Korean teen sensation An Se-young stunned reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in an epic final to lift the women's singles title at the French Open badminton tournament, here on Sunday.
The 17-year-old Korean erased a one-game deficit to beat the three-time World Champion 16-21 21-18-21-5 in a gripping 69-minute contest.
It was Se-young's fourth title of the season and first at BWF Super 750 level as she further underlined her growth as a world class shuttler.
Meanwhile, Rio Olympics champion fifth seed Chinese Chen Long grabbed the men's singles trophy with a 21-19 21-12 win over Indonesia's Jonathan Christie in the final which lasted 51 minutes.

Se-young, Long win French Open titles

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Feeling "overloaded", Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has decided to give up his duties behind the stumps in Test cricket to prolong his career across the formats.
Mushfiqur has been named in Bangladesh's squad for the three-match Twenty20 series in India but they are are yet to name their Test squad.
He has made 67 Test appearances in his career so far and has 103 catches and 31 stumpings to his name.
Mushfiqur said playing in all three formats and playing in domestic T20 leagues, it is increasingly becoming tough to handle workload.
"I am not interested to keep wickets in Test. Now there are lots of games in the upcoming days and I play in all formats. Apart from international cricket, I play in DPL (Dhaka Premier League) and BPL (Bangladesh Premier League). Considering everything, I think it is getting a bit overloaded," Mushfiqur was quoted as saying by the ICC.
Rahim has six centuries and 19 half-centuries in Test cricket.
"I want to perform for a long time and ..

Mushfiqur to give up keeping in Test cricket

They began with a bang against Chennaiin FC but last year's runners-up FC Goa will test their preparations for the fresh season when they take on reigning champions Bengaluru FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) here on Monday.
The Goans were clinical in their opening game. With eight Indians in the starting line-up, they dominated the game throughout and carved out an impressive 3-0 win against Chennai.
They not only showed off their freestyle mentality whilst going forward but also resoluteness at the back as the defence looked unperturbed for the majority of the game.
With Ahmed Jahouh returning from suspension and the duo of Hugo Boumous and Edu Bedia also in consideration for a spot, they are expected to fight even better.
Goa's attacking verve will surely be a test of early validity for Bengaluru's defence of the title.
Bengaluru started their title-defence with a goalless draw against North-East United. Whilst the Blues enjoyed the lions' share of possession and dictated the ...

Goa run into ISL champions Bengaluru

In-form Naomi Osaka outlasted Petra Kvitova in a three-set marathon for a drought-breaking victory at the WTA Finals on Sunday.
Opening the USD 14 million round-robin tournament, the first in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the world No.3 regrouped from several lethargic stretches to win 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 39 minutes.
It was the Japanese sensation's first victory at the WTA Finals after a winless campaign in her debut appearance last year and stretched her current winning streak to 11 matches having claimed titles in Osaka and Beijing.
"She started going hard at me from the beginning and I just had to adjust to it," Osaka said after the match.
In a rematch of this year's tense Australian Open final, world No.6 Kvitova came out with intent until she stuttered in the eighth game of the opening set with three double faults to squander the game.
Osaka held off two break points in the ninth game before dominating the tiebreak to draw first blood.
It seemed to shake 

Osaka beats Kvitova in thrilling WTA finals opener

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday confirmed that BCCI has requested them to play a day-night Test during the upcoming India tour and they will respond after consulting their players the and team management.
Newly-appointed BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had recently said that skipper Virat Kohli was not averse to the idea of playing pink-ball Test.
BCB's cricket operations chairman Akram Khan said the BCCI communicated the request few days back.
"They have proposed us and we will let them know after thinking a while. We received the letter two or three days (ago) and we will take a decision in this regard. We have not discussed about it. We will let them know about our decision within one or two days," Khan was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said they want all stakeholders on board.
"At first we have to take the consent of the players and members of the team managements about it. It is totally a technical matter [playing day-night Test from ...

BCB to consult players on Day/Night Test in India

PCB has announced Rawalpindi and Karachi as venues to host Sri Lanka in December as chances of Pakistan hosting its first Test series in 10 years have improved after discussions with the SLC.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent an itinerary for the two Tests of the ICC World Test Championship to the Sri Lankan board. The first test will be held in Rawalpindi from December 11 to 15 while Karachi will host the second Test from December 19-23.
Since March, 2009 when the Sri Lankan team was attacked by militants in Lahore, no team has toured Pakistan for a Test series.
The PCB has scheduled no practice or side matches for the touring side.
A well-informed source said that talks are going on between the two boards and the chances of Sri Lanka coming over for the short series are bright.
Comments by the President of the Sri Lankan cricket board after he returned home from the limited overs cricket tour of Pakistan had dampened the spirits of the PCB and Pakistani supporters.
Shammi de 

Rawalpindi, Karachi to host Tests against Sri Lanka: PCB

Pakistan's new Twenty20 captain Babar Azam wanted to have senior players such as Muhammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik in the side for the Australia tour but the PCB officials shot down the suggestion.
Before the team's departure, it has emerged that head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq had discussed the selection of players with Babar and both agreed on the selection of Hafeez and Malik.
But apparently some top officials in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) advised them not to pick them, throwing open a debate on how much authority was enjoyed by the head coach and the captain.
Asked if he was consulted for team selection, Babar said, "I had given my input for selection of the squad. I felt I required some seniors but it is decision of selectors."
Babar recently said he wants to emulate captains like England's Joe Root and India's Virat Kohli but surprisingly the full video of his press conference on October 25 does not include those comments.
The video is available on the PCB's ...

PCB disallowed Babar to have Hafeez, Malik in side for T20 series in Australia

Junior Asian Championship gold medallist Sharvan will open India's medal hunt on Monday as a 30-member wrestling squad left for Budapest to participate at the UWW Under-23 World Championships.
India will be looking to improve their performance from the last edition where Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal in 57kg.
While freestyle exponent Sharvan (65kg) remains one of India's key medal hopes, the squad also has the likes of Greco-Roman wrestler, Sajan Bhanwal, who has three medals from the World Junior Championships in 77kg and would be looking to grab his first medal from the U-23 Worlds.
Among the women, Pinki and Reshma Mane are looking to make their mark on the world stage.
On the first day of the championships, Naveen (57kg), Naveen (70kg), Virdev Gulia (79kg), and Akash Antil (97kg) will be in action, besides Sharvan (65kg).
Based on the current form of these wrestlers, the WFI is expecting a better performance at the World Championships after the men's team and the women's .

Sharvan to open campaign as India gear up for U-23 World Wrestling Championship

Four franchises of the Pakistan Super League don't want the national team's head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq's involvement in any capacity in the fifth edition of the T20 event next year.
In a recent meeting with the six franchises to finalise the categories of players for next month's players draft, a Pakistan Cricket Board official was clearly told by at least four franchises that allowing Misbah to be part of the PSL would amount to conflict of interest.
"These franchises made it clear they don't want Misbah to take part in the PSL in any capacity either as coach or director with any franchise as it would be a major conflict of interest," a source said.
He said the franchises had noted that last year also when Inzamam-ul-Haq was chief selector they had ensured he was dropped from the committee that finalised players list for draft and later also had to call off his association with a franchise.
"One franchise owner made the point that the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani himself .

Four PSL franchises not in favour of Misbah's involvement in event

Full scoreboard of the first Twenty20 international between Australia and Sri Lanka in Adelaide on Sunday:
Australia
A. Finch
c Mendis b Sandakan 64
D. Warner
not out
100
G. Maxwell c Perera b Shanaka  62
A. Turner
not out
1
Extras (nb1, w5)
6
Total (2 wickets, 20 overs)
233
Fall of wickets: 1-122, 2-229
Bowling: Malinga 4-0-37-0, Rajitha 4-0-75-0, Pradeep 4-0-28-0, Sandakan 4-0-41-1, Hasaranga 3-0-42-0, Shanaka 1-0-10-1.
Sri Lanka
D. Gunathilaka c Warner b Cummins 11
K. Mendis
c Turner b Starc
0
B. Rajapaksa
b Cummins
2
K. Perera
b Starc
16
O. Fernando
b Agar
13
D. Shanaka
c Richardson b Zampa 17
W. Hasaranga
run out (Maxwell)
5
L. Sandakan
c Agar b Zampa
6
L. Malinga
not out
13
K. Rajitha
st Carey b Zampa
0
N. Pradeep
not out
8
Extras (lb6, nb1, w1)
8
Total (9 wickets, 20 overs)
99
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-13, 3-13, 4-46, 5-50, 6-71, 7-71, 8-82, 9-83.
Bowling: Starc 4-0-18-2, Richardson 4-0-21-0, Cummins 4-0-27-2, Zampa 4-0-14-3, Agar 4-0-13-1.

SCOREBOARD: AUS vs SL, First T20

South Korea's Jang Ha-na clinched the inaugural BMW Ladies Championship in a nailbiting finale showdown with Danielle Kang on Sunday, edging the American on home turf in a three-hole playoff.
The former world number 10 was one off the pace overnight and slipped to four behind before an eagle on the par-five 11th hole drew her back into contention at the $2 million competition in Busan.
It was a cruel defeat for Kang -- riding high after a win in Shanghai on her 27th birthday last weekend -- who finished regular play with a tournament record eight under 64 including a four-birdie run from the eighth hole.
Kang's short game has been in searing form but failed her in the second play-off hole on the 412-yard 18th when a putt from 10 feet skirted around the hole, prompting the American to throw her arms up in frustration.
Jang claimed the title on the next hole with a birdie after Kang's third stroke left her too far to keep level.
It was Jang's first victory in a US LPGA tournament since .

Korea's Jang clinches Busan LPGA in play-off nailbiter

Tiger Woods led Hideki Matsuyama by three strokes with seven holes to play to stand on the verge of golfing history when the final round of the weather-delayed Zozo Championship in Japan was suspended due to bad light Sunday.
Victory for Woods on Monday would see the 15-time major champion add another illustrious chapter to his astonishing career by equalling US legend Sam Snead's all-time mark of 82 PGA Tour wins.
Woods, who is 17-under par, shook hands for the night with playing partners Gary Woodland and Keegan Bradley in the descending darkness after parring the 11th hole in his fourth round.
Japan's number one Matsuyama, in the group immediately ahead, had clung doggedly to the coat-tails of Woods throughout Sunday's third and fourth rounds, delayed because of Friday's washout at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club.
He still had time to induce one last mighty roar from the packed golf-crazy galleries hanging off every Matsuyama drive, chip and putt at the US PGA Tour's inaugural 

Tiger on brink of PGA Tour win record as play suspended in Japan

David Warner emphatically bounced back to form with a first-ever Twenty20 century as Australia crushed Sri Lanka by 134 runs in their opening match of the series in Adelaide on Sunday.
Birthday boy Warner clubbed an unbeaten 100 as he powered Australia to a massive 233 for two, aided by century stands with skipper Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell.
Sri Lanka limped to 99 for nine from their 20 overs in a meek response, with leg-spinner Adam Zampa capturing three for 14.
Coming off a dismal Ashes campaign in England and low scores in the new domestic season, Warner plundered his ton off 56 balls with four sixes and 10 fours.
The left-handed opener scored just 95 runs in 10 innings for Australia's Ashes retention, but once he got set Sunday he pounded the Sri Lankan bowlers with belligerence, and reached his hundred off the last ball of the innings.
The ton on his 33rd birthday was complemented by blistering half-centuries from Finch and Maxwell, as the Australians ripped into the Sri ...

Warner's birthday T20 ton as Australia slam Sri Lanka

Cricket West Indies have announced a 14-member squad for the first two women's one-day international against India next month, recalling the seasoned Shemaine Campbelle and Chedean Nation.
West Indies will be bolstered by the return of the experienced duo, both of whom last made an ODI appearance in the three-match series against England in June. They missed the following home series against Australia through injury.
They will be joined by two new faces  fast bowler Shamnsha Hector and all-rounder Aaliyah Alleyne  who have earned their maiden call-ups after leaving impressing the selectors in a training camp.
The squad features a good mix of experience and youth, and it will be led by their regular captain, Stafanie Taylor. Deandra Dottin, who has been out of the squad since February due to a prolonged shoulder injury, will miss out on the India series.
"The selection panel chose a good balance of youth and experience when assembling this squad," Ann Browne-John, Lead Selector of the .

West Indies women's squad announced for ODIs against India

World champion Marc Marquez secured his 11th victory of the season at the Australian MotoGP after disaster struck fellow Spaniard Maverick Vinales, who crashed on the last lap.
The Monster Energy Yamaha rider had dominated all weekend at Phillip Island and was leading for much of the race until Repsol Honda's Marquez darted past in the dying stages.
In desperate bid to retake the lead, Vinales pushed too hard and skidded out to hand his gifted rival, who clinched his sixth MotoGP world title in Thailand this month, a fifth win in a row.
Britain's Cal Crutchlow, who suffered career-threatening injuries at Phillip Island last year, came second on his LCR-Honda with Australian Jack Miller third on a Ducati.
Italian veteran Valentino Rossi, racing in an amazing 400th Grand Prix, was eighth.
"It was an incredible, incredible victory because today we were not the fastest on the racetrack," said Marquez, who became Honda's most successful ever premier class rider with his 55th win surpassing 

Marquez wins Australia MotoGP thriller as Vinales crashes

Tiger Woods shot 4-under 66 in the third round of the rain-hit Zozo Championship on Sunday to widen his lead to three strokes over local favorite Hideki Matsuyama.
Because torrential rain washed out play on Friday, the second round of the PGA Tour's first tournament in Japan was moved to Saturday. To make up for the lost day, the players started the fourth round immediately after finishing the third to get in as many holes as possible.
After a bogey on the par-4 first hole, Woods carded six birdies at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club course to finish three rounds at 16-under 194. His only other bogey came on the par-5 14th.
Matsuyama stayed in contention with a 65 that featured six birdies against a lone bogey.
Woods, who has led from the opening round, is making his first start in his 23rd season on the PGA Tour, needing one victory to reach 82 wins and tie the career record held by Sam Snead.
Any holes they can't get in Sunday will be played on Monday morning.
Rory McIlroy, .

Woods widens lead at Zozo Championship

Australian great Ian Chappell says India's attitude towards achieving excellence should be copied by the ambitious cricket nations for the well-being of the Test format.
In the wake of their 3-0 whitewash of South Africa in a Test series recently, the former Australian captain called India the envy of world cricket.
Leaving aside India, England and Australia, he has expressed concerns over the decline of other Test-playing nations such as South Africa and Sri Lanka.
"If Test cricket is to be a viable part of the game's future, the standard of play needs to remain high. Whilst it's true India - with a large talent pool, unlimited finances and the IPL - has a huge advantage, it's their attitude towards achieving excellence that should be copied by any team with an ambition to be the best," Chappell wrote in his column for 'ESPNcricinfo'.
India blanked South Africa despite missing their premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah, consolidating their position at the top of the ICC Test Championship ...

India's attitude to achieving excellence should be copied by ambitious teams: Chappell

South Africa losing three straight toss in India has frustrated Faf du Plessis, so much so that the embattled Test captain has suggested doing away with the rule in the five-day format.
India trounced South Africa 3-0 in a Test series recently and while Du Plessis admitted that his team had been outplayed and lacked mental strength, he said losing the toss in all three matches had made an already difficult task almost impossible.
"Every Test match, they bat first, they score 500, they declare when it's dark, they get three wickets when it's dark and when day three starts, you're under pressure," du Plessis said.
"It was like copy and paste in every Test match."
Du Plessis believes getting rid of the toss in Test cricket would help teams compete better when they travel away from home.
"It was obvious from the way we played the last Test match. We started really well but by being put under pressure for a long period of time through the series, slowly but surely we started playing ...

Do away with toss in Test cricket, suggests Faf du Plessis

Italy's Lorenzo Dalla Porta was crowned Moto3 world champion Sunday, winning the Australia Grand Prix on his Honda as nearest rival Aron Canet crashed out.
The 22-year-old started sixth on the grid at Phillip Island and with a 47 point buffer ahead of the Spaniard in the world championship standings was heavily favoured to take the title.
In a tight race, he moved through the field before clocking a brilliant final lap to hold off fellow Honda rider Marcos Ramirez and KTM's Albert Arenas, who finished second and third.
Dalla Porta has been supremely consistent this year, with three victories and 10 podiums, securing the world title with two races to go.

Italy's Dalla Porta crowned Moto3 world champion in Australia

Cristiano Ronaldo stayed at home as Juventus battled to a 1-1 stalemate at lowly Lecce, but the defending champions still stay top in Serie A as nearest rivals Inter Milan drew 2-2 with Parma.
Both goals in Lecce came from penalties with Paulo Dybala's strike from the spot after 50 minutes cancelled out by Marco Mancosu's six minutes later as the promoted southerners grabbed their first point at home this season on Saturday.
Unbeaten Juventus have 23 points from nine games, one more than Antonio Conte's Inter, who let the champions off the hook to stay second.  Ronaldo, 34, did not make the trip to the heel of Italy after Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League win over Lokomotiv Moscow, and ahead of two Serie A matches in four days next week, and a reverse fixture against the Russians on November 6.
"Ronaldo was tired both physically and mentally, so it would not have helped to make this journey," said Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri.
"When a player expresses his fatigue, it's only right to ...

Inter let Juventus off the hook as tired Ronaldo stays home

Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales stormed to pole position for the Australian MotoGP on Sunday, continuing his dominant weekend performance around the Phillip Island circuit.
The Spaniard, who won in Australia last year, ruled supreme, constantly clocking fastest laps to seal first place on the grid in 1min 28.492sec.
French rookie Fabio Quartararo, who was second in Japan last weekend, maintained his hot run of form, securing second ahead of world champion Marc Marquez, who ran onto the grass in the dying seconds as he pushed the pace.
Petronas Yamaha rider Quartararo had a nasty spill on Friday and was forced to battle through preliminary qualifying (Q1) for the first time.
He set a scorching time to make Q2 and again signal his emergence as a key rival to the dominant Marquez, who has already wrapped up his sixth MotoGP world title.
Qualifying was abandoned on Saturday due to strong winds swirling around the beachside circuit, but the inclement weather eased sufficiently on Sunday to ..

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