National Women’s League launched
The medallists in the Pragathi Chess Foundation chess championship.
Vishnuvardhan in last eight
Topseeded J. Vishnuvardhan of Telangana defeated Lohithaksha Bathrinath of Tamil Nadu 63, 64 in the prequarterfinal of the FNCC AITA men’s tennis tournament at Film Nagar Cultural Centre here on Tuesday.
Other results (pre-quarterfinals): Kabir Hans (Odi) bt Kesharwani Maan (UP) 64, 64; Raghav Jaisinghani (MP) bt Sagolshem Bhicky (Man) 62, 62; G. Sai Karteek Reddy (TS) bt Kamboj Udit (Har) 75, 62; Chaurasia Yash (Del) bt Samuel Rashein (Kar) 64, 76(4); Javia Dev (Guj) bt Shivank Bhatnagar (Del) 60, 63; G. Manish (Kar) bt Sakthivel Boopathy (TN) 64, 64; S. Abhinav Sanjeev(TN) bt Jagmeet Singh 64, 76 (1).
Fine show by Telangana sailors
Telanagana’s P. Govardhan, a student of Nallakunta Government School here, won his first National title by claiming the overall gold in the National sailing held at the Umiam Lake in Shillong. “Govardhan is a lightweight and dominated the course with a consistent performance across conditions but he needs to get heavier and fitter before his next Nationals in Secunderabad in July,” said coach Suheim Sheikh.
The Komaravelly sisters Deekshita and Lahari from Udbhav School won gold and silver. India No. 2 Banny Bongur pipped
Rizwan Mohammad of Pattigadda Govt. School (Hyderabad) by just two points to take bronze. Suheim, president at Yacht Club of Secunderabad where all these medallists train, was declared the ‘best coach’ and the Telangana team won the ‘best team’ award.
In the under18 double hander Thanuja Kameshwar and Ganesh Peerkatla won a silver and Vaishnavi Veeravamshasm got the gold in the under18 single hander. Dharani Laveti and crew Mallesh also won a silver to take Telangana’s medal tally to nine.
Jaideep wins under-13 title
FIDErated S. Jaideep Reddy won the under13 title in the Pragathi Chess Foundation chess championship tournament with five points from five rounds.
Final placings (top three): Boys: U-13: 1. S. Jaideep Reddy,
2. Arul Norotham Shinde 3. Kartikeya Chunchu. U-11: 1. G. Sathvik, 2. Rohit Subramanian, 3. S. Aasrithavathsala Sheripally. U-9: 1. Shreyan Thipparthi, 2. V. Bhuvansai, 3. R. Saathvik Chakravarthy. U-7: 1. R. Prakrit Thakur, 2. B. Devansh Reddy, 3. S. Sai Vedant.
Girls: U-13: 1. Payyavula Lahari,
2. R. Sai Srihamsika, 3. Vaishnavi Sahasra Boosa. U-11: 1. B. Shashirekha, 2. Vishnu Sreekruthi Boosa, 3. Hyma Sanvitha.
U-9: 1. B. Vamshika, 2. Swara Deepak Phasge, 3. Tanishi Sharma. U-7: 1. Rishika Janga, 2. P. Sanvika, 3. Rishika Janga.
Hockey India on Tuesday announced a new National Women’s League featuring the top domestic teams in the country. The league, to be played in two phases, will feature the top eight teams from the recent National Championships.
The first phase will be played in Ranchi from April 30May 9.
The teams: Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Mizoram, Manipur, and Odisha.