Diksha eager to do well at the Olympics

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar was just happy to be there when she made her Olympic debut in the Tokyo Games but having become “more balanced, and stable” since then she is eager to deliver a solid performance when she competes in the upcoming Paris Games.

The 23-year-old, who last week became the ˆrst Indian golfer to tee o‘ in a 100 Ladies European Tour events, will be on a packed European sojourn ahead of the Paris Olympics in JulyAugust. “All events from here on will be like an Olympics for me,” Diksha said.

Vinod’s ton highlights Goldmoon’s big victory

NAGAPATTINAM: S. Vinoth (144) starred in Goldmoon CC’s 194-run win over Sridhar CC in the NDCA league.

The scores: Goldmoon 365/9 in 50 overs (S. Vinoth 144, A. Mahesh 36, S. Kansiram 47, A. Mugesh 3/41) bt Sridhar 171 in 38.4 overs (A.P. Thayalan 41, Pavithiran 37, M. Rajesh 3/29).

Friends 135 in 27.5 overs (R. Vijay 44 n.o., Nandhakumar 4/17) lost to NNF 136/8 in 48.3 overs (N. Karthikeyan 54 n.o., N. Arul Prakash 3/20).

NNF 198 in 48.5 overs (N. Karthikeyan 54, Yogeshwaran 3/19, incl. a hat-trick) lost to Sridhar 199/2 in 42.1 overs (A. Mukesh 78 n.o., A.P. Thayalan 86). Barracks 146 in 38 overs (Rajkumar 33, Vignesh 33, Narasiman 3/20) lost to Sangam 147/4 in 25.2 overs (T. Vigneshpathy 62 n.o., Anand Raj 39).

Friends 112 in 25.5 overs lost to Sangam 114/3 in 19 overs (T. Vigneshpathy 64 n.o.).

MR 149 in 41.2 overs (R.S. Mithil 5/38) bt Massive 96 in 27.1 overs (R. Tamizharasan 3/24, A.

Aravinth 4/18).

Pandi nets two in St. Joseph Mills FC’s win

DINDIGUL: Pandi netted twice as St. Joseph Mills FC defeated Sundaram Memorial FC 3-0 in the

Vinoth (Goldmoon, 144).

Mithil (Massive, 5/38).

Prabhakaran (Jolly Rovers, 5/21).

Yogeshwaran (Sridhar, 3/19, hat-trick).

DDFA second division football league.

The results: II div.: St. Joseph Mills 3 (Pandi 2, Bala) bt Sundaram Memorial 0.

III div.: Padmavathi Perumal Memorial 4 (Kanimuthu, Vennis, Mathew Douglas, Sankar) bt Pattumani 1 (Velankanni).

IV div.: Geetha Timbers 5 (Sriram, Anand, Jerom, Aravindh, Abdul) bt Arasan 1 (Rajkumar); Seeds 0 drew with Pele Sports Club 0.

Prabhakaran’s five-for helps Jolly Rovers score a narrow win

COIMBATORE: S. Prabhakaran’s ˆve for 21 enabled Jolly Rovers score a 16-run win over Rainbow in a CDCA ˆrst division league at the PSGIMS grounds here recently.

The scores:

Jolly Rovers 130/5 in 33 overs (P. Nirmal Kumar 64) bt Rainbow 114 in 28.4 overs (D. Hariharan 30, M. Sadiq Ul Ameen 33, S. Prabhakaran 5/21). Match reduced to 33 overs a side due to wet outfield.

Easy for Galaxy

UDHAGAMANDALAM:

Galaxy defeated Gudalur CC by six wickets in the NDCA second division league recently.

The scores: Gudalur CC 186 in 32.3 overs (K. Murali 79, S. Nithish 3/47) lost to Galaxy 187/4 in 26.5 overs (R. Surya 37, N. Santhosh Kumar 32 n.o.).

DCAE U-14 trials

ERODE: The District Cricket Association of Erode will conduct selection trials for its under-14 boys at the S.S. Academy, Sakthi Nagar, Sengodampallam Perundurai Road, on May 19 from 7 a.m.

Players born on or after September 1, 2010 are eligible. For details, contact 9443350016 or 9443728266.