In addition to the award voted for by the public, three further awards will be presented: BBC Emerging Player of the Year award, BBC Lifetime Achievement award and BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year award, to highlight excellence in para-sports
The other major development is the resumption of PGTI’s second tier tour after a five-year gap in the form of PGTI NexGen events. Three PGTI NexGen events with a prize purse of Rs 20 lakh each are slated to be held in the first quarter of 2025 at venues such as Phillaur, Kapurthala and Golden Greens (Gurugram)
There is the under-15 boys (sub-junior), under-17 boys, under-17 girls (both in junior category) as well as the Senior Men and Senior Women. While all the former four were held last year, in 2024, there were no backers for the Senior Women’s tournament
Ancer and Catlin will join defending U.S. Open champion and captain of LIV Golf’s Crushers GC, Bryson DeChambeau, plus local hero Anirban Lahiri, and The International Series Rankings winner Joaquin Niemann for the highly anticipated tournament taking place from January 30 to February 2 in Gurugram
Delhi had taken an early lead through Jaideep Singh in the ninth minute and held the one-goal lead for the entire first half. Manipur then equalised in the 49th minute before taking lead in the 50th minute. Jaideep, however, equalised in the 65th minute
All the three goals were scored in the first half. Naseeb Rahman, a 22-year-old midfielder, scored the first goal in the 16th minute. That was followed by East Bengal defender Joseph Justin’s goal in the 32nd minute. Forward T Shijin scored the third and final goal in the 40th minute
After a stellar performance in the recently-concluded Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2024, where she netted eight goals in as many games to finish as the second top-scorer for champions India and the fourth overall, Kanika is eager to transition from the junior ranks to the senior stage
Sandhu (69-67-69-71), who totalled 12-under 276 for the week, took home an impressive prize money cheque of Rs 30 lakh for his effort. This is also Sandhu’s first win in five years and overall his seventh professional title. It was also Ajeetesh’s first triumph at the celebrated DGC