The Indian women’s hockey team came from behind to register a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Malaysia as it continued its winning momentum in the women's Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament, here on Monday. Mumtaz Khan (10th minute) and Deepika (26th) turned the match in India’s favour, scoring crucial goals after Malaysia took an early lead in the sixth minute through Dian Nazeri. India started the match with an attacking intent and in the process secured a couple of penalty corners but failed to capitalise on them. Malaysia, on the other hand, were intent on keeping a better share of ball possession initially but switched into counter-offensive mode soon and it paid off as an unmarked Nazeri scored a field easy goal to hand her side the unexpected lead. But Malaysia's lead lasted only four minutes as Mumtaz scored the equaliser for India from a penalty corner. India continued to play on the offensive in search of the lead in the second quarter and the plan worked as they won a penalty stroke four minutes from half time and Deepika made no mistake. The third quarter started in the same fashion as India continued to dominate the game and pose threat on Malaysia's defence but failed to find the back of the net. The fourth and final quarter started in opposite fashion as compared to first three as India went on the defensive and focused on keeping the possession, while Malaysia raised their level in search of the equaliser. But the Indians soon realised the ploy won't last long and changed gears with the play mostly around Malaysia's half but goals eluded them. The win meant India remained on top of Pool A following their thumping 22-0 win over Uzbekistan in the tournament opener. India will next play Korea in their third pool match on Tuesday. (With PTI inputs) Also Read: Junior Men's Asia Cup Hockey: India emerge champions, beat Pakistan 2-1 in final
05 June,2023 12:00 PM IST | Kakamigahara (Japan) | mid-day online correspondentIn a matchup between Grand Slam champions, No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka defeated Sloane Stephens 7-6(5), 6-4 to advance to her first French Open quarterfinal. Sabalenka will now face Elina Svitolina for a place in the semifinals.In their first clay-court meeting, the two major champions put on another tightly contested battle. Sabalenka grabbed a commanding 5-0 lead to begin the match and had three set points in that game, but Stephens forced a tiebreak.Little separated the two players in the breaker, but Stephens netted a backhand error at 5-5 to give Sabalenka a fourth set point. Sabalenka capitalised on a long service return to take the lead after 62 minutes.In the second set, Stephens likewise produced a comeback, surging from 4-2 to 4-4. Sabalenka, on the other side, earned a crucial break for 5-4 after Stephens led 40-0, finishing the game with a forehand winner.Sabalenka won her tour-leading 33rd match of the year after serving out the match at love. Sabalenka won 77% of her first-service points, edging Stephens and improving to 4-0 against the American."It's a good match to play on the clay court. It's a good preparation. If you can get through this match, you can get through whatever happens to you, you know. Like, it was a really tough, tough match," WTA.com quoted Sabalenka as saying after her win."A lot of balls coming back. It wasn't easy to finish the point. So I always had to find this perfect shot to finish it, and that was tricky," she added.Talking about her quarterfinal opponent, Sabalenka said,"[Svitolina is] playing really great tennis here in Paris, moving well. Another player [that's] gonna run a lot and put a lot of balls back, and I just have to be patient and wait for that perfect shot to finish the point.""It was a really tough battle, and that [Stephens] came back from 0-5, and it says a lot that she's a great fighter and that she's not going to give me that win easily," Sabalenka said. Also Read: French Open: Iga Swiatek steamrolls into Round of 16 This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 June,2023 11:00 AM IST | Paris | ANIIndia’s Amlan Borgohain bagged gold medals in the men’s 100m and 200m races at the Flanders Cup 2023 athletics meet, also called the International Antwerp Athletics Gala, in Merksem, Belgium. Borgohain emerged the winner in the men’s 100m dash with a time of 10.70 seconds, which was 0.45 seconds slower than his own national record. Aubrey Allen of Jamaica clinched the silver, clocking 10.80, while Belgium’s Victor Hofmans took the bronze with an 11.01s timing. Borgohain secured the top spot on the podium in the men’s 200m race with a timing of 20.96. Following closely behind was Hofmans, who finished in second place with a time of 21.42. Jamaican sprinter Samuel Rowe rounded up the top three, crossing the finish line with a time of 21.88. Meanwhile, Sapna Kumari finished behind Belgium’s Amber Vanden Bosch in the women’s 100m hurdles after clocking 14.10, in what was a two-woman field. India’s Mohammed Afsal P failed to finish the men’s 800m race. Also Read: Asian U-20 Athletics Championships: India win two gold and one bronze medal This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 June,2023 08:19 AM IST | New Delhi | IANSMiyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the French Open on Sunday after a ballgirl was accidentally hit by a harmless looking lob in an incident which also called into question the sportsmanship of their opponents. The drama happened when the Japanese player and her Indonesian partner were leading 3-1 in the second set after opponents Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo had claimed the opener. Standing at the net, Kato gently backhanded a ball in the direction of the ballgirl standing at the opposite end of Court 14 in an apparent effort to help the flow of the match. Instead, it hit the youngster on the back of the head. Kato, 28, immediately apologised to the girl who was crying and shaking. At first Kato received just a warning, but the supervisor was then called to the court and the pair, seeded 16, were disqualified from the third-round match after Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo protested to the umpire. Also Read: French Open: ‘Proud of this record,’ says Novak Djokovic Other key results Men's singles>> Karen Khachanov bt Lorenzo Sonego 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 6-1 Women’s singles>> Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bt Elise Mertens 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 June,2023 08:15 AM IST | Paris | AFPNovak Djokovic reached his 55th Grand Slam quarter-final and record 17th at the French Open on Sunday with a straight-sets win over Juan Pablo Varillas. Djokovic, chasing a third Roland Garros championship and record-setting 23rd men’s Grand Slam title, eased past his 94th-ranked Peruvian opponent, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The 36-year-old Serb, champion in Paris in 2016 and 2021, will face 11th seed Karen Khachanov for a place in the semi-finals. Czech Karolina Muchova 8-1 lead over Khachanov Djokovic holds a commanding 8-1 career lead over the Russian including their only previous meeting at the French Open in 2020. “I had never played my opponent before. I knew he was a clay court specialist and that I had to earn the victory. It was the best I played this week,” said Djokovic after ensuring a 14th successive last-eight spot at the tournament. On his record 17th quarter-final in Paris, he added: “I am very proud of this record. I have put a lot of effort into my game and I am very motivated to continue.” Also Read: My injury list is quite long: Novak Djokovic Muchova in quarters Meanwhile, Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic advanced to the last eight of the French Open for the first time on Sunday as she beat lucky loser Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-3. The 43rd-ranked Muchova will play 2021 runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a spot in the semi-finals. Her best run at a Grand Slam came when she reached the Last 4 of the Australian Open two years ago. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 June,2023 07:46 AM IST | Paris | AFPOlympian Devindar Walmiki, 31, was at his inspirational best as he helped Champions Training Centre (CTC) beat Central Railway 4-3 in a thrilling final of the Mumbai Hockey League, organised by Hockey Mumbai City and Hockey Mumbai Suburbs at Don Bosco High School, Matunga, on Sunday. Hardworking midfielder Walmiki, 31, who landed in the city on Friday morning, after playing a tournament in the USA, scored the same evening in CTC’s semi-final win over Western Railway. Then, in a fast-paced final, he set up the opening goal and scored the second as the young CTC side rallied to a fine win. CTC opened the scoring in the 13th minute when Walmiki salvaged a poorly executed penalty corner with a crisp reverse hit across the CR goal, only for teammate Akshya Avhad to tap in from close range. The railwaymen fought back and earned a well-deserved equaliser through Pankaj Singh (21st min) and then went ahead through Mohammed Nizamuddin (29th min) to step into half time with a 2-1 advantage. On resumption, CTC immediately earned a penalty corner and Walmiki smartly executed a drag push through CR goalkeeper Mujahid Khan’s pads to restore parity (35th min). It was CTC’s turn to go ahead this time, through Chavan (41st min). CR, though, weren’t done yet. A defensive lapse from CTC saw the ball fall to CR’s Irshad Mirza (56th min) inside the CTC striking circle, and the CR striker slammed home to ensure the scores were level once again with the crowd cheering from the makeshift stands. A minute later, CTC were rightly awarded a penalty stroke by international referee Javedh Shaikh after a goalmouth melee led to an infringement on the CR goalline. CTC’s Talib Shah made no mistake from the spot. “We [CTC] are a relatively new club. We launched in 2020, but began operations only in 2021 due to the COVID-19 situation. Almost all our boys are betweeen 18 and 22 years of age, so emerging as Mumbai’s best hockey team in such a short span is indeed a special achievement,” Walmiki told mid-day. Chief guest and president of Hockey Mumbai District, Sachin Ahir, awarded CTC the winner’s trophy and cash prize of Rs 1 lakh while CR received the runner-up trophy and a cheque of Rs 50,000. Also Read: Hockey Women's Junior Asia Cup: India look to continue winning run against Malaysia
05 June,2023 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin FerroThane district’s Sarvesh Yadav, 16, who clinched the boys’ U-17 singles title in the Suhas Nadkarni Memorial Yonex Sunrise Maharashtra State Open Badminton Tournament at the MIG Cricket Club on Saturday, hopes to improve his national ranking after his current performance. In the final, he took just 25 minutes to defeat Arnav Dagli 21-10, 21-6. In the semi, top seed Sarvesh registered a 21-10, 22-20 win over Ishan Salvi. He last won the U-17 state title in 2021 at Kalyan. Sarvesh credited his success in the recent past for his switch from Satara to Thane in 2019. He thanked his parents (Naina and Mahesh) who shifted to Thane so that he could pursue his badminton dream. Sarvesh trains under Shrikant Vad at the Thane Badminton Academy. Overall development “I used to play under Sangram Kadam in Satara and he recommended I train under a better coach [Vad sir] since that would help improve my game. So my parents decided to shift base from our hometown [Satara] to Thane. Coming here has helped me learn a lot, not just in terms of the game, but also in my overall development. My father is so supportive that in order to not let the training hamper my studies, he permitted me to do my Class X via open schooling. My aim is to better my All India ranking [Badminton Association of India ranking is 26]. I want to improve that and make it to the Top 5. Winning an All-India ranking tournament in my age group is something I need badly,” Sarvesh, who got 70 per cent in his Class X exams this year, told mid-day. In the girls final, top seed Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye enjoyed smooth sailing against unseeded Riya Vinherkar, also of Greater Mumbai, and cruised to a quick 21-6, 21-5 victory in 21 minutes. Padukone hails event Praising the tournament,one of the chief guests of the event, badminton great Prakash Padukone said: “It’s a good initiative to have a tournament which has veterans and juniors. It has had a good response in the first year, I hope they continue doing better each year.” Also Read: Sunil Gavaskar and Prakash Padukone spotted at Suhas Nadkarni Memorial badminton tournament final Other final results Women’s doubles (70+): 2-Dipti Paranjpe Purohit/Priya Ambekar bt 1-Deanne Rodrigues/Neesha Spingett 17-21, 21-19, 21-9 Men’s doubles (80+): Amit Deshpande/Prashant Bahatre bt Kaushik Vartak/Rohit Athaley 21-13, 21-16 Men’s doubles (90+): 2-Parag Ekande/Siddharth Kishor Patil bt Prashant Bahatre/Yogesh Padukone 12-21, 21-10, 21-16 Team championship: Andheri Sports Complex Tigers bt GSM Sports Club 2-1
05 June,2023 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Sundari IyerFast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh clinched a gold medal each in women's 400m race and men's discus throw respectively to launch India's campaign at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship on an emphatic note, here on Sunday. Heena clocked 53.31 seconds -- just a tad below her personal best of 53.22s -- to win the gold. She had also won a gold in the Asian U-18 Athletics Championships in Tashkent in April. Bharatpreet picked up the second gold for India with a best throw of 55.66m on the opening day of competitions. Antima Pal won India's third medal of the day -- a bronze -- in the women's 5,000m race with a time of 17 minutes and 17.11 seconds. Also Read: Kipyegon breaks 1,500m Women’s World record This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 June,2023 06:46 PM IST | Yecheon (Korea) | PTIAfter a resounding start to their campaign, the Indian women's hockey team will look to guard against complacency when it takes on Malaysia in its second Pool A match of the Junior Asia Cup here on Monday. The Indian women started their Junior Asia Cup sojourn with a morale-boosting 22-0 victory over Uzbekistan. Eight players from the Indian team - Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Mumtaz Khan, Annu, Sunelita Toppo, Manju Chorsiya, Deepika Soreng, Deepika and Neelam, registered their names on the scoresheet as India ticked all the boxes against Uzbekistan. Annu slammed a double hat-trick, while Mumtaz Khan and Deepika fired in four goals each. Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Sunelita Toppo and Deepkia Soreng found the net twice in India's tournament opener. And come Monday, India will look to carry on their superlative form against Malaysia. Indian team captain Preeti said they would look to carry on their form in the remaining matches of the tournament. "We've had a fantastic start to the tournament, establishing a strong foundation, and our aim is to maintain that same level of determination as we face Malaysia," she said in a release. "The solid victory in our opening match has bolstered our confidence, providing the impetus required to carry us forward in the tournament. It's worth noting that Malaysia boasts a formidable team, and thus we anticipate a closely fought contest," she added. Malaysia, on the other hand, too have started the tournament on a promising note, registering a comfortable 7-0 win over Chinese Taipei. And they would be eager to test their mettle against the Indians. Notably, both the teams last locked horns in 2015 during the women's Junior Asia Cup and it was India that emerged victorious with a 9-1 win. Looking at the strength of both the teams, the Indians definitely will start as favourites. After Malaysia, India will face Korea on Tuesday, followed by their final pool game against Chinese Taipei on June 8. (With PTI inputs) Also Read: Hockey Women's Junior Asia Cup: India defeat Uzbekistan 22-0 in opening match
04 June,2023 03:30 PM IST | Kakamigahara (Japan) | mid-day online correspondentOlympic silver medallist wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya pulled out of the Bishkek Ranking Series event after suffering a strain on his right knee during warm up while Pankaj shocked U-23 world champion Aman Sehrawat in an all-Indian 61kg quarterfinal, on Sunday. Having entered in 61kg competition, Ravi was up against Kyrgyzstan's Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu in the Qualification round. It was Dahiya's first competition since finishing sixth at the World Championship in Belgrade in September 2022. "Ravi has recovered from his right knee injury that he sustained in January this year but during the warm up, he suffered a strain on the same knee. Since Asian Games trials are near, he decided to pull out of the event as he did not want to risk aggravating the injury," said a member of the Indian support staff. In the same 61kg category, Pankaj set up a quarterfinal clash fast rising Aman with a confident 8-2 win over Gerogia's Giorgi Goniashvili. It was Aman, winner of a bronze in Zagreb Open in February this year, who was favourite to win this all-Indian clash but Pankaj emerged winner with a comfortable 8-1 margin. Pankaj was quick with his counter-attacking moves and it rattled Aman. Moving to the 70kg semifinals was Mulayam Yadav. He comfortably beat Kazakhstan's Doszhan Asetov 9-4 in his qualification round and followed that up with a confident 6-2 win over Georgia's Davit Patsinashvili. Yadav's defence stood out during his quarterfinal bout. In 65kg, a category which Bajrang Punia has made his own, Anuj Kumarlost a close pre-quarterfinal 6-7 to Azerbaijan's Ali Rahimzada. India did not send any entry for the 74kg, 79kg and 92kg competitions. India have won four medals so far in the tournament. The women wrestlers won three medals on Saturday while one came through Greco Roman grappler Manjeet. Also Read: India's Manjeet bags bronze in UWW ranking series wrestling event in Kyrgyzstan This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 June,2023 02:25 PM IST | Bishkek | PTISpain's tennis star Rafael Nadal is unlikely to play again in 2023 after undergoing an exploratory hip operation, his medical team has confirmed. The keyhole operation on his iliopsoas muscle and tendon on his right hip is aimed at solving a problem that has sidelined the Spaniard, who celebrates his 37th birthday on Saturday, since the Australian Open in January, a Xinhua report said. The operation comes not long after Nadal confirmed he would not be able to play in his favoured French Open, adding that he intended to retire at the end of 2024. Also Read: Rafael Nadal missing Roland Garros would be brutal for tennis, says Roger Federer "The surgery has been positive. It consisted of cleaning the fibrotic and degenerated areas of the tendon both proximally and distally, as well as suturing it to adequately reinforce it," explained the communique, which added that work had also been carried out on the left side of his hip. The communique also estimated how long Nadal would be out of action, saying that although he would start his rehabilitation "in a few hours," the usual "recovery process is estimated at five months, always taking into account the fact of respecting the biological times of said structure." If Nadal's recovery does go to schedule, that could mean he would be able to play in the Davis Cup, which will be held in Malaga at the end of November. However, that would leave little leeway and the fact the Davis Cup is played on hard-court and indoors will probably mean he postpones his return until next year. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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