Lucknow: Rahul Rajbhar will lead the Uttar Pradesh hockey team in the Hockey India Junior Men’s National Championship 2026, to be held from July 28 to Aug 8 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.Team includes Mithlesh Yadav, Satyam Pandey, Ritesh Pandey, Vishal Pandey, Shashi Shekhar Rai, Ajeet Pal, Ujjawal Pal, Lalit Patel (goalkeeper), Shivam Patel, Abhijeet Patel, Abhishek Khatik, Anurag Chauhan (goalkeeper), Irfan Hussain, Ashish Yadav, Neeraj Prajapati, Triloki, Gaurav Yadav and Rahul Rajbhar (captain).Football: Ankit scored a quick-fire hat-trick to power Techtro Club to a commanding 5-0 win over Big Blue Club in the Satwant Singh and Ravindra Pal District Memorial Football League at Chowk Stadium on Monday. Kamal opened the scoring for Techtro in the 15th minute before Akshay doubled the lead in the 48th minute.Ankit then struck three goals in six minutes, finding the net in the 52nd, 54th and 56th minutes to complete the rout.In another match, Aero Club defeated RBI Club 2-0. Robin scored in the 27th minute and Abhishek added the second in the 48th minute, while RBI Club failed to score.
