Sri Lanka reeling despite Mendis ton

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Kusal Mendis completed a fifth Test century but it was Sri Lanka's only bright spot on a successful morning for the West Indies on the final day of the first cricket Test at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad here on Sunday.

The West Indies claimed four wickets to leave the tourists reeling at 222 for seven at lunch, having been set a daunting target of 453.

Hopes of the tourists seriously challenging a world record chase effectively evaporated with his demise, caught behind for 102 off fast bowler Shannon Gabriel after just over half-an-hour's play.

But even the prospects of saving the match, or at the very least taking the game into the final session, seemed to have disappeared with the loss of three more wickets before the break, including two off the final over bowled by off-spinning all-rounder Roston Chase.

Stubborn nightwatchman Lahiru Gamage had fallen lbw to leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo for just three after more than an hour's resistance but the death knell was really sounded for the Sri Lankans when Chase accounted for both Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella in the space of five deliveries.

Chandimal was forced to curtail his innings on Saturday afternoon when on 15 because he was feeling unwell.

He resumed after the fall of Mendis and showed no signs of further discomfort in getting to 27 until a flighted delivery from Chase tempted him into attempting to heave over midwicket only for the miscue to result in a simple catch for Kraigg Brathwaite running around to short mid-on.

It was hardly the sort of example he would have wanted to set as Sri Lanka's captain. Within minutes Chandimal was joined by Dickwella in the dressing room as the wicketkeeper-batsman was trapped palpably leg-before by a quicker delivery from Chase.

It leaves all-rounder Dilruwan Perera and the tail-enders with what looks like the impossible task of defying a buoyant West Indies side on a sundrenched afternoon.

Earlier, Mendis had wasted no time in getting to three figures. Resuming on 94, he flicked a delivery from West Indies captain Jason Holder to backward square-leg for his tenth boundary. BRONDBY (DENMARK): Mexico ended its preparations for the World Cup in Russia on a sour note with a 2-0 loss here to Denmark.

Mexico were unconvincing in the first half on Saturday and posed little danger on attack, while only a strong performance by goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa kept Denmark off the board for the first 45 minutes, reports Efe.

Mexico appeared to get a lift from several substitutions at the start of the second half and at the 60-minute mark and began taking more possession of the ball.

Even so, Denmark continued to monopolize the scoring chances.

Finally, the home side opened the scoring in the 71st minute when striker Yussuf Poulsen skillfully maneuvered around a pair of defenders and got off a curling left-footed strike that gave Ochoa no chance. On the second goal, the Mexicans were caught napping on a throw-in and allowed midfielder Christian Eriksen to score in a one-onone opportunity against Mexico's net minder in the 74th minute. NEW DELHI: Young Indian women's doubles pair of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker clinched their second international title by beating Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq and Fathimath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq of Maldives in the Mauritius Senior International badminton tournament in Mauritius on Sunday.

The India pair was seeded second in the tournament and were at their dominating best as they brushed aside the number one seeds 21-17 21-12 with consummate ease.

We are very happy with the win and it gives us great confidence going ahead in our career. We hope to carry the momentum forward in the upcoming Asian Badminton Championship GIFU (JAPAN): India clinched four medals, including two golds, on the last day of competitions at the Junior Asian Athletics Championships to finish third in the medal standings, here on Sunday.

Kamalraj Kanagaraj and Ajit Kumar won gold medals in the men's triple jump and 5000m respectively while the women's 4x400m relay team claimed a silver. Jisna Mathew took home her second individual medal and third overall of the championships with a bronze in women's 200m race. India bagged 17 medals — five gold, two silver and 10 bronze — in the fourday championships to finish (U-19) and give our best shot at the elite Asian Continental tournament and return with medal, an elated Ritika said after the match. third behind Japan (14 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze) and China (11 gold, 8 silver, 4 bronze).

With a personal best of 16.41m, and coming off a gold medal winning effort of 16.05m at the Junior South Asian Championships last month, 19-yearold Kamalraj was expected to perform well at the Asian Junior Championships.

Those hopes nearly faded after he suffered an injury scare and walked away from the competition due to an ankle pain developed after his third attempt at the Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium. However, his first jump of 15.75m turned out to be more than enough to seal victory. PARIS: The Czech tennis pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova on Sunday earned their maiden Grand Slam doubles title, defeating Japanese duo Makoto Ninomiya and Eri Hozumi 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the French Open women's doubles.

Krejcikova/siniakova, the sixth seed, needed one hour and five minutes to spoil their rivals' historic run, after they became the first Japanese duo ever to reach a Grand Slam final, reports Efe.

The Japanese pair squandered a break advantage in the first set as they conceded two service games, dropping only their second set at the 2018 edition, the first having been in the Korea's Gyumin Yu and Japan's Syunsuke Izumiya took the silver and bronze respectively with efforts of 15.56m and 15.47m.

While Kamalraj's gold came despite less than optimum showing, compatriot Ajit Kumar produced a personal best to win the men's 5000m race. The Allahabad-based athlete clocked 14:15.24s to grab the gold while also improving on his previous best time of 14:38.10s recorded at the Federation Cup in Patiala in March. The 19-year-old athlete nearly set a new national junior record but eventually fell short of the 22-year-old mark of 14:14.48s set by Gojen Singh round of 32 against the United States' Raquel Atawo and Germany's Anna-lena Gronefeld.

Krejcikova/siniakova did not face a single break point during the second set, while in 1996. Japan's Ren Tazawa and Iranian Seyedamir Zamanpur got the silver and bronze in 14:17.26s and 14:25.25s respectively. India had entered into the women's 4x400m relay with history on their side. However, Indian hopes for a third straight gold medal in the event were dashed as they were beaten by the Japanese team.

The Indian quartet of Jisna Mathew, Subha Venkatesan, Nidhi Yogendra Singh and Rachna clocked 3:41.11s to finish nearly three seconds behind the Japanese, who set a new championship record of 3:38.20s. Sri Lanka took the bronze in 3:45.16s. they seized on the two opportunities they created to become the first Czech duo to win the title since Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka did it in 2011. MELBOURNE: Tainted former Australia vice-captain David Warner will do commentary when Australia take on host England in an ODI series starting June 13. Warner, banned from the Australian team for 12 months for his role in the ball-tampering incident, will commentate for Channel Nine.

"Dave is the best one-day and T20 batsman of the past decade so he's perfectly placed to join our coverage for the UK series," Nine's director of sport Tom Malone said. "People have tried to paint Dave as the villain in all this, but he's been hurting as much as the others," he added.