ATHLETICS
Sumit Antil wins in Dubai
Two-time Paralympic champion Sumit Antil clinched the highest spot on an all-Indian podium as he gained the gold medal within the males’s javelin throw F42/44/64 closing on the Dubai World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2026.
Whereas Antil completed first with a finest throw of 68.26m, Gurubaskarase Sakkappan clinched silver with a distant 53.66m-throw. Poonma Ram gained bronze with a finest throw of fifty.48m.
– Crew Sportstar
INDIAN FOOTBALL
India loses to Turkiye
The India Beneath-17 males’s crew misplaced 0-1 to Türkiye within the first of two pleasant matches towards the host on the Emirhan Sport Middle in Manavgat, Antalya.
Türkiye scored the opening objective within the thirteenth minute from the penalty spot after Lawmsangzuala introduced down Eymen Erdoğan simply contained in the field. The 1. FC Köln winger stepped up himself to take the spot kick and slotted it into the underside left nook.
India is utilizing these pleasant video games to organize for the AFC U-17 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia later this yr. The Blue Colts will face Türkiye once more on February 12 on the identical venue.
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GOLF
Diksha, Pranavi, Aditi amongst 5 Indians to tee off in Riyadh
5 Indians will tee up as the brand new season of the 2026 Girls European Tour (LET) will get underway with the PIF Saudi Girls Worldwide at Riyadh Golf Membership.
The match takes place from Wednesday to Saturday, and Diksha Dagar, the highest ranked Indian at twenty fifth place in 2025, shall be seeking to enhance her place to get into the Prime-3 like she did in 2023.
The opposite golfers are: Avani Prashanth, who has an outstanding first season on LET, Pranavi Urs, who did effectively to get well from an damage halfway by way of the yr and Hitaashee Bakshi, who sealed her card with a nice a top-3 end as three Indians figured within the top-5 on the Hero Indian Open.
Additionally enjoying the occasion is Aditi Ashok, who divided her time between the LPGA and the LET, the place she has gained 5 instances.
The LET has introduced a document prize purse for the 2026 season with gamers competing for over 40 million euros for the primary time in its historical past.
– PTI
Bogey-free Tvesa takes first-round lead in third leg of WPGT
Indian golfer Tvesa Malik fired the one bogey-free spherical on the opening day of the third leg of the Girls’s Professional Golf Tour to take the only lead in Pune.
Making an attempt to get again the shape and rhythm which made her among the finest gamers in India, Tvesa had one birdie on either side of the course.
A complete of 44 gamers teed up on the Rs. 17 lakh occasion.
Mendacity second was Anvitha Narender (71), who after three birdies and two bogeys within the first eight holes, parred the final 10 holes.
Two amateurs Priya Kumari and Lavanya Gupta carded even par 72s to be tied third. Lavanya might effectively have been in shared lead however for the 2 closing bogeys on the seventeenth and the 18th.
– PTI
Kshitij drives his technique to prime in spherical certainly one of DP World Gamers Championship
Kshitij Naveed Kaul drove his technique to the highest in spherical one of many INR 1.5 crore DP World Gamers Championship 2026 held on the Qutab Golf Course in New Delhi.
Kshitij posted a flawless eight-under 62 on the Par-70 course, certainly one of his favorite venues, the place he had additionally set the course document with a 10-under 60 final yr. Honey Baisoya’s 63 positioned him second whereas the quartet consisting of American Jhared Hack, winner of the season-opener final week, Kushal Singh, Dhruv Sheoran and Akshay Sharma, had been an additional shot behind in tied third place.
Former DP World PGTI Order of Advantage champion Veer Ahlawat started the week with a 65 to be tied seventh.
The 25-year-old Kshitij Naveed Kaul, a winner of 5 DP World PGTI occasions, together with one final season, drove the ball to perfection on Tuesday as he landed 4 of his drives near the inexperienced. His spherical additionally featured a few immaculate bunker pictures.
Kshitij, who had a fourth-place end final week in Naya Raipur, collected three birdies on the back-nine and added 5 extra on the front-nine together with 4 on the trot.
Kshitij, who hails from the Delhi Golf Membership, stated, “My driving and bunker pictures had been top-notch in the present day. I got here near discovering the inexperienced with my drives on a number of events. My strategy pictures had been additionally fairly correct. I actually take pleasure in enjoying on this golf course. I had an incredible outing right here final yr as effectively. At this course, making chip-putts from shut vary isn’t straightforward, so hitting good wedge pictures from an extended vary is that rather more necessary. That’s what I managed to do effectively in the present day.”
Honey Baisoya, who was in rivalry on the season-opener final week, having led the sector after spherical three, continued the nice work at Qutab Golf Course with an error-free effort of seven-under 63.
Honey picked up 4 birdies on the back-nine and three on the front-nine. Jhared Hack and Kushal Singh produced magic with their wedges as the previous landed it inside 5 ft on 4 events whereas the latter began the day with three consecutive birdies, all tap-ins from two ft.
– Crew Sportstar
Revealed on Feb 10, 2026