Delhi’s Honey Baisoya carded a two-under 68 to take the sole lead at the midway stage of the PGTI Feeder Tour at the Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur.

Sachin Chechi’s 66 not out (40b, 3x4, 6x6) and Rahul Prasad’s 46 helped Ram Pal Academy beat Rohtak Road Gymkhana by seven wickets in the 38th Lala Raghubir Singh hot weather cricket tournament at the Modern School, Barakhamba Road, grounds on Thursday.

Pradhan Somanna, Affan Yousuf and Joga Singh scored three goals each as Air India thumped Chhattisgarh 15-0 in a Pool B league match of the 3rd Hockey India senior men’s national championship at the Major Dhyan Chand Polygrass Hockey Stadium at Pimpri in Pune on Thursday.

Experienced midfielder Ritu Rani will lead an 18-member senior women’s team to the FIH Hockey World League Round 3 (semi-finals) at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, beginning on June 13.

Board of Control for Cricket in India president N. Srinivasan — already facing calls to step down from a growing number of Board members over the spot-fixing sage and its fallout — took a further hit on Wednesday with the Union sports ministry asking the Tamil Nadu strongman to resign from his post.

Despite his office bearers breaking their silence and coming to demand his resignation, a defiant cricket control board president N. Srinivasan is no mood to leave his chair for now on his own. The Tamil Nadu businessman who made a hasty visit to Mumbai for the second time in a week once again reiterated his refusal to step aside again.

Sardar Singh will lead the 18-member men’s hockey squad for the FIH World League Round 3 (semi-finals) to be held at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from June 13 to 23.

Railways hammered Sashastra Seema Bal 13-1 to register their second consecutive win in Pool F of the 3rd Hockey India senior men’s national championship in Pune on Wednesday.

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Ashbeer Saini of Kapurthala and Delhi’s Honey Baisoya, both playing in their first season on the PGTI, shot scores of four-under-66 to share the first round lead in the PGTI Feeder Tour event at the Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur.
Dipankar Kaushal of Noida was third with a three-under-67.