LUCKNOW, July 2 -- Haryana's Prashant Proacha caused the biggest upset of the day In the AITA Men's Tournament here on Wednesday, defeating third seed Suraj Prabodh of Karnataka 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, at the Kesari Tennis Academy. After dropping the first set, Proacha shifted tactics, mixing short angled backhand slices with timely net approaches to disrupt Suraj's rhythm. The result underlines Proacha's growing maturity in pressure moments and makes him a dark-horse semifinal contender. In the other quarterfinals of the day, Nirav Shetty recovered from a first-set loss to defeat fellow Maharashtrian Kashit Nagrale 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Delhi's Vansh Bisht, seeded No 4, imposed his pace against Haryana's Jagmeet Singh with a controlled 6-2, 6-1 victory. The remaining quarter saw second seed Deep Munim advance past Kanishk Jetley 6-3, 6-4. Shooters of the Awadh Rifle Shooting Academy staged a fine show at the UP State Shooting Championships, winning 37 medals in Delhi. Lucknow's shotgun team secured the gold medal in the Trap event with a score of 92 points. The winners included Atal Rai, Vikram Rai, Amit Agarwal, Rudransh Vinayak Yadav, Akbar Naqvi, Garvit Pandey, Azlan Asgar, Amit Agarwal, Ali Faizan Kazmi, Jamal Asgar Rana, Anubhav Agarwal, Adhiraj Swaroop Agarwal, Dev Singh, Yashraj Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Taha Saeed Jafri, Anoop Kumar, Baljit Singh, Agam Singh, Prashant Kumar Chaurasia, Umesh Kumar Chaudhary, and Rishabh Shukla. Lucknow's Siddharth Mishra on Wednesday won the men's singles title at the UP State Senior Major Badminton Championship for the third consecutive time at Ayodhya. In the final, Siddharth Mishra defeated Ansh Vishal Gupta in straight games, 21-6, 21-19. Mishra is currently receiving high-level badminton training at Salenite Academy in Bengaluru. His coach, Siddharth Thakur, shared this remarkable achievement. The District Football League 2026 will be organised from July 10, at the Chowk Stadium. A meeting of the event will be held on July 3, at the KD Singh 'Babu' Stadium from 4:30 pm. Presence of all the coaches, managers, judges and all the officials of all the clubs, academies, sports institutions and teams is mandatory, states Lucknow Football Association's secretary, Kanhaya Lal on Wednesday....