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Indian sports wrap, July 25: Vennala Kalagotla confirms India's first medal at Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2025
BADMINTON Badminton Asia Junior Championships: Vennala Kalagotla advances to semifinals, confirms India's first medal Youngster Vennala Kalagotla confirmed India's first medal at the ongoing Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Solo, Indonesia, on Friday as she reached the semifinals. Kalagotla took down Thailand's Janyaporn Meepanthong 21-18, 17-21, 21-17 in 58 minutes to assure herself of at least a bronze. Later in the day, second-seeded Indian Tanvi Sharma, who recently finished runner-up at the US Open Super 300 tournament, faces fifth-seeded Indonesian Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan in her last-eight fixture. - Team Sportstar Related Topics Vennala Kalagotla
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Indian sports wrap, July 24: Anahat reaches semifinals of World Squash Junior Championships
SQUASH Anahat reaches semifinals of World Squash Junior Championships India's teen prodigy Anahat Singh entered the semifinals at the World Junior Championships on Thursday in Cairo after beating Egypt's Malika Elkaraksy 3-0 (11-6, 13-11, 11-5). Anahat, the first Indian girl to reach the semifinals since Dipika Pallikal in 2010, is assured of at least a bronze medal. The second-seeded Indian will meet Nadien Elhammamy, another Egyptian, on Friday for a place in the final. - Team Sportstar FOOTBALL FC Goa signs Spanish defender Pol Moreno FC Goa announced the signing of Spanish defender Pol Moreno for the upcoming season on Thursday. The 31-year-old centre-back joins the Gaurs after a four-year stint with Racing Santander in the Segunda Division, the second tier of Spanish football. A product of the Catalan football system, Moreno has played over 200 professional games in Spain. Known for his composure on the ball, aerial dominance, and leadership at the back. - Team Sportstar BADMINTON Badminton Asia Juniors Individual Championships: Tanvi Sharma, Vennala Kalagotla advance to quarterfinals India's young shuttlers Tanvi Sharma, Vennala Kalagotla and the top-seeded men's doubles pair of Bhargav Ram and Viswa Tej continued their impressive form at the Badminton Asia Juniors Individual Championships 2025 in Solo, Indonesia on Thursday. Second seed Tanvi Sharma showcased her dominance in the women's singles category, overcoming China's Shi Si Chen 21-19, 21-14 in the Round of 32, followed by a commanding 21-14, 21-15 win over Thailand's Phannachet Passa-Orn in the Round of 16 to book her place in the quarterfinals. Vennala, meanwhile, won back-to-back rounds for a second consecutive day to book her spot in the last eight. In men's doubles, top seeds Bhargav Ram and Viswa Tej comfortably defeated Japan's Haru Masuda and Shogo Miyashita 21-15, 21-15 to advance to the Round of 16. The World No. 1 Indian pair will now face China's Wen Xin and Wei Gang Zheng later today for a place in the quarterfinals. Elsewhere in men's singles, Rounak Chouhan edged Thailand's Utchan Ruaysap 25-23, 21-18, while Ansh Negi registered a 21-14, 21-16 win over Vietnam's Le Minh Son, with both advancing to the Round of 16. In women's doubles, the duo of Vennala Kalagotla and Reshika U cruised past Hong Kong China's Au-Yeung Wing Chi and Yi Kiu Yu 21-7, 21-16 to secure their Round-of-16 berth. Meanwhile, Pranauv Ram Nagalingam concluded his campaign in the Round of 16, while Himar Lalthazuala, Tanvi Reddy Andluri, and the mixed doubles pair of Vishnu Kedhar Kode and Keerthy Manchala bowed out in the Round of 32. - Team Sportstar TENNIS Bhambri-Venus pair enters quarterfinals in Washington Yuki Bhambri, seeded fourth with Michael Venus, beat Andre Goransson and Sem Verbeek 6-7(1), 7-^(3), [10-6] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $2,396,115 ATP tennis tournament in Washington DC, USA. In the quarterfinals, the Indo-Kiwi pair will play Neal Skupski and John-Patrick Smith. The results: $2,396,115 ATP, Washington, USA Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Michael Venus (Nzl) bt Andre Goransson (Swe) & Sem Verbeek (Ned) 6-7(1), 7-6(3), [10-6]. €596,035 ATP, Kitzbuhel, Austria Doubles (quarterfinals): Neal Oberleitner & Joel Schwaerzler (Aut) bt Sriram Balaji & Rithvik Bollipalli 6-4, 6-2. $160,000 Challenger, Bloomsfield Hills, USA Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Niki Poonacha & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Jody Maginley (Ant) & Eliot Spizzirri (USA) 6-7(4), 6-4, [10-8]. €181,250 Challenger, Zug, Switzerland Doubles (quarterfinals): Szymon Kielan & Filip Pieczonka (Pol) bt Arjun Kadhe & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-3, 6-4. €91,250 Challenger, Tampere, Finland Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal bt Max Houkes (Ned) 6-2, 6-4. €100,000 WTA, Palermo, Italy Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Ines Ibbou (Aus) & Naima Karamoko (Sui) 7-6(4), 6-3. $30,000 ITF women, Porto, Portugal Singles (first round): Laurent Lokoli (Fra) bt Manas Dhamne 6-3, 7-6(6). Doubles (pre-quarterfinal): Ignasi Forcano (Esp) & Leonardo Rossi (Ita) bt Manas Dhamne & Vadym Ursu (Ukr) 5-7, 7-5, [10-6]. $30,000 ITF men, Denia, Spain Doubles (quarterfinals): Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Alvaro Serrano (Esp) & Darius Pop (Rou) 6-2, 6-4. $15,000 ITF men, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Singles (first round): Uisung Park (Kor) bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-3, 7-6(3). Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jake Delaney (Aus) & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (Tha) bt Manish Sureshkumar & Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 5-7, [10-8]. $30,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Jia-Jing Lu (Chn) bt Vaidehee Chaudhari 6-2, 6-2. $15,000 ITF women, Huamantla, Mexico Singles (first round): Kaitlyn Carnicella (USA) bt Saumya Vig 6-2, 6-3. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Gala Arangio (Arg) & Diva Bhatia bt Sarah Barry (Nzl) & Dilana Rsovac (Aus) 5-7, 6-4, [10-2]. $15,000 ITF women, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Sarah Rokusek (Aus) 6-3, 7-5. -Team Sportstar ARCHERY World University Games: India assured of at least two medals in compound archery Compound archers assured India of at least two medals in team events at the World University Games in Essen, Germany, on Thursday. Indian men and mixed teams gave consistent performances to reach their summit clashes, while its women's team made it to the bronze medal match. The top-ranked Indian men's team, comprising Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Hritik Sharma, got a bye before beating the USA 236-229 and Chinese Taipei 235-233 to set up a title clash with Turkey. The second-ranked mixed team, featuring Parneet Kaur and Kushal, enjoyed a bye and went on to defeat Singapore 158-153, the USA 158-157 and Chinese Taipei 158-151 to book a place in the final. It will meet Korea in the gold medal contest. The women's team, also ranked second and consisting of Parneet, Madhura Dhamangaonkar and Avneet Kaur, received a bye and defeated Italy 232-226 before losing 233-230 to the USA in the semifinals. It will take on the United Kingdom in the bronze medal duel. India's recurve men and women teams lost in the quarterfinals, while its mixed team exited in the pre-quarterfinals. -Team Sportstar TENNIS Nagal enters Tampere Open quarterfinals India's top singles player Sumit Nagal quelled a late challenge from Netherlands' Max Houkes to advance to the quarterfinals of the Tampere Challenger event while Arjun Kadhe and Vijay Sundar Prashanth lost the doubles quarterfinals of the Zug Open in Switzerland. Serving for the match, Nagal faced multiple break points in game 10 of the second set but came out unscathed to advance to the next round with a 6-2, 6-4 win. He next takes on Argentine Qualifier Nicolas Kicker, who knocked out fifth seed Viktor Durasovic from Norway. Finishing as a semifinalist as a qualifier in Trieste, Italy this month has been Nagal's best performance this season. Nagal has won six Challenger singles titles. Meanwhile, competing at the ATP Challenger event Zug Open, top seeded Indians Kadhe and Prashanth bowed out after losing the quarterfinal 3-6, 4-6 to Polish pair of Szymon Kielan and Filip Pieczonka. They had beaten Czech duo of Jirij Barnat and Filip Duda 6-1 6-4 to make the last-eight pairs stage. -PTI SNOOKER Riley Powell edges out birthday boy Advani for World 6-Red Snooker title Young Welsh sensation Riley Powell gatecrashed Pankaj Advani's birthday party by denying him a 29th World title with a stunning come-from-behind triumph at the IBSF World 6-Red Snooker Championship, here on Thursday. The 16-year-old prodigy handed Advani, who turned 40 on Thursday, a 5-4 defeat. The teenager had the small gathering spellbound with some amazing potting. Advani, who earlier came through a humdinger (5-4) against fellow Indian Aditya Mehta in the semifinals, couldn't stop his marauding rival. Advani kept Powell on a tight leash early on with his safety play. After the two players split the first two frames, the Indian came up with a flowing 73 clearance in the third frame and won the fourth on the black ball playoff to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-nine-frame final. At that stage, it appeared Advani would wrap up the title in no time. But Powell fought back in splendid style. He continued with his attacking style of play, and Advani, a three-time champion, faltered to let Powell off the hook. Results: Final: Riley Powell (Wal) beat Pankaj Advani (Ind) 5-4 (41-6, 10-38, 0-73 (73), 35-42, 38-15, 39-1, 42 (35) -0, 0-44, 38 (32) -9). U-21: Final: Sebastian Milewski (Poland) beat Pan Yiming (China) 5-0 (59-2, 88-2, 66-17, 63-11, 64-17). -PTI ARCHERY Vaishnavi Adkar becomes first Indian woman tennis player to win medal in WUG Vaishnavi Adkar became the first Indian woman tennis player to win a medal in the World University Games as she clinched a singles bronze while the archers continued their strong show with the compound men's and mixed teams entering the gold medal rounds here on Thursday. A host of track and field athletes also made it to the finals as the WUG entered its business end. Vaishnavi lost her semifinals match to Eszter Meri of Slovakia 6-2 4-6 4-6 to settle for bronze -- the country's second medal so far in this edition of the WUG. In tennis competition, the two losing semifinalists are awarded a bronze each. The 20-year-old Vaishnavi became only the second Indian to win a medal in the World University Games, after Nandal Bal clinched a silver in men's singles in the 1979 edition in Mexico City. In archery, India are assured of at least two silver medals. -PTI
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21-07-2025
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Indian sports wrap, July 21: India loses to Japan in Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships quarterfinals
BADMINTON Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships: India goes down fighting by six points to Japan India's junior badminton team put up a strong fight before going down 110-104 to former champion Japan in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships in Solo, Indonesia. In a closely contested tie under the relay scoring system, India came out strong after a narrow 11-9 loss in the opening match. The boys' doubles duo of Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu got India on the board, followed by a composed win from the girls' pair of Vennala Kalagotla and Reshika Uthayasooriyan to put India ahead 33-26. Reshika then combined with Bhavya Chhabra to maintain the lead at 44-35, and Rounak Chouhan extended the cushion with another solid performance. India led for a major part of the tie, but Japan, the 2023 champion, pulled ahead in the final stretch, winning the last five matches in a row. Despite the narrow exit, India had a strong tournament. It topped Group D with wins over Hong Kong China, the United Arab Emirates, and Sri Lanka, showing depth and balance across singles and doubles. The Bhargav-Viswa Tej and Reshika-Vennala pairings were consistently impressive, while C Lalramsanga also stood out in his doubles outings, paired up with Bhavya for men's doubles and Taarini Suri for the mixed doubles. In singles, Rounak upset world junior No. 5 Lam Ka To, and Rujula Ramu registered wins over two top-20 players. The focus now shifts to the individual championships starting July 23. -Team Sportstar EQUESTRIAN Anush Agarwalla wins dressage event in Germany India's Anush Agarwalla won the the dressage event of the Jubilaumsturnier Hofgeismar Open to record his maiden victory with his mare Floriana. Agarwalla, who represented the country at the Paris Olympics, recorded an impressive 69.891 per cent points to finish atop in the six-member field with each of the other competitors being from Germany. Pia Piotrowski and Katharina Hemmer finished second and third, respectively. The win marked the first triumph for the pair at the S level as it also was only the second time Agarwalla and his seven-year-old mare were competing in an event. 'I'm incredibly proud of Floriana, this was only her second S competition and she handled it with maturity beyond her years,' Agarwalla said in a release. 'Winning here is a special moment for both of us. I want to sincerely thank Anna Scholermann for her constant guidance, training, and belief in us. This is just the beginning for Floriana, and I'm excited about what the future holds,' he added. -PTI WRESTLING Sumit, Anil win medals in Budapest Sumit (60kg) took a silver, while Anil Mor (55kg) claimed a bronze medal in Greco Roman competitions at the Ranking Series wrestling event in Budapest. Asian under-23 champion Sumit got past Worlds bronze medallist Sadyk Lalaev 9-3 before pinning Korean Dahyun Kim and Kazakh Galym Kabdunassarov to enter the final. He lost to 63kg World champion and 60kg European champion Nihat Zahid Mammadali 5-1 in the title clash to settle for the silver. After losing 6-1 to World and European champion Emin Sefershaev in his first bout, Ulaanbaatar Open champion Anil bounced back to beat two-time European medallist Moldovan Artium Deleanu 7-0 in repechage and Asian bronze medallist Uzbek Ikhtiyor Botirov 7-4 in the bronze medal contest. -Team Sportstar SWIMMING Srihari exits in semis Top Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj's journey in men's 100m freestyle and 50m backstroke events ended at the semifinal stage after he clocked 49.56 and 25.39, respectively, at the World University Games in Berlin. Both times were below his personal best of 49.46 (freestyle) and 25.11 (backstroke). -Team Sportstar Related Topics Badminton / Anush Agarwalla
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20-07-2025
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Indian sports wrap, July 20: India's Priya Malik wins silver in Budapest Ranking Series
WRESTLING Budapest Ranking Series: Priya Malik wins silver, Manisha grabs bronze Priya Malik picked up a silver medal after being beaten 4-3 by Brazil's Pan-American silver medallist Thamires Machado in the women's 76kg final at the Ranking Series wrestling event in Budapest. The 20-year-old Indian, a former World under-20 champion and a two-time Asian under-23 champion, performed well to upset 2016 Olympics bronze medallist Elmira Syzdykova of Kazakhstan 7-2 and World under-23 bronze medallist Valeriia Trifonova 11-1 to book a place in the final. Asian champion Manisha Bhanwala (62kg) bagged a bronze medal. India topped the women's team ranking with two gold, two silver and two bronze. -Team Sportstar GOLF Average day for Bhatia and Rai at British Open Indian American golfer Akshay Bhatia shot a 1-under 70 in the third round to be Tied 34th at the British Open here. Bhatia had two birdies on the seventh and the ninth and seemed to be ready to get more before two bogeys on the back nine. Indo-British Aaron Rai, who had shown a lot of promise in the first eight holes on the first day, seemed to have lost that momentum. He shot even par 71 and was 18 places down on his second round to be T-44. Sahith Theegala had missed the cut. -PTI Related Topics Priya Malik
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13-07-2025
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Indian sports wrap, July 13: India begins FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division B event with win over Kazakhstan
BASKETBALL FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Division B: India begins campaign for promotion with win over Kazakhstan India women's basketball team beat Kazakhstan 85-68 in its Group A opener of the FIBA Women's Asia Cup (Division B) in Shenzhen, China, on Sunday. Pushpa Senthil Kumar (23 points), Sreekala Rani (15 points) and Sathya Krishnamurthi (15 points) were the top scorers in India's victory. The competition, which concludes on July 20, has eight teams divided equally into two groups with the winner of the tournament set to be promoted to Division A. India has previously won the Division B title in 2017 when it was also the host. However, the team missed out on playing in Division A in 2023 and aims to find its way back. India's next match in Group A will be against Chinese Taipei on Monday, July 14, at 2PM IST. -Team Sportstar SHOOTING Lonato World Cup: Lakshay, Neeru fall short of Trap Mixed Team medal rounds India ended engagements at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato after the pair of Lakshay Sheoran (22, 19, 25) and Neeru Dhanda (25, 24, 25), despite shooting a perfect third series, fell short of the Trap Mixed Team medal rounds. They totaled 140 out of a possible 150 in the qualifying round to finish 10th among 54 pairs. The second Indian pair of Zoravar Singh Sandhu (21, 23, 24) and Preeti Rajak (23, 24, 23) combined for a tally of 138 to finish in 22nd spot. While Neeru continued from her brilliant fourth-place finish in the women's trap a day earlier to miss just one target out of her 75, Lakshay had a blip in the second series, where he missed six, which eventually cost him a shot at a podium finish. Four teams—Australia, Great Britain, and both the Spanish teams—topped the qualifications with identical tallies of 143. The Indian pair of Kynan Chenai and Sabeera Haris had won a bronze in the Trap Mixed Team event at the previous Nicosia Shotgun World Cup. The event will be held for the first time in the Olympics at Los Angeles in 2028. -Team Sportstar Related Topics ISSF
