Chawrasia shoots 65 to take lead at Hong Kong Open
HONGKONG: India’s SSP Chawrasia took the first round lead by carding five-under-par 65 at the UBS Hong Kong Open. The sixtime Asian Tour winner led England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick and compatriot Shubhankar Sharma by a shot.
ANKITA IN QUARTERS
MUMBAI: India’s Ankita Raina continued her impressive progress in the $125,000 L&T Mumbai Open by outclassing her higher ranked opponent Peangtarn Plipuech of Thailand 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets to make a maiden entry into the singles quarter-finals of a WTA Series event.
NAGAL UPSETS TOP SEED
BANGALORE: India’s unseeded Sumit Nagal shocked top seed Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia to book a semi-final clash with compatriot Yuki Bhambri in the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger event. Sumit outplayed him in straight sets 6-3 6-4.
JINDAL PANTHER WIN
NEW DELHI: Jindal Panther defeated 9-8 in the BMW Indian Open Polo Championship at the Jaipur Polo Ground here in New Delhi. Cutinelli R Goffredo and Simran Singh Shergill scored four goals each while Shamsheer Ali scored 1.
INDIA 105 ON FIFA LIST
NEW DELHI: The Indian football team remained static at 105th in the latest FIFA rankings. India drewwith Myanmar 2-2athome in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers during this ranking period.
SHAMIM LEADS
DIGBOI: Shamim Khan of Delhi shot a six-under-66 to storm into the halfway lead at Digboi golf. Khan, the 2014 champion, leapfrogged 15 places in the second round as his total moved to sixunder-138.
ADVANI ON TOP
DOHA: India’s Pankaj Advani made a clean sweep in the round robin stage by smashing Brazil’s Victor Sarkis 4-0 in the World Snooker Championships here. Advani also grabbed the top seed spot in the draw of 64.
DOC PLEADS GUILTY
LANSING(USA): Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Lawrence Nassar, accused of molesting more than 100 female athletes over several decades, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct. Nassar -- who worked with the country’s gymnasts at four separate Olympic Games -- could be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.