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Golfer Shubhankar scores 73 in final round of British Open
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma squandered a brilliant start to card two-over 73 and finish with a four-day total of four-over 288 at the 147th British Open here on Sunday.
Fognini tops Gasquet, earns Swedish Open title
Third-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy won the Swedish Open title on Sunday after defeating fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, lifting his second trophy in 2018.
Chhetri named 2017 AIFF Player of the Year
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri was named the 2017 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year here on Sunday.
SAI clears 734 budding athletes for scholarship programme
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Sunday cleared 734 players for a scholarship programme under the Khelo India Talent Identification Development scheme.
Lakshya grabs gold at Junior Badminton Asiad
India's men's singles shuttler Lakshya Sen fought off Thai top seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn to become country's only third competitor to get a gold in the Badminton Asia Junior Championships here on Sunday.
Spanish Super Cup to be held in Morcocco
The Spanish Supercup will be staged outside Spain for the first time this year as the country's football federation has decided to hold the match in Tangier, Morocco.
Hard luck for Iniesta, Torres in debut Japanese league matches
Veteran Spaniards Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres had unfortunate debuts on Sunday in the Japanese football league, with their respective teams suffering home defeats.
Hamilton regains title lead after stunning German win
Lewis Hamilton regained the lead in the world drivers' championship today when he claimed one of the most memorable victories of his career by winning a rain-hit German Grand Prix for Mercedes after starting from 14th on the grid. The defending four-time champion took full advantage of a heavy downpour during which title rival and fellow-four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari crashed out of contention to produce a master-class of technical and tactical racing in treacherous conditions. His victory came just three days after Mercedes had announced he had agreed a blockbuster two-year contract extension with the team and leapfrogged him 17 points ahead of Vettel in the championship. His team-mate Valtteri Bottas came home second, 4.5 seconds behind the Englishman, ahead of fellow-Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari to deliver Mercedes' first one-two finish at a German Grand Prix. It was Hamilton's fourth win this year and the 66th of his career, the triumph lifting him to the top of
Title holder Tarek enters final of World Junior squash
Top seed and defending champion Marwan Tarek bounced back from being 4-8 down in the deciding game to oust his Egyptian compatriot Omar El Torkey in the men's semifinal of the WSF-World Junior Squash Championship (Under-19), here today. Tarek, who won a 11-9 6-11 11-8 2-11 11-8, will meet fellow countryman Mostafa Asal, the second seed, in tomorrow's final. The women's final will also be an all-Egyptian affair as no 1 seed Rowan Redy Araby made short work of Jana Shiha 11-5 13-11 11-6 to set up a clash with the second seed Hania El Hammamy, who sent England's Lucy Termel packing in four games. While Tarek was pushed all the way in his match, Asal romped into the summit clash with a fluent win over another Egyptian Mostafa El Serty (3/4 seed). The contest between the no 1 seed and his fellow Egyptian El Torkey saw neither willing to give an inch to the other as they played with a lot of intensity. Torkey not only matched his famed rival stroke for stroke but also looked capable of ...
Mohit smashes decathlon U18 national record
Haryana athlete Mohit Kumar set the stage alight by scripting a new youth national record in the men's decathlon on the second day of the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships here today. Mohit tallied 6707 points at the end of the ten events to erase the old mark of 6618 points set by A Sangwan last year. Mohit was challenged all the way by Andhra Pradesh athlete Sourabh Rathi who also went past the old national record before falling just two points short of Mohit with a total of 6705 points. Both marks were also far superior to the old meet record of 6198 points secured by Rajesh at Thehnipalam in 2016. The men's decathlon was for all purposes a two-man competition with Mohit sealing the win with the 1500m the final race at the Manjalpur Sports Complex here today. Before the race, Mohit had trailed Rathi, having secured with 5954 points after nine events compared to 5959 by his opponent. At the 1500m though, Mohit would clock 4:28.75 seconds to earn 753 points while Rathi ...
India outclass New Zealand 4-0 in men's hockey test series
The Indian men's hockey team wrapped up the three-match test series against New Zealand on a winning note as they thrashed the visitors 4-0 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) stadium here on Sunday.
Clark removes Root, Williamson and Bairstow in Roses hat-trick
Lancashire paceman Jordan Clark took one of the highest quality hat-tricks in modern cricket as he removed Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Jonny Bairstow -- three of the world's leading batsmen -- while playing against arch-rivals Yorkshire today. England captain Root and New Zealand skipper Williamson are third and fourth in the International Cricket Council's Test batting rankings, with Bairstow a far from lowly 16th in the standings. Between them the Yorkshire trio have scored more than 14,000 Test runs yet they all succumbed off successive balls to the 27-year-old Clark on the first day of the 'Roses' County Championship match, with Root and Bairstow's hopes of spending time in the middle batting in red-ball cricket ahead of England's first Test against India next month now resting on the second innings. Root, who made 22 off just 19 balls on Sunday, looked in good touch as he hit consecutive fours at the start of Clark's second over. But he was then lbw to the Lancashire ...
Pakistan thrash Zimbabwe for ODI series sweep
Pakistan completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe with a 131-run win today in the fifth and final match at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. On another record-setting day for the visitors, Fakhar Zaman became the fastest player in history to reach 1,000 career runs in one-day international cricket as Pakistan amassed 364 for 4. Zaman broke the previous record of 21 innings by reaching the mark in his 17th innings in the course of a fluent half century. His opening partner Imam-ul-Haq was also in the runs once again, the pair adding their fourth century stand of the series. They took the score to 168 in the 25th over before Zaman was caught behind for 85. While he missed out on what would have been his third hundred of the series, Zaman did also claim the records for most runs in a five-match bilateral series with 515 and most runs scored between dismissals in ODIs, having scored 455 runs since he was last dismissed in the first match of the series. On a morning for batsmen, ...
Manu-Sumeeth retain Lagos International title
Defending champions Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy retained the men's doubles title at USD 25,000 Lagos International badminton tournament in Nigeria. Senior national champions Manu and Sumeeth, seeded top, defeated Vaibhav and Prakash Raj 21-12 21-12 in the finals to lay claim to the title for the second time. In a tournament dominated by Indians, women doubles and mixed doubles finals also turned out to be a fight among compatriots. While Kuhoo Garg and Ria Mukherjee combined to see off Krishma Wadekar and V Harika 21-10 21-18 in women's doubles, Manu and Manisha paired up to secure the mixed doubles gold by defeating Kuhoo and Rohan Kapoor 21-17 22-20 in another summit clash. In women's singles, Sree Krishina Priya had to settle for a silver after she suffered a heart-breaking 22-20 16-21 25-27 loss to Russia's Ksenia Polikaprova in a thrilling final. Misha Zilberman of Israel, meanwhile, claimed the men's singles title after defeating Ramdam Misburn of Maylasia in a hard-fought
Air India leaves Indian TT squad stranded at IGI airport
India's table tennis star Manika Batra and six other top paddlers were today left stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport after being denied boarding on a Melbourne flight by national carrier Air India en route an international event. The Indian contingent, comprising 17 players and officials, is scheduled to participate at the ITTF World Tour Australian Open starting tomorrow in Melbourne. But to their disbelief, only 10 members of the team were allowed boarding after Air India told them that the flight was overbooked. Besides Manika, veteran Mouma Das was also one among the seven players, who were denied boarding. Commonwelath Games gold medallist Manika took to social media to share her ordeal and asked Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Prime Minister's Office to look into the matter. "Our contingent of total 17 players & officials of Indian table tennis team including CWG medalist myself, Sharath Kamal, Mouma Das, Madhurika, Harmeet, Suthirta, Sathyan .
BCCI top brass employ "wait and watch" policy on NADA issue
The BCCI today decided to employ "wait and watch" policy with regards to coming under National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)'s umbrella after its top brass met in Kolkata for a meeting today. The meeting was attended by acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry. CEO Rahul Johri was present as the representative of Vinod Rai-led Committee of Administrators (COA). NADA has long wanted the BCCI to come under its ambit but country's richest sports body has thwarted its attempt because it doesn't come under the ambit of National Sports Federations (NSFs). "The CEO Rahul Johri updated us on BCCI's current stand on anti-doping policy and communication with NADA and ICC. However no decision has been taken as of now. We have had some amount of discussions on this topic. But we are going to have a few more meetings before we can arrive at any conclusion. It will take some time," acting president CK Khanna told PTI today. However as things stand, .
2,400 athletes swim in Bosphorus Strait from Asia to Europe
Around 2,400 athletes swam from Asia to Europe on Sunday, in a cross-continental swimming race in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait.
Sharma cards 2-over 73 after promising start in final round
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma squandered a promising start to card a two-over 73 in the final round and end his campaign at Tied-54th in the 147th Open Championships, here today. After being two-under in first five holes, Sharma had a lapse in concentration as he eventually ended with a four-day total of four-over 288 even as a lot of players were yet to finish. The final position could improve once play finishes. Sharma was back in the clubhouse before most of the leaders on a bunched-up leaderboard had come out for what was promising a dramatic finish with 14-time Major winner, Tiger Woods, in the mix at four strokes behind three co-leaders, Jordan Spieth, Kevin Kisner and Xander Schauffele. Sharma, the youngest Indian ever to make the cut in a Major, began the week with 73 ended it with a similar card. In between he had two par rounds of 71 each. It was a tough finish for me but I started off well. I was hitting it good and then I lost my concentration in the middle and made some
Arjun scores double in 3rd round of national racing event
Coimbatore's Arjun Narendran of Arka Motorsports underlined his superiority by scoring a double in the premier Indian Touring Cars category in the third round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship concluded at the MMRT track near here today. Meanwhile, Goutham Parekh and Raghul Rangasamy split the two races in the MRF F1600 class. Narendran was off a great start from fourth position on the reverse grid as he made three places in the very first lap with bold overtaking to get his nose in front. Behind him, Arjun Balu (Race Concepts) took a while to move from third to second by which time, Narendran had opened up a sizeable lead. Balu finally worked his way into second spot, but after three laps, going into the Bridge Complex "S," the engine blew forcing him to retire. It left Narendran all alone in the front as he crossed the finish line well ahead of team-mates Ashish Ramaswamy and N Leelakrishnan. The second-place finish fetched Ramaswamy 18 more ...
There wasn't any safety concerns in India: Swiss squash player's parents clarify
The parents of Switzerland squash player Ambre Allinckx, who reportedly "pulled out" from the ongoing WSF-World Junior Squash Championship here owing to safety concerns, have said "they never were concerned about safety in India" contrary to what was published in the media. In fact, Ambre's parents went to the extent of terming the news report as a "lie or a journalistic invention." The Swiss girl coming under fire after a media report claimed that she had pulled out of the tournament in Chennai, owing to safety concerns, her parents chose to clarify in a message to a squash website. Ambre Allinckx couldn't make it because her parents did not want her to make the trip, Swiss coach Pascal Bhurin had been quoted then. According to a release sent by Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI), Allinckx's parents Igor and Valerie clarified in a message to squashsite.co.uk, a leading squash website, that "we, as parent, never were concerned about safety in India. This is a lie or a ...