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Punjab crowned Champions of Hockey India Jr men national meet
Punjab defeated Haryana 4-2 to lift the eighth Hockey India Junior Men National Championship (A Division), it was announced on Sunday.
IPL: Mumbai beat Kolkata by 13 runs to remain in play-off hunt
Mumbai Indians (MI) kept their play-off hopes alive after registering a 13-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Wankhede stadium here on Sunday.
Minerva blank Sudeva 5-0 to advance to first U13 youth league final
Minerva Punjab FC posted a convincing 5-0 win over Sudeva FC in the first semifinal of the ongoing U-13 Youth League played at the Barasat Stadium here today. Minerva Punjab, who scored through Longjam Swami Singh (24'), Naoba Sanabam Meitei (35+1'), Tongbam Maheron Singh (38' & 52') and Kamalesh Singh Bisht (61'), produced a commanding performance to book their place in the final of the competition. Looking to stamp their authority, Minerva had the Sudeva defence under all kinds of pressure early on and they could have scored twice in the opening 15 minutes, were it not for a lack of composure in front of goal by Maheron and some excellent goalkeeping from Mohit Singh Dhami. Minerva's blistering start was to pay dividends in the 24th minute when Swami scored from a close range after being set up by skipper Himanshu Jangra. Sudeva continued to look shell-shocked and were nearly 2-0 down in the 29th minute when Maheron thudded a header into the crossbar. The rampant Minervans ...
Hockey Jharkhand lifts 8th HI Junior Women National Championship crown
Hockey Jharkhand came from behind to beat Hockey Haryana 4-2 to win the eighth Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (A Division) here today. Hockey Gangpur-Odisha won the bronze medal defeating Uttar Pradesh Hockey 2-1. In the final match of the competition, it was Hockey Jharkhand who produced an emphatic display as they came from a goal down to get the better of Hockey Haryana. In the bronze medal match, Hockey Gangpur-Odisha defeated Uttar Pradesh Hockey 2-1 to overcome their disappointment of losing in the semi-final match.
India finish on top with 20 gold medals at junior athletics meet
India's junior athletes added nine more gold medals to the country's tally before the curtains came down at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships here today. India finished on top in the seven-nation competition with 20 gold, 22 silver and eight bronze medals. Host Sri Lanka bagged rest of the 12 gold medals in the competition along with 10 silver and 19 bronze while Pakistan won one silver and a bronze to settle for the third place. The Indian junior athletes also registered five new meet records (NMR) on the final day of the championships. In girls' triple jump, Priyadarshini Suresh grabbed the gold with new NMR of 12.90m while in girls' javelin throw event Sanjana Choudhary won the top honours with an effort of 48.08 (NMR). Among the girls, Arpandeep Kaur was the third athlete to win a gold medal with a new meet record throw of 48.06m in the discus throw event. In boys shot put, Ashish Bhalothia set a new record and won the gold medal with an 18.53m effort. Triple ...
Jason Day leads as Tiger fails to gain from softer course at Wells Fargo
Leader Jason Day overcame a rocky start to finish at 4-under 67 in the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship here. With 10-under 203 after three rounds, he is two shots clear ahead of Nick Watney (66) as the third round yielded decent scores. At the Quail Hollow, which was more amenable to good scores on Saturday, Peter Uihlein (62), Phil Mickelson (64) and Rory McIlroy (66) all made headway. Anirban Lahiri missed the cut earlier and will now feature in the Players Championships next week. While many players took advantage of a softer course, Tiger Woods failed to do the same on a course that was 228 yards shorter and soft enough that the players actually found pitch marks on the greens. Woods finally got going on the back nine with three consecutive birdies, but a three-putt bogey on the final hole gave him a 68. He is nine shots behind. Peter Malnati's 36-hole lead didn't last long. He had a pair of double bogeys, shot 75 and fell seven shots behind. While Day is looking good .
Navarro kicks off Madrid Open journey with win over Strycova
Spanish tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro on Sunday made her debut at the Madrid Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic.
Bhullar loses playoff to finish second, Sandhu 5th in Korea
Gaganjeet Bhullar was edged out in a four-way playoff for the GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship as Korea's Sanghyun Park won the event for the second time in three years with a par at the third playoff hole here today. Park, who won the event in 2016, had to go the extra distance to lift his sixth professional title after he carded an even-par-71 in the final round to force his way into a play-off with compatriots Yikeun Chang (69), Junggon Hwang (70) and Bhullar (70). Bhullar said, "I gave my 100 percent and I played really well especially the last 36 holes. I played steady and gave myself opportunities today. I hit the ball well and gave myself lots of good looks out on the course. But I would like to congratulate Park as he's a deserving winner." It was Bhullar's best result since his win in Macao last October. He is the first Asian to win eight times before the age of 30. Another Indian Ajeetesh Sandhu (72) was unable to find a birdie in the last seven holes which would ...
Suryakumar, Hardik star in Mumbai's second straight win
Suryakumar Yadav's successive half century and an all-round performance from Hardik Pandya powered Mumbai Indians to a 13-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders, keeping them in play-offs contention in the Indian Premier League. Yadav (59 off 39) continued his rich run with a fourth fifty of the tournament before Pandya (35* off 20) plundered the KKR attack to nudge the hosts to 181 for four. Yadav's opening partner Evin Lewis (45 off 28) too made a valuable contribution in the 91-run stand. KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik (36* off 26) tried his best to get his team over the line but was unable to after the visitors needed 60 runs off the last 30 balls. By the final over, KKR needed 23 runs and Krunal Pandya defended them comfortably with the innings ending at 168 for six. Robin Uthappa's (54 off 35) first fifty plus score of the competition also went in vain. It was another much needed win for slow starters Mumbai, who had beaten KXIP on Friday. They remain in fifth spot in the standings with
Halep crushes Makarova in Madrid Open 1st round
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, World No.1, on Sunday started her run to defend the Madrid Open title by crushing Russia's Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-0.
Inter Milan rout 10-man Udinese 4-0, keep CL hopes alive
Inter Milan on Sunday routed a 10-man Udinese 4-0 in the 36th round of Serie A, keeping their hope of a 2018-19 Champions League berth alive.
India finishes 14th in 20km event at Walk Race Worlds
K.T. Irfan was 49th as India finished in the 14th spot in the 20 km race of the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships here on Sunday.
Aditi in shared lead at weather-hit LPGA event
India's Aditi Ashok shared the lead and gave herself a great chance of grabbing a breakthrough win after the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic was reduced to 36 holes because of inclement weather. With rain giving her a chance to tee off earlier, she got to play her first round yesterday and had to begin her second round, which has also become the tournament's final round, the same day. In the 32 holes she has played so far, Aditi reached 6-under and was tied for the lead with four others. Nicole Broch Larsen was at 6-under with four to play; Gaby Lopez, another hopeful first time winner, is also at 6-under with seven holes to finish today. Lopez posted a 68 in round one and made five birdies over her first 11 holes in her final round. Jenny Shin and Sung Hyun Park each played four holes yesterday morning as the first round resumed and finished at 6-under to share the first round lead. Neither started their final round. Shin will tee off at 12:41 p.m. while Park will tee at ...
IPL: Punjab to field vs Rajasthan
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Holkar Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians beat KKR by 13 runs
Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 13 runs in their Indian Premier League match here today. Sent into bat, Mumbai Indians scored 181 for four in the stipulated 20 overs, and then restricted their opponents to 168 for six. Brief scores: Mumbai Indians: 181/4 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 59, Evin Lewis 43; Andre Russell 2/12, Sunil Narine 2/35) Kolkata Knight Riders: 168/6 in 20 overs (Robin Uthappa 54, Dinesh Karthik not out 36; Hardik Pandya 2/19).
Chhetri conducts trials to select Official Match Ball Carriers
In a bid to become the Official Match Ball Carriers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, starting from June 14 in Russia, over 50 school children from across the nation participated in selection trials conducted by India skipper Sunil Chhetri here on Sunday.
Alaves defeat relegated Malaga 3-0 in La Liga
Deportivo Alaves pulled off a 3-0 rout against Malaga, which has been relegated from La Liga after a difficult season, in the Spanish league's 36th round.
Wozniacki defeats Gavrilova, advances to Madrid Open 2nd round
Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki on Sunday defeated Daria Gavrilova 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Madrid Open second round.
Replacing Warner is impossible: SRH skipper Williamson
Named captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad after the banned David Warner was ruled out of the Indian Premier League's 11th edition, Kane Williamson today said it's "impossible to be a replacement" for the explosive Australian opener in the T20 franchise's setup. "I don't think it's a matter of replacing David Warner. I think that's probably an impossible thing to do. He is one of the best T20 batters in the world and for this franchise in the last few years," Williamson said. Warner was slapped with a one-year ban by Cricket Australia owing to his involvement in ball tampering during a Test in South Africa in March. Sunrisers overcame the loss of Warner in style, savouring more success than failures, to claim the top spot in the pecking order along with Chennai Super Kings. "It's nice to be on top of the table. But at the same time, I mentioned a number of times that we want to keep seeing those improvements, keep adapting to the different surfaces that we would be faced with in every ...
Tougher tests await Satwik-Chirag, feels doubles badminton coach Tan (IANS Interview)
India's doubles badminton coach Tan Kim Her reckons that bigger tests await the fast rising men's pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the opponents will now start analysing their game after their recent success.