HOCKEY
Kerala hockey, chhattisgarh hockey impress in dominant victories on Junior Men National Championship
Day 2 of the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship saw Kerala Hockey, Le Puducherry Hockey, Chhattisgarh Hockey and Goans Hockey victory in division ‘C’ while Hockey Chandigarh, Hockey Victor game and Delhi Victor game In Jalandhar, Punjab.
The day started with a ‘C’ division, Pool a competition in which Kerala-Hockey built his form with a dominant 8-3 victory over Telangana Hockey. Captain Muhammed Kaif (14 ‘, 57’) and Adity Kumar (17 ‘, 28’) scored Beugels while Akshay Anil (14 ‘), Shalik KS (21’), Rohit Kushwaha (22 ‘) and Arjun Krishna ML (53’) also contributed with goals for Kera Hockey. Pradep Kodapa (3 ‘, 29’) and AGGU MANOJ (30 ‘) scored goals for Telangana hockey.
The second game saw Le Puducherry hockey-welding Tripura Hockey 4-0 in the pool a fixture. Captain Keerthivasan (28 ‘, 59’) scored a brace for the winning team and Illamaran (24 ‘) and Madhavan (34’) also made the net for Le Puducherry -Hockey.
In Pool B of ‘C’ division, Chhattisgarh-Hockey performed better than Hockey Gujarat with an impressive score of 13-0. Mohit Nayak (6 ‘, 10’, 28 ‘, 30’, 31 ‘, 33’) was in brilliant form when he registered six goals to his name. For Kumar Yadav (36 ‘, 55’, 57 ‘), Karan Kumar Sahu (13’, 38 ‘), Captain Anand Kumar Suryavanshi (18’) and Avinash Ekka (58 ‘) were the other goal scorers for Chhattisgarh Hockey.
In the last game of ‘C’ Division, Goans Hockey Hockey Raj defeated 4-2 in Pool B. Krish Shyam Gaunkar (3 ‘, 47’) and Tushar Sharma (23 ‘, 57’) scored braces for Goans Hockey while Manvendra Gurjar (31 ‘) scoring the)) and Mohammads the Duhamadad) Hockey Raj.
In the ‘B’ division, Hockey Chandigarh Hockey Jammu & Kashmir defeated 7-2 in his pool a match. Satnam Singh (22 ‘, 26’, 28 ‘, 36’, 47 ‘) showed brilliant skills and scored five goals for the winning side. Dheeraj (10 ‘) and Moohaged Jaeed (15’) also scored for Hockey Chandigarh. Captain Rajveer Singh (49 ‘, 58’) was the only scorer for Hockey Jammu & Kashmir.
In the next match, Hockey Uttarakhand defeated Hockey Association of Bihar with 3-1 in ‘B’ division. Mahendra Singh Bisht (32 ‘, 36’, 40 ‘) scored a competition -winning hat trick for the winners. Nandlal Shah (9 ‘) scored the only goal for Hockey Association of Bihar.
In the last game, Delhi continued their winning form with a slim 1-0 win over Hockey Bengal in Pool B of division ‘B’. Yuvraj Singh (40 ‘) converted a penalty corner in the third quarter to win the match for Delhi.
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Box
Haryana rules Supreme in both categories such as services, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh Complete the stage
Haryana’s Young Boxing Brigade delivered a stunning all-round performance on the 4th Sub Junior (U-15) Boys and Girls National Boxing Championships, whereby the general team titles were held in both categories. Competing against the best emerging talent from all over India at Galgotias University, combined the boxers of Haryana skills, power and consistency to end up on top of the rankings prior to the services in the boys’ division and girl competition.
The championship took place in the presence of SpiceJet’s chairman and director of Ajay Singh, who also Dr. Dhruv Galgotia, CEO of Galgotias University, Eerde. The event was also worshiped by Shri Jayant Chaudary, Hon’Ble State Minister for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education and Olympic medal winner Vijender Singh, together with other high -quality workers who witnessed the lively matches of Ringside.
In the category boys secured 4 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze medals to claim the team crown, while services followed closely with 5 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze. Uttar Pradesh turned off the stage with 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. The indictment of Haryana was led by clean-sweep victories of Ravi Sihag (49-52 kg) and Sanchit Jayani (55-58 kg), in addition to solid stage finishes about weight classes.
The girls’ team reflected this success and produced champions in several divisions, including Garima (35-37 kg), Princi (49-52 kg), Sunainina (58-61 kg), Jivika (61-64 kg) and Radhika Sharma (67-70 kg). The services ended as second general, with gold medal winners such as Navya (52-55 kg) and Nishalini Muthukumar (43-46 kg), while Maharashtra claimed the third place with striking victories of Riya Shinde (30–33kg) and Ovi Adwant (46–49 KG).
The dominance of Haryana was further reflected in the last team ranking, where the state secured the first place in both boys’ and girls categories. In the boys’ division, Haryana (4 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze – 47 points) took the crown home, followed by services (5 gold, 4 silver, 9 bronze – 38 points) and Uttar Pradesh (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze – 34 pts), with Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu the top five. Due to the ranking of the girl team, Haryana again led the table (5 gold, 5 bronze – 57 points), prior to services (3 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze – 42 points) and Punjab (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze – 33 points), while Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra struck the top five.
Special prices went to S. Obrait Meccades from Tamil Nadu (Best Boxer – Boys), Abhijeet Tehlan of Services (Best Challenger – Boys), Trhana Vinayak Mohite of Services (Best Boxer – Girls) and Nayana Yahvi S. van Karnataka.
The results
Boys
30–33KG – Gold: S. Snthosh (TN), Silver: Saurav (CHD), Bronze: Manan (del), Nitin Mehla (Pun); 33–35kg – Gold: Yash Nikam (Mah), Silver: Rohit Pothina (SSCB), Bronze: Subdep Singh (Pun), Sohan Kumar (del); 35–37kg – Gold: S. Obrait Meccades (TN), Silver: Dikshard Rajain (SSCB), Bronze: Sanskar Atram (Mah), Yishu Nath Mukhi (JHA); 37–40kg – Gold: Gowtham Ganagalla (AP), Silver: Aneraj Choudary (Raj), Bronze: Ashish Sardar (JHA), Ayush Piyush Bhosale (SSCB); 40–43KG – Gold: Niya Chery (Aru), Silver: Mscoori Ramcharan (Tel), Bronze: Sachin Kumar (Har), R Sai Harish (SSCB); 43–46KG – Gold: Nongpoknganba Meitei (man), Silver: A. Darshan (TN), Bronze: Rudaksh Singh (SSCB), MD Zayan Ahmed (ASM); 46–49KG – Gold: Aman Kumar (UTK), Silver: Chirag (SSCB), Bronze: Kartik (CHD), Yash (Har); 49–52KG – Gold: Ravi Sihag (Har), Silver: Reri Kongsar Jeba (Aru), Bronze: Harshvardhan Jeena (SSCB), Vhneswarar N. (TN); 52–55kg – Gold: Mohd Yasser (J&K), Silver: Nelson Khwairakpam (MAN), Bronze: Mohit Bhandari (UTK), D. Sakthi (TN); 55–58kg – Gold: Sanchit Jayani (Har), Silver: Anik Babra (UP), Bronze: Kartikt Adhikari (UTK), Laksh Thakran (DDNH); 58–61KG – Gold: Akash Kumar Singh (UP), Silver: Abhijeet Tehlan (SSCB), Bronze: Golkonda ABHINAV (Tel), Bhavishya (Raj); 61–64KG – Gold: Manish Koranga (UTK), Silver: Konkan Kishan (ASM), Bronze: Varnit Malik (UP), Yaiphaba Meitei (man); 64–67KG – Gold: Arpit Bishnoi (Har), Silver: Bigson Meitei (man), Bronze: Lakshay Phogat (UP), Calvin Anthony (cart); 67–70 kg – Gold: Bhavya Pratap (UP), Silver: Meet (SSCB), Bronze: Milind K Borah (ASM), Ashtitva Thapa (UTK); 70–70+kg – Gold: Tanish (Har), Silver: Yamanveer JaWandha (Pun), Bronze: Viren Chabri (del), Manish Kumar (RAJ)
Girls
30–33KG – Gold: Riya Shinde (Mah), Silver: Kritika (Pun), Bronze: Jevitha Ponnada (AP), Komal (Har); 33–35kg – Gold: Raju (Har), Silver: m. Kaviya (TN), Bronze: Komalpreet Kaur (Pun), Kundana Somasree (AP); 35–37kg – Gold: Garima (Har), Silver: Niharika Bokka (AP), Bronze: Laxmi Kumari (JHA), Arti Kumari (del); 37–40kg – Gold: Priyakshi Gogoi (ASM), Silver: S. Sarah Tamil (TN), Bronze: Kanchan (Pun), Tamanna (Har); 40–43KG – Gold: Ishika Zambre (Mah), Silver: Hanshika Attri (del), Bronze: Alekya (AP), Ekampreet Kaur (SSCB) 43–46KG – Gold: Nishalini Muthukumar (SSCB), Silver:; , Diviyabatti Devi Konthouj (man), Bronze: Reet Kumari (UTK), July Doley (ASM); 46–49kg – Gold: Ovi Adwant (Mah), Silver: Nayana Yahvi S. (Kar), Bronze: Shine Vimal (CHD), Khushi Rana (SSCB); 49–52KG – Gold: Princi (Har), Silver: Mandisha Sahu (AP), Bronze: Reet Kaur (SSCB), V. Harshitha (TN) 52–55KG – Gold: Navya (SSCB), Silver: Sarruuddhi (Mah), Brons: Anshu (Har); (CHD); 55–58kg – Gold: Pragati Raj (Bih), Silver: Tannvi (Har), Bronze: Gargi Raut (Mah), Kosturi Gogoi (ASM); 58–61KG – Gold: Sunaina (Har), Silver: S. Swathika (TN), Bronze: Ishmeet Kaur (Pun), Vaishnavi Yadav (UP); 61–64kg – Gold: Jivika (Har), Silver: Neha Powdel (ASM), Bronze: Hemavathi S. (TN), Vridhi (Pun); 64–67KG – Gold: Trhanna Vinayak Mohite (SSCB), Silver: Priyanshi Saini (Raj), Bronze: Suman Rani (Har), Priyanshi Naidu (MP); 67–70 kg – Gold: Radhika Sharma (Har), Silver: K. Banu Srimathi (TN), Bronze: Ipsa Mehta (UP), Nitya Pandey (Guj); 70–70+kg – Gold: G. Monshika (TN), Silver: Manveer Kaur (Pun), Bronze: Mansi J Suvarna (Kar), Alisha Satiya (del)
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GOLF
Sandhu maintains a lead in MySuru
Yuvraj Sandhu fired a second straight bogey-free round, a five-under 65, to keep his One-shot lead on day two of the MySuru open here on Wednesday.
PGTI Order of Merit Leader Yuvraj (61-65), which comes from Chandigarh, therefore took his tournament a total of 14-under 126.
Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain (62-65) also went error-free for the second day in a row when he brought a 65 back to continue in the second position on 13-under 127.
Arjun Prasad of Delhi submitted the Joint Lowest score of the day of 62 to go to third place, together with Gurugram’s Manu Gandas (63) on 12-under 128.
Rashid Khan, another golfer in Delhi, also shot the lowest score of the day of 62, to be placed in fifth place together with Viraj Madappa (63), Pranav Mardikar (63) and Honey Baisoya (66) on 11-Uder 129.
P PraBhu (68-66) from MySuru was the best placed among the local professionals because he occupied the 28th position in six-under 134.
Halfway through the cut came three 137 when cloudy and cloudy circumstances continued the second consecutive day with the wind that also came into play on Wednesday. Sixty -two professionals made the cut.
-Pti
FOOTBALL
AIFF calls for the meeting of legal lawyers of ISL clubs and federations
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) asked on Wednesday the legal advice of the Apex body of the game and the ISL clubs to «keep discussions» about the worries of the teams about the uncertainty in the coming season of the top class.
Last week, 11 Indian Super League clubs had urged the AIFF to urgently bring the «current situation» of Indian football, resulting from the uncertainty about the future of Island, to the attention of the Supreme Court before a case with regard to the constitution of the National Federation is pending.
The ISL clubs said in a letter that they will have no choice but to look for independent judicial story if the AIFF does not act on their request.
The National Federation has now responded.
“The AIFF, on the evening of Friday, August 8, 2025, received a letter from 11 Indian Super League clubs and jointly asked that the Supreme Court is aware of the current uncertainty surrounding the ISL.
«On August 13, the AIFF responded and asked the legal advice of the clubs and the federation to hold discussions and decide on further action,» the AIFF tweeted.
The clubs asked the AIFF to ensure the Super Cup a day after the National Federation had proposed the Super Cup in September to guarantee sufficient competing competitions for the clubs after ILL organizers FSDL signed a «break» on the League because of uncertainty about the extension of the Master Rights Agreement (MRA) who in 2010.
After the decision of 11 July of ISL organizers FSDL to place the 2025-26 season «» on hold «because of the uncertainty surrounding the renewal of the MRA, three clubs have either the activities of the first team or suspended salaries of first-team players and staff.
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