MOTORSPORT
Maini to race for Ford-powered squad in new DTM season
India’s Arjun Maini will drive for the HRT Ford Efficiency group in his fifth yr within the German touring automobile racing sequence.
Final yr, Maini had secured the perfect results of his DTM profession by ending seventh within the drivers’ standings. Within the earlier three seasons (from 2021 to 2023), the 27-year-old from Bengaluru had completed twelfth, nineteenth and twentieth, respectively.
The official check day for the brand new DTM season will happen on the Motorsport Area Oschersleben on Wednesday.
Haupt Racing Workforce (HRT) enters two Ford Mustang GT3s within the top-class dash sequence for the primary time this yr. The cockpits for Ford’s factory-supported DTM comeback after 36 years shall be occupied by Maini and Fabio Scherer.
The opening race weekend is scheduled from April 25-27.
Maini has been competing efficiently for HRT in varied racing sequence since 2022 and achieved three podium finishes and one pole place within the DTM with the group final season. The Indian has made a complete of 64 appearances within the prestigious dash sequence so far.
-PTI
KABADDI
Yuva All Stars Championship: Yuva Mumba, Sonipat Spartans, Warriorz Ok.C file wins in Tremendous 6 spherical
The Tremendous 6 and head-to-head spherical of the Yuva All Stars Championship concluded on Tuesday, with the highest three groups from the group and the loser of the head-to-head spherical qualifying for the playoffs.
Yuva Mumba, Sonipat Spartans, and Warriorz Ok.C. received their respective matches within the final set of Tremendous 6 matches on the Vandana Kataria Indoor Stadium in Haridwar.
Yuva Mumba defeated the Junior Steelers 48-26 to earn a spot within the playoffs, whereas Sonipat Spartans defeated Palani Tuskers 44-33 to arrange an eliminator conflict towards Warriorz Ok.C.
Warriorz beat Chandigarh Chargers 51-34, using on the again of Nitin Singh’s 10 raid factors.
The playoff spherical will embody 4 matches – two eliminators, one semifinal, and a last. The loser of the head-to-head spherical will tackle the third-placed group within the Tremendous 6 spherical in Eliminator 1, whereas the highest two groups from Tremendous 6 will lock horns with one another in Eliminator 2. Each eliminators shall be performed on April 2.
The winner of Eliminator 1 and the winner of Eliminator 2 will face one another within the semifinal on Thursday. The winner of the conflict will lock horns towards the head-to-head winner within the last on Friday.
The pinnacle-to-head match between Jaipur Pink Cubs and Yuva Yoddhas was cancelled because the Pink Cubs had received two matches and booked a berth within the summit conflict of the Yuva All Stars Championship 2025.
-Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
Adani invitational golf championship: Saptak Talwar shares lead with N Thangaraj
Native lad Saptak Talwar overcame an detached begin to execute a spectacular entrance 9 in leaping to a joint lead with Sri Lankan N Thangaraj, with a five-under 67 on the opening day of the Rs. 1.5 crore Adani invitational golf championship on the Jaypee Greens and Spa Resort on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Saptak had two bogeys on the again 9 and a birdie to be one-over. Thereafter, he had an eagle and 4 birdies within the first six holes, as his sport roared to life. He stayed on par thereafter to be within the lead, one shot forward of 4 others.
“I used to be adjusting to the greens right here,” reasoned Saptak about his gradual begin.
Thangaraja, who had received one of many PGTI occasions final month, had a bogey free day, as he sank 5 birdies.
“The course feels slightly longer than the final time I performed right here in 2013. It’ll require good driving and placing to attain effectively right here,” stated Thangaraja.
Om Prakash Chouhan, Arjun Prasad, Md. Somrat Sikdar and Sunhit Bishnoi have been respiratory down the neck of the leaders, a shot away at four-under 68.
Yuvraj Sandhu and Shaurya Bhattacharya, two different champions within the occasions earlier, have been tied tenth at two-under 70.
The main scores:
1T. N Thangaraja, Saptak Talwar 67; 3T. Om Prakash Chouhan, Arjun Prasad, Md.Somrat Sikdar, Sunhit Bishnoi 68; 7T. Himmat Rai, Federico Zucchetti, Karandeep Kochhar 69; 10T. Ok Prabagaran, Aryan Anand, Arjun Sharma, Chiragh Kumar, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Dhruv Sheoran, Yuvraj Sandhu, Honey Baisoya 70.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Nedunchezhiyan-Prashanth pair crash out in pre-quarterfinals of Challenger Menorca event
High seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth have been overwhelmed 6-2, 6-0 by wild card entrants Andrea Vavassori and Matteo Vavassori within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €145,250 Challenger tennis event in Menorca, Spain.
The outcomes:
$680,140 ATP, Houston, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rafael Matos & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) bt Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Bollipalli 7-5, 6-4.
€145,250 Challenger, Menorca, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Andrea Vavassori & Matteo Vavassori (Ita) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-2, 6-0.
$30,000 ITF males, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy
Singles (first spherical): Mariano Tammaro (Ita) bt Manas Dhamne 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Gianrocco Filippo & Silvio Mencaglia (Ita) bt Chinmaya Dev Chauhan & Luca Parenti (Ita) 6-4, 6-0.
$40,000 ITF ladies, Bujumbura, Burundi
Singles (first spherical): Nahia Berecoechea (Fra) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Anjali Rathi bt Abhilasha Bista (Nep) 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana (Bdi) bt Sravya Shivani & Pooja Ingale 6-2, 6-1; Jasmijn Gimbrere (Ned) & Stephanie Visscher (Ned) bt Emma Van Poppel (Ned) & Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-1, 6-0; Weronika Falkowska (Pol) & Merel Hoedt (Ned) bt Priyanshi Bhandari & Diva Bhatia 6-1, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Asian under-16 tennis event: Rabiah Dullet beats Adya Chaurasia in pre-quarterfinals
Rabiah Dullet beat second seed Adya Chaurasia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 within the women’ pre-quarterfinals of the Asian under-16 tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Tuesday.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Underneath-16 boys:Lakshya Chukka bt Arindam Joshi 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Arsh Kathuria bt Armaan Dua 6-1, 6-2; Ribhav Saroha bt Shivraj Bhosale 6-1, 6-4; Divey Malik bt P Ishaayu 6-0, 6-0; D Tibrewal bt avi Agarwal 6-1, 7-5; Om Patel bt Harsh Marwaha 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Krishank Joshi bt Bhavik Mittal 7-6(2), 6-3; Yashwin Dahiya bt Arjun Sastry 6-1, 6-1.
Underneath-16 women: Aashi Kashyap bt Ruhin Kaushal 6-1, 6-2; Ok Hazarika bt Ridhhi Khanna 6-0, 6-4; Aafreen Rahil bt Siddhi Pandey 2-6, 7-5, 7-5; Akshita Antil bt Surmayee Sathe 6-1, 6-1; Dhani bt Keerti 6-2, 6-1; Deepthi Venkatesan bt Niesha Enja 6-4, 6-3; V Sana bt Sara Shaikh 6-0, 7-5; Rabiah Dullet bt Adya chaurasia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan