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Advani, Sitwala to compete in West Indies Billiards & Snooker Championships
Multiple-time world champion Pankaj Advani and current Asian and National Billiards Champion Dhruv Shitwala will compete in the West Indian Billiards & Snooker Championships being held here from August 3rd.
There are three categories of competition: Senior Billiards, Senior Snooker and Junior Snooker.
Also appearing will be current national snooker champion Sourav Kothari, Aditya Mehta, Laxman Rawat, Rupesh Shah, Dhvaj Haria, Alok Kumar, Siddharth Parikh and S. Sreekrishna.
The senior snooker champion will receive a cash prize of Rs 200,000 while the runner-up will receive Rs 120,000.
The winner of the senior billiards category will receive Rs 10 lakh and the runner-up Rs 5 lakh. The winner and runner-up in the junior category will receive Rs 40,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively.
“In the senior tournament, prizes will be awarded to players who make it to the last 16 and cash prizes will also be awarded to the top break,” organisers said in a statement, adding that the tournament will be organised by Kerr Gymkhana along with the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra State (BSAM) and the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India.
-PTI
TN Rankings Billiards and Snooker Championships: Anupama wins double crown
After winning the billiards title, Chennai’s Anupama Ramachandran (MCC) won the snooker title by defeating L Shruti (Buddies) 3-1 at the TNBSA 40th Tamil Nadu State Ranking Women’s Billiards & Snooker Championship held at PBSA on Tuesday.
Anupama Ramachandran completes a grand double at the state ranking women’s snooker championship in Coimbatore on Tuesday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Shruti started well, winning the first frame with a break of 23, but Anupama, the Asian snooker champion, won a closely contested second frame with a black ball before controlling the next two frames with small breaks to clinch the title.
Earlier, Neena Praveen (TNBSA) defeated Sreenidhi Ambarasan (Buddies) 2-0 to claim the third position.
result
Final: Anupama Ramachandran (MCC) bt L.Shruti (Buddies) 39-60, 59-58, 62-19, 66-18. 3rd: Neena Praveen (TNBSA) bt Sreenidhi Ambarasan (Buddies) 65-14, 66-35.
-Ryan Rosario
basketball
National Basketball Academy launched in Mumbai
The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has established a National Basketball Academy in collaboration with Corvuss American Academy, Mumbai.
To begin with, the academy will be run with 30 boys and 30 girls from the school.
A recruitment drive will be held across the country to select 30 boys and 30 girls to join the academy.
These athletes will be mentored by competent foreign coaches. Partner institutes will provide the trainees with comprehensive academic programs, nutritional support, sports counselling, training and access to world-class facilities.
Academy players are free to earn the right to represent their states at state and national championships.
“This marks a major step forward in our efforts to grow the game of basketball. We are committed to providing a platform for young talent to flourish and compete at the highest level,” BFI Chairman Aadhav Arjuna said.
– Team Sports Star
tennis
CITI Open: Yuki suffers early defeat in Washington
Yuki Bhambri, teaming up with Albano Olivetti, lost to Sadio Doumbia and Hugo Nis in the pre-quarterfinal doubles match of the $2,271,715 prize money ATP tennis tournament in Washington, USA.
The Indian-French pair earned $9,010 for their early exit but no ATP points.
result:
$2,271,715 ATP, Washington, USA Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sadio Doumbia (France) & Hugo Nis (Mon) vs. Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (France), 7-6 (4), 6-4.
$25,000 ITF Men’s Singles, Taipei, Taiwan (First Round): Siddharth Rawat defeated Blake Ellis (Australia) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
$25,000 ITF Men’s, Brazzaville, Congo Singles (1st round): Merli Sibanda (Zi) bt Adil Kalyanpur 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. Karan Singh by Camille Bobua (Cgo) 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aditya Balsekar & Yash Chaurasia by Anurag Agarwal & Muni Ananth Mani 6-3, 6-7(4); [12-10]; Parth Agarwal & Abraham Asaba (GAR) by Ayush Bhatt (USA) & Yuvan Nandla 7-6(4), 6-2; SD Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur bt Anup Bangargi & Paritosh Pawar 6-2, 6-1; Rishabh Agarwal & Eric Vancherboim (GB) bt Adrian Alcon (AUS) & Harry Sarsfield (GB) 6-1, 7-6(5); Maxime Gouges (FRA) & Eitan Meissen (BEL) by Hillel Rousseau (HI) & Prakash Saran 7-6(3), 6-3; Isaac Notey (GAR) & Karan Singh by Alfred Mbien &. Cheik Ekwume (CGO) 6-0, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF Men’s Doubles, Monastir, Tunisia (Pre-Quarterfinal): Valentin de Carvalho (Pol) & Anthony Jenoff (Bull) by Chirag Duhan & Yuri Javakian (Great Britain) 6-2, 2-6, {10-7].
$25,000 ITF Women’s, Mohammedia, Morocco Singles (1st round): Kristina Dumitruk defeated Zir Desai 6-1, 6-1. Vaishnavi Adkar defeated Tina Smith of Australia 7-5, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women’s doubles (pre-quarterfinal) in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan: Vaidekhi Chaudhari & Elena Malygina (EST) vs. Ashirzhan Aristanbekova & Sonya Zhienbaeva (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF Women’s Singles, Tbilisi, Georgia (First Round): Saumya Vig defeated Tamari Gagosidze of Georgia 6-3, 6-3.
– Team Sports Star
Athletics
Service Championships: Gurbia breaks meet record, Uttam joins javelin 80m club
Asian bronze medallist Gurbir Singh smashed the meet record in the men’s 5,000m at the 73rd Army Athletics Championships held at the SAI-LNCPE Stadium here on Tuesday.
Garbia, an Army alumnus and national record holder (13:18.92), won the gold medal in a time of 13:35.07.
On the opening day of the championships on Monday, Army’s B. Uttam Patil competed in the 80m javelin and won the gold medal with a personal best of 80.42m.
In the men’s 1500m, Yunus Shah beat international Parvey Khan to win in a new meet record of 3:41.32 seconds, while H. Manikanta was the fastest in the 100m to win in a time of 10:49 seconds.
The tournament, organised by the Board of Control for Indian Navy Sports, was inaugurated by Brigadier Salil MP, Commander-in-Chief, Thiruvananthapuram Station.
result
5000m: 1. Gurbir Singh (AR) 13:35.07s MR, OR 14:01.04; 2. Prakash Deshmukh (IN) 13:37.39 BR, 3. Lovepreet Singh (AG) 13:38.49 BR. 110m Hurdles: 1. TS Bhatia (AF) 14.24s, 2. Sachin Binu (IN) 14.29, 3. Maimon Porowse (IN) 14.49. 4x100m: 1. Indian Navy (Gurvinder, Lovepreet, Mohammed Suddath, KS Pranav) 40.17s, 2. Army Red (40.22), 3. Army Green (40.73). High Jump: 1. V. Bharati (IN) 2.14m, 2. Gulav Abhai Batu (AR) 2.11, 3. B. Chetan (AF) 2.05.
Shot put: 1. Danveer Singh (IN) 18.47m, 2. Naresh (AF) 18.13, 3. Ramchander (AR) 17.36.
Monday’s events: 100m: 1. Manikanta H. (AR) 10.49s, 2. Harjit Singh (AF) 10.55, 3. Gurvinder Singh (IND) 10.58. 400m: 1. Mohit Kumar (AR) 46.60s, 2. Rahul Baby (IND) 46.67, 3. Dhamvir Choudhary (AG) 46.80. 1500m: 1. Younus Shah (AR) 3:41.32s MR, OR 3:43.79; 2. Parvay Khan (IN) 3:41.45 BR, 3. Rahul Baroda (AG) 3:41.77 BR.
Long Jump: 1. Sidruth Naik (AF) 7.64m, 2. Y. Vinoth Kumar (IN) 7.53, 3. Sethu S. Nair (7.36). Javelin Throw: 1. B. Uttam Patil (AR) 80.42m, 2. Shivam Lohakhale (AG) 78.04, 3. Parmod (AR) 76.65.
20km walk: 1. S. Selvin (AR) 1:26:50.03 seconds, 2. Ashpreet Singh (AR) 1:31:15.11, 3. Mukesh Nithalwal (AG) 1:31:46.52.
– Team Sports Star