SINDHU ENTERS PREQUARTERS AT KOREA EVENT
: Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap entered the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing Korean Super Series after winning their respective matches on Wednesday. Sindhu, who made the country proud by winning the silver medal at the World Badminton Championship, eased past Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong as she registered a comfortable 21-13, 21-8 victory in just 29 minutes.
On the other hand, Kashyap defeated Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Jen Hao 21-13, 21-16 to progress through to the next round in the men’s singles event.
Also, Sameer Verma also made it to the next round after defeating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand 21-13, 21-23, 21-9 in a three-game thriller that lasted for almost an hour.
END PROXY: KHANNA
NEWDELHI: The BCCI acting president CK Khanna said he would support the abolition of the controversial proxy voting system that has been prevalent in his state unit -- Delhi & District Cricket Association.
Khanna, known as the proxy king has been under fire, for keeping himself in the hot seat with the aid of the controversial proxy system of voting.
INDIAN OPEN SNOOKER
VISAKHAPATNAM: The day’s highest break (141) by Zhou Yuelong went in vain as the Chinese was beaten by Kurt Maflin of Denmark 4-2 on the second day of the Indian Open snooker championships. Maflin won by four frames to two.