Anirban Lahiri picked for Presidents Cup
Anirban Lahiri will make his second appearance at the Presidents Cup after being picked by International captain Nick Price for the September 26-October 1 event at Liberty National in New Jersey.
Besides Lahiri, Price also opted for Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo, one of the four Presidents Cup rookies, for the team competitions.
In his maiden appearance in 2015, Lahiri had missed a threefoot putt on the 18th hole on the final day.
Viswanathan Anand was handed a shocking defeat by Canadian GM Anton Kovalyov and now faces ouster threat from the World Chess Cup. Having struggled in the second game of the first round that he eventually managed to draw, Anand’s dip in form continued against Kovalyov who kept his nerves in a thrilling game after a speculative piece sacrifice by the Indian ace. Down a point in the two-games mini-match, Anand will now have to win with black pieces in the return game. If Anand wins, tiebreak games of shorter duration will be played to determine the winner.
FIFA ordered a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be replayed after the referee was banned for match fixing.
The November 2016 tie, which will be restaged in November, was won by South Africa 2-1 after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey awarded them a controversial penalty.
Lamptey was initially suspended for three months for a ‘non-existant handball’.