Nagal wins gold, India 11th at Asian Indoors
Indians grabbed four medals, including a gold through tennis player Sumit Nagal, on the concluding day to end at 11th place in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Nagal beat Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-1, 6-1 in the all-Indian final. In chess, India collected two bronze — in men’s blitz team and men’s blitz team U-23. With 9 gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze, India finished the Games at 11th. Hosts Turkmenistan topped with 89 gold, 70 silver and 86 bronze, followed by China (42 gold, 32 silver and 23 bronze).
SANTHOSH’S RECORD
Tamil Nadu’s Santhosh Kumar stole the show on the third day of the 57th National Open Athletics Championship by winning the men’s 400 metres hurdles. Kumar’s 50.16 seconds effort eclipsed the previous meet record of 50.26s by Joseph Abraham in 2009. Services’ Ramachandran was second and Aftab Alam of Uttar Pradesh was third.
UP YODDHA BEAT DELHI
NEW DELHI: UP Yoddha thrashed Dabang Delhi 45-16 in the Inter Zone Challenge Week match of Pro Kabaddi. It was Delhi’s seventh straight loss. Nitin Tomar scored 15 raid points for UP and Sagar Krishna got a high five in the defence. UP Yoddha are third in Zone B with 48 points after 17 matches while Delhi remain at the bottom in Zone A with 31 points from 17 matches. In the other match, Telugu Titans beatJaipur Pink Panthers 41-34.
GUJRATHI IN LEAD
DOUGLAS (ISLE OF MAN): Viswanathan Anand drew against Latvian GM Shirov Alexei but Vidit Gujrathi notched up a win over beat Benjamin Bok of the Netherlands in 40 moves to jump to joint-lead with six others after the fourth round of the Isle of Man International.
DIPIKA UPSETS 4TH SEED
CHENNAI: Dipika Pallikal Karthik upset fourth-seeded Emily Whitlock of England 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 to advance to the last eight of $50,000 San Francisco Open squash meet. This was Pallikal’s fourth win over Whitlock.
PAK BOXERS TO VISIT
NEW DELHI: India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan among other nations during the South Asian Boxing Championship that will take place in Guwahati from December 6-10, the Boxing Federation of India said.