Shagun best placed in women’s trap
NEW DELHI : Shagun Chowdhary shot 65 out of 75 to emerge the best-placed Indian at 34th position after day one of the women’s trap shooting qualifiers at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup (Shotgun) in Changwon, Korea.
Shagun shot rounds of 21, 21 and 23 to lie at 34th spot with France’s Carole Cormenier and China’s Wang Xiaojing leading the 59-strong field with scores of 72 each at the year’s third Shotgun World Cup stage.
Rajeshwari Kumari, the second Indian in the field on the day, shot 58 to be at 56th position with two more rounds of qualifying remaining.
CHINNAPPA EQUALS COURSE RECORD
CHANDIGARH: 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 on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Chinnappa joined the likes of Shiv Kapur, Mukesh Kumar, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Gaurav Ghei and Ranjit Singh, as the joint course record holder on Tuesday.
The trio consisting of Patna’s Aman Raj, Mumbai’s Anil Bajrang Mane and Bangladesh’s Md Dulal Hossain were in tied second with scores of five-under-67 at the Rs. 30 lakh event.
Teenager Karandeep Kochhar fired a four-under-68 to be the highest-placed among the Chandigarh golfers in tied fifth.
‘AIFF BEHAVING LIKE SILENT KILLER’
NEW DELHI: Minerva Punjab FC owner Ranjit Bajaj on Tuesday called the All India Football Federation (AIFF) a “silent killer” and said the sole purpose of the body is to destroy the I-league and its participating clubs.
Known for criticising the parent body, which often lands him in trouble, Bajaj said: “The game plan is clear. The federation’s disciplinary committee is yet to announce its verdict on I-league clubs’ non-participation in Super Cup (in April) even a fortnight after hearing out the clubs.
“AIFF President Praful Patel promised to meet the clubs. It never happened. Federation has not even found time to spell out the plans for the coming season— no one knows whether there will be one league or two leagues. There is no clarity on who will be the official broadcasters. All these things are being done with the sole purpose of making all stakeholders nervous,” he said.