mahi and Ravina. Only Laltlachhungi succeded for the Mizoram team, which could only make three attempts as the opponent took an unbeatable lead.
The results (semifinals):
Kiddy’s Corner Girls HSS, Gwalior, 1 (Tanvi) bt CM Girls HS, Simdega, Jharkhand, 0.
Directorate General NCC 2 (Ritika, Nancy Saroha) bt Victory English School, Thenzawl, Mizoram, 2 (Lalruatsiami, Laltlachhungi) 4-1.
– Team Sportstar
POLO
Chris Mackenzie scored five goals to help Achievers to a 8-6 victory over Delta Polo in a league match of the Habanos Cavalry Gold Cup polo tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Tuesday.
Santiago Marambio scored all the six goals for Delta Polo.
The results (league):
Achievers 8 (Chris Mackenzie 5, Vishwarupe Bajaj 2, Abhimanyu Pathak) bt Delta Polo 6 (Santiago Marambio 6).
– Team Sportstar
