National Games 2025: Day 9 - Niraj wins gold in shooting; Deepika wins women's recurve title - Highlights

Women's football: Bronze medal playoff

West Bengal and Delhi fight for the bronze medal in women's football. 

On Wednesday, West Bengal lost to Haryana in the semifinal, while Delhi went down to Odisha in the other semifinal. 

In the final, Haryana and Odisha will battle it out for the gold medal this evening. 

Women's hockey results: West Bengal upsets Haryana

Results from pool matches on Day 9 of the National Games:

Madhya Pradesh beats Odisha 3-2 

West Bengal beats Haryana 2-0 

Jharkhand beats Manipur 7-0 

Tennis: Men's team semifinal

Niki Poonacha of Karnataka and Rishab Agarwal of Services fought in the first match of the tie

1st set: Rishab wins the first set 6-4 

2nd set: Poonacha wins the second set 6-1

3rd Set: Rishab wins the final set 6-1

With this, Services takes the early lead in the tie, winning the first men's singles of the tie.

50m Rifle 3 Positions: Niraj Kumar wins gold

Final Standings: 

Niraj Kumar wins the gold medal, while Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Olympic bronze medallist Swapnil Kusale bag the silver and the bronze medals. 

50m Rifle 3 Positions: Standings

Standings after four rounds:

Services' Niraj Kumar is currently leading the chart. 

50m rifle 3 positions men's final

50m rifle 3 positions men's final starts.  

Men's cycling omnium scratch event result:

Dinesh Singh wins the Ominum scratch event with 40 points as Biswajit Singh finishes second with 38 points. 

The finalists will be determined by their total points accumulation after the completion of four segments today. 

Cycling men's omnium event starts

The men's cycling omnium event starts at the Rudrapur Velodrome. The cyclists have to cover a 10km distance in the Omnium 1. There will be four events in the Omnium today. 

With this event, the ninth day's actions for the National Games 2025 begin. 

Good morning and welcome to our National Games live coverage!

Day 9 promises to be as exciting as the eight preceding days, and we have a lot of sporting action in store for you. Stay tuned for all the latest updates.