Pro Kabaddi League

Speaking ahead of the tournament, slated to begin on October 7 in Bengaluru, Ram Mehar Singh, "We will look to give our best and not focus on the results. If we think about the results too much, then we will stumble. If we are physically and mentally strong, we will garner the required results. The competition level is going to be quite high in PKL as usual. Let's see how we perform in the tournament."

The Steelers are set to begin their Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 campaign against Bengal Warriors on October 8th at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, in Bengaluru.

International kabbadi player Sandeep Singh from Nangal Ambiyan village was shot dead by assailants during a match at Malian village in Jalandhar district on Monday. At least 20 bullets were pumped into his head and chest. The disturbing video of the crime went viral.

The star raider Naveen Kumar (13 points) and all-rounder Vijay (14 points) secured Super 10s as Delhi overcame a tough challenge from three-time champions Patna Pirates. Patna had an uncharacteristically poor night in the defence with the likes of Mohammadreza Shadloui and Sunil committing far too many errors.

Naveen Kumar picked a Super 10 (14 points) as Delhi's experienced stars registered a comeback win. Pawan Sehrawat (18 points) gave the Bulls a fast start, but Delhi secured important all-outs at crucial points of the game to turn it in their favour. It will be Dabang Delhi's consecutive finals and they will now play Patna Pirates in the summit clash on Friday. Patna Pirates thrashed UP Yoddha 38-27 in the first semifinal.

U.P. Yoddha made an incredible comeback to win the crucial encounter after trailing by eight points in the early minutes of the first half. Pardeep Narwal was ably supported by Yoddha's much-famed corner combination of Nitesh Kumar (3 points) and Sumit (5 points). Aslam Inamdar scored a Super 10 for Puneri Paltan but they lacked the usual raiding power to trouble the in-form U.P. defense.

Pawan Sehrawat scored 13 points while Mahender clinched a High 5 from the cover position. The Bulls outplayed Gujarat in every department with secondary raiders Bharat and Chandran Ranjit also contributing to the points. The match had a cagey start with both teams sizing each other up. The defences made uncanny errors while raiders took a very cautious approach.

Coach Manpreet Singh's men knew a win could secure a playoff spot and started the match with positive intent. Their raider Rakesh S was in red-hot form as he consistently found errors in Mumbai's defence that looked low on confidence. The Mumbai team had clearly been deflated by their poor campaign and Gujarat looked to take advantage by pushing for an early lead.

The Season 7 champions were trailing by 10 points at halftime but overcame that margin to beat Pune who are fighting for a playoffs spot. Puneri Paltan dominated the first half with their raiders Mohit Goyat and Aslam Inamdar doing the bulk of the work. Bengal's experienced defence had no answers for the skilled Pune raiders who picked easy points.

The likes of Neeraj Narwal and Manjeet had a great outing and ensured the Titans never really had a chance to cause an upset. Titans' disappointing season came to an end with just 1 win in 22 matches. Ankit Beniwal scored 10 points for the Titans who will now need to rebuild the squad in the summer.Telugu Titans started the match on the front foot with their raiders Rajnish, Adarsh and Ankit Beniwal chipping in with points.