Indian Sports Wrap, Feb 28: India loses to Qatar in 2027 FIBA ​​World Cup qualifying match

BASKETBALL

India loses to Qatar in the FIBA ​​World Cup Qualifiers

The Indian men’s basketball team suffered a 99-73 defeat to Qatar in the 2027 FIBA ​​World Cup qualifying match at the Lusail Multipurpose Hall in Qatar on Saturday.

Brandon Goodwin topped the scoring charts for the home side with 23 points, while Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu scored the most with 15.

The result leaves India bottom of the group with three defeats in three matches in the qualifying tournament so far. India will next take on Lebanon on March 3 in a match that will mark head coach Scott Flemming’s last game in the role.

-Team Sportstar

TENNIS

Vaidehee advances to W35 finals in Burnie

Vaidehee Chaudhari booked her spot in the final of the $30,000 W35 event in Burnie, Australia on Saturday.

Fourth seed Vaidehee defeated seventh-seeded Japanese and world No. 533 Mio Mushika 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in one hour and 46 minutes.

World number 470 Vaidehee, who has won four titles on the ITF circuit, will face top-ranked Australian and world number 275 Lizette Cabrera in Sunday’s final.

At the W15 event in Gurugram, third seed Zeel Desai reached the top match after a 6-2, 6-2 win over sixth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Yashina.

In the final, world number 617 Zeel, who is eyeing her fifth ITF title, will face seventh-seeded Belarusian teenager Polina Kuharenko.

-Team Sportstar

MahaOpen ATP Challenger: Gill and Cina storm into the singles final

Felix Gill takes on Federica Cina in the MahaOpen ATP Challenger 75 singles final at the Shiv Chhatrapati Kreeda Sankul, Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium in Pune.

Gill, of Great Britain, showed grit and composure to beat eighth seed Edas Butvilas of Lithuania 6-4, 7-5 in a closely contested encounter that lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.

Cina, of Italy, sixth seed and former world junior number four, defeated Duje Ajdukovic of Croatia 7-5, 6-2 in 1 hour and 15 minutes.

In the doubles final, fourth-seeded Jisung Nam of Korea and Patrik Niklas-Salminen of Finland upset second-seeded Indo-Thai pair Pruchya Isaro and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha to clinch the doubles title with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7(1), 10-7 win.

– Team Sportstar

FOOTBALL

India U-20 women lose 1-2 to Karlbergs BK

The India Under-20 team lost 1-2 to Swedish club Karlbergs BK in an away friendly match.

For India, Neha scored a goal in the 46th minute.

In the previous game, the team drew 1-1 against the Swedish club Enskede IK Dam.

The Young Tigresses will play their last friendly match in Sweden against Älvsjö AIK Fotboll on March 4.

– Team Sportstar

Published on February 28, 2026