Rahil Gangjee shot three-over 75 but still moved up the leaderboard at the end of third round of the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open here Saturday.
Gangjee is now six-over and tied-44th from tied-57th after two rounds.
Starting from the tenth, Gangjee bogeyed the 16th and the 17th but found a birdie on the 18th. It was to be his only birdie of the day as he also bogeyed twice on the front nine, on second and seventh, at the Royal Golf Club.
Yuta Ikeda carded six-under 66 to move into lead at six-under 210 and he was one ahead of Chan Kim (69) at five-under.
Won Joon Lee (72) and Kyung Tae-Kim (72) were tied for third, while overnight leader Shugo Imahira (77) slipped to tied-5th with Dylan Perry (73) and Ryutaro Nagano (74).
The top four in this event qualify for the Open in Ireland in July.

Gangjee moves up to tied-44th in Japan

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Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first Greek player in 83 years to reach the second week at Roland Garros on Saturday as he survived a scare in the third round against Filip Krajinovic.
The sixth seed led by two sets overnight, with the match suspended at 5-5 in the third due to darkness at 9:52 p.m. local time, and saw Serbia's Krajinovic launch a comeback.
Tsitsipas lost the set in a tie-break but sealed a 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (8/6) success on Court Philippe Chatrier after overturning a 5-3 deficit and saving a set point in the fourth.
The 20-year-old will take on either former champion Stan Wawrinka or Grigor Dimitrov for a place in his second Grand Slam quarter-final, after their match was also suspended on Friday evening.
"It's really tricky when you come back after a day. It's unusual, you don't do it that often," said Tsitsipas.
"It was important I saved those set points. Closing in the fourth set, it's important to save energy." The last Greek player to reach the second week .

Tsitsipas first Greek in 83 years to reach Roland Garros last 16

Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Spain star Jose Antonio Reyes has been killed in a car crash, his hometown club Sevilla said on Saturday. He was 35.
Reyes, who shot to fame at Sevilla before a switch to Arsenal, followed by spells at Real and Atletico Madrid, was on the books with second-tier Spanish club Extremadura.
"We couldn't be confirming worse news. Beloved Sevilla star Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic collision. Rest in peace," Sevilla, where he spent two four-year spells, said on Twitter.
The emergency services in Andalusia and the authorities in the player's home town, Utrera, said Reyes died in an accident on the main road from Sevilla to Utrera. They said another member of his family also died and a third person was injured.
Spain captain Sergio Ramos, who is also from the province of Seville, came through the youth team just after Reyes and later played with him at Real Madrid also tweeted his grief.
"Broken. Shattered," wrote Ramos.
"I have no words. All the ...

Grief in Sevilla as former star Reyes killed in car crash

Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib took the bold decision to bat against champions Australia in their World Cup opener at Bristol on Saturday.
Rank outsiders Afghanistan's strength lies in their spin bowling rather than batting, with the team dismissed for just 160 by tournament hosts England in a warm-up match on Monday.
Australia boast an impressive pace attack but that did not stop Gulbadin opting to bat first, with the captain explaining he wanted to give his spinners a target to defend.
"It looks quite a good, flat wicket," he said at the toss.
"We have three spinners in the side and we want to put a score on the board for them. Morale is high and hopefully we can start well."
As expected former Australia captain Steve Smith and opener David Warner were both included for their first full major international match since they completed year-long bans imposed after a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
Warner was passed fit to play after recovering from a sore glute.
Australia ...

Afghanistan bat against Australia in World Cup

Matt Henry led the New Zealand charge with three wickets to help dismiss Sri Lanka for just 136 in their opening match of the World Cup in Cardiff on Saturday.
Henry returned figures of 3-29 in his seven overs of pace and swing to justify skipper Kane Williamson's decision to bowl first as New Zealand ran through the Sri Lanka line-up in 29.2 overs.
Lockie Ferguson also claimed three wickets in the absence of senior paceman Tim Southee, who missed the game due to a calf injury.
Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was the lone batsman to impress amid the carnage with his unbeaten 52.
His 52-run stand with Thisara Perera, who made 27 off 23 balls, was all that stood between Sri Lanka and complete humiliation.
Henry's early strikes, including two in succesive deliveries, pushed Sri Lanka on the back foot on 53 for four in just the 12th over.
He struck with the second delivery of the game to send Lahiru Thirimanne trudging back to the pavilion after the left-handed opener had hit a ...

Henry leads Kiwi charge to dismiss Sri Lanka for 136

A Pakistan Army soldier was killed on Saturday in an attack on a military patrol vehicle by some unidentified militants in the North Waziristan tribal district, the Army said.
The incident happened when an Army vehicle was on routine patrolling duty in the Boya area of the district.
The vehcile of army was on routine patrolling in Boya area of the district when it was targeted by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and subsequent firing by the militants.
"A 26-year old soldier was killed in the attack," the Pakistan Army said in a statement, adding that terrorist activities in North Waziristan has increased lately.
During the last one month, five soldiers have been killed and 31 others injured various terror attacks in the district.
The Army said that the arrest of facilitators linked to such terrorist activities led to the Kharkamar post incident on May 25.
Two lawmakers Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar led a mob that allegedly attacked the post, forcing soldiers to open fire in which ...

Pak Army soldier killed in attack by militant in North Waziristan

Pakistan is likely to lift the airspace ban along its eastern border with India in reciprocation to India's decision to remove all the temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian air space, a senior Pakistani government official indicated Saturday.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday announced on Twitter: "Temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian airspace, imposed by the Indian Air Force on 27 Feb 19, have been removed."
Reacting to India's decision, a senior officials of the Pakistan government said, "Once the Indian government lifts the air restriction on Pakistani flights, Pakistan is likely to reciprocate it."
The official told PTI that India has yet to inform Pakistan about lifting of airspace ban for its flights.
"We only heard about this through the media as there is no communication in this respect has taken place as yet. We may follow the suit once India lifts air restrictions on our flights, he said.
The IAF said it had removed restrictions that ...

Pak likely to remove restriction on air space usage

A fire on Saturday engulfed a migrant center in northwestern Bosnia, injuring 32 people, police said.
The blaze erupted early in the morning in the center in Velika Kladusa, which hosts some 500 migrants stuck in the Balkan country while trying to move toward Western Europe.
The blaze likely started accidently from a cooking device, said local police spokesman Ale Siljdedic.
It spread swiftly, sending the migrants fleeing the building, with some jumping through the windows, Siljdedic told The Associated Press.
Thirteen migrants remain hospitalized with injuries such as burns or fractures, he said. The fire was put out after several hours.
Several thousand migrants fleeing war and poverty in their countries have been passing through Bosnia toward the West. They mostly flock to the northwest that borders European Union member Croatia.

Fire engulfs migrant center in Bosnia, injuring 32

At least 19 people were injured in a blast at a major explosives plant in central Russia on Saturday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the local health ministry.
The blast took place at the "Kristall" factory in Dzerzhinsk about 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of Moscow.
"All of those who were injured -- around 19 people -- are receiving medical assistance," a representative of the local health ministry told Interfax.
"We are talking about shrapnel wounds of mild and moderate severity," she said.
Representatives of Kristall told the agency that five people were working in the plant at the time of the explosion and that they were safely evacuated.
Local fire fighters told agencies they had no information about any more people still inside the plant.
"There was a technical explosion in one of the workshops, followed by a fire of around 100 square meters," a spokesman of the local emergency ministry told news agencies.

Blast at central Russia explosives plant injures 19: report

South Korean troops stationed along the world's last Cold War frontier have been put on high alert in the face of a new infiltration threat from the nuclear-armed North -- fever-stricken wild boar.
An outbreak of African swine fever that has cut swathes through China, Vietnam and Mongolia has spread to the isolated country, sparking worries that sick animals crossing the heavily militarized border could devastate the South's US$5.9 billion pork industry.
"We need to focus on preventing wild boars in the North from entering our territory," the South's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon said Saturday after visiting a pig farm near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two countries.
African swine fever is known to be harmless to humans but is fatal to pigs and wild boar and has devastated supply chains in China -- the world's largest consumer of pork -- where authorities have ordered the culling of hundreds of thousands of pigs.
Pyongyang told the World Organisation for Animal Health ..

North Korea swine flu outbreak puts South on edge

The European Commission says Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis must return millions of euros subsidies after a draft audit report found the billionaire in a conflict of interest, Czech media reported Saturday.
The Commission conducted the audit in January and February, suspecting Babis of taking decisions on EU subsidies as a politician but drawing them as an entrepreneur.
It found Babis, the second wealthiest Czech, still rakes in profits from the Agrofert food, chemicals and media holding he founded.
The Commission, which halted subsidies to Agrofert pending the audit verdict, said it wanted the Czech Republic to return the equivalent of 17.4 million euros (USD 19.5 million) in subsidies drawn counter to the rules.
The 64-year-old Slovak-born Babis transferred Agrofert to two trust funds in February 2017 -- months before he became prime minister -- to comply with conflict of interest regulations.
But citing the funds' articles of association, the Commission said that "Mr Babis is ...

EU says Czech PM in conflict of interest, wants money back

Nepal Prime Minister K P Oli has extended an invitation to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for a visit to his country and strengthen bilateral relations through regular exchange of visits.
Oli was on a two-day visit to New Delhi along with leaders of other BIMSTEC countries  to take part in Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Thursday as the country's prime minister for the second term.
Besides India, BIMSTEC comprises Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan.
According to the statement by the Nepal foreign ministry, Modi has accepted the invitation.
Oli, who returned to Nepal on Friday, also met Modi during the visit where the two leaders expressed commitment to take bilateral relations to a new height.
"He (Oli) extended best wishes for the successful tenure of Modi," the statement said.
"Both prime ministers expressed happiness over the progress made in Nepal-India relations under their respective leadership," it added.
The two leaders underlined the importance of 

Oli invites Modi to visit Nepal

Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron has been hired by a US-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm as the chair of its advisory board, the company announced in a statement.
The former prime minister "will be responsible for curating and overseeing the strategic guidance" the board provides to Afiniti, the company was quoted as saying by The Guardian.
It would be one of Cameron's most prominent appointments since he step down as prime minister in 2016.
He has previously taken a number of roles at not-for-profit organisations and has a memoir, For the Record, due out later this year, the report said.
Cameron said he was "delighted" to take the job working on "transforming the future of customer service and interpersonal communications".
The Afiniti advisory board has high-profile figures including John Browne, former chief executive of BP and Franois Fillon, the former prime minister of France.
The AI company was set up by the US-Pakistani entrepreneur Zia Chishti and specialises in .

Ex-UK prime minister David Cameron joins US Artificial Intelligence firm

Hrithik Roshan is on cloud nine after the Bollywood actor got a chance to meet veteran action star Jackie Chan during his visit to China.
The 45-year-old actor is in the country where is he is promoting his film "Kaabil" ahead of its release on June 5.
Taking to Instagram, Hrithik shared a number of photos with the iconic martial artiste.
"Meeting Jackie Chan was a revelation at so many levels. Incredible experience. Inspired. #kaabilinchina #ilovechina #china @jackiechan," he wrote in the caption.
"Kaabil", which released in India in 2017, also features Yami Gautam and Ronit Roy in pivotal roles.
The film follows a specially-abled couple; Rohan and Supriya, who lead a blissful married life. But their happiness comes to a standstill due to unavertable circumstances for which Rohan vows to take a revenge from the culprits.
"Kaabil" is produced by FilmKraft, imported by China Film Group corporation and is distributed and translated by China film group.
It is distributed internationally .

Incredible experience: Hrithik Roshan after meeting Jackie Chan

President Donald Trump has terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation from June 5, ending the country's USD 5.6 billion trade concessions under the key GSP programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide "equitable and reasonable access" to its markets.
The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to promote economic development by allowing duty-free entry for thousands of products from designated beneficiary countries.
"I have determined that India has not assured the US that it will provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets.  Accordingly, it is appropriate to terminate India's designation as a beneficiary developing country effective June 5, 2019," Trump said in a proclamation on Friday ignoring the plea made by several top American lawmakers.
On March 4, Trump announced that the US intends to terminate India's designations as a beneficiary ...

Trump terminates USD 5.6 bln trade concessions for India under GSP programme

The senior-most Islamic State (ISIS) female operative in captivity in Iraq has claimed that she played a central role in the US-led coalition's hunt for the terrorist network's chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Nisrine Assad Ibrahim, better known by her ISIS name of Umm Sayyaf, claims she helped identify safe houses used by the fugitive terrorist leader and in one case even pinpointing his location in Mosul, the Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday from the Kurdish city of Erbil in Iraq.
The claims that she helped CIA and Kurdish intelligence build detailed portraits of Baghdadi's movements, hideouts and networks, emerged in Sayyaf's first interview since being captured in a Delta Force raid in Syria four years ago that killed her husband, the then ISIS oil minister.
"I told them where the house was. I knew he'd (Baghdadi) been there because it was one of the houses that was provided for him, and one of the places he liked the most," she recalled.
The 29-year-old is a highly ...

Senior-most ISIS female captive claims helping CIA in Baghdadi hunt

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has told the club he wants to leave after a single season to join Italian champions Juventus, according to reports on Saturday.
Sarri has been an uncomfortable fit with fans at Stamford Bridge and despite winning the Europa League this week and finishing third in the Premier League, there is a perception the chain-smoking coach is unwilling to adapt tactics when things go wrong.
Sarri has been widely linked with Juventus, who are seeking a successor to Massimiliano Allegri, although sports daily Gazzetta reported Saturday that Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino was also on their radar.
Sarri held talks with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia on Friday and informed her that he wanted to return to his homeland, the reports in Britain and Italy said.
Granovskaia, it is said, has promised to talk to club owner Roman Abramovich about his future, but it would seem Chelsea will seek compensation from any suitor.
Sarri succeeded Antonio Conte as Chelsea manager 

Chelsea boss Sarri close to Juventus switch

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in their opening World Cup match in Cardiff on Saturday.
Paceman Tim Southee missed out due to a calf injury as the Kiwis -- runners-up in the 2015 edition -- went in with two all-rounders in their starting line-up.  Batsman Henry Nicholls was also injured, with Mitchell Santner the only spinner in the side.
"Just a one spinner and two all-rounders. That helps with the balance," Williamson said at the toss.
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne admitted he would also have bowled first to take advantage of the green tinge on the pitch.
"I would have bowled as well. We wanted to take advantage," said Karunaratne, who has returned to the side after missing out on four years of one-day cricket.
"We don't have much pressure. We want to do well. We want to show what we can do." Sri Lanka, World Cup winners in 1996, are ninth in the one-day rankings and have been given little chance in the 10-team ...

New Zealand bowl against Sri Lanka in World Cup

Tens of thousands gathered Saturday for a mass by Pope Francis on his second day in Romania with the ceremony in a predominantly ethnic-Hungarian part of the Transylvania region set to be the highlight of his trip.
The mass has been keenly awaited for reasons of both faith and national identity in majority Orthodox Romania where believers suffered under the post-war decades of Communist rule.
For Catholics in the "Szeklerland" area, where some 600,000 ethnic-Hungarians comprise a majority of the population, the pope's visit -- a first for that region -- is seen as welcome recognition of their identity.
In pouring rain, a sea of colourful umbrellas and rain coats formed around the hillside Sumuleu Ciuc shrine early Saturday.
In all, an estimated 200,000 people were expected to attend the ceremony, which will see the Argentinian pontiff present a golden rose at the large wooden replica of the Madonna -- a tradition for popes visiting major Marian shrines.
Most pilgrims will be ...

Pope to hold giant mass for Romania's ethnic-Hungarian minority

Matthew Vaughan says he had a different vision for the follow-up to his 2011 directorial "X-Men: First Class", that also involved introducing a new, young Wolverine, but the studio, 20th Century Fox, proved to be a hindrance.
With "First Class", the filmmaker successfully managed to introduce the younger version of several X-Men characters, including Charles Xavier and Magneto.
In an interview with ComingSoon.net, Vaughan said he envisioned "X-Men: Days of Future Past", to be third part of his trilogy but the studio insisted on making it after "First Class".
"That's one of the reasons I didn't continue, because they didn't listen to me. My plan was 'First Class', then second film was new young Wolverine in the 70's to continue those characters, my version of the X-Men.
"So you'd really get to know all of them, and my finale was gonna be 'Days of Future Past'. That was gonna be my number three where you bring them all... because what's bigger than bringing in (Ian) McKellen and Michael 

Matthew Vaughan wanted to introduce young Wolverine with 'X-Men: First Class' follow-up

"Suits" star Patrick J Adams is set to play John Glenn in National Geographic's "Right Stuff" series.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show is based on Tom Wolfe's book about the Project Mercury astronauts.
The series has Leonardo DiCaprio as one of the executive producers with "Castle Rock" veteran Mark Lafferty attached as the showrunner.
"The Right Stuff" opens in the height of the Cold War, following the Soviet Union's successful launch of the Sputnik satellite into orbit. NASA's Project Mercury makes instant celebrities of the seven test pilots tapped to be future astronauts, portrayed as heroes before they actually do anything heroic.
Glenn is a revered test pilot and committed family man with unwavering principles. He is the only astronaut who was famous before Project Mercury and immediately develops a rivalry with Alan Shepard as both vie to be the first man in space.
The series is set to get into production in Florida later this year for a 2020 premiere.
David Nutter 

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