Sports News LIVE Today, July 19: Scottie Scheffler Leading At The Open; Ruturaj Opts Out County Stint

India's 20-year-old wrestlers Antim Panghal and Harshita Mor won gold medals at the Budapest Ranking Series in Hungary on Friday (July 19, 2025) as the country's women grapplers claimed four medals on the second day of the tournament. Neha Sangwan took silver and Neelam bagged bronze to take India's medal tally at the last ranking series of the season to six.

Indian Women’s Hockey Team new 40-member Senior Core Group:

GOALKEEPERS

1. Savita

2. Bichu Devi Kharibam

3. Bansari Solanki

4. Madhuri Kindo

5. Samiksha Saxena

DEFENDERS

6. Mahima Chaudhary

7. Nikki Pradhan

8. Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam

9. Udita

10 .Ishika Chaudhary

11. Jyoti Chhatri

12. Jyoti

13. Akshata Abaso Dhekale

14. Anjna Dungdung

15. Suman Devi Thoudam

MIDFIELDERS

16. Sujata Kujur

17. Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke

18. Neha

19. Salima Tete

20. Manisha Chauhan

21. Ajmina Kujur

22. Sunelita Toppo

23. Lalremsiami

24. Sharmila Devi

25. Baljeet Kaur

26. Mahima Tete

27. Albela Rani Toppo

28. Pooja Yadav

FORWARDS

29. Dipimonika Toppo

30. Hritika Singh

31. Deepika Soreng

32. Navneet Kaur

33. Sangita Kumari

34. Deepika

35. Rutaja Dadaso Pisal

36. Beauty Dungdung

37. Mumtaz Khan

38. Annu

39. Chandana Jagadish

40. Kajal Sadashiv Atpadkar

Ruturaj Gaikwad opts out of Yorkshire Stint

India middle-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has opted out of the final part of the County Championship for Yorkshire citing "personal reasons".

The 28-year-old had agreed to a five-game deal, starting with the match against reigning champions Surrey at Scarborough from July 22.

Defending champions Los Angeles Dodgers have lost yet again to Cleveland Brewers in the first game of the two sides after the All-Star break. Third baseman Caleb Durbin scored two RBIs including a one-run homerun to set up a 2-0 Brewers win. This now becomes the eighth loss for Dodgers in last 10 outings.

Arjun Erigaisi is out of the Freestyle Grand Slam competition after a loss in the semifinals to Levon Aronian.

Results: Arjun Erigaisi (Ind) lost to Levon Aronian (Usa) 0-2; Fabiano Caruana (Usa) lost to Hans Moke Niemann (Usa) 1.5-2.5; Lenier Dominguez Perez (Usa) lost to Hikaru Nakamura (Usa) 0-2; Magnus Carlsen (Nor) beat Javokhir Sindarov (Uzb) 1.5-0.5; R Praggnanandhaa beat Vincent Keymer 1.5-0.5; Wesley So (Usa) beat Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb) 3-1

We have India Women taking on their English counterparts for the second ODI between the two teams at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground. The men's team failed to win at the ground recently and the women's side would want to not suffer the same fate. India lead the ODI series 1-0 after winning the opening game.

Global Super League 2025 Final

• Guyana Amazon Warriors 196/3 (20)

• Rangpur Riders 164 (19.5)

Guyana Amazon Warriors won by 32 runs

After two days of action, it is Scottie Scheffler who is in the lead at the Portrush Royal Club in the Open Championship. The tournament favourite Scheffler is holding a one-shot lead over former U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick of England at the half-way mark. You can read The Open Day 2 report here.

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu ensured Canada made a winning start to their Hopman Cup campaign after downing Spain 3-0 on Friday. Read full report here.

It starts with a shuttling action at the BWF Japan Open where the semi-finals are underway. Over in cricket, India Women take on England in the 2nd ODI, hoping to seal the series after winning the T20Is and the opener. Meanwhile, the Legends of Cricket are back--West Indies Champions face South Africa today, and all eyes are on their jaw-dropping gold-embedded jersey, apparently, the most expensive in cricket history! On the track, sprint king Noah Lyles makes his 100m season debut at the London Diamond League. And to wrap it all up, it’s France vs Germany in the UEFA Women’s Euro match later tonight. Follow all that happens in the world of sports live here

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