ARCHERY

Indian archers bag two individual gold

Indian compound archers bagged two individual gold medals at the Asia Cup Leg-2 in Singapore on Friday. Tejal Salve defeated compatriot Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144 to claim the women’s title, while Kushal Dalal beat Australian Joshua Mahon 149-143 for the men’s crown. Sachin Chechi secured the compound men’s bronze.

Indians lost in five team finals to take silver medals.

-Team Sportstar

GOLF

Saptak on tied 18 with 1-under 69 on Hotel Planner Tour

Saptak Talwar started his week at the Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre with a steady round of 1-under 69 to place himself at tied 18 in the standings at the Blot Play9 in Brittany.

Talwar has been playing as many events as possible on the Hotel Planner Tour, the second rung of the DP World Tour, and has had modest results but has made seven cuts in nine previous starts.

His best finish has been T-37 in the UAE Challenge.

Talwar began his round on the front nine and had two bogeys against one birdie by the turn of the round.

On the back nine he picked up the pace and picked up shots on the 11th and 14th holes to close the day at one under.

-PTI

Ajeetesh plays steady first round, lies 13th in Morocco

India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu started his week at the Morocco Rising Stars event with a bogey-free round of 4-under 68 and was tied 13th after the first day.

Sandhu began his day at the Samanah Golf Club on the front nine and had only one birdie on the first nine holes. On the back nine, Sandhu made birdies on the 12th and 16th holes before ending his day with his fourth birdie on the 18th hole.

There are a total of eight Indians taking part this week including Sandhu. The others included Karandeep Kochhar (70) at T-26th, Khalin Joshi (71) at T-32, Arjun Sharma (72) at T063.

The remaining Indians—Rahil Gangjee (74) at T-78, S. Chikkarangappa (75) and Aman Raj (75) and T-93 and Pukhraj Singh Gill (76) at T-106—will need to to pick up the pace if they hope to make cut.

-PTI

Disappointing start by Aditi Ashok

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok endured another rough start at a Major as she began the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Fields Ranch East with a disappointing 9-over 81 that had no birdies.

Almost sure to miss the cut unless she shoots a very low second round, she was lying tied 135th and the projected cut is around 3-over. Aditi had six bogeys and one triple bogey.

-PTI

Rayhan Thomas shoots 64 to lie seventh

Rayhan Thomas equalled his best first round score of the season with a 6-under 64 and was tied seventh at the end of the first day of the Wichita Open.

Rayhan, who had a top-10 in his second start of the season in Bahamas in January, has had a rough run since then. In 12 starts since that week in the Bahamas, Rayhan has missed eight cuts and withdrawn once.

Last week at the BMW Charity Open, he showed signs of a revival with three of his four rounds in 60s and finished T-42.

Rayhan, starting on the tenth, had four birdies in the first six holes. He added two more on his second nine on the second and the third and added a final birdie on the ninth. His sole bogey was on the sixth, his 15th hole of the day.

-PTI

MOTORSPORT

155 register for second season of Indian Supercross Racing League

A record-breaking 155 riders, including six-time German Supercross champion Greg Aranda, have registered for the mega auction for the second edition of the Indian Supercross Racing League, organisers announced on Friday.

With riders hailing from 21 countries and from across 6 continents, the 2025 roster of the ISRL showcases a powerful blend of world champions, rising stars, and homegrown Indian talent.

Joining the league for the first time are globally renowned supercross athletes including Aranda, French SX1 vice champion Anthony Bourdon, French MX & SX champion Maxime Desprey and Justin Starling, an AMA SX veteran with 106 main events .

They will race alongside returning international stars including season one 450cc champion Australian Matt Moss MXON world champion Jordi Tixier of France and five time Italian SX/MX champion Lorenzo Camporese.

From India, top performers like Ikshan Shanbhag and Rugved Barguje, who stood out in season 1, will return. “Supercross in India is clearly on a sharp growth trajectory, and this year’s volume and quality of rider registrations reflect that momentum.

“The fact that we’ve attracted some of the most respected international names alongside every major Indian Supercross rider is a reflection of the trust we’ve built globally,” ISRL co-founder Eeshan Lokhande said.

-PTI

SURFING

Srikanth D claims men’s title, Kamali Moorthy Defends both titles at 6th Indian Open of Surfing

Tamil Nadu’s Srikanth D clinched the men’s Open title, while Kamali Moorthy defended both her titles in the Women’s Open and Groms Girls (U-16) categories at the 6th Indian Open of Surfing,

The second leg of the 2025 National Surfing Championship Series, held in Mangalore, saw Prahlad Sriram of Tamil Nadu secure the title in the Groms Boys (U-16) category.

Organised by the Surfing Swami Foundation and hosted by Mantra Surf Club under the aegis of the Surfing Federation of India, the national championship once again highlighted Tamil Nadu’s dominance in all four categories.

Originally scheduled from May 30 to June 1, the competition was postponed due to adverse weather conditions in Mangalore. It was later held behind closed doors, with only participants and officials in attendance.

-Team Sportstar