BOXING
Radhamani, Sahil register wins for India on Day 2 of World Boxing Futures Cup 2026
The Indian Youth boxing workforce continued its marketing campaign on the World Boxing Futures Cup 2026 in Bangkok with blended outcomes on the second day of competitors, as Radhamani Longjam and Sahil Duhan secured victories of their respective bouts.
Within the girls’s 57kg class, Longjam delivered a commanding efficiency to defeat her opponent from Uzbekistan, sealing the bout with a Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) within the third spherical.
Within the males’s division, Duhan (60kg) continued his spectacular run within the event with a dominant 5-0 unanimous determination victory over Turkmenistan.
In the meantime, Udham Singh (55kg) put up an in depth struggle however went down 3-2 in opposition to Japan in a tightly contested bout.
– Group Sportstar
SHOOTING
Tilottama Sen makes it three in a row at 50m Rifle 3Positions Nationwide Trials
Nationwide champion Tilottama Sen continued her good kind by successful the third consecutive finals within the 50m Rifle 3 Positions of the Nationwide Choice Trials (Group A) which is being held on the Dr. Karni Singh Capturing Vary.
She had earlier gained the finals of Nationwide choice trials T1 & T2 in January and continued her kind by successful the ultimate of T3 additionally. Kiran Ankush Jadhav gained the finals of the boys’s occasion whereas Udhayveer Sidhu gained the T3 finals of the 10m Air Pistol occasion.
Tilottama, who was down within the fourth place on the finish of susceptible sequence, made a comeback within the standing sequence to safe the highest spot with a remaining rating of 357.0, 0.4 factors forward of Nischal Singh who completed in second with a remaining rating of 356.6.
Olympian Anjum Moudgil took the third place with a rating of 345.8. Sakshi Sunil Padekar, Mehuli Ghosh, Shriyanka Sadangi, Lajjakumari Gauswami and Nupur Kumrawat had been the opposite finalists.
Within the males’s finals, 10m Air Rifle Nationwide Champion Kiran Ankush Jadhav secured the highest spot in an thrilling remaining. The Navy shooter completed with a rating of 353.6, simply 0.3 factors forward of Niraj Kumar who shot 353.3. Goldi Gurjar took third spot with a rating of 342.4. Nishan Budha (329.6), Akhil Sheoran (321.7), Sidharth Gaur (311.0), Arjun Babuta (297.5) and Surya Pratap Singh (296.4) accomplished the highest eight spots.
Udhayveer was constant from the beginning and maintained that momentum to ultimately end on prime of the 10m Air Pistol males’s occasion with a rating of 243.2. Kedarling Uchaganve, who certified for the finals in prime spot completed second with a rating of 242.6 whereas 50m Pistol World Champion Ravinder Singh secured third place with a rating of 221.9.
Earlier within the girls’s 50m Rifle 3P qualification, Moudgil certified for the finals on prime spot with a rating of 588, adopted by Nischal and Mehuli who shot 587 every. Lajjakumari (586), Tilottama (585), Nupur (584), Shriyanka (584) and Sakshi (584) accomplished the highest eight.
Sheoran certified for the finals on prime spot within the males’s occasion with a remaining rating of 589 adopted by Niraj Kumar and Kiran Ankush Jadhav who shot 588 every. Sidharth Gaur (587), Goldi Gurjar (586), Arjun Babuta (585), Nishan Budha (584) and Surya Pratap Singh Banshtu (584) certified for the finals as the highest eight shooters.
Within the 10m Air Pistol males’s qualification, Kedarling shot 587 to qualify on prime within the finals. Aakash Bharadwaj certified in second place with a rating of 583, adopted by Mukesh Nellavalli who shot 581. Remaining’s winner Udhayveer Sidhu, Jonathan Gavin Antony, Anmol Jain, Jaypal Malviya and Ravinder Singh certified for the finals after capturing 581 every.
Nationwide Choice Trials T3 will conclude tomorrow with the qualification and the finals of the 10m Air Pistol Girls’s occasion.
– Group Sportstar
MORE SPORTS
Abhijit Bhattacharya named World Winner of the 2025 IOC Gender Equality, Range and Inclusion Champions Awards
Abhijit Bhattacharya, a former captain of the Indian males’s nationwide volleyball workforce, has been named the World Winner of the 2025 Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) Gender Equality, Range and Inclusion (GEDI) Champions Award for his impactful grassroots initiatives in rural India, making certain equal entry and visibility for ladies and boys in sport.
Alongside the worldwide award, 5 continental winners have additionally been recognised: Africa: Racheal Kundananji, Zambia; Americas: Mónica Elvira Franco Luzcando, Panama; Asia: Kim Yeon-koung OLY, South Korea; Europe: Michele Kang, France; Oceania: Robyn Cockburn, New Zealand.
– Group Sportstar
GOLF
Sharma has troublesome remaining spherical in Joburg, finishes tied 57th
India’s Shubhankar Sharma carded a spherical of 2-over 72 on the ultimate day of the Joburg Open and completed tied 57th within the event right here.
The ultimate spherical noticed Sharma open with a birdie adopted by a bogey earlier than taking part in 5 pars. On the eighth he was in a position to declare his second birdie of the day to be at 1-under par on the flip.
A bogey on the thirteenth and two consecutive bogeys on the fifteenth and sixteenth holes noticed Sharma drop three photographs in 4 holes to shut the day with a rating of 2-over par and the week with a complete of 1-under par (66-72-69-72).
Joburg Open has been a contented looking floor for Sharma as he has made the lower right here 4 out of his 5 appearances on the occasion and recorded his first title on the DP World Tour at this venue again in 2017.
– PTI
TENNIS
Karan Singh heads robust Indian subject at ITF M25 Kolkata
Karan Singh will spearhead the Indian problem because the second seed within the Central Excise and CGST ITF M25 Kolkata event, with the principle draw set to start on Tuesday on the laborious courts of the Bengal Tennis Affiliation complicated.
The event will witness robust house participation, with 21 Indian gamers that includes within the 32-player singles draw. Sasikumar Mukund is the opposite Indian to obtain a seeding. At the moment ranked sixth within the nation, Mukund has been seeded fifth and is anticipated to be among the many robust contenders for the title.
Among the many different Indians within the fray are Sidharth Rawat, Manish Sureshkumar, Ishaque Eqbal, Maan Kesharwani and Aditya Balsekar. Switzerland’s Luca Castelnuovo has been named the highest seed, whereas Sweden’s Leo Borg – son of tennis nice Bjorn Borg – is seeded sixth, making the boys’s singles draw fairly aggressive. The event may also function a males’s doubles occasion, whereas the singles remaining is scheduled for March 15.
– Amitabha Das Sharma
Printed on Mar 09, 2026