Shubhankar back to birdie gathering, moves to tied 6th

JAKARTA: Shubhankar Sharma was back to his birdie-gathering ways with five birdies in six holes before lightning forced a suspension of play during the third round of the Indonesian Masters. Sharma, who won the Joburg Open last week, was five-under through 11 holes in the third round to move to 11-under for the tournament and was tied-6th, five shots behind Justin Rose.

INJURED SANIA TO MISS AUSTRALIAN OPEN

KOLKATA: Sania Mirza is set to miss next month’s Australian Open owing to a knee injury, and could go for a surgery. Sania is suffering from a condition called jumper’s knee in her right leg. It is defined as a painful condition of the knee caused by inflammation or small tears in the tendon of the patella. Sania won the 2016 Australian Open doubles title with Martina Hingis before announcing their split in August.

ARMOURED CORPS (RED) WIN POLO TITLE

NEWDELHI: Armoured Corps (Red) won the Armoured Corps Polo Trophy (4 goal) tournament, beating Navy 7-4 in the final at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantt on Saturday. Ravi Rathore and Navjit Sandhu scored four and three goals, respectively for Armoured Corps (Red), while for the Navy, AP Singh (1), Akhil Sirohi (2) and Mahesh Sharma (1) were on target.

INDIAN PUGILISTS END WITH RICH MEDAL HAUL

NEW DELHI: Indian junior boxer Jhalak Tomar won silver at the Valeria Demyanova Memorial International Tournament in the Ukrainian city of Nadvirna. Indian boxers claimed four gold, three silver and a bronze medal.