TENNIS
MahaOpen ATP Challenger: Nagal powers by means of, Dhamne impresses
India’s top-ranked star, Sumit Nagal, delivered a commanding efficiency, whereas native Pune boy Manas Dhamne showcased nerves of metal to spearhead the Indian cost throughout the ongoing MahaOpen ATP Challenger 75 Males’s Tennis Championship on the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports activities Advanced.
Nagal thrilled a vigorous house crowd with a scientific 6-1, 6-2 victory over seventh seed Rio Noguchi of Japan in an hour-and-nine-minute match, dictating play from the baseline and sealing the competition in straight units. The India No. 1 regarded sharp in all departments, breaking serve constantly to advance comfortably into the second spherical.
Wildcard Dhamne continued his spectacular progress on the Challenger circuit, battling previous winner of final week’s Delhi Challenger Stefanos Sakellaridis of Greece 6-4, 7-6(4). The Pune teen, ranked 489, displayed maturity past his years, holding his nerve in a decent second-set tiebreak to safe a memorable win over the 220-ranked 21-year-old Greek.
Elsewhere, eighth seed Edas Butvilas of Lithuania gave a lesson in tennis, outclassing native Indian wild card Aditya Balsekar 6-0, 6-1. In one other match, an Indian participant, wild card entrant Karan Singh, went all the way down to qualifier Maks Kasnikowski (POL) 6-3, 6-1.
In a match that went to the wire, third seed Ilia Simakin of Russia edged qualifier Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong of Malaysia 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(10) in a carefully fought encounter lasting two hours and 24 minutes.
Sixth seed Federico Cina of Italy registered a dominant 6-1, 6-0 win over Japanese qualifier Takuya Kumasaka, Britain’s Felix Gill staged a outstanding comeback to defeat Belgian Michael Geerts 1-6, 7-6(9), 6-4, and fifth seed Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal moved forward with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Petr Bar Biryukov. Qualifier Tung-Lin Wu of Chinese language Taipei continued his good run, accounting for fortunate loser Alexander Binda of Italy 6-1, 6-2.
Within the second spherical to be performed on Wednesday, Dhamne will tackle big killer and former world no. 40 Illya Ivashka at 2pm.
First Spherical: Singles
Predominant draw
Edas Butvilas [8](Ltu) bt [Wc] Aditya Balsekar (Ind) 6-0, 6-1; Federico Cina [6] (Ita) bt [Q] Takuya Kumasaka (Jpn) 6-1, 6-0; Felix Gill (Gbr) bt Michael Geerts (Bel) 1-6, 7-6(9), 6-4; Frederico Ferreira Silva [5] (Por) bt Petr Bar Biryukov 6-3, 6-4; [Q] Tung-Lin Wu (Tpe) bt [LL] Alexander Binda (Ita)6-1, 6-2; Ilia Simakin [3] bt [Q] Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Mas) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(10); Sumit Nagal (Ind) bt Rio Noguchi [7](Jpn) 6-1, 6-2; [Wc] Manas Dhamne (Ind) bt Stefanos Sakellaridis (Gre) 6-4, 7-6(4); Oliver Crawford [4](Gbr) bt Tsung-Hao Huang (Tpe) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; [Q] Maks Kasnikowski (Pol) Vs [Wc] Karan Singh (Ind) 6-3, 6-1; [Q] Masamichi Imamura (Jpn) bt David Jorda Sanchis (Esp) 7-6(8), 6-4;
Doubles:
Yuta Shimizu (Jpn)/ Seita Watanabe[3] (Jpn) bt S D Prajwal Dev (Ind)/ Nitin Kumar Sinha (Ind) 6-4, 7-6(2).
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Balaji, Yuki lose in first spherical in Dubai
Yuki Bhambri and N. Sriram Balaji each misplaced within the first spherical of males’s doubles on the Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP 500 occasion, on Tuesday.
India No. 1 Yuki and his Swedish associate Andre Goransson went down 6-1, 6-4 to the third-seeded duo of Britain’s Henry Patten and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara. Yuki had received the earlier version with Australia’s Alexei Popyrin.
Balaji and his Austrian associate, Neil Oberleitner, misplaced 5-7, 7-6(8), [10-5] to the fourth-seeded Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.
RESULTS
Dubai Championships (ATP 500)
Males’s Doubles, R16: [4] Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA) bt N. Sriram Balaji/Neil Oberleitner (AUT) 5-7, 7-6(8), [10-5]
[3] Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/Henry Patten (GBR) bt Yuki Bhambri/Andre Goransson (SWE) 6-1, 6-4
Chile Open (ATP 250)
Males’s Doubles, R16: Ariel Behar (URY)/Matthew Romios (AUS) bt Arjun Kadhe/Takeru Yuzuki (JPN) 6-7(6), 7-6(8), [10-6]
ITF W35 Burnie
Ladies’s Singles, 1st spherical: [4] Vaidehee Chaudhari bt Monique Barry (NZL) 6-3, 6-4
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KHELO INDIA GAMES
Winter Video games 2026: Military goes on high of medal tally; second gold for CRPF’s Kajal
Military bagged its fourth gold within the Gulmarg leg of the Khelo India Winter Video games 2026 to go on high of the medal standings on Tuesday.
One other 5 medals have been selected Day 2 of KIWG 2026, and the spotlight of the day was Nordic skier Kajal Kumari Rai of CRPF, who received her second consecutive gold medal of the competitors.
Ten gold medals have been determined within the Gulmarg leg to this point. Military added yet one more to its three in a single day to tally 5 golds to this point. It had earlier received the boys’s ice hockey gold within the Ladakh leg.
Haryana continues to occupy the second place within the medal tally with 4 gold medals, all coming from its skaters in Leh, however Maharashtra is just a gold adrift.
Kamiyaa Karthikeyan gave Maharashtra its first gold from the ski mountaineering (vertical) competitors on Gulmarg’s Kongdoori slopes.
There was plenty of consideration on veteran Aanchal Thakur. The Alpine skier from Himachal Pradesh struck her first gold of KIWG 2026 within the big slalom race, successful comfortably with a timing of 48.984 seconds.
Her statemate Tanuja Thakur received silver, however the upcoming skier from Karnataka, Jiah Aryan, as soon as once more completed among the many medals.
Kajal Kumari continues to win hearts. The grief of shedding her father is maybe propelling the Meghalaya cross-country skier to race to her second straight gold of KIWG 2026.
Kajal received the 10km Nordic gold for ladies as soon as once more, relegating the fancied Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda of Karnataka to the bronze. The silver went to CRPF’s Hiral.
Military’s star skier Padma Namgail led an Military one-two-three within the males’s model of the 10km Nordic race on the Gulmarg Golf Course.
So dominating was the Military crew that the primary 9 positions went to them. Sunny Singh of Military, who received the Nordic dash gold on Monday, was the defending champion. He completed sixth.
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GOLF
Aditya, Vipin, Santosh in joint three-way lead in Faridabad
Aditya Raj Singh Chahal, Vipin Raghuvanshi and Santosh Kumar have been in a joint three-way lead after spherical one of many DP World PGTI NexGen on Tuesday.
The three gamers shot scores of three-under 69 to carry the joint lead on the Aravalli Golf Membership.
The quartet of Ramesh Kumar, Divesh Rana, Lakshya Nagar and Pranav Kaul have been one shot off the lead in tied fourth place.
Aditya scored an eagle, 4 birdies and three bogeys whereas Vipin made an eagle, two birdies and a bogey. Santosh drained an eagle, three birdies and two bogeys on the Rs 25 lakh occasion.
The 54-hole occasion incorporates a discipline of 72. The highest 35 gamers and ties will make the reduce on the finish of spherical two on Wednesday.
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KABADDI
Railways, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh win as Senior Nationals Kabaddi Championship kicks off
The opening day of the 72nd Senior Nationals Males’s Kabaddi Championship 2026 on the Sama Indoor Advanced in Vadodara witnessed a number of commanding performances, with a mixture of skilled gamers and rising abilities making robust begins to their campaigns.
A complete of 29 groups, divided into eight swimming pools, are taking part within the championship. Eight matches have been performed on Tuesday throughout Swimming pools A to H, with Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Indian Railways, and Gujarat registering victories of their respective fixtures.
The day was additionally highlighted by notable particular person performances, with Gujarat’s Mitesh Prajapati scoring 21 factors to play a decisive position in his crew’s victory. Vidarbha’s Adesh Warkhade additionally stood out with a formidable 28-point effort, although the crew fell quick in a carefully contested four-point defeat.
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Revealed on Feb 24, 2026