Sports

 Top seed Kaavya Sawhney of CLTA moved into finals in the Girls under-18 singles of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

Seasoned campaigner Shankar Das of Kolkata made his presence felt with a third straight round of four-under-68 at the Rs. 30 lakh TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship Presented by Chandigarh Golf Club. Thirty-six-year-old Shankar now enjoys a one-shot lead at 12-under-204 ahead of the final round.

Bengaluru’s Trishul Chinnappa matched the course record of seven-under-65 to take the opening round honours at the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship Presented by Chandigarh Golf Club.

 Kaavya Sawhney and Prinkle Singh entered quarterfinals in the Girls under-18 singles of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium.

Manipur Police booked themselves a spot in the semifinals in style, defeating FC Kolhapur City by a massive 7-1 margin at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, on Tuesday.

 SAI-STC Cuttack boosted their chances of qualifying for the semifinals by posting their second win in a row, this time, beating Bangalore United FC by a slender margin of 1-0 in the 2018-19 Hero Indian Women’s League here today, reports AIFF.

Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainee Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje and Sarabjot Singh moved into pre-quarterfinals of In the boys under-16 singles of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

SSB Women Football team kept their chances for semifinal qualification alive after eking out a slender 1-0 victory over FC Alakhpura in the 2018-19 Hero Indian Women’s League,at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Monday, reports AIFF.

The resilient Panjim Footballers held on to a 1-1 draw against Rising Student Club of Odisha in the 2018-19 Hero Indian Women’s League at the Guru Nanak Stadium here on Monday.

N Rishikanta emerged a clear-cut winner in the men's single scull final by clocking 2:43:607 in the Chandigarh State Rowing Championship at Sukhna Lake Sports Complex here. The silver medal went to Ajay who covered the course in 2: 56:22. Raman stood third with a timming of 3:33:788.

Mumbai Indians (MI) owner Nita Ambani is known to treat her players as part of the Ambani family and after a tense battle of over 52 days, the Indian Premier League (IPL) was finally won by the Mumbai outfit at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here. And the elated owner thanked son Akash Ambani for the best mother's day gift after MI registered a one-run win over the Chennai Super Kings to lift their fourth title.

Gokulam Kerala FC registered their fourth win in as many matches at the 2018-19 Hero Indian Women’s League, as they beat Panjim Footballers 2-0 at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana here.

Aaditya Bhargav with 5 points in under-9 Open category, Pratyaksh Goel with 5 points in under 15 Open category, Anubhav Tuknayat in under 25 Youth category, Saanvi Aggarwal in under 9 girls category, Precious Bansal in under 15 Girls category emerged as chanpions in their respective categories at the Chandigarh Chess Championship 2019 at New Public School Sector-18-B, here today.

Hans Women FC posted their second win of the 2018-19 Hero IWL season as they beat Rising Student Club 2-1 at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday, reports AIFF.

CHANDIGARH: Top seed Ajay Singh and Gaurav Kumar of CLTA moved into final qualifying round In the boys under-16 singles of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

PANCHKULA (HARYANA): Seasoned campaigner Mukesh Kumar won the Rs. 30 lakh TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship Presented by Panchkula Golf Club here today.  The 53-year-old from Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, produced a spectacular and error-free last round of seven-under-65 to come through by one shot with a total of 15-under-273.

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Golf Association (CGA) Golf Range is conducting a Summer Junior Golf Coaching Camp from  May 21 to 30.  Trainees will learn the basics of the game with the new golf aids. The camp will be in the morning and evening session every day. Equipment and balls will be provided by CGA Golf Range.

PERTH: The Indian Men's Hockey Team registered a comfortable 3-0 win against Australia 'A' in their on-going Australia Tour here on Friday. Goals were scored by young striker Sumit Kumar Junior (12', 13') and drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh (6'), who is making a comeback after nearly eight-months of layoff due to injury. 

LUDHIANA: Sethu FC maintained their lead at the top of Group II with a massive 9-0 victory over SAI-STC Cuttack in the Hero Indian Women’s League at the GHG Khalsa University Ground in Ludhiana on Friday, reports AIFF.

LONDON:  England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow, who was in stupendous form in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has hailed the tournament, saying it helps to develop skills of an individual.