Indian sports wrap, October 28: India U-20 women’s football team held by Kazakhstan U-19 in second friendly
FOOTBALL
The India Under-20 women’s team drew 1-1 against Kazakhstan U-19 in the second and final friendly at the BIIK Sports Complex in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.
Both goals came in the second half. Adeliya Bekkozhina handed the lead to the host in the 47th minute before Pooja, scoring her second goal in as many games, equalised in the 55th as she got on the end of substitute Bhumika Devi Khumukcham’s cross and headed it in.
As part of their preparations for the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026, the Young Tigresses played two friendly matches against Kazakhstan U-19 in Shymkent.
India won the first friendly 3-2 on Saturday.
SQUASH
Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash C’Ships: Qualifier Anika stuns U-19 girls top seed Unnati
Qualifier Anika Dubey (Maharashtra) packed off top-seed Unnati Tripathi 3-1 in the 16-player draw, Under-19 girls first round of the Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash Championships at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Tuesday.
Anika, a two-time U-15 champion, opted to skip the Under-17 competition for the Under-19, and put up a solid display as she rallied to beat Unnati 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6.
Among other notable upsets, qualifier Anika Kalanki (MP) took down top seed Vasundhara Nangare (Maharashtra) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10 in the 16-player draw Under-15 girls opening round.
Results (1st round)
Girls:
U-11: Alia Kankaria (1), WB, def. Seerat Ghuman, CH, 11-3 11-3 11-5; Anshika Kumari, KA, def. Anaisha Sahu, JH, 11-2 11-4 11-2; Ariana Almoula (5/8), MH, def. Sharanya Ghosh, JH, 11-8 11-4 11-6; Sameeksha Sugumar, KA, def. Kriya Sathiyamoorthy, TN, 11-5 11-2 11-3; Aarna Pandey (3/4), KA, def. Inaya Andrabi, RJ, 11-6 8-11 11-4 11-1; Gaurvi Ajmera, RJ, def. Arwa Shelar, MH, 11-7 11-8 11-9; Naina Anand (5/8), KA, def. Anam Yadav, RJ, 11-4 11-4 11-7; Akshara Makhija, KA, def. Keerat Deopa, DL, 11-1 11-4 11-5.
U-13: Divyanshi Jain (1), RJ, def. Sanaita Singh, DL, 11-2 11-3 11-4; Sanavi Tidke, KA, def. Shriya Maheshwari, MH, 11-6 8-11 13-11 11-8; Deepa Debiram (5/8), TN, def. Hrida Jain, TN, 11-5 11-3 11-5; Nandikasree Kalaivanan, TN, def. Thanisha Chaligeri, KA, 11-9 11-6 11-4; Shanaya Roy (3/4), MH, def. Aeva Parekh, MH, 11-2 11-3 11-2; Gargi Kadam, MH, def. Isha Shelke, MH, 8-11 11-8 13-11 1-11 13-11; Riyaa Dalal (5/8), MH, def. Arunima Chaubey, KA, 11-5 11-8 11-5; Shanaya Parasrampuria, MH, def. Aadhya Grover, HR, 11-7 11-4 11-7.
U-15: Anika Kalanki, MP, def. Vasundhara Nangare (1), MH, 11-8 11-6 8-11 12-10; Aashi Shah, MH, def. Trisha Shah, MH, 9-11 11-6 11-7 11-5; Diva Parasrampuria (5/8), TN, def. D Nitiyasree, TN, 11-2 9-11 10-12 11-7 11-4; Aadya Budhia, JH, def. Monoshree Raut, AS, 11-6 16-14 11-3; Goushika M (2), TN, def. Aroma ., UP, 11-1 11-5 11-9; Arnaa Dwivedi, TL, def. Raayisha Naik, MH, 11-6 11-4 11-6; Gauri Jaiswal (5/8), RJ, def. Saanvi Bakshi, DL, 11-7 11-5 11-5; Fabiha Nafees, UP, def. Soniya Waghamare, MH, 11-3 11-7 11-5.
U-17: Aradhya Porwal (1), DL, def. Devashree Arora, HR, 11-7 11-3 12-10; Riyansika Verma, KA, def. Sangamithra Shanmugham, TN, 11-4 11-3 11-5; Kaashvi Mangal (5/8), DL, def. Anoushka Johri, HR, 11-3 11-5 12-10; Saanvi Kalanki, MP, def. Aahana Singh, HR, 11-4 11-8 9-11 11-5; Diva Shah (3/4), MH, def. Anya Sood, DL, 11-3 11-5 11-3; Aarika Mishra, MH, def. Drishti Pawar, MH, 11-7 7-11 11-6 11-5; Aishni Pathak (5/8), MP, def. Bria Sharma, JH, 12-10 6-11 11-5 11-4; Sehar Nayar, CH, def. Sahana Kalaivanan, TN, 11-4 11-3 11-7.
U-19: Anika Dubey, MH, def. Unnati Tripathi (1), UP, 7-11 11-5 11-4 11-6; Eesha Shrivastava, MH, def. Chhavi Saran, RJ, 12-10 11-8 11-6; Ananya Narayanan (5/8), TN, def. Priya Dhrashini, TN, 11-9 11-2 11-3;
Yashi Jain, RJ, def. Gargi Arya, UK, 11-4 11-3 11-3; Rudra Singh (3/4), MH, def. Elijah C, TN, 11-0 11-1 11-2; Aryaa Dwivedi, TL, def. Vyomika Khandelwal, TN, 11-7 11-6 4-11 13-11; Akanksha Gupta (5/8), MH, def. Pragati Maurya, UP, 11-2 11-2 11-1; Navya Sundararajan, UP, def. Khushboo ., UP, 11-2 11-3 12-10.
Boys:
U-11: Aryan Sk (1), KA, def. Shaurya Bakshi, MH, 11-4 11-6 11-9; Viraaj Wadhwani, MH, def. Krishna Gupta, MH, 13-11 11-6 3-11 2-11 11-9; Viraj Shinde, MH, def. Yuvaan Verma (5/8), RJ, 11-7 11-5 11-5; Agastya Uppal, DL, def. Rudransh Prabhakar, DL, 11-5 8-11 11-7 11-4; Ayaan Kaushik (3/4), AS, def. Vansh Rathi, TN, 8-11 9-11 11-9 11-3 11-7; Avyyanveer Luthra, DL, def. Harshveer Pahwa, MP, 11-6 11-1 11-7; Vedant Shinde (5/8), MH, def. Shaunik Malhotra, MH, 11-2 11-5 11-5; Ved Sanganaria, WB, def. Kandha Swamy, TN, 11-7 11-7 11-5.
U-13: Abhyuday Arora (1), DL, def. Nirvaan Parikh, MH, 11-1 11-7 11-3; Thanuj Reddy Puli, TL, def. Viaan Khemani, HR, 11-5 7-11 13-11 11-9; Prabhav Bajoria (5/8), RJ, def. Nirmay Chaudhary, CH, 11-6 13-11 11-3;
Rishabh Shyam, MH, def. Ansh Kumar, UP, 9-11 11-4 7-11 11-6 12-10; Dhairya Gogia (3/4), RJ, def. Rohan Khurana, DL, 7-11 11-4 11-7 11-5; Aaditya Shah, MH, def. Shubham Kumar, UP, 11-9 11-9 7-11 9-11 11-9; Aaron Arambhan (5/8), MH, def. Prabhaas Kondaparthy, TL, 12-10 11-9 11-9; Amarya Bajaj, DL, def. Ridaan Gupta, UP, 11-4 11-6 11-2.
U-15:Shreyansh Jha (1), MH, def. Akshat Singhal, WB, 11-2 11-4 11-6; Dhruv Johri, HR, def. Fareed Andrabi, RJ, 7-11 12-10 11-5 14-12; Aryaman Singh (5/8), KA, def. Ayaan Dhanuka, WB, 11-2 11-4 11-9; Dhruv Bopana, TN, def. Swarit Patil, CH, 11-4 11-5 11-2; Shresht Iyer (3/4), KA, def. Advit Taneja, JH, 11-4 11-4 11-3; Jagesh Chhabra, DL, def. Aryaan Prabhu, TN, 7-11 13-11 11-8 2-11 11-5; Vivaan Khanna (5/8), MH, def. Arush Sharma, UP, 11-9 11-3 11-2; Harshal Rana, HR, def. Sherbir Singh Poonia, MP, 11-4 11-4 11-6.
U-17: Subhash Choudhary (1), RJ, def. Saharsh Shahra, MP, 11-8 11-4 7-11 11-4;
Aryaveer Dewan, DL, def. Varun Shah, MH, 11-7 11-2 11-4; Raghav Vashishtha (5/8), UP, def. Parthvir Singh, DL, 11-8 11-8 11-6;
Lokesh Subramani, TN, def. Ishaan Dabke, MH, 8-11 11-8 11-4 10-12 11-5; Darshil Parasrampuria (3/4), TN, def. Agastya Bansal, MH, 11-4 11-2 11-3; Shiven Agarwal, TN, def. Agastya Rajput, MH, 11-6 11-3 11-5; Hridhaan Shah (5/8), MH, def. Indransh Singh Rakesh Badgujar, MH, 11-3 11-6 11-7; Purav Rambhia, MH, def. Savir Sood, CH, 10-12 11-2 9-11 11-6 11-7.
U-19: Arihant Ks (1), TN, def. Aatik Yadav, MH, 11-3 12-10 11-7; Shravin Jain, TN, def. Adeev Devaiah, KA, 10-12 6-11 11-9 11-7 11-9; Priyanshu Kumar (5/8), HR, def. Anshuman Jaising, MH, 13-11 11-2 11-6;
Aayush Verma, MH, def. Omkar Vinod, KL, 11-8 3-11 11-6 10-12 11-4; Rachit Shah (3/4), MH, def. Abdus Samad Shah, GA, 11-1 11-3 11-8; Gurveer Singh, DL, def. Neil Paswan, MH, 11-2 11-2 11-1; Yusha Nafees, UP, def. Kamlesh Dama Dore, MH, 11-2 11-3 11-3.
-Team Sportstar
GOLF
Aman and Kartik renew rivalry at IGPL Kolkata
Golfers Aman Raj and Kartik Singh will resume their battle in the fifth event of the IGPL Tour, as the experienced Patna golfer takes on the young Delhi boy at the Kolkata Invitational here from Wednesday.
Aman held his nerve in the closing stages to win in Jaipur, as Kartik finished a close second. As Aman looks to emulate Gaganjeet Bhullar’s feat of back-to-back wins, Kartik continues his search for a maiden pro title as he tees up in his fifth start on the IGPL Tour.
Kartik has been grouped with the experienced Harendra Singh and Saarthak Chibber in the first round at the Tollygunge Club.
Last week’s winner Aman is grouped with Ridhima Dilawari and Kapil Kumar. B. Kartik has finished in top 10 in four previous starts in Chandigarh, Jaypee Greens, Pune, and Jaipur and is now second in the IGPL rankings behind the leader, Gaganjeet Bhullar, who won in both his starts in the first two events.
Olympian Udayan Mane, in his maiden IGPL start, finished tied sixth and he will be back this week looking for a better result.
Some of the other stars looking to make a mark will include Aadil Bedi, Pukhraj Gills, Syed Saqib Ahmed and Saarthak Chibber.
The women’s section will once again see Simi Mehra tee up in her hometown of Kolkata. The former LPGA player often plays on the Seniors Tours on the international circuit. The women’s segment will also feature Sneha Singh, Amandeep Drall, Ridhima Dilawari, Durga Nittur, Jasmine Shekar and Khushi Khanijau.
-PTI
Azhar shoots seven-under for first-round lead in Pune
Hyderabad golfer Mohammed Azhar shot a superb seven-under 64 to emerge leader by one stroke on the opening day of The Poona Club Open, here on Tuesday.
PGTI Order of Merit leader Yuvraj Sandhu fired six-under 65 to be placed second at the Poona Club Golf Course, while Gurugram’s Veer Ahlawat (66), the 2024 PGTI Ranking champion, was a further shot behind in third position.
The quintet of Akshay Damale, Aaron Rockey, Aditya Bhandarkar, Adityaa Garg and amateur Arkin Patel were the highest-placed among the Pune-based players as they returned scores of 71 to occupy tied 29th place.
Azhar, who has been in decent form in recent times with four top-10s to his name in his last six starts, began his week with a birdie-bogey. However, he soon began to stamp his authority by adding three more birdies on the front-nine including a 35-feet conversion on the third.
Azhar, ranked 23rd in the PGTI Order of Merit, picked up four more birdies on the back-nine including a tap-in and an 18-feet conversion.
“I hit it close to the flags all day. Here at the Poona Club Golf Course, there is a premium on hitting fairways and I hit a lot of fairways today. On the back-nine, my chipping and putting was outstanding because I did not hit any greens from hole 14 onwards and just made a lot of quality chip-putts,” said Azhar.
-PTI
MORE SPORTS
Six Indian boxers qualify for final at Youth Asian Games
Indian pugilists packed a punch as six of them sailed into the final to assure the country at least half-a-dozen medals, while several shuttlers also advanced in the Youth Asian Games here on Tuesday.
India’s 15-year-old Khushi Chand secured a place in the girls’ 46kg gold-medal bout by defeating Mongolia’s Altanzul Altangadas 5-0. She will met China’s Chen Fang-yu in the title bout on Thursday.
In the girls’ 54kg category, Chandrika Pujari had little difficulty overcoming Kazakhstan’s teenager boxer Ramina Makhanova by a unanimous 5-0 decision to set up a title clash with Uzbekistan’s 15-year-old Kumriniso Muhammadova.
Harnoor Kaur’s 66kg bout also turned out to be a one-sided affair as she beat Chinese-Taipei’s Lu Wen-jing 5-0 to set up the gold-medal match against Kazakhstan’s Ayaulym Ospanova, while Anshika in 80-plus kg got the better of China’s Guo Jiaqing. She will meet Kazakhstan’s Elnura Kongyat in the final.
In the girls’ 50kg semifinal, Ahaana Sharma had to slug it out against Uzbekistan’s Nazokat Mardonova before a split 3-2 decision went in the Indian’s favour. She will take on Ma Jong Hyang of DPR Korea in the final.
In the boys’ section, Lanchenba Singh won his 50kh semifinal bout against DPR Korea’s An Phyong Guk 5-0 to set up a title match with Kazakhstan’s Zhumagali Nurmakhan.
In girls’ wrestling, 61kg grappler Yashita assured India of at least a silver by reaching the final defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Akylai Chynybaeva 6-0. She will meet Kazakhstan’s Zhaidar Mukhat later in the day.
In badminton, Suryaksh Rawat overcame his second-round hurdle to reach the quarterfinals by overcoming Chinese-Taipei’s Huang Jyun-Kai 21-14, 21-19, while the mixed doubles pair Jaison Bjorn and Angel Punera got the better of Ramos Roaquine and Shachie Calderon of the Philippines 21-10, 21-13 to make the quarters.
Vennala Kalagotla, in girls’ singles, secured an easy passage into the quarterfinals with a 21-10, 21-12 win against the Philippines’ Eve Bejasa, while Tankara Talasila in boys’ singles entered the quarterfinals with an easy win against a Philippines opponent.
In table tennis, Divyanshi Bhowmick beat Thailand’s 14-year-old Panita Vijittham 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 to advance to the girls’ round of 16, while the mixed doubles team of Syndrela Das and Sarthak Arya moved into the semifinals with a 3-2 win against Korea’s Seungsoo Lee and Heo Yerim.
In swimming, India’s teen sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu finished the girls’ 100m freestyle event in fifth place with a time of 57.72 seconds.
India has bagged a total of 25 medals, including three gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze, and is currently placed 11th on the medals tally.
Published on Oct 28, 2025
