Chinappa enters semi-finals, faces top seed Annie Au next
India’s top-ranked woman player, Joshna Chinappa entered the semi-finals of the $25,000 HKFC International squash, a PSA World Tour event, with a hard-fought victory over Hong Kong’s Liu Tsz-Ling on Thursday. The Indian national champion won the match 11-8, 8-11, 12- 10, 10-12, 11-3. She now faces top seed Annie Au of Hong Kong in the last four stage of the tournament. in just 32 minutes.
India’s Sivalingam Sathish Kumar and Ragala Venkat Rahul qualified for next year’s Commonwealth Games after winning a gold medal each in their respective weight divisions at the Commonwealth Senior (men & women) Weightlifting Championships in Gold Coast,.Rahul created several new records en-route to his standout total lift of 351kg. Sathish Kumar lifted 148kg in snatch and 172kg in clean & jerk for a total effort of 320kg in senior men’s 77kg.
FIFA ordered a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be replayed after the referee was banned for match fixing. The November 2016 tie, which will be restaged in November, was won by South Africa 2-1 after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey awarded them a controversial penalty.
Dabang Delhi came from behind to hold Bengal Warriors to a 31-31 tie in a second inter-zone challenge week tie of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 here on Thursday. The result saw Bengal remain top of Zone B with 45 points from 14 matches while Delhi remain bottom.
In the day’s other match Puneri Paltan survived a second-half scare before defeating Telugu Titans 42-37.