FOOTBALL
India U-20 scores 5 towards Swedish membership Älvsjö AIK
The India U-20 ladies’s nationwide crew defeated Swedish membership Älvsjö AIK 5-2 in a pleasant match on the Bosön Nationwide Sports activities Centre, in Lidingö, Sweden, early within the morning of Thursday, March 5
Lhingdeikim scored a hat-trick, netting within the first minute, the twentieth minute (penalty), and the 59th minute. Cindy Colney (34’) and Sulanjana Raul (90’) scored one apiece to make it 5 for India.
Younger Tigresses head coach Joakim Alexandersson made two modifications to his beginning XI, bringing in goalkeeper Monalisha Devi, and winger Bhumika Devi.
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TENNIS
Karnataka trio spearheads Indian squad for ITF Asia U-14 Improvement Championship Finals in Colombo
Three gamers from Karnataka have been chosen to signify India on the ITF Asia 14 & Below Improvement Championship 2026 Finals, scheduled to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 29 March to 10 April.
Three of the 4 spots within the Indian squad have been secured by Karnataka gamers. Srishti Kiran and Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar will compete within the ladies’ class, whereas Puneeth Manohar has been named within the boys’ lineup alongside Punjab’s Taanish Nanda.
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BOXING
India names 10-member squad for World Boxing Futures Cup
India has chosen a 10-member crew for the World Boxing Futures Cup, scheduled to be held in Bangkok from March 8 to fifteen.
The occasion will present worldwide publicity to younger boxers within the run-up to the Dakar Youth Olympics, scheduled from October 31 to November 13.
The squads:
Males: Ambekar Meetei Lairenlakpam (50kg), Udham Singh Raghav (55kg), Sahil Duhan (60kg), Aman Siwach (65kg), Priyansh Sehrawat (70kg).
Girls: Gunjan (48kg), Chandrika Bhoreshi Pujari (51kg), Joyshree Devi Chirom (54kg), Radhamani Longjam (57kg), Prachi (60kg).
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GOLF
Diksha is greatest Indian after first day at Australian Girls’s Basic
Diksha Dagar carded three-under 69 to lie tied twentieth because the best-placed Indian on the Australian Girls’s Basic that obtained underway on the Women European Tour in Magenta Shores.
The highest Indian star had two bogeys on her first 9 as she began from the again 9 of the Magenta Shores course.
She had a bogey begin however recovered with three birdies within the subsequent 4 holes, and bogeyed the 18th to show in 1-under. On the second 9, she birdied twice to complete with a 69.
Among the many different Indians, Pranavi Urs (72) was the subsequent greatest at T-52 and he or she had a curler coaster of a spherical with two birdies, an eagle, a bogey and a double bogey.
Avani Prashanth (77) at T-118 and Hitaashee Bakshi (82) struggled within the first spherical.
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India’s Anirban Lahiri closed with a birdie-birdie end to finish at 4-under and tied for sixteenth within the LIV Golf Hong Kong, the place comfortable situations led to low scores on the par-70 format in Hong Kong on Thursday.
Torque GC’s Carlos Ortiz ended the spherical on prime after firing a 10-under 60. The Mexican made 9 birdies, one eagle and one bogey on the way in which to the bottom spherical on LIV Golf.
Shut on Ortiz’s heels is Dean Burmester, who completed runner-up final yr in Hong Kong to Sergio Garcia. The Southern Guards GC star shot an 8-under 62, making just one bogey on the day.
Garcia can also be off to a powerful begin in his bid to win the match in back-to-back seasons. The Fireballs GC captain shot a stress-free and bogey-free 63, hitting each inexperienced in regulation within the course of.
Garcia has now accomplished 63 consecutive holes at Fanling with out making a bogey.
Garcia is at the moment in a tie for third alongside Smash GC captain Talor Gooch, Korean Golf Membership’s Younghan Track and wildcard participant Scott Vincent.
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Printed on Mar 05, 2026