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Observer
3 days ago
- Sport
- Observer
Oman athletes shine at FISU Games
MUSCAT: Oman's beach volleyball team made a strong impression at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as the men's duo of Yousef al Abri and Al Yaqdhan al Saadi concluded their journey in the Round of 16. The global multi-sport event, hosted in Germany, featured top university athletes from around the world competing at elite levels. The Omani pair faced off in the knockout stage against Lithuania's strong duo Danielius Cumakas and Karolis Paubinskas. Despite a spirited performance, the Omani team suffered a 2-1 defeat. The Lithuanian side took the opening set 21-17, but al Abri and Al Saadi showed remarkable resilience by claiming the second set 21-13. The decisive third set saw the Lithuanian duo regaining control and sealing their victory with a 15-13 scoreline, thus ending Oman's impressive run in the tournament. Oman's campaign began with a thrilling group stage encounter in group D against world leaders Australia, represented by Jed Walker and Oliver Merritt. Despite falling behind in the first set by 21-15, the Omani team made a strong comeback in the second set to win 21-18. In a nail-biting decider, the Australian pair narrowly edged past with a 15-13 victory. Part of Oman's beach volleyball participation at FISU World University Games In their second group stage match, Oman's al Abri and al Saadi bounced back in style by defeating Hungary's Boldizsar Borbely and Domonkos Doczi. Both sets were closely contested, but the Omani duo held their nerve to win 21-19 in both sets, securing a key victory in their qualification campaign. The final group stage match saw Oman secured their place in the Round of 16 with a default win over Moldova's pair Maxim Korsakov and Egor Dobcis, who withdrew from the competition. In athletics, Oman also recorded a significant milestone through sprinter Mohammed bin Hamdan al Suleimani in the men's 800m event. Competing in heat 4 of the opening round, al Suleimani clocked a season best time of 1:49.34, finishing fourth and advancing to the semifinals. His performance marked a promising step forward for Omani athletics at the university level. Oman's participation in the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 Games was represented by Oman University Sports Committee (OUSC) and it led by its chairman Dr Salim al Oraimi. The event provided a valuable platform for the Sultanate of Oman's student athletes who managed to gain international experience and compete among the best in the world. Oman's athletes delegation took part in different sports discipline including: table tennis, swimming and Taekwondo.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Indian sports wrap, July 22: Anahat Singh enters Round of 16 at World Squash Junior Championships
SQUASH Anahat enters pre-quarters India's teen prodigy Anahat Singh entered the pre-quarterfinals at the World Junior Championships on Tuesday in Cairo after beating France's Ines Guyot 3-0. She will meet Brazil's Laura Souza Bezerra Da Silva on Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals. In the boys' category, Arihant K S, Yusha Nafees, and Aryaveer Dewan entered the Round of 32, which will be played later today. - Team Sportstar GOLF Vani seeks more success in 10th leg as Jasmine eyes another win in Hero WPGT Vani Kapoor, a four-time champion on the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour this season, and last week's winner Jasmine Shekar have been drawn together for the first round of the 10th leg at the Zion Hills Golf County. They will have the talented Vidhatri Urs as the third player in the group. Thirty seven players, including seven amateurs, will tee off in the event that carries a prize purse of Rs 16 lakh. Other leading professional players in the field are Ridhima Dilawari, Seher Atwal, Sneha Singh, Amandeep Drall and Neha Tripathi, who was runner-up to Jasmine in the last leg. Vani leads the Order of Merit with Amandeep Drall, Sneha Singh and Jasmine Shekar trailing behind her in that order. - PTI FOOTBALL Iker Guarrotxena extends contract with FC Goa FC Goa on Monday announced that Spanish forward Iker Guarrotxena has extended his contract with the Club by a year, keeping him with the Gaurs until the end of the 2025-26 season. With 14 goal involvements for the club last season, the highest for the club. He first joined the club in the 2022-23 and scored 13 goals in his debut season. His consistency on the pitch makes him a reliable presence for the team, having been called 'a complete player, who is both decisive and dangerous' by Head Coach Manolo Marquez. The 2025-26 season will be his third for the club. ARCHERY Parneet tops rankings World championships team gold medal-winning archer Parneet Kaur topped the compound women's individual rankings in the qualification round at the World University Games in Essen, Germany, on Tuesday. Parneet, who scored 701 points, was one of the two archers to score more than 700. Madhura Dhamangaonkar was sixth with 687 points, while Avneet Kaur was 22 nd with 673. In the recurve men's division, Aryan Rana collected 640 points to be at 29th spot. Vishnu Chaudhary (627) and Mrinal Chauhan (622) managed 42nd and 47th places respectively. - YB Sarangi TENNIS Sumit Nagal beats Jay Clarke Tampere Challenger Open first round Alternate entrant Sumit Nagal beat top seed Jay Clarke of Britain 7-6(4), 6-1 in the first round of the €91,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Tampere, Finland. In the €596,035 ATP event on clay in Kitzbuhel, Austria, Sriram Balaji and Rithvik Bollipalli progressed into the quarterfinals without playing a match. The first round opponents of the Indian pair, the top seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz of Germany, withdrew with an injury. The results: €91,250 Challenger, Tampere, Finland Singles (first round): Sumit Nagal bt Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-6(4), 6-1. €91,250 Challenger, Segovia, Spain Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Clement Chidekh (Fra) & Roy Stepanov (Isr) bt Robin Bertrand (Fra) & Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, 6-3. $30,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first round): Vaidehee Chaudhari bt Julia Adams (USA) 6-4, 6-2. -Kamesh Srinivasan Maaya Rajeshwaran, Rethin win best player awards in TNTA annual day function Rethin Pranav and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi were the winners of the T.K. Ramanathan award for the best player of the 2024-25 season (₹30,000 each) in the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) annual day function at the Madras Cricket Club (MCC) in Chennai on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, TNTA president Vijay Amritraj said that there has been significant interest among the players to participate in the second edition of the Chennai Open, a WTA 250 event, set to take place from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2. 'I think it will be a good (player) field because the previous week is in Tokyo in Japan (Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis - WTA 500). So, they will be on their way here. There are two other tournaments (Jiangxi Open, Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open) as well in China at the same time (as the Chennai Open). But again, there has been a lot of interest (among the players) in coming to our own city,' he said. He added that there's a plan to set up video screens (for streaming the Chennai Open matches) across the city to enhance public engagement. 'We hope to have LED video screens across the city, so that people can actually sit on the Marina Beach or in T. Nagar or wherever and have snacks and watch the matches, which I think will be a great boost for our sport and create even more interest in the State,' he said. The award-winners T.K. Ramanathan award (Best player of the 2024-25 season): Rethin Pranav, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi. President award for the most promising youngster: Ishaan Sudharshan, Hemdev Mahesh, Deepthi Venkatesan, Diya Ravikumar Janaki Justice P.S. Kailasam Memorial award for performance in junior Nationals: Boys: Singles: u-18: Winner: Kandhavel Mahalingam; Runner-up: Varun Verma. Doubles: u-12: Runner-up: Ronnie Vijay Kumar Girls: Singles: u-18: Winner: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi; Runner-up: Diya Ramesh. Doubles: u-14: Runners-up: Deepshika Vinayagamurthy and A.S.R. Bawyasri; u-16: Runners-up: Sanmitha Harini Lokesh and Savitha Bhuvaneswaran; u-18: Doubles: Winner: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi. Performance in National c'ships: Men: Singles: Winner: Rethin Pranav. Women: Singles: Runner-up: Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi; Doubles: Runner-up: Sai Samhitha Chamarthi. Performance in National Games (Dehradun): Men: Manish Suresh Kumar (singles and doubles bronze, team gold); V.M. Ranjeet (team gold); Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (doubles bronze, team gold); Lohith Aksha Bathrinath (mixed doubles and team gold); K.S. Dheeraj (team gold) Women: Lakshmiprabha Arunkumar (mixed doubles gold, team bronze); Janani Ramesh (team bronze); Mirudhula Palanivel (team bronze); Diya Ramesh (team bronze) Performance in Deaf & Hard Hearing c'ship: Men: Prithvi Shekar (Australian Open singles champion and doubles runner-up). Performance in Wheelchair Tennis Nationals: Karthik Karunakaran (singles winner, doubles runner-up); Mariappan Durai (doubles runner-up); Balachandar Subramanian (doubles winner). Representing India: Davis Cup / Fed Cup / u-12, u-14, u-16 / Wheelchair: Ramkumar Ramanthan, Sriram Balaji; BNP Paribas World Cup Asia Qualifying: Karthik Karunakaran, Mariappan Durai, K. Sathasivam; Billie Jean King Cup u-14 & u-16: Diya Ramesh (Junior Billie Jean King Cup Asia Oceania Final Qualifying, Kazakhstan). Muthukrishnan Memorial award for most promising and performing player (Boy): Varun Verma. Nagamani Mahadevan award for most promising and performing player (Girl): Diya Ramesh. 32nd Sanmar TNTA Chennai City club tennis league: Veterans (60+): Winner: MGC; Runner-up: Cosmopolitan Club-A; 45+: Zone-A: Winner: MCC-A; Runner-up: Besant Nagar Club-B; Zone-B: Winner: BNC-B; Runner-up: Nungambakkam Tennis Club-A; Zone-C: Winner: Anna Nagar Club; Runner-up: Madras Race Club. Regular: Zone-A: Winner: MCC-A; Runner-up: NTC-C; Zone-B: Winner: GNC-A; Runner-up: Anna Nagar K Block-A; Zone-C: Winner: Presidency Club-A; Runner-up: BNC-B; Zone-D: Winner: MCC-M; Runner-up: Gandhi Nagar Club-C; Zone-E: Winner: Besant Nagar Club-C; Runner-up: Madras Club-B; Zone-F: Winner: Presidency Club-B; Runner-up: YMCA Kilpauk. 16th UCAL-TNTA Chennai inter-club league-cum-knockout c'ship: Winner: MCC; Runner-up: BNC - Prasanna Venkatesan World University Games: Vaishnavi Adkar to become second Indian to win a tennis medal after reaching semis India is assured of a rare medal in tennis as Vaishnavi Adkar made it to the women's singles semifinals while most of her compatriots across sports failed to make a mark in the World University Games in Berlin on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Vaishnavi beat home favourite Sina Herrmann 6-1, 6-4 in a dominant display in the women's singles quarterfinals. She will face Eszter Meri of Slovakia in the semifinals on Thursday. She will become only the second Indian to win a medal in the World University Games, after Nandal Bal clinched a silver in men's singles in the 1979 edition in Mexico City. Under the rules, two bronze medals are awarded in tennis competition in the WUG. - PTI
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USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Citi Open: Linette [28th] vs. Kalinskaya [48th] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview
In a match scheduled for Wednesday, Anna Kalinskaya (No. 48 in rankings) will take on Magda Linette (No. 28) in the Round of 16 at the Citi Open. Linette and Kalinskaya each have -110 odds to win, making this Round of 16 match even. Tennis odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 10:35 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Magda Linette vs. Anna Kalinskaya matchup info Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Linette vs. Kalinskaya Prediction Based on the implied probility from the moneyline, Linette has a 52.4% to win. Linette vs. Kalinskaya Betting Odds Linette vs. Kalinskaya matchup performance & stats
USA Today
18-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nebraska's Leo Curtis continues run for Iceland at FIBA U20 EuroBasket Tournament
Nebraska freshman Leo Curtis continued his run with Iceland in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket Tournament on Thursday. In the consolation round, Iceland fell to Romania 72-57 with Curtis scoring nine points, six rebounds, and three assists. Despite a strong first half, Iceland collapsed from a 39-35 lead, only scoring 18 points in the second half. Curtis shot 3-of-8 from the floor and 2-of-4 from the free throw line. Iceland fell to the consolation round after facing Italy in the Round of 16 on Wednesday. Curtis scored 11 points in the outing and hauled in seven rebounds. However, Iceland fell to Italy in a lopsided 101-58 defeat. He was the only player on Iceland to reach double digits in scoring. Curtis currently averages 13.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game with two rounds of competition left. His play throughout the week helped him be listed as one of the top 10 standouts during the group phase of competition. Iceland now awaits its next opponent, which will be determined by Thursday's action. The game will be played on Saturday. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'I don't play for City yet' – Midfielder casts doubt over Etihad Stadium transfer
Manchester City supporters' hope of a swift conclusion to a transfer of Norwegian wonderkid Sverre Nypan have been thrown into doubt. City have been working on a deal for the 18-year-old central midfielder as Hugo Viana progresses a major change of guard at the Etihad Stadium after replacing Txiki Begiristain as director of football earlier this summer. Viana has already overseen the arrival(s) of Rayan Ait-Nouri, Tijjani Reijnders, Marcus Bettinelli and Rayan Cherki in this transfer window, with Manchester City making an early statement of intent ahead of the new season after enduring a sub-par 2024-25 campaign. A meagre third-place Premier League, a Round of 16 exit in the UEFA Champions League and defeat to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final in the recent campaign has prompted officials at the Etihad Stadium to conduct a ruthless audit of Guardiola's first-team squad. After a strong start to the transfer window, Manchester City are understood to have won the race to sign Sverre Nypan from Rosenborg for an amount that is set to record the highest transfer fee paid for a player coming out of Norway. Manchester City's midfield has already undergone major change in this window, with Reijnders and Cherki joining in after club bosses decided against offering a new deal to Kevin De Bruyne, who has joined Napoli on a free transfer after agreeing a two-year contract with the newly-crowned Serie A champions. After returning home from their FIFA Club World Cup commitments in the United States in June, Viana and co are believed to be shifted their focus on outgoings to streamline Guardiola's bloated squad and cut the first-team wage bill before the new Premier League campaign begins in August. City have already sold Kyle Walker to Burnley in a deal that could fetch the club £5 million. Maximo Perrone is set to join Como on a permanent deal, with James McAtee also expected to leave permanently. Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish have been told to find new clubs, with at least one centre-half also expected to depart before the window closes on September 1. Speaking to a young supporter earlier this month, Sverre Nypan insisted that while he 'does not play for (Manchester) City yet', there remains a chance of joining the Etihad Stadium club in what he described as a 'maybe' possibility. When quizzed by the young fan on why joining Manchester City could only be described as a 'maybe' for now, Nypan continued, 'I don't know we'll see, it's not done.' Borussia Dortmund have also expressed an interest in Nypan, who has established himself as one of Europe's brightest midfield prospects in recent seasons, which could well see him link up with Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium when the new season begins. It remains to be seen whether Nypan is considered as an immediate addition to Guardiola's squad amid uncertainty over the future of Ilkay Gundogan, who has attracted interest from Turkey despite wanting to stay on at Manchester City after returning to the club from Barcelona in dramatic, last-minute fashion last summer.
