CRICKET
Males’s Bilateral T20 Cricket Sequence for the Blind 2025: India beats Bangladesh, takes unassailable 3-0 lead
Staff India delivered a dominant efficiency within the males’s bilateral T20 cricket sequence for the Blind 2025, securing a complete nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh within the third league match at D5 Sports activities, Manipal College Campus, Yelahanka in Bengaluru on Tuesday. With this emphatic win, India sealed the sequence 3-0,
Opting to discipline first after successful the toss, India’s bowling unit put up a disciplined effort, proscribing Bangladesh to 173/4 in 20 overs.
B3 Salman led Bangladesh’s fightback with a gentle 50 off 38 balls, whereas India’s T. Durga Rao (B3) impressed with a three-wicket haul to maintain the opposition in examine.
In response, Sunil Ramesh (B3) stole the present with an unbeaten 96 off simply 46 balls, whereas Nakula Badanayak (B2) performed a vital supporting position with 50 off 31 balls. Their blistering 100-run opening partnership ensured India raced to the goal in simply 14.4 overs, sealing the win in dominant trend.
-Staff Sportstar
TABLE TENNIS
WTT Youth Contender Vadodara 2025 kicks off at Sama Indoor Sports activities Advanced
The WTT Youth Contender Vadodara, part of the WTT Youth Sequence, shall be performed in India for the primary time from twenty fifth February to 1st March 2025 on the Sama Indoor Sports activities Advanced.
A complete of 165 Indian gamers will compete throughout 12 classes, alongside members from eight international locations, all vying for the highest prize.
The occasion kicks off with the U/17 and U/13 boys’ and ladies’ classes on the primary day, the place Divyanshi Bhowmick and Abhinand Prathivadi begin as favourites.
Large names like Ankur Bhattacharjee, Sayali Wani, and Divyanshi Bhowmick will take the courtroom to showcase their expertise and show their dominance of their respective classes, whereas different proficient gamers similar to Syndrela Das, Taneesha Kotecha, and Sarthak Arya look to problem the favorites. The Indian stars may even face robust competitors from gamers like Choi Jiwook (WR 13 – Korea), Rohan Dani (England), and Taavi Samaraveera (Sri Lanka), who shall be competing of their respective occasions.
Full Fixtures:
twenty sixth February 2025:
• U/17 Boys and Ladies: Spherical 1 to Spherical of 16
• U/13 Boys and Ladies: Spherical 1 to Spherical of 16
twenty seventh February 2025:
• U/15 Blended Doubles: Spherical of 32 to Semi-Finals
• U/19 Blended Doubles: Spherical of 16 to Semi-Finals
• U/17 Boys and Ladies: Quarterfinals to Finals
• U/13 Boys and Ladies: Quarterfinals to Finals
twenty eighth February 2025:
• U/15 Boys and Ladies: Spherical 1 to Spherical 3
• U/19 Boys and Ladies: Spherical 1 to Spherical 3
• U/11 Boys and Ladies: Spherical 1 to Spherical 3
• U/19 Blended Doubles: Finals
• U/15 Blended Doubles: Finals
1st March 2025:
• U/15 Boys and Ladies: Spherical of 32 to Finals
• U/19 Boys and Ladies: Spherical of 32 to Finals
• U/11 Boys and Ladies: Quarterfinals to Finals
-Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Delhi College Inter-School: Host Woman Shri Ram School beats Sri Venkateswara School
Anya and Kavya Nayyar helped host Woman Shri Ram School to a 2-0 victory over Sri Venkateswara School within the quarterfinals of the Delhi College inter-college girls’s tennis event on Tuesday.
Within the semifinals to be performed on March 1, LSR will play Indraprastha School which beat Indira Gandhi Institute of Bodily Schooling and Sports activities Sciences (IGIPESS) 2-1.
The opposite semifinal shall be between Jesus and Mary School in opposition to Gargi School.
Whereas Jesus and Mary scored a 2-1 win over Shri Ram School of Commerce (SRCC), Gargi received a walkover.
The outcomes (quarterfinals):
Woman Shri Ram School bt Sri Venkateswara School 2-0 (Anya bt Tarini 6-0; Kavya Nayyar bt Pragya 6-4).
Indraprastha School bt Indira Gandhi Institute of Bodily Schooling and Sports activities Sciences 2-1 (Baani bt Anjali 6-2; Anushka misplaced to Jahnavi 2-6; Poorvi & Steisha bt Jahnavi & Anjali 6-0).
Jesus and Mary School bt Shri Ram School of Commerce 2-1 (Priya misplaced to Pushti Laddha 2-6; Lakshmi Gowda bt Bhumi Kakkar 6-3; Kashvi & Lakshmi bt Pushti & Bhumi 6-4).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
$40,000 ITF Ladies’s Match: Anjali Rathi beats Weronika Ewald in first spherical
Qualifier Anjali Rathi beat Weronika Ewald of Poland 6-2, 6-4 within the first spherical of the $40,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Ahmedabad Tennis Basis courts on Tuesday.
Anjali will subsequent face Polina Iatcenko. Vaishnavi Adkar fought her well past Ekaterina Yashina in three units, to arrange a second spherical in opposition to fifth seed Haruka Kaji Japan.
Qualifier Smriti Bhasin, Zeel Desai, Humera Baharmus and Akanksha Nitture had been the opposite Indian gamers to make progress.
The highest 16 gamers together with Sahaja Yamalapalli, Ankita Raina, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari had a bye within the first spherical and can play their second spherical on Wednesday.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Akiko Omae (Jpn) bt Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5; Anjali Rathi bt Weronika Ewald (Pol) 6-2, 6-4; Francesca Tempo (Ita) bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Smriti Bhasin bt Vidhi Jani 6-1, 6-3; Anastasia Gureva bt Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Antonia Schmidt (Ger) bt Paavanii Paathak 6-3, 6-4; Zeel Desai bt Sonal Patil 6-1, 6-1; Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt Soha Sadiq 6-4, 6-0; Funa Kozaki (Jpn) bt Michika Ozeki (Jpn) 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5; Kanako Morisaki (Jpn) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-2, 6-3; Ekaterina Reyngold bt Kira Pavlova 6-4, 7-5; Maria Golovina bt Margot Phanthala (Fra) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Ekaterina Yashina 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Humera Baharmus bt Priyanshi Bhandari 6-2, 6-3; Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Saumya Vig 6-3, 6-4; Akanksha Nitture bt Pooja Ingale 6-2, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Yuki and Popyrin upset prime seeds in Dubai
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Alexei Opyrin of Australia knocked out the highest seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic 4-6, 7-6(1), [10-3] within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $3,415,700 ATP tennis event in Dubai on Tuesday.
The outcomes:
$3,415,700 ATP, Dubai, UAE Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Alexei Popyrin (Aus) bt Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Mate Pavic (Cro) 4-6, 7-6(1), [10-3]; Jamie Murray (GBR) & John Friends (Aus) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prahanth 6-4, 7-6(6).
SHOOTING
NRAI pronounces Indian group for Shotgun World Cup
Olympians Kynan Chenai and Mairaj Ahmad Khan spearhead the Indian lure and skeet groups for the Shotgun World Cup to be staged in Nicosia, Cyprus, from Could 3 to 12.
As per its coverage, the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation of India (NRAI) will search to maintain the second string of shooters, as per its choice rankings, in aggressive form with common worldwide publicity.
The group:
Lure:
Kynan Chenai, Shardul Vihan, Bhowneesh Mendiratta; Sabeera Haris, Kirti Gupta, Rajeshwari Kumari.
Skeet:
Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Abhay Singh Sekhon, Rituraj Singh Bundela; Yashasvi Rathore, Maheshwari Chauhan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Celeb Professional-Am: Vani Kapoor, Amandeep Drall to spearhead India squad
Vani Kapoor, Amandeep Drall, Sneha Singh, Neha Tripathi, Shweta Mansingh and Jasmine Shekar shall be among the main golfers collaborating within the Queens of Golf Ladies’s superstar pro-am occasion to be staged on the Traditional Golf and Nation Membership in Gurugram on March 8.
The one-day occasion on girls’s day will characteristic 20 skilled girls golfers teaming up with 20 senior company executives and sports activities celebrities.
The skilled golfers may even compete in a stroke play format for particular person awards.
“We need to present a platform to our onerous working girls golfers, the place their expertise and contributions to the game are duly recognised,” stated the Founding father of Queens of Golf, Saket Mansingh.
“This isn’t only a golf occasion. It’s a celebration of ladies’s empowerment by means of sport and a method to showcase the immense depth of their expertise,” stated Kavita Singh, president of Ladies’s Golf Affiliation of India.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Chhattisgarh Open: Shaurya Binu takes sole lead after first spherical
Shaurya Binu, the chief on the opening day of Chhattisgarh Open golf championship in Naya Raipur on Tuesday.
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Shaurya Binu, the chief on the opening day of Chhattisgarh Open golf championship in Naya Raipur on Tuesday.
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Shaurya Binu shot a 9-under 60 to take the only lead on the opening day of the SECL Rs.1 crore Chhattisgarh Open golf championship on the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort on Tuesday.
The Bengaluru professional Shaurya, who had received two titles on the PGTI final season, was adopted one shot behind by the Delhi duo of Harshjeet Singh Sethie and Honey Baisoya.
“I used to be keen to begin this week effectively since I missed the minimize within the first two occasions of the season. I’ve been specializing in my swing and rhythm. I executed that effectively in the present day. Despite the fact that it’s a brief course, it gives quite a lot of challenges,” unhappy Shaurya, as he talked about tackling head winds whereas attempting to hit the smaller greens, and staying away from the hazards, on the par-69 course.
Among the many main golfers, Udayan Mane (63) was tied seventh, Om Prakash Chouhan (66) was tied thirty fourth, Manu Gandas (67) was tied forty eighth, Aman Raj (69) was tied 79th and Rashid Khan (70) was tied ninety fifth.
The main scores:
1. Shaurya Binu 60; 2 T. Harshjeet Singh Sethie, Honey Baisoya, Mani Ram 61; 5 T. Jamal Hossain, M Dharma 62; 7 T.Ranjit Singh, Akshay Sharma, Aadil Bedi, Arjun Sharma, Kartik Sharma, Udayan Mane 63; 13T. Manish Thakran, Jairaj Sandhu, Kshitij Kaul, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Dhruv Suri, Angad Cheema, Aryaman Aditya Mohan, Abhinav Lohan, Harendra Gupta, Koichiro Sato, Syed Ahmed, Khalin Joshi, Sanjay Kumar, Raunil Kukar 64.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Beginner Mannat grabs two-shot lead in fourth leg of WPGT
Beginner Mannat Brar shot 2-under 68 to seize a two-shot lead over the sector after the primary spherical of the fourth leg of Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour on the Bombay Presidency Golf Membership in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Mannat, who will symbolize India on the Ladies’s Beginner Asia-Pacific Championships in Vietnam subsequent week, regarded set for a really low spherical as she was four-under by means of 12 holes, however three bogeys in a span of 4 holes from the 14th to the seventeenth noticed her fall again.
She completed with a birdie on the 18th for a 68.
Three gamers — Kriti Chowhan, Seher Atwal and Shweta Mansingh — had been tied for the second place with rounds of even par 70 every.
A number of the different huge names didn’t have an awesome day as Ridhima Dilawari (74) was T-16, Gaurika Bishnoi and Khushi Khanijau (75 every) had been T-21, Amandeep Drall (76) was T-23, and Rhea Purvi (77) was T-25.
-PTI
ROWING
Asmita rowing league for girls all set for historic begin in Hyderabad
The Hussain Sagar Lake right here will stage the nation’s first-ever city-based rowing league — ASMITA Rowing League — from February 26 in what might be an enormous fillip to the game.
Backed by the Authorities of India’s Khelo India mission, the league will see participation by eight groups — Bhopal Waves Queen, Chennai Ranis, Cochin Queens, Cuttack Rowing, Deccan Queen Pune, Hyderabad Queen, Kolkata R-Oars and Ludhiana Staff Rowing — and 250 ladies in U-19 and U-23 age teams and 5 totally different occasions.
Organised in collaboration with the Rowing Federation of India, the event may even reward the top-6 finishers in every occasion — Single Sculls (W1x), Double Sculls (W2x), Quadruple Sculls (W4x), Coxless Pairs (W2) and Coxless Fours (W4) — with engaging money incentives.
Nationwide chief coach Ismail Baig, who has accompanied the Indian group to 5 Olympic Video games and 7 Asian Video games, praised the union authorities for taking on the reason for selling girls’s sport and significantly rowing.
“We’re staging such a city-based league for the primary time on this sport. Since it’s being organised for the primary time, we have now relaxed sure guidelines to encourage increasingly more youngsters to come back and compete,” Baig stated in a Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) launch.
-PTI
BADMINTON
Mannepalli makes it to most important draw of German Open
India’s T Mannepalli superior to the principle draw of the German Open badminton event, whereas Sankar Subramanian and Rithvik Satish Kumar had been eradicated within the qualifying rounds of the Tremendous 300 event on Tuesday.
Mannepalli, ranked 59th on the planet, defeated Liao Jhuo-Fu of Chinese language-Taipei 21-11, 22-20 within the first spherical of qualifiers earlier than overcoming Israel’s lower-ranked participant Misha Zilberman 21-14, 16-21, 21-11 within the subsequent spherical.
He’ll tackle world No. 54 Magnus Johannesen of Denmark within the opening spherical of the principle draw.
Subramanian received the higher of Jonathan Matias 21-19, 21-9 in 42 minutes within the opening spherical of qualifiers earlier than bowing out to Frenchman Arnaud Merkle 23-21, 14-21, 9-21 in a single hour 12 minutes.
Satish Kumar’s marketing campaign ended early with a 19-21, 11-21 defeat to Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko in simply 38 minutes.
In girls’s singles qualification, upcoming shuttler Unnati Hooda defeated France’s Anna Tatranova 21-13, 21-16, whereas in girls’s doubles qualification Arathi Sunil and S. Varshini Viswanath misplaced to the Dutch-Danish pair of Debora Jille and Sara Thygesen 13-21, 14-21.
Ayush Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth, Priyanshu Rajawat, Kiran George have been given direct entry into the principle draw, which is able to begin on Wednesday.
-PTI