Indian sports wrap, July 2: Sudhanshu Mittal re-elected as Kho Kho Federation of India president
Kho Kho
Sudhanshu Mittal has been re-elected as President while Upkar Singh Virk was elected as the General Secretary, as the Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) officially announced its new Governing Body following the successful conduct of elections at the KKFI headquarters in the national capital.
The new body also elected eight Vice Presidents, four Joint Secretaries and 13 Executive Members. Ashwini Bipin Patil and Monika will represent the Athletes Commission in the Governing Body.
MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY
VICE PRESIDENTS
Bhawar Singh Palara, Kalyan Chatterjee, Kamaljeet Arora, Lokeshwara, N. Madhusudon Singh, M. Seetha Rami Reddy, Pradyumna Mishra, Rajib Prakash Baruah
JOINT SECRETARIES
A Nelson Samuel, L.R Verma, Sanjay Yadav, Sunil K. Naik
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Amrinder Pal Singh, Anup Chakraborty, Bijan Kumar Das, Gurchand Singh, M.V.S.S Prasad, Neeraj Kumar, N. Krishnamurthy, Pramod Kumar Pandey, Puto Bui, Rajat Sharma, Sanjeev Sharma, Santosh Prasad, Surya Prakash Khatri
– Team Sportstar
BOXING
Minakshi, Pooja Rani Assure India of Two Medals on Day 3 at World Boxing Cup 2025
Pooja Rani (in red) guaranteed India a medal on Day 3 of the World Boxing Cup–Astana, Kazakhstan 2025
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Pooja Rani (in red) guaranteed India a medal on Day 3 of the World Boxing Cup–Astana, Kazakhstan 2025
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Minakshi (48kg) and Pooja Rani (80kg) guaranteed India of two medals on Day 3 of the World Boxing Cup–Astana, Kazakhstan 2025 with assured performances in their respective quarterfinal bouts.
Minakshi sealed her place in the semifinals with a dominant 5:0 win over Chinese Taipei’s Guo Yi-Xuan. Pooja Rani followed with a gritty 4:1 split decision victory over Kazakhstan’s Gulsaya Yerzhan in the 80kg division, securing her berth in the final four and guaranteeing a podium finish.
Earlier in the day, Anamika (51kg) moved into the quarterfinals with a composed performance against Turkey’s Aysen Taskin, keeping India’s momentum alive.
In the men’s draw, Jadumani Singh fought hard in a close contest but lost narrowly to the Philippines’ Jay Bryan Baricuatro, bringing his campaign to a close.
With two medals secured on Day 3 and several boxers in contention, Team India continues its promising run at the Astana leg, with sights set on the finals in New Delhi later this year.
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Karan Singh in second round
Top seed Karan Singh beat qualifier Andres Medus of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.
The results:
€91,250 Challenger, Brasov, Romania
Doubles (pre-quarterfinal): Siddhant Banthia & Alexander Sonski (Bul) bt Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 5-7, 6-2, [10-7].
€91,250 Challenger, Modena, Italy
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sergio Gornes (Esp) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Jiri Barnat & Filip Duda (Cze) 6-4, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF men, Marburg, Germany
Singles (first round): Lucas Gerch (Ger) bt Aryan Shah 3-6, 7-5, 1-1 (retired).
$30,000 ITF men, Hillcrest, South Africa
Singles (first round): Luc Koenig (GBR) bt Digvijay Pratap Singh 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; James Beaven (GBR) bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ishaque Eqbal & Thando Longwe-Smit (RSA) bt Anton Chekhov & Ivan Zaytsev 6-3, 7-5; Gerard Henning & Philip Henning (RSA) bt Alexey Aleshchev & Aditya Balsekar 6-3, 5-7, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Karan Singh bt Andres Medus (Arg) 6-3, 6-4.
$100,000 ITF women, Cary, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ayana Akli & Abigain Rencheli (USA) bt Arianne Hartono (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare 6-4, 6-3.
$60,000 ITF women, Bucharest, Romania
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana (Bdi) bt Carole Monnet (Fra) & Sara Saito (Jpn) 3-6, 7-5, [10-5]; Rutuja Bhosale & Wushuang Zheng (Chn) bt Nuria Brancaccio (Ita) & Julia Riera (Arg) 6-1, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Getxo, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Juliana Giaccio & Cristina Sierra (Esp) bt Delia Gaillard (Fra) & Madhurima Sawant 7-5, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Los Angeles, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Gabriella LIndgren (Can) & Bella Payne (USA) bt Sophie Luescher (Sui) & Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-3, 5-7, [10-6].
$15,000 ITF women, Hong Kong
Singles (first round): Miho Kuramochi (Jpn) bt Bela Tamhankar 6-0, 6-1; Mayuka Aikawa (Jpn) bt Laalitya Kalluri 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jiaying He & Dan Ni Wang (Chn) bt Georgia Kalamaris (Fra) & Laalitya Kalluri 6-1, 6-4; Ashmitha Easwaramurthi & Yuhan Liu (Chn) bt Kei Cheung & Jane Wong (Hkg) 7-6(1), 7-5.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
