SHOOTING
Manu Bhaker tops 10m air pistol ladies’s remaining at Nationwide Trials
Olympian Manu Bhaker topped the 10m air pistol ladies’s remaining within the Nationwide Choice Trials T3 (Group A) which concluded on Tuesday on the Dr. Karni Singh Taking pictures Vary. Trial two winner Sainyam completed second whereas Esha Singh secured the third spot within the eight-woman remaining.
Manut, who squeezed into the finals because the final qualifier, maintained her lead from the tip of the second sequence to complete on prime with a remaining rating of 246.1, which was a snug 4.2 factors greater than World Cup Closing silver medallist Sainyam who completed with a rating of 241.9. Asian Championship gold and World Championship bronze medallist Esha Singh completed third with a rating of 220.6.
Asian Video games champion Palak Gulia completed fourth after a rating of 200.2 adopted by Anjali Choudhary who hit 179.8. Surbhi Rao completed in sixth place with a rating of 158.2 adopted by Deaflympics medallist Pranjali Prashant Dhumal and Muskan who scored 138.7 and 117.0, finishing the highest eight.
Esha had certified for the ultimate in prime spot with a rating of 580-21x adopted by Surbhi Rao who shot 578-12x. Muskan certified in third place after scoring 577-15x adopted by Anjali Choudhary (575-19x), Sainyam (575-16x), Palak (574-14x) and Manu (574-11x).
The nationwide squad athletes will now begin the teaching camp which will likely be held at New Delhi from March 11 to March 21.
Different Outcomes
50m Rifle Susceptible Males – 1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (628.3), 2. Niraj Kumar (622.6), 3. Goldi Gurjar (622.2)
50m Rifle Susceptible Girls – 1. Sift Kaur Samra (628.3), 2. Aakriti Dahiya (627.0), 3. Manini Kaushik (626.6)
– Staff Sportstar
TABLE TENNIS
Sreeja Akula suffers defeat in first spherical of WTT Champions Chongqing
Sreeja Akula was knocked out of the WTT Champions occasion in Chongqing, China, after a first-round defeat on Tuesday.
Sreeja went down 1-3 (12-14, 11-5, Sep 11, 8-11) to Welsh wildcard Anna Hursey in 33 minutes.
Manav Thakkar, the one different Indian within the competitors, will face Germany’s Dang Qiu within the first spherical of males’s singles on Thursday.
– Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Sahaja Yamalapalli qualifies for essential attract Kyoto
Indian No. 1 Sahaja Yamalapalli secured a spot in the primary draw of the W75 ITF occasion in Kyoto, Japan, on Tuesday.
Yamalapalli defeated native wildcard Karen Tsutsumi 6-0, 6-1 earlier than beating Yuki Naito, one other Japanese participant, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to qualify for the primary draw the place she’ll face Cyprus’ Raluca Georgiana Serban within the first spherical.
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Authorities of Maharashtra, MSLTA announce 20 Worldwide ITF tournaments
After efficiently internet hosting main worldwide occasions such because the ATP Tour 250, WTA 125, and PMR Challenger tournaments for the previous 5 consecutive years, the Directorate of Sports activities and Youth Providers, Authorities of Maharashtra, together with the ATP Organising Committee, has determined to develop tennis improvement on to the district stage in collaboration with the Maharashtra State Garden Tennis Affiliation (MSLTA).
Beneath this new initiative, a complete of 20 worldwide tournaments sanctioned by the Worldwide Tennis Federation (ITF) – providing prize cash of USD 15,000 and USD 25,000 – will likely be organised throughout numerous districts within the state.
The primary match is scheduled to be held in Mumbai at MSLTA from March 15 to 22, adopted by Nagpur from March 22 to 29, after which later in Sambhahjinagar from March 29 to April 5.
-Staff Sportstar
Shanmugam by way of to second spherical at Central Excise and CGST ITF match
Wild card entrant Abhinav Shanmugam of India delivered a powerful efficiency to upset seventh seed Timofei Derepasko of Russia within the first spherical of the lads’s singles essential draw of the Central Excise and CGST – ITF M25 match on the Bengal Tennis Affiliation Complicated on Tuesday.
Abhinav seized the initiative early within the contest, breaking Derepasko within the fourth recreation of the opening set. Sustaining agency management on his serve thereafter, the Indian comfortably closed out the set 6–3. The second set noticed Derepasko try a combat again. The Russian broke Abhinav within the second recreation and surged to a 3-0 result in briefly shift the momentum in his favour. Nevertheless, Abhinav received again his kind and broke his opponent 3 times to overturn the deficit and clinch the set 6–3 and the match in straight units.
Second seed Karan Singh of India additionally superior to the pre-quarterfinals after surviving some early problem from unseeded compatriot Aditya Balsekar. The opening set went to a tie-break, the place Karan held his nerve to edge it 7–5. Carrying that momentum ahead, Karan wrapped up the match with a 6–4 win within the second set.
Prime seeded Luca Castelnuovo of Switzerland had a much more snug outing, defeating India’s Maan Kesharwani 6–2, 6–2 to progress to the subsequent spherical.
Outcomes
Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) bt Maan Kesharwani 6-2, 6-2, Philip Sekulic (Aus) bt Atharva Sharma 6-0, 6-0, Ishaque Eqbal bt Tarun Karra 6-2, 6-1, Dev Javia bt Kabir Hans 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, Abhinav Shanmugam bt Timofei Derepasko (Rus) 6-3, 6-3, Karan Singh bt Aditya Balsekar 7-6(5), 6-4.
– Staff Sportstar
PARA BADMINTON
Double delight for Krishna Nagar at Nationals
Paralympic champion Krishna Nagar delivered a dominant efficiency to clinch two gold medals within the SH6 class of the seventh Senior Nationwide Para Badminton Championship in Hyderabad.
Krishna first secured the lads’s singles SH6 title, defeating Sudarsan M S within the remaining with a 21-10, 21-19 victory.
He then went on to safe his second gold medal within the blended doubles SH6 occasion, partnering Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan. The pair defeated Sudarsan M S and Shreya Kumari 21-7, 21-11.
SH6 is a classification in para-badminton for gamers of quick stature, normally brought on by situations equivalent to dwarfism.
– PTI
GOLF
Hero Indian Open set to tee-off with file prize purse
The prize purse for the Hero Indian Open has been elevated to Rs. 23.44 crore for the 2026 version, the occasion organisers introduced on Tuesday.
Sanctioned by the DP World Tour and Indian Golf Union (IGU), the match will likely be held from March 26 to 29 on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership in Gurugram.
-Staff Sportstar
Document area of 57 gamers assembles for fifth leg of Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour
A file area of 57 gamers led by Ridhima Dilawari and Tvesa Malik will tee-off within the fifth leg of the Girls’s Professional Golf Tour in Gurugram on Wednesday.
The file variety of 57 entries consists of eight amateurs and 49 professionals. The occasion will carry a whopping Rs. 18 lakh prize purse. Ridhima has gained two of the 4 occasions held this season, whereas Tvesa and Jasmine Shekar have one every. All 4 are within the area this week.
Sneha Singh and Amandeep Drall are additionally within the giant area as is Neha Tripathi. The eight amateurs within the area are Alysha Dutt, Riddhima Singh, Lavanya Gupta, Priya Kumari, Ceerat Kang, Aradhana Manikandan, Mahreen Bhatia and Rashi Mishra.
-PTI
BOXING
Indian youth boxers shine with 5 wins in Futures Cup
5 Indian youth boxers registered wins on the third day of the World Boxing Futures Cup right here on Tuesday.
Within the morning session, Chandrika Pujari (50kg) secured a convincing 5-0 unanimous resolution win over a Venezuelan boxer, whereas Joyshree Devi (54kg) continued her sturdy run with a Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) victory within the third spherical in opposition to her Kazakh opponent.
Within the males’s division, L. Ambekar (50kg) additionally superior with a dominant 5-0 win over his rival from Ecuador.
The night session noticed Gunjan (48kg) edge previous her Italian contestant in an in depth 3-2 win, whereas Prachi (60kg) delivered a commanding efficiency to defeat the competitor from Ecuador with an RSC victory within the first spherical.
– PTI
Revealed on Mar 10, 2026