Joshna wins 15th National title; Ghosal completes a dozen
Joshna Chinappa cruised to her 15th women’s singles title while Saurav Ghosal secured his 12th men’s singles crown at the National Squash Championships on Saturday. Chinappa and Ghosal were stretched in the finals by Lakshya Ravendran and Mahesh Mangaonkar, respectively.
Chinappa, who had lost to Dipika Pallikal in the final last year, regained the trophy with a 11-6, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4 win. She is now one shy of equalling Bhuvneshwari Kumari’s record of 16 national titles. Ghosal got the better of Mangaonkar 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 11-6.
NO MEDAL FOR INDIA
India ended their campaign at the World Wrestling Championships without a single medal after Bajrang Punia lost his repechage round in men’s 65kg freestyle on the final day of the competition. Incidentally, this is the second successive World Championship that Indian grapplers have returned empty-handed.
BAGAN-EB DERBY
The season’s first derby between arch-rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in the Premier Division of the Calcutta Football League will take place on September 24. The Indian Football Association, however, is yet to announce the venue . It is likely to be in Siliguri. Defending champions East Bengal are currently leading the table.
LAHIRI MISSES CUT
Anirban Lahiri continued to miss short putts and missed the cut at the Northern Trust, the opening FedExCup Playoffs event on the PGA Tour. Lahiri added a four-over 74 to his first round 75 and crashed out of the event.
PATNA PIRATES WIN
Patna Pirates registered their first win of the Mumbai leg of the season five of Pro Kabaddi League, trouncing Tamil Thalaivas 35-24 .