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Jr Men’s Hockey National: Kerala, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi win on Day 4; Gujarat held by Goans
Jalandhar, Aug 15 (IANS) Kerala, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Bengal won their respective fixtures while Gujarat drew with Goans Hockey in four Division ‘C’ and two Division ‘B’ matches on day 4 of the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship being played at the Olympian Surjit Singh Stadium in Burlton Park here on Friday.
In the first match of the day Kerala Hockey defeated Le Puducherry Hockey 7-3 with captain Muhammed Kaif (37’), Abhinandh P S (10’), Kolnati Sai Ram (53’), Anish Minz (15’), Adhul Shan Peruvankuzhiyil (27’), Akshay Anil (57’) and Abhishek Yadav (6’) scoring for Kerala Hockey while Anbupathi (8’, 12’, 55’) was the lone scorer for Le Puducherry Hockey.
In the second match, Telangana Hockey had a dominating 8-2 win against Tripura Hockey where Manoj Aggu (10’, 22’) and Pradeep Kodapa (28’, 43’) scored two gaols each for Telangana Hockey, while a goal each was scored by captain Ganesh Ravula (18’), Megavath Bhaskar (22’), Banavath Nithin (35’ and Rahul Choudhary (28’). Govinda Roy (38’, 51’) was the lone goal scorer for Tripura Hockey.
In the next match, Chhattisgarh Hockey defeated Hockey Raj. 6-1 with Mohit Nayak (19’, 27’, 31’, 41’, 55’) of Chhattisgarh Hockey scoring five of the six goals for his team, while Avinash Ekka (6’) scored the sixth one. Anshul (37’) was the lone scorer for Hockey Raj.
The final Division ‘C’ fixture of the day saw a 5-5 draw between Hockey Gujarat and Goans Hockey. Goans Hockey’s Govind Yadav (9’, 22’, 60’) scored a hat-trick, while Tushar Sharma (1’, 53’) got a brace. Meanwhile, captain Mayank Sanas (10’), Mayankkumar Halpati (37’), Yash Tandel (48’), Prathambhai Patel (38’), and Bhavya Patel (19’) scored a goal each for Hockey Gujarat.
The second half of the day saw Delhi take on Hockey Association of Bihar in the first Division ‘B’ match, with Delhi registering a narrow 3-2 win. Yuvraj Singh (36’, 59’) scored two goals for Delhi, while the third goal was scored by Captain Naitik Rana (54’). Meanwhile, Nandlal Shah (49’) and captain Amrendra Kumar Singh (27’) scored a goal each for the Hockey Association of Bihar.
In the final match of the day, Hockey Bengal registered a dominant 8-2 win over Assam Hockey with Karan Shaw (5’, 27’, 41’, 52’) scoring four goals for Hockey Bengal. The other four goals for the team were scored by Rohit Kujur (48’), Ayush Prasad (43’), Bishnu Paswan (3’), and Joydeep Singh (55’). Suraj Thakur (18’) and Ritik Patir (4’) were the two goal scorers for Assam Hockey.
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ISSF World C’ship: Gurpreet Singh wins silver in 25m Centre fire pistol, India finish third
Cairo, Nov 17 (IANS) Olympian Gurpreet Singh came close to becoming world champion in the men’s 25m Center Fire Pistol event but had to settle for silver after losing on inner 10s to Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov at the Olympic Shooting Range, marking his second individual medal in the ISSF World Championship 2025 after a silver in the 25m Standard Pistol event in Changwon in 2018, while Yann Pierre Louis Fridrici of France claimed bronze.
India wrapped up their International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship campaign in third place with 13 medals—three gold, six silver and four bronze—finishing behind China, which topped the table with 12 gold, seven silver and two bronze, and South Korea, which secured seven gold, three silver and four bronze to take second position.
Gurpreet shot a total of 584-18x across two days, recovering from ninth place after the precision stage where he scored 288-8x (95, 97, 96), to fire an exceptional 296-10x (98, 99, 99) in the rapid stage to clinch the silver, while Korostylov, who led with 291-14x after precision, shot 293-15x in rapid to tie Gurpreet’s score and win gold on the basis of superior 29 inner 10s including a perfect 100 in the final rapid round.
Harpreet Singh, second after the precision stage with 291-10x, faltered with 286-6x in rapid to finish ninth, and Sahil Choudhary placed 28th with 561-14x (precision 272-4x, rapid 289-10x), with all three Indians ending fifth in the team standings.
India’s gold medals came from Samrat Rana (10m Air Pistol) and Ravinder Singh (50m Standard Pistol and 10m Air Pistol Team), while silver medals were secured by Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (50m Rifle 3 Positions Men), Anish Bhanwala (25m Rapid Fire Pistol), Gurpreet Singh (25m Center Fire Pistol), and Esha Singh and Samrat Rana in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, 10m Women’s Air Pistol Team and 50m Men’s Standard Pistol Team events; bronze medals were won by Esha (25m Sports Pistol), Elavenil Valarivan (10m Air Rifle) and Varun Tomar (10m Air Pistol and 10m Women’s Air Rifle Team).
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Unfortunately, Arsenal are one of the best teams in the world: Spurs head coach Thomas Frank
Kai Tak, July 29 (IANS) New Tottenham Hotspur head coach Thomas Frank had some jokes for the reporters ahead of his first North London Derby against Arsenal at Kai Tak Sports Park as part of their pre-season tour.
The Danish head coach claimed their sworn rivals are unfortunately one of the best teams in the world ahead of the first-ever North London Derby being played outside of the United Kingdom.
“I think it’s a great challenge besides being our biggest rivals and the first North London Derby outside the UK. It’s also right now one of the best teams, I must say unfortunately in the world we also need to be honest.
“In that way it’s going to be a big test, but it’s more than a test as against Arsenal it’s not only a friendly. Of course it’s a game we will do everything we can to win,” said Frank in the pre-match conference.
Frank also confirmed Rodrigo Bentancur is set to return to pre-season action against Arsenal in Hong Kong on Thursday. The midfielder was laid low by illness and ruled out of taking part in the friendlies against Wycombe and Luton Town on Saturday. However, he travelled with the squad on Sunday and is now in line to return at Kai Tak Stadium.
Thomas also had positive news on Dominic Solanke and James Maddison.
“Dom is looking much better, progressing, we’ll see if it’s too early for Arsenal, but we’re positive about him,” he told us. “Madders is looking better and better, could also be too early for Arsenal, again, we’ll see. Rodri is back from illness, so that’s good,” said Frank to Spurs’ media team.
Speaking generally about physical preparation for the season, Thomas added: “We are very aware of how we want to play, how we want to train, and you need to be completely aligned with the style of play with the physical output in terms of how we want to train, so we make sure the platers are robust enough. There are gym sessions, recover, which is just as important, then the ability to be able to compete in all the tournaments.”
–IANS
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