Joaquin, Kyle take lead; Tiger shoots 67

OHIO : Tiger Woods ignited the galleries at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio on Friday with a five-under par 67 but still has a lot of work to do if he is to catch the leading pair of Joaquin Niemann and Kyle Stanley, who top the leaderboard on 11-under 133.

Chilean 19-year-old Niemann birdied three of his final five holes, including the last, for a four-under 68 while American Stanley had eight birdies in a 66, leaving them two strokes clear of South Korean An Byeong-hun (67). But it was Woods that brought out the biggest roars.

MUMBAI TEAMS CLINCH CARROM C’SHIP

MUMBAI : The men and women district teams from Mumbai won their respective finals at the 54th Maharashtra State and Interdistrict Carrom Championship 2018-2019 on Saturday, organised by the Suryavanshi Kshatriya Dnyati Samaj, under the auspices of the Maharashtra Carrom Association and the Mumbai District Carrom Association. Results: Women’s final: Mumbai district bt Ratnagiri district 3-0 (K Kumari bt M Gogate 25-2, 21-7; A Mohd. Sajid bt A Kadam 23-10, 24-8; S Palniitkar/a Kedar bt A Nachankar/m Lingayat 25-7, 0-22, 18-4).

Men’s final: Mumbai district bt Pune district 3-0 (M Ghufran bt A Mundhe 24-19, 20-11; R Akbarali bt R Khan 25-10, 25-5; P Pawar/y Dhongadee bt A Tripankar/g Taware 6-25, 25-0, 25-4).

JASH SHINES IN MCF’S SHOCK WIN

MUMBAI: Jash Modi steered Mandpeshwar Civil Federation (MCF) to a 3-2 win over Sane Guruji Academy ‘A’ of the MSDTTA Inter-club Division I table-tennis tie on Saturday at Juhu.

Results: Men Division I: MCF (Borivali) bt Sane Guruji Academy ‘A’ 3-2: A Gogri bt A Anand (11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6); J Modi bt J Rahatwal (12-10, 1109, 11-6); S Imbrahampurkar lost to R Sawant (2-11,,8-11, 11-8, 8-11); Akshay lost to Jignesh (8-11, 5-11, 6-11); J Modi bt A Anand (9-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9). Men’s Division II: CSMSS ‘A’ bt KRC

‘A’ 3-0; P3 Sports TT Academy ‘A’ bt Genesis TTA ‘A’ 3-2.

Men’s Division IV: CSMSS ‘D’ bt St Anthony Inst 3-1; Gomantak ‘B’ bt Ghatkopar Jolly Gym 3-1.

LAHIRI MAKES CUT; SHUBHANKAR EXITS

DUBLIN: Ace Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri overcame bad putting to compile a three-under 69 that allowed him to make the weekend cut at the Memorial Tournament