Saurav Ghosal outclasses Mossad to enter final

MUMBAI: National champion Saurav Ghosal stormed into the final of the $50,000 CCI International JSW Indian Squash Circuit by outclassing his second-seeded Egyptian rival Omar Mossad 3-1 in the semi finals on Thursday.

Ghosal, ranked 21st in the world, dropped the first game against his Egyptian opponent, 5-11 before taking the next three games 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 to advance to final.in the first semis, Swiss fifth seed Nicolas Mueller beat Ramit Tandon 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.

GHOSH, SATHIYAN TOP QUALIFYING GROUPS MAGDEBURG: India’s premier table tennis players Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan topped their respective groups in the ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open. Sathiyan beat Hong Kong’s Man Ho Kwan 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 8-11, 11-3 first and then beat Romania’s Ovidiu Ionescu 13-11, 8-11, 11-8, 3-11, 3-11, 11-8, 14 -12. Sathiyan did one better, upsetting Jang Woojin 4-0. Ghosh beat Chile’s Alfonso Olave 4-1 and Quentin Robinot 4-0 to enter the main draw.

SEHWAG ON NADA APPEAL PANEL

NEWDELHI: Virender Sehwag and former Delhi player Vinay Lamba have been made members of the Anti-doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) of the NADA in a rare instance of cricketers being roped in for such committees.

Sehwag and Lamba are in the six-member panel headed by retired judge R V Easwar.

IOA EC MEETING SHIFTS AGM VENUE TO DELHI CHENNAI: The Indian Olympic Association’s Executive Committee on Thursday ratified the decision to shift the venue of the December 14 Annual General Meeting from Chennai to New Delhi. The decision was taken during the executive committee meeting held in the presence of IOA chief N Ramachandran.