Pune: City’s 13-year-old Aarav Sachin Sancheti has been selected in the Indian team for the IBSF World Under-17 and Under-21 Snooker Championship to be held in Bengaluru from August 24 to 31. Besides Aarav, Jabez Naveen Kumar, Rahul Williams, Sham Alwin and Bhavya Pipaliya have been selected in the team. Aarav had earlier participated in the IBSF event last year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Son of national and state cueist Sachin Sancheti, Aarav trains under Yasin Merchant. Rohan fires 6-under to join Gandas on top in PGTI golf Chennai: Pune's Rohan Dhole Patil carded a fine six-under 66 to join Manu Gandas on top of the chart after the second day of the Chennai Pro Championship golf tournament on the PGTI Tour. Patil now has a total score of nine-under 135, while Gurugram's Gandas also remained on the pole slot after firing a 68 on the day at the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course.
Dhruv Sheoran, another Gurugram golfer, carded a bogey-free 67 to end the day in third place at eight-under 136. Chandigarh's Bishmadpal Singh, playing his first event this year, scorched the course with an eight-under 64 to set a new course record and end the day in tied fourth at seven-under 137 along with Nepal's Subash Tamang (69). The halfway cut came down at one-over 145.
Fifty-five professionals made the cut. Patil began the day with birdies on the first three holes where he came up with excellent chip-putts and drove the green on the Par-4 third. tnn/agencies We also published the following articles recently Confident junior Indian badminton squad targets multiple medals at BAC Under-15, Under-17 Championships The Badminton Association of India sent a 39-player squad to the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Chengdu, China, from August 20-25, 2024.
An extensive camp prepared the team, led by Gnana Dattu and Tanvi Reddy Andluri. BAI secretary Sanjay Mishra expressed confidence in winning medals, emphasizing their hard work. Forest fires in Turkey under control: minister Fires that devastated forests near Izmir, Turkey's third most-populous city, over four days have been largely controlled.
Efforts to douse hotspots continue, with 43 buildings damaged and 26 people hospitalized. The fire threatened areas such as Cesme but was managed through prompt evacuations. Scientists attribute heightened fire risk to climate change.
Billionaire under fire for stealing sand from Malibu beach In Malibu, a legal battle erupted between billionaires Mark Attanasio and James Kohlberg over alleged sand theft from a public beach. Kohlberg accused Attanasio of using sand from Broad Beach for his construction project. Despite having permits, Attanasio denied the claims.
The lawsuit seeks financial penalties and the return of the sand to Broad Beach..
