Pankaj Advani wins IBSF snooker for 18th world title
NEWDELHI: Pankaj Advani won the 15-frame IBSF World Snooker Championship at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha on Monday. It was his 18th world title. Advani defeated Amir Sarkhosh of Iran 8-2 (19-71, 79-53, 98-23, 69-62, 60-05, 0-134, 75-07, 103-4, 77-13, 67-47) in the final. On November 12, Advani had won his 17th world title when he won the IBSF World Billiards Championship defeating Mike Russell of England.
BATRA NOMINATION
NEWDELHI: International Hockey Federation (IHF) president Narinder Batra has filed his nominations for the post of the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Batra has also filed nomination for the post of senior vice-president.
SATHIYAN WINS GOLD
NEWDELHI: Indian paddler G Sathiyan defeated Japan’s Kazuhiro Yoshimura 4-2 to clinch the men’s gold at the 2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open in Almeria, Spain. Sathiyan beat Yoshimura 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 6-11, 13-11, 11-7.
LAKSHYA LIFTS TITLE
HYDERABAD: Shuttler Lakshya Sen beat Malaysia’s Yee Han Chong in the men’s final to defend his title at the India International Series. He beat Chong 21-15, 17-21, 21-17. In women’s category, M Tanishq beat Shikha Gautam 17-21, 22-20, 21-18 to win the final.
MAINI GETS AWARD
ABU DHABI: Indian racer Arjun Maini has been given the GP3 series’ best race win of the season award at the 2017 Dallara Awards ceremony here, for his impressive victory at Barcelona in May. The 19-year-old Formula 1 Haas development driver created history with his win to become the first ever Indian to win in GP3.
PBL STARTS ON DEC 23
NEW DELHI: PV Sindhu’s Chennai Smashers will take on Saina Nehwal’s Awadhe Warriors in the opening match of the third edition of the Premier Badminton League in Guwahati on December 23.
NAGAL MOVES TO 225TH
NEWDELHI: Sumit Nagal achieved his career-best rank of 225 following a massive 96-place jump in the ATP singles rankings ladder, courtesy his sensational Bengaluru Open victory on Saturday. After the win, Nagal had pocketed 100 ranking points. Yuki Bhambri gained two places to continue to be India’s highest ranked player at number 116. In the WTA charts, Ankita Raina is the country’s highest ranked player after gaining 16 places to be at number at 277.
TWO MORE SILVER
NEW DELHI: Asian champion Bajrang Punia and Vinod Kumar settled for silver medals at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship in Poland after losing their respective finals as India finished with three medals at the event. Bajrang lost the 65kg final 6-17 to Russian grappler Kuular while Vinod lost 1-3 to American Richard Lewis.
Bengal 379 & 108/3 in 25 overs. Goa 310 in 105 overs (A Desai 103 n.o, K Vaz 60, Ashok Dinda 5/79).
Punjab 645/6 decl. Services 315 in 71.2 overs (V Yadav 71, D Pathania 68, MS Gony 5/63) & f/o 118/3 in 35 overs.
Himachal Pradesh 353 & 70/3 in 20 overs. Vidarbha 456 in 134.4 overs (F Fazal 206, S Ramaswamy 115, Rishi Dhawan 4/96).