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Cat♌ch highlights from the sports world on Monday, March 3, 2025
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United States' Brandon Holt won his second ATP Challenger title of the season with a 6-3 6-3 result over 🎀Japan's ꦫShintaro Mochizuki in the Bengaluru Open final.
Jessi🐭ca Pegula clinched her first WTA title of 2025 at the ATX Open on Sunday, beating compatriot McCartney Kessler in straight 🉐sets. Pegula had dropped just one set all week. Pegula claimed a seventh WTA title and her first since she won the 1000 event at the Canadian Open last year
The FA Cup quarter-finals draw is out.
Kolkata Knight Riders register three stars around Gemini constellation in tribute to their 2012, 2014 and 2024 Tata IPL Championship titles. A global cricket franchise with four teams around the world, have registered three actual sta♛rs around the Gemini constellation, which are now officially named after their title wins in 2012 (Korbo), 2014 (Lorbo) and 2024 (Jeetbo).
The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) has announced a cash reward of Rs 3 crore after winning the Ranji Trophy, apart from separate cash incentives for the support staff and some 👍players after they won the title for the third time.
India's Krishna Jayasankar, who is currently studying in the USA, broke the women's shot put ind🎐oor national record when she won the bronze medal at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship in Albuquerque with an effort of 16.03m.
Luis Suarez put on a masterclass as he scored and assisted thrice to lead Inter Miami to a 4-1 win꧋ over hosts Houston Dynamo. They clinched their first win of the MLS season despite the absence of Lionel Messi.
Australia's young all-rounder Cooper Connolly has replaced the injured Matthew Short in the Australian squad for the knock-out stages of the ongoing Champions Trophy. Short was ruled out of the ICC event after suffering a🍌 calf injury against Afghanistan.
Ryan Peake won the New Zealand Open golf tournament to take home a whopping £99,500 winner’s cheque. Peake had previously spent half a decade b𒆙ehind bars after being convicted of serious assault, and was very emotional after his triumph.
Kolkata Knight Riders have unveiled a new-look jersey for the upcoming 18th ed🌄ition of the TATA Indian Premier League.
Santos FC booked a place in the semi-fi🔯nal of the Paulista on Sunday after a co🅰nvincing 2-0 win over Red Bull Bragantino. Santos will only know their semifinal opponent after the last quarter final game between Sao Paulo and Novorizontino.
Indian Grandmaster Pa Iniyan clinched the Cannes International Open after beating V Pranesh in the ninth and final round in Cannes, France. Iniyan finished the tournament on 7.5 points, half a poin🦂t more than Delhi-based Interna💃tional Master Aradhya Garg, who was second.
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with Aravindh Chithamb💖aram as the two Indians stayed a full point🌠 ahead of nearest challengers after the fifth round of Prague Masters chess tournament. With 3.5 points, Aravindh and Praggnanandhaa are now followed by Wei Yi, Anish Giri, Quang Leim Le, and Vincent Keymer, all with 2.5 points.
Argentina name squ෴ad for W💯orld Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil.
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille), Walter Benítez (༒PSV Eindhoven)
Defenders: Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), 🍬Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Germán Pezzella (River Plate), Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Facundo Medina, (Lens), Nicolás Tagliafico (Olympique Lyon), Francisco Ortega (Olympiakos).
Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (Roma), Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), Rodrigo de Paul (Atletiܫco Madrid), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpoolﷺ), Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), Máximo Perrone (Como), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna), Thiago Almada (Olympique Lyon).
Forwards: Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Nicolás González (Juventus), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolás Paz (Como), Claudio Echeverri (Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Roma), Julián Álvarez (Manchester City), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan), Santiago Castro (Bologna), Áng💝el Corr༺ea (Atletico Madrid)
BCCI's first🌠 reaction on Congress Leader Shama Mohamed fat shaming Rohit Sharma.
FIFA, the world governing body of football, has lifted the suspension on the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) after the necessary constitutional changes were made to ensure smooth g🌠overnance of the sport in the country.
Kolkata Knight Riders have🐼 announced Ajinkya Rahane as their captain and Venkatesh Iyer his deputy for the upcoming 2025 season of the Indian Premier League.𓆏
Aurimas Mockus, a Lithuanian rower, who tried𒁃 to row across the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia has been rescued days before he reached his final destination.
Jessica Pegula earns a scrapp🃏y 7-5 6-2 victory over MCartney Kessler at the ATX Open 2025 final to claim her second titl🐎e of the year.
India wicket-keeper batter ꧂Rishabh Pant has been nominated for a Laureus World Sports 🃏Award 2025 in the ‘Comeback of the Year’ category.
The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed a decisio♋n of the Indian Olympic Associat🍬ion (IOA) to constitute an ad-hoc panel to run the affairs of the Boxing Federation of India.
Justice Sachin Datta issued notice to the IOA seeking its response to a petition filed by the federation challenging the decision of conꦕstituting the ad-hoc committee.
The court grant♛ed two weeks' time to the IOA to file its reply to the petition and posted the hearing on🍸 March 27.
The interim order came while taking into account the judgement of the high court in Bihar Olympic Association's case 🌠in which the IOA's decision to constitute an ad-hoc panel to examine the affairs of state body was set aside.
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