Indian sports activities information wrap, January 8: RoundGlass Punjab continues unbeaten run at house in I-League

Listed here are all the key developments in Indian sport on Sunday, January 8, 2023.

TABLE TENNIS

Sathiyan suffers shock defeat to Quek, Indian ladies get pleasure from wins in WTTC Continental

G. Sathiyan, ranked thirty ninth, suffered a shock defeat to Singapore’s Izaac Quek, positioned exactly 200 rungs beneath, whereas eight Indians moved into the singles second spherical within the Asian WTTC Continental Stage desk tennis match in Doha on Sunday.

Nation’s top-ranked male participant on the world record and extensively anticipated to advance, Sathiyan led 2-0 and once more 3-2 earlier than Quek accomplished an 8-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9 upset. Sanil Shetty was the opposite Indian to lose after working into Iran No 2 Amir Hossain Hodaei in six units.

Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Manush Shah confronted various ranges of challenges of their opening encounters.

Among the many ladies, Swastika Ghosh was the decide. Ranked 243, Swastika defeated Kazakhstan’s No 1 and World No. 140 Zauresh Akasheva 13-11, September 11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.

Nationwide champion Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, Reeth Rishya and Diya Chitale brushed apart lower-ranked gamers for a spot within the second spherical.

-Rakesh Rao

FOOTBALL

Santosh Trophy 2022-23: Kerala beats Mizoram to enter the ultimate section

Host Kerala thrashed Mizoram 5-1 to qualify for the ultimate section of the Santosh Trophy soccer championship on Sunday. The win took Kerala to the highest of Group II.

The Kerala crew that received Group II of the Santosh Trophy qualifying match.
| Photograph Credit score: Ok. RAGESH

Each the groups had received all their matches within the group and this encounter was going to determine who would come first within the group and thus earn the confirmed ticket for the ultimate section of the Nationwide championship. It proved far too simple for Kerala, which had received the Santosh Trophy final 12 months.

On at the present time, Naresh opened the scoring half-an-hour into the sport. He struck once more within the second half, with Nijo Gilbert, Gifty Gracious and Vishak Mohanan including on to Mizoram’s distress.

The primary aim got here off a rebound off Mizoram’s goalkeeper Lalmuanawma, with Naresh displaying the presence of thoughts to transform the fortunate alternative. No extra aim got here within the first half.

Two minutes into the second half, although, Nijo made it 2-0 for the host, via a terrific free-kick from simply out the D.

Kerala’s pleasure, although, was overshadowed by the private lack of certainly one of its gamers, Riswan Ali. His father, V.P. Muhammadali, died in the course of the match.

-P. Ok. Ajith Kumar

I-League: Gokulam Kerala’s Spanish gambit pays off

Gokulam Kerala’s determined measures appear to be working. The administration, which changed its coach and two key gamers halfway via the I-League, have to be pleased with the crew’s 1-0 victory in opposition to Churchill Brothers on Sunday.

The administration have to be notably comfortable that the aim was scored by one of many replacements, Sergio Mendigutxia, who joined the crew together with fellow-Spaniard Omar Ramos. It was their first match for Gokulam, simply because it was for his or her coach, compatriot Francesc Bonet.

With the win, Gokulam, the champion for the final two seasons, has moved into the third spot, with 18 factors from 10 video games. Sreenidi Deccan continues to be main the desk with 22 factors, whereas RoundGlass Punjab, which has performed a sport much less, is on 20. Churchill stays seventh with 12 factors.

Churchill have to be regretting the probabilities it missed on this sport, which noticed fairly a little bit of end-to-end soccer. With either side struggling to transform the alternatives that got here their manner, a goalless draw couldn’t have been dominated out, till the host made an outstanding transfer down the centre, with simply 10 minutes of regular time remaining.

It was completed off in model by Mendigutxia, off a effective help from V.S. Sreekuttan. The Spaniard did properly to place the ball into the far put up, beating Churchill’s goalkeeper Albino Gomes.

– P.Ok. Ajith Kumar

RoundGlass Punjab FC dominates NEROCA to stay unbeaten at house

RoundGlass Punjab continued its unbeaten run at house, beating NEROCA FC 3-1 within the I-League at Panchkula on Sunday.

Luka Majcen, Brandon Vanlalremdika and Krishnananda Singh scored for the winner whereas Yumnam Gopi Singh scored the comfort aim for NEROCA FC.

RGPFC has maintained its second place within the desk beneath Sreenidi Deccan FC which has performed a match greater than them.

RGPFC began the half with extra intent and deployed its ordinary excessive press technique giving no time on the ball for the opponent. Juan Mera and Pranjal Bhumij have been energetic on the wings.

RGPFC took the lead within the twelfth minute. Pranjal performed an inviting ball into the field which discovered a free Luka Majcen who jumped excessive to deposit a thumping header previous NEROCA keeper to offer the house facet the lead. It’s Luka’s fifth aim of the season.

Juan Mera dispossessed the ball from the NEROCA wing again and located Luka Majcen simply outdoors the field. Luka performed an ideal ball to the on dashing Brandon Vanlalremdika who poked the ball previous Shubham Dhas to double the lead within the fifteenth minute.

NEROCA halved the deficit in opposition to the run of play within the forty fourth minute. A ball from the center from Tangva was half cleared by the RGPFC defence however fell to Yumnam Gopi Singh who struck a primary time shot which left keeper Kiran Kumar Limbu helpless.

RGPFC put the sport past NEROCA within the 77th minute via a aim from Krishnananda Singh. Substitute Maheson Singh performed an excellent via ball for Krishnananda who rounded the dashing NEROCA keeper and tapped into the empty web.

RGPFC has 17 factors from 9 matches whereas NEROCA FC has 7 factors from 10 video games.

– PTI

SQUASH

Anahat Singh turns into second Indian to win British Junior Open twice

Anahat Singh grew to become the second Indian after Joshna Chinappa to win the British Junior Open twice beating Sohaila Hazem of Egypt 3-0 (11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5) in 28 minutes.

Anahat’s first title on the championships got here in her debut try in 2019 as she beat Whitney Wilson of Malaysia 3-1 within the closing of the ladies under-11 class.

The 14-year-old’s victory comes in the back of a prolific 12 months on court docket when she grew to become the youngest participant to characterize India on the Commonwealth Video games in 2022. Aside from this, she can be the reigning below 15 nationwide champion, runners-up on the senior nationwide championship and winner of the Scottish Junior Open this 12 months.

-Divyakriti Singh

TENNIS

Daksh Prasad and Suhitha Maruri are the 2 Indian gamers who have gotten seeding within the ITF junior tennis match to be staged on the DLTA Complicated from Monday.

Daksh has been seeded eighth within the boys occasion, and Suhitha seeded seventh within the ladies part, of a really aggressive discipline.

The champion of the final occasion in Chandigarh Donghyun Kim of Korea has been seeded sixth within the boys occasion, whereas the ladies champion Dominika Podhajecka of Poland doesn’t have a seeding.

Suhitha has drawn to play Dominika within the first spherical.

After three rounds of qualifying occasion, solely Cahir Warik within the boys part and Aishi Bisht within the ladies part have been the one Indian gamers to make it into the primary draw. Apparently, in the same match on the DLTA in 2018, Emma Raducanu of Britain had received the ladies title earlier than scaling the world ladder in dramatic model in New York to win the US Open ladies’s title in 2021.

It ought to be fascinating to get a glimpse of the longer term stars this week.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

VOLLEYBALL

Sachin Rathi, Amaan chowdhury and Harsh Nagar mixed properly to assist Delhi beat Gujarat 25-21, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22 within the boys closing of the ONGC forty fourth Nationwide sub-junior volleyball championship on the Laxmi Public Faculty, Karkardooma, on Sunday.

Within the ladies closing, India under-18 captain Kavita Suthar and Aina Saharan performed a major function in serving to Rajasthan beat Uttar Pradesh 15-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-19 within the closing.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

CRICKET

Biju George appointed fielding coach of Dubai Capitals

Former fielding coach of the Indian ladies’s cricket crew Biju George has been appointed because the fielding coach of Dubai Capitals within the UAE T20 league which can start in Dubai subsequent week.

“It’s an extension of what I’ve been doing for the previous few years in IPL (Indian Premier League) and T20 cricket. It’s an honour for me to grow to be the primary coach from the State to determine in an abroad T20 league,’‘ he mentioned.

Biju George was the fielding coach of Delhi Capitals throughout IPL 2022.

George was the fielding coach of Delhi Capitals throughout IPL 2022. He earlier had stints with Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad as fielding coach. 

A BCCI stage 3 coach, George coached the Kuwait nationwide crew for a quick whereas and was the coach of the South Zone crew that received the Duleep Trophy.

– M.R. Praveen Chandran

ATHLETICS

Hemraj, Chhavi win Nationwide cross nation titles

Rajasthan’s Hemraj Gurjar received the boys’s 10km title comfortably whereas Railways’ Chhavi Yadav outsprinted Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav (Maharashtra) to take the ladies’s gold within the 57th Nationwide cross nation championships on a difficult course in Assam on Sunday.

Companies males and Railways ladies received the crew titles.