GOLF

Aditi Ashok shoots 75, slips to tied 53 in Saudi Ladies International

Aditi Ashok played a disappointing round of 3-over 75 and slipped to tied-53rd at the Saudi Ladies International in Riyadh on Sunday.

Aditi with rounds of 69-72-75 totalled even par 216 for three days. This was her first event of 2025 on the Ladies European Tour.

It was a tough day with two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in the 75 at the Par-72 Riyadh Golf Club.

The other three Indians, Pranavi Urs, Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik had missed the cut earlier on.

– PTI

Jeev on tied-19th with one more round remaining in Marbella Legends

Jeev Milkha Singh endured a difficult day with 1-over 73 in the second round of the season-opening Marbella Legends.

The Indian ace, now in his third season on the Legends Tour, who had a 68 on the first day, is now 3-under for 36 holes but slipped down from T-12 to T-19 with one more day to go at the Aloha Golf Club.

Simon Griffiths (65-68) reached 11-under and Colin Montgomerie (65-70) headed the chasing pack with 18 holes to play.

Jeev teed off from the first and birdied the third but gave that shot away on the very next hole.

He ran into a rough patch with bogeys on the eighth, ninth and 11th but still fought back with birdies on the 15th and 16th, which he had birdied a day earlier also.

Englishman Griffiths moved to the summit as he started on the back nine and cruised to the turn in 32 strokes with birdies at the 10th, 12th, 17th and 18th. He matched a pick-up at the 5th with only his second dropped shot of the week at the 6th to sign for a 68.

Montgomerie started on the 10th and recovered from a bogey-bogey start to post a good round of 70 to reach 9-under.

He also dropped a shot at the 18th, but he had birdies at the 13th, 15th, 2nd, 7th and 9th.

The eight-time DP World Tour number one again finished his day to a rapturous cheer from the wonderful galleries as he picked up a shot on his final hole for the second successive day.

Playing with Montgomerie over the first two rounds, local favourite Miguel Angel Jimenez is three strokes off the lead at 8-under after a late surge kept his hopes of a very popular victory alive.

He’s joined at 8-under by Keith Horne and Lionel Alexandre.

– PTI

Late bogeys push Lahiri down to Tied-seventh in Adelaide

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri, who was six-under through his first 11 holes, carded a three-under 69 in the final round to finish tied 7th at the LIV Adelaide on Sunday, with late bogeys derailing his progress.

Lahiri looked like a contender for his maiden title before he was hit by four bogeys in the last seven holes, though he also had a birdie.

The Indian had rounds of 71-70-69 and totalled six-under.

Joaquin Niemann overcame a three-shot deficit to claim the title, carding the day’s only bogey-free round with a 7-under 65 to finish at 13-under.

Abraham Ancer, who led the majority of the day before suffering three bogeys on his final five holes, finished in a tie for second with Carlos Ortiz (70) at 10-under.

Two months ago, Niemann won the PIF Saudi International and also the season-long International Series championship.

Niemann won for the second time in his career in Australia, having captured the Australian Open in 2023.

Ancer, also a former Australian Open champion, was still able to celebrate atop the Adelaide podium, with the Fireballs claiming the team title by six strokes over Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII, with Torque finishing third.

Ancer will enter LIV Golf’s next tournament in Hong Kong as the defending champion.

– PTI

TRIATHLON

Asia Triathlon Cup 2025: Di Basilico, Pratiwi win titles

Italy’s Francesco Di Basilico (55:45s) and Indonesia’s Martina Ayu Pratiwi (01:04.25s) won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively at the SDAT Asia Triathlon Cup 2025, held at the INS Adyar in Chennai on Sunday.

– Team Sportstar

EQUESTRIAN

NEC Show Jumping 2024-25: Tejas Dhingra retains National Championship title

Tejas Dhingra at the National Equestrian Championship Show Jumpin 2024-25 event in Meerut.
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Tejas Dhingra of Beeya’s Riding Facility successfully defended his National Championship title at the National Equestrian Championship (Show Jumping) 2024-25, held at Modi Equestrian Academy, Meerut, on Sunday.

Dhingra, the reigning champion, secured his victory with 16 points in the championship tour, finishing ahead of joint runners-up Amar Sarin of Tarc Equestrian Centre and Ashray Butta of EGC Stables.

Meanwhile, it was a moment of double delight for Yashaan Zubin Khambatta of Tarc Equestrian Centre, who reigned victorious in both the Novice and Medium Tours.

Sehaj Singh Virk and Abhishek Chopra shared second place in the Medium Tour, while Narayan Singh joined Yashaan on the podium for the Novice Tour, securing the runner-up position after Yashaan impressively claimed both the top two spots.

Meanwhile, in the young horse championship, Modi Equestrian Stables rider Gaurav Lonkar triumphed on Aziza, scoring 8.0 points. Abhishek Chopra took second place with his horse Chicago, while Gurvinder, riding Viduthi, secured third place for Team RVC Centre & College.

– Team Sportstar