Sports
India At Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 2 Live: Shooter Manish Narwal Adds Silver Medal To Nation’s Tally

Updates:
6 pm: Shooter Manish Narwal finishes second in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 category to clinch the silver medal for India. This is the country’s fourth medal in the Games.
5.20 pm: The Men’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 Final is underway with Manish Narwal competing for India. Narwal had finished fifth in the qualification round with a score of 565.
5 pm: Shooter Manish Narwal has qualified for the final of the men’s 10m air pistol (SH1) competition in fifth place. Narwal shot a total of 565 to enter the 8-man final.
4.54 pm: Third medal for India in the day as Preethi Pal wins the bronze in women’s 100m T35 category with a Personal Best timing of 14.21s. She has become the first Indian woman to win a medal in a track event at the Paralympic Games. China’s Zhou Xia (13.58) and Guo Qianqian (13.74) won the gold and silver respectively.
Notably, the Women’s 100m T35 category, which is for athletes with cerebral palsy, has seen remarkable performances.
3.50 pm: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal have bagged the first 2 medals for India at the Paris Paralympics. Lekhara clinched the gold in 10m air rifle Standing SH1 while Agarwal finished third to take the bronze.
Avani, who is wheel-chair bound after a car mishap left her paralysed below the waist when she was 11-years-old, has become the first Indian woman shooter to back-to-back Paralympic medals.
1:44pm: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal qualify for the finals of Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1. Avani finishes second with a total of 625.8 points, while Mona finished fourth with a total of 623.1
1:27 pm: Karam Jyoti and Sakshi Kasana in Women’s Discus throw F55 final. Event to begin shortly
12:55 pm: Manasi Joshi loses to Oksana Kozyna 21-10, 15-21, 11-8 in Women’s Singles SL3 Group A match. Para shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal remain in contention to qualify for finals
12:47pm: Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara begin their qualification round in Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1
12:35pm: The match between Manasi Joshi and Oksana Kozyna has now entered the final set
12:00 pm: Manasi Joshi begin her match against 2022 world champion Oksana Kozyna of Ukraine
Preview
After mixed day of results on Day 1 of Paris Paralympics, all eyes will be on a couple of gold medallists from Tokyo Olympics. Avani Lekhara who won gold in Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 will be in action in the qualification event.
Manish Narwal will look to defend his title in Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification. The finals of both the Para shooting event will be held on the same day. Mona Agarwal and Rudransh Khandelwal will be also in action in those events respectively.
In Para-Badminton group-stage action will continue with Manasi Joshi facing a must-win match after losing her opening match on Thursday.
Krishna Nagar will begin his title defence in Men’s Singles SH6, with many more Indian athlete’s competing in events across the various categories. India had won 19 medals in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 and will be looking to surpass that tally this year.
National
Air India Super League 2025: Travel High Titans Clinch Title In First-Ever Pan-India Cricket Tournament

Travel High Titans won the first edition of Air India Super League 2025, Air India’s first-ever pan-India cricket tournament. The Air India Super League 2025 brought together over 500 participants from 48 leading travel partners spanning Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai strengthening its ties with the industry.
Designed as both a competitive sporting event and a dynamic networking platform, the Air India Super League 2025 aimed to foster camaraderie between Air India and its valued travel partners, including travel management companies and online travel agents.
During the tournament, teams from various cities competed in regional Round Robin matches, with winners advancing to the National Finale in New Delhi. Air India flew down qualifying teams to the capital for the grand finale, held on Sunday at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi. Team Travel High Titans won the first Air India Super League 2025 trophy by 62 runs, beating Tripjack Warriors in a thrilling final match.
The Round Robin Winner trophy was awarded to the top team from each of the four cities, while finalists competed for the ultimate championship title. Participants and winners were also recognized in multiple categories, including ‘Man of the Match’, ‘Best Fielder’, ‘Most Catches in Air India Super League 2025’, ‘Player of Air India Super League 2025’, among others.
“With the Air India Super League 2025, Air India aims to create engaging and memorable experiences for its travel partners while also offering them a platform for networking,” said an official from Air India.
Sports
Champions Trophy 2025: BCCI To Take Final Jasprit Bumrah’s Participation For 8-Team Event On THIS Date: Reports

BCCI will decide on India’s speedster Jasprit Bumrah’s participation in the Champions Trophy on February 11, which is the deadline for submitting final squads to the ICC.
According to ESPNCricinfo, his fitness remains uncertain after a recent back scan at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. The BCCI’s medical team, selectors, and team management will discuss before making a final call.
Bumrah was named in India’s provisional 15-man squad on January 18 but missed the ODI series against England. Though there were hopes Bumrah will be playing the third ODI in Ahmadabad, but instead he travelled to Bengaluru for further assessment.
If Bumrah is ruled out, India may bring in Harshit Rana, who played in the England ODIs. However, if there’s a chance he can recover for the later stages of the tournament, they might keep him in the squad and make a late replacement with ICC approval.
Bumrah hasn’t played since early January when he couldn’t bowl in Australia’s second innings during the Sydney Test. He reportedly had a stress reaction in his back, requiring five weeks of rest.
India will play all their matches in Dubai since the Indian government did not permit travel to Pakistan.Their first match is against Bangladesh on February 20, followed by Pakistan on February 23 and New Zealand on March 2.
India’s squad for Champions Trophy 2025:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja
Maharashtra
Save Our Playgrounds: Azad Maidan Lost To Non-Sporting Activities One Pitch At A Time

Mumbai: Azad Maidan has hosted many of India’s legendary cricketers for their first tournaments as well as some of their record-breaking partnerships, giving Mumbai an identity as the city of cricket. As the need for open spaces to facilitate various developmental, social and political purposes has increased, its oldest playground has been shrinking one pitch at a time.
The triangular Azad Maidan was a hub for the Civil Disobedience Movement, when around two lakh people joined to greet Mahatma Gandhi. However, the ground has been more popular for launching cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli and others.
The 25-acre maidan has been distributed among 22 sports clubs, which have one pitch each. Since 2015, 16 plots, belonging to John Bright Cricket Club, Muslim United, Young Mohammedan and St Xaviers’, among others, have been handed over to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited for the construction of the underground corridor for Metro 3. While MMRCL had promised to hand over the ground and pitches after restoration by June 2024, the process is still nowhere close to being completed.
One of the remaining six plots has been handed over to Mumbai Police for their parade practice, one ground is appropriate only for children. This leaves Mumbai’s cricket enthusiasts with only four grounds that are fit to host a professional tournaments. These comprise Sassanian Cricket Club, Elphinstone Cricket Club, New Era and Hindustan Construction. Several political parties have also been permitted by PWD officials to build permanent offices on the ground.
“In the early 1990s, I had fought to evict illegal hawkers and slums which had encroached upon the playground, restricting cricket activities,” said Nadeem Memon, cricket secretary of the Mumbai School Sports Association. “We could successfully push out the illegal encroachment but are unable to do anything about the legal encroachment. Players have to go as far as Navi Mumbai and Vasai-Virar to play interschool matches.”
Azad Maidan has always hosted sports and civil protests, which flourished in the city alongside each other. After the metro construction work occupied a large part of the ground, including the protest site in front of the BMC headquarters, protestors were diverted to Fort Vijay Cricket Club, a 115-year-old club represented by renowned cricketer Vijay Merchant.
Jayant Jhaveri, secretary of Fort Vijay Cricket Club, said, “We opposed the decision to allow protests on our playground but that resulted in our field being concretised. Since 2017, we have not played any match on our ground and have to depend on the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for a substitute ground. This has also affected players’ performance. We are not able to form good teams due to this setback.”
While the maidan has also been hosting a few Ramlila performances and the annual Sunni Ijtema on a regular basis, the frequency of such non-sporting events has increased in recent times. Mega marathon events and political rallies have hindered sports activities. The recent swearing-in ceremony of the Mahayuti government was also organised at Azad Maidan.
Several religious functions are also held here, and have caused a lot of damage.
“When we ask for permission to upgrade something, the authorities deny the request citing the heritage status of the ground. At the same time, [organisers of] non-sporting activities are allowed to dig up the ground to set up huge pandals for multiple days. In some of these events, they have also broken the fencing of the ground. While setting up the pandals their trucks run over our pitches which hurts like they are running over our hearts,” said Memon.
These surprise events pause the game for a few days as the permission given to the organisers to set up their pandals starts two days before and ends two days after the actual event. This results in postponement of multiple tournaments as well as affecting the playing field, which is known for hosting various prestigious tournaments including the Harris Shield and the Giles Shield.
Manik Madkaikar, a cricket coach associated with MCA, said, “The number of non-sport events in Azad Maidan has increased in the last year. Such events cause irreparable loss to the field and a lot of things go for a toss. Groundsmen work tirelessly to level the field and everything is ruined with one event. These mega marathon events earn crores of rupees in profit, but this money is never spent on betterment of the ground.”
“Days when events are organised on the maidan, they become no-play days for us. Irregular matches and uneven ground affects our performance in tournaments, where we aspire to perform well. The effect of this is suffered mostly by schoolchildren who cannot participate in interschool tournaments as the postponement collides with their examinations,” said Vineet Kumar, a young cricketer.
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