HOCKEY
Haryana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh register wins at National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025
The final phase of the National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025 saw Hockey Haryana, Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Madhya Pradesh register wins in their respective matches.
In the first match of the day, Hockey Haryana defeated Manipur Hockey 7-1 in Pool A. Saavi (32’, 37’) and Kirti (45’, 56’) scored a brace each for Hockey Haryana. Khasa Shashi (11’), Supriya (54’) and Kirty (58’) also scored one goal each for their side. In response, Deena Devi Naoram (2’) scored the consolation goal for Manipur Hockey.
In the next match, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Bengal 1-0 in a closely contested game. Dipika Barwa (3’) scored for Hockey Bengal in the first quarter of the match.
In the third match, Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Maharashtra 2-0 in Pool A. Bhumiksha Sahu (4’) and Captain Soniya Kumre (58’) scored for Hockey Madhya Pradesh in the first and final quarter of the game to take the game away from Hockey Maharashtra.
The opening ceremony for the National Women’s Hockey League 2025 (Final Phase) will take place later today at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium.
Also, Hockey Jharkhand will face off Hockey Mizoram in Pool A, later today.
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
ITF junior tennis tournament: Prachi Malik defeats fifth seed Sunira Thapa
Prachi Malik sailed past fifth seed Sunira Thapa of Nepal 6-3, 6-0 in the girls first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Shanti Academy.
In the pre-quarterfinals, Prachil will play Disha Behera who recovered from the brink of defeat to beat wild card entrant Ananya Jain 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4.
The results (first round):
Under-18 boys: Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Om verma 7-5, 6-3; Tanussh Ghildyal bt Tommaso Rosso (Ita) 6-7(2), 6-0, 6-1; Aahaan Mishra bt Dhruv Ghanghas 6-3, 6-1; Aditya Mor bt Ashwajit Senjam 6-3, 6-2; Aashravya Mehra bt Ashwin Chauhan 6-0, 6-0; Danila Kvasov (Uzb) bt Advit Tiwari 7-5, 6-1; Gandharv Kothapalli bt Ribhav Saroha 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3; Adhiraj Thakur bt Ayaan Choudhary 6-4, 6-1; Vishal Vasudev bt Shaurya Kumar 6-2, 6-2; Kanwar Singh (Aus) bt Aum Hiren Thakkar 6-4, 6-4; Aarav Chawla bt Channamallikarjuna Yale 6-2, 6-3; Shanker Heisnam bt Prakaash Sarran 7-6(3), 6-3; Dev Vipul Patel bt Amir Safaev (Uzb) 6-3, 6-4; Om Patel bt Arsh Walke 6-2, 6-2; Srikar Doni bt Sriniketh Kannan 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3; Praneel Sharma bt Ahan Shetty 6-2, 6-1.
Under-18 girls: Aishwarya Jadhav bt Aradhyaa Verma 6-0, 6-0; Jaya Kapoor bt Saanvi Misra 6-1, 6-1; Samira Khazieva (Uzb) bt Reet Arora 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Nandini Kansal 6-2, 6-2; Sohini Mohanty bt Maahira Bhatia 6-2, 6-0; Anandita Upadhyay bt Divya Ungrish 6-2, 6-3; Disha Behera bt Ananya Jain 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4; Prachi Malik bt Sunira Thapa 6-3, 6-0; Pallavi Patel bt Manshi singh 6-4, 6-4; Iha Joshi bt Eshanya Khattar 6-0, 6-3; Deepshika Vinayagamurthy bt Shahzoda Artibaeva (Uzb) 6-0, 6-2; Diya Chaudhary bt Aahida Singh 6-1, 6-3; Harsha Oruganti bt Riya Sachdeva 6-2, 6-1; Aahan bt Kevika Singh 6-0, 6-1; Ananya Pallath Hooli (Mex) bt Aarnavi Tomar Aura 6-0, 6-0; Diya Ramesh bt Janhavi Chougule 6-2, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF men’s tennis tournament: Kabir Hans beats Australia’s Lawrence Bataljin in first round
Kabir Hans sailed past Lawrence Bataljin of Australia 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Gujarat University Tennis Academy on Tuesday.
In another match, seventh seed Siddharth Vishwakarma overcame resistance from Manish Sureshkumar for a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory. He will play Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan in the pre-quarterfinals.
The results:
Singles (first round): Aryan Shah bt Vulinet Tashi (Kos) 6-1, 6-3; Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) bt Parth Aggarwal 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Kabir Hans bt Lawrence Bataljin (Aus) 6-0, 6-4; Sidharth Rawat bt Yuvan Nanal 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jiri Cizek (Cze) bt Maan Kesharwani 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3; Alexandr Binda (Ita) bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Minjong Park & Woobin Shin (Kor) bt Jiri Cizek (Cze) & Ko Suzuki (Jpn) 6-3, 7-6(4); Sai Karteek Reddy & Vishnu Vardhan bt Parikshit Somani & Mmanish Sureshkumar 6-7(5), 6-3, [10-4]; Ishaque Eqbal & Faisal Qamar bt Alexandr Binda (Ita) & Chirag Duhan 6-7(9), 6-4, [10-8]; Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Kabir Hans & Atharva Sharma 7-6(5), 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF women’s tennis tournament: Raina-Nugroho beat Guo-Wang in pre-quarters
Ankita Raina in partnership with Priska Nugroho of Indonesia beat Meiqi Guo and Qiang Wang of China 7-6(3), 6-2 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Luan, China, on Tuesday.
The results:
$60,000 ITF women, Luan, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Priska Nugroho (Ina) & Ankita Raina bt Meiqi Guo & Qiang Wang (Chn) 7-6(3), 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Na Ri Kim (Kor) & Punnin Kovapitukkted (Tha) bt Akanksha Nitture & Varvara Panshina 6-2, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
Thrilling win for Tamil Nadu men in U-23 Nationals
Tamil Nadu rode on top-scorer Rishikesh’s brilliant performance to bounce back from a 33-50 deficit in the third quarter and beat Telangana 70-69 in a thrilling men’s Group-E match on the opening day of the inaugural National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Important results:
Men:
Gujarat 79 (Jigrajsinh Gohil 31) bt Himachal Pradesh 59 (Shivang Thakur 19); Rajasthan 88 (Ishan Muhammed 18) bt Odisha 64 (Sankalp Panda 18); Assam 78 (Yugaranjan Das 18) bt Goa 61 (Jaden Fernades 14); Delhi 137 (Naman Virmani 23) bt Tripura 33; Andhra Pradesh 71 (Satya Prakash Gandhodi 15) bt Sikkim 37 (Sonam Bhutia 17); Karnataka 102 (Manoj B.M. 48) bt Nagaland 34 (Petekhrietuo Solo 12); West Bengal 77 (Abhishek 21) bt Meghalaya 32; Kerala 93 (Saheer Mohammed 20, Jerome George 20) bt Jharkhand 41 (Showrya Oraon 16); Bihar 76 (Suraj Singh16) bt Jammu & Kashmir 67 (Pranshu Thankur 13); Tamil Nadu 70 (Rishikesh 16, Ruthesh Tarum 14) bt Telangana 69 (Subhash Katragadda 26).
Women:
Rajasthan 66 (Bhumika Verma 22) bt Assam 49 (Gita Sahani 30); Uttar Pradesh 88 (Lipramaye Satapathy 21) bt Andhra Pradesh 32 (Leelavathi Byreddy 12); Madhya Pradesh 81 (Pramod Khunghadkar 16) bt Telangana 15; Maharashtra 74 (Adnan Makrani 10) bt Nagaland 10; Tamil Nadu 86 (S. Amrithavarshini 11, Angel J. 11) bt West Bengal 18; Kerala 108 (Irin Elsa John 19) bt Manipur 8; Delhi 63 (Prakriti Ranjan 16) bt Gujarat 24.
– Y. B. Sarangi
KHELO INDIA PARA GAMES
Khelo India is umbrella for young athletes to excel and represent India at world level: Mandaviya
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Khelo India programme, and said it has become an “umbrella” for young athletes to showcase their talent and win laurels for the country at the international stage.
“Now we are here for the launch ceremony of the Khelo India Para Games. Khelo India has become such an umbrella for the young athletes of the country to excel, get exposure and then go onto represent India at the global stage,” Mandaviya said at the launch of logo, anthem and mascot of the Khelo India Para Games 2025 here.
The Khelo India Para Games 2025 will be held from March 20-27 with over 1300 athletes in six different sporting disciplines.
“It is a very important day for me. The FIT India carnival came to an end today. Over 25000 people came to take part in the carnival. In the coming days FIT India movement will take over India,” the minister said.
Paralympic Committee of India president Devendra Jhajharia said it’s just the start and hoped that the nation can host major para events in the future.
“SAI organised the World Para Grand Prix which sent out a message that India can host major Para events. Khelo India Para Games will help us identify talent for the future competitions,” Jhajharia said.
“The PM wants no athlete to spend from their own pocket to get proper training. We hope that it can be made possible,” he said.
-PTI
KABADDI
Yuva All Stars Championship: Yuva Mumba, Palani Tuskers, Warriorz K.C register wins, Chandigarh Chargers and Sonipat Spartans share spoils on Day 13
Yuva Mumba, Palani Tuskers, Warriorz K.C won their respective matches on Day 13 of the ongoing Yuva All Stars Championship in Haridwar on Tuesday. Chandigarh Chargers and Sonipat Spartans played out a tie when they faced each other in the opening match of the day.
In the first match on Tuesday, Chandigarh Chargers and Sonipat Spartans played out a tie 29-29. While Virender Singh took 9 points for Chandigarh Chargers, Ankit Kumar Rana and Rahul Ahri grabbed 7 points each for Sonipat Spartans.
In the second kabaddi clash, Warriorz K.C secured a thrilling 43-34 victory over UP Falcons. Vishal Chaudhary led the charge for UP Falcons with multiple successful raids, but Shivansh Thakur’s strong defense halted key attempts. Himanshu Yadav and Punit Kumar delivered crucial points, keeping the game competitive.
In third match of the day, Kesavan Raja showcased stellar raiding skills as Palani Tuskers edged past Yuva Yoddhas 41-37.
In the fourth match on Tuesday Yuva Mumba secured a thrilling victory against Yuva Paltan in a closely contested match (40-31). Both teams showcased impressive raiding and defensive skills, keeping the scoreline tight throughout.
-Team Sportstar
FOOTBALL
I League 2024-25: SC Bengaluru sees off late Real Kashmir surge to take full points at home
SC Bengaluru withstood a final half-hour barrage to win 3-2 against Real Kashmir FC at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Tuesday after defender Sanatomba Singh was sent off in the 60th minute.
Thomya Shimray (5’) opened the scoring for the host, but Gnohere Krizo (12’ p, 32’) put Real Kashmir ahead with two goals. Shravan Shetty (36’) drew SC Bengaluru level before Faslurahman Methukayil (48’) scored the winner after the restart.
The win sees SC Bengaluru leapfrog Aizawl FC into 10th place with 20 points from 19 matches, and pushes it out of the relegation zone. Real Kashmir, meanwhile, stay third with 32 points from as many games.
-Team Sportstar